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Greece men's national handball team

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Greece
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Information
AssociationHellenic Handball Federation
CoachGeorgios Zaravinas
Assistant coachGeorgios Mastorogiannis
Most capsGeorgios Chalkidis (220)
Most goalsSavvas Karypidis (930)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2004)
Best result6th (2004)
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2005)
Best result6th (2005)
European Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
Best result23rd (2024)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Handball Federation.

Greece has a long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2005 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won against Egypt in a close game. In the Olympics they lost to eventual champions Croatia, and finished sixth in the tournament. In the World Cup they finished in the sixth position as well. Greece will take part in the EHF Euro for the first time in 2024.

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich did not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens Quarter-finals 6th place 8 3 0 5 188 220
China 2008 Beijing did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris
Total 1/14 – 8 3 0 5 188 220

World Championships

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World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938 did not qualify
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958
West Germany 1961
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Sweden 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005 Quarter-finals 6th place 9 4 1 4 245 246
Germany 2007 did not qualify
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021
Poland/Sweden 2023
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025
Germany 2027 to be determined
France/Germany 2029
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total 1/32 – 9 4 1 4 245 246

European Championships

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European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020
HungarySlovakia 2022
Germany 2024 Preliminary round 23rd 3 0 0 3 72 100
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
Total 1/18 3 0 0 3 72 100

Current squad

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The squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Georgios Zaravinas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 CB Dimitrios Panagiotou (2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 20) 1.82 m 12 18 Greece Doukas School
6 LB Theodoros Boskos (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 23) 1.90 m 24 62 Spain BM Puente Genil
8 P Nikolaos Liapis (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 25) 1.93 m 33 66 Greece AEK Athens
11 CB Charalampos Mallios (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37) 1.84 m 74 214 Greece AEK Athens
12 GK Eleftherios Papazoglou (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 2 0 Greece AC PAOK
13 P Stefanos Michailidis (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 30) 2.00 m 31 24 Greece Olympiacos
14 LB Nikolaos Passias (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29) 1.92 m 56 73 Greece Olympiacos
15 RB Achilleas Toskas [de] (2004-10-01) 1 October 2004 (age 20) 1.91 m 16 52 Greece Bianco Monte Drama
16 GK Petros Boukovinas (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30) 1.88 m 66 14 Germany TV Großwallstadt
18 LW Georgios Papavasilis (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24) 1.82 m 27 26 Greece Olympiacos
19 P Panagiotis Karampourniotis (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 26) 1.96 m 28 25 Greece Olympiacos
20 RB Athanasios Papazoglou (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 22) 1.92 m 11 13 Greece AC PAOK
21 RW Dimitrios Tziras (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33) 1.90 m 85 307 Greece Olympiacos
24 CB Petros Kandylas (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 33) 1.97 m 63 52 Greece Olympiacos
28 P Anastasios Papadionysiou (1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 (age 34) 1.90 m 85 129 Greece AEK Athens
38 RW Evangelos Arampatzis (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 28) 1.84 m 47 86 Greece AEK Athens
40 GK Panagiotis Papantonopoulos (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 23) 1.90 m 23 0 Greece Olympiacos
77 LB Savvas Savvas [de] (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 12 41 Greece Olympiacos
99 LW Christos Kederis [el] (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 30) 1.69 m 22 38 Greece AEK Athens

References

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  1. ^ "H αποστολή της Εθνικής Ανδρών για το EURO 2024" (in Greek). handball.org.gr. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Team roster: Greece". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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