Serbia men's national handball team

2012 European Championship

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012, in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac and is the tenth edition of the tournament. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.

At the 2012 European Championship in their home country, where they were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in their group following victories against Denmark and Poland. In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia.

The team advanced by defeating two of their three opponents. In the semifinals Croatia was defeated by 26–22.

They faced Denmark in the finals, after having already defeated them in the second match at the group stage. Denmark emerged as the champion.

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 to 1988	Part of Yugoslavia
1992 Barcelona	Qualified and later suspended
1996 Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000 Sydney	Fourth place	4th of 12	8	4	0	4	204	203	+1
2004 Athens	Did not qualify
2008 Beijing
2012 London	Group stage	9th of 12	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Did not qualify
Total	2/7	0 Title	13	5	0	8	324	334	−10

World Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938 to 1990	Part of Yugoslavia
1993 Sweden	Qualified and later suspended
1995 Iceland	Suspended from qualification tournament
1997 Japan	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
1999 Egypt	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	221
2001 France	Third place	3	9	7	0	2	254	182
2003 Portugal	7th/8th place	8	9	5	1	3	263	228
2005 Tunisia	5th/6th place	5	9	5	2	2	253	221
2007 Germany	Did not qualify
2009 Croatia	7th/8th place	8	9	4	1	4	280	281
2011 Sweden	9th/10th place	10	9	3	1	5	246	251
2013 Spain	Round of 16	10	6	3	0	3	170	159
2015 Qatar	Did not qualify
2017 France
2019 Denmark/Germany	Qualified
Total	9/14	-	66	37	6	23	1885	1691

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994 Portugal	Suspended from qualification tournament
1996 Spain	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998 Italy	5th/6th Place	5	6	4	0	2	159	145
2000 Croatia	Did not qualify
2002 Sweden	9th/10th Place	10	6	2	1	3	160	161
2004 Slovenia	7h/8th Place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006 Switzerland	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	161	177
2008 Norway	Did not qualify
2010 Austria	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	83	94
2012 Serbia	Runner-up	2	8	4	2	2	176	168
2014 Denmark	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	73	77
2016 Poland	Preliminary round	15	3	0	1	2	81	92
2018 Croatia	Main round	12	6	1	0	5	160	191
Total	10/13	–	55	22	7	26	1425	1466

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Jovica Cvetković

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LB Žarko Šešum (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 1.96 m 139 370 Frisch Auf Göppingen 7 CB Stefan Vujić (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 1.92 m 3 6 Steaua București 10 RW Darko Ðukić (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 1.91 m 36 108 Vive Targi Kielce 11 P Bojan Beljanski (1986-06-22) 22 June 1986 2.02 m 66 63 Bregenz Handball 13 CB Petar Nenadić (1986-06-28) 28 June 1986 1.98 m 78 213 Füchse Berlin 14 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 1.86 m 24 40 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 15 LW Dobrivoje Marković (1986-04-22) 22 April 1986 1.88 m 110 223 RK Zagreb 17 LB Petar Đorđić (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 1.97 m 16 54 Meshkov Brest 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 1.77 m 58 93 Fenix Toulouse 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 1.87 m 4 4 Metalurg Skopje 23 RB Nikola Crnoglavac (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 1.95 m 5 6 Dobrogea Sud Constanța 24 LB Milan Jovanović (1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 1.96 m 5 8 RK Vojvodina 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 1.94 m 56 132 SC Magdeburg 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 2.03 m 65 108 RK Vardar 35 LB Darko Stevanović (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 1.96 m 5 5 RK Partizan 41 RB Marko Vujin (1984-12-07) 7 December 1984 1.99 m 126 489 THW Kiel 42 CB Nemanja Obradović (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 2.00 m 9 9 Wisła Płock 76 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 1.98 m 12 0 Ademar León 90 GK Tibor Ivanišević (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 1.98 m 11 0 Skjern Håndbold

Player statistics