Romania men's national handball team

Romania men's national handball team
Medal record
Representing Romania
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Outdoor Championship

Romania
Romania
Information
Association	Romanian Handball Federation
Coach	George Buricea
Assistant coach	Mihai Popescu
Most caps	Alexandru Buligan (280)
Most goals	Vasile Stîngă (1414)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1936)
Best result	2nd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1958)
Best result	1st (1961, 1964, 1970, 1974)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1994)
Best result	9th (1996)
	Last updated on 8 November 2013.

The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most successful nation in handball with 4 gold medal wins at the World Championships, they served as a model for the sport. However, Romania has failed to win a medal since 1990.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Match for 5th place	5th of 6	3	1	0	2	19	29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Third Place	3rd of 16	6	5	0	1	98	81
1976 Montreal	Runners-up	2nd of 12	5	3	1	1	106	90
1980 Moscow	Third Place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	139	106
1984 Los Angeles	Third Place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	143	110
1988 Seoul	Did Not qualify
1992 Barcelona	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	1	1	4	126	138
1996 Atlanta	Did Not qualify
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
Total	6/14	–	32	20	2	10	631	554

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1938	did not enter
1954	did not enter
1958	13	3	0	1	2	40	50	−10
1961	1	6	5	0	1	89	67	+22
1964	1	6	6	0	0	136	88	+48
1967	3	6	4	1	1	114	87	+27
1970	1	6	5	0	1	94	68	+26
1974	1	6	5	0	1	111	81	+30
1978	7	6	3	1	2	131	106	+25
1982	5	7	5	0	2	164	152	+12
1986	9	7	3	0	4	146	147	−1
1990	3	7	6	0	1	168	142	+26
1993	10	7	2	1	4	143	152	−9
1995	10	6	3	0	3	147	152	−5
1997	did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	15	5	2	0	3	141	135	+6
2011	19	5	2	0	3	132	123	+9
2013	did not qualify
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025
2027	To be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	14/29	83	51	4	28	25	1756	1553

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1994	11	6	2	0	4	151	156	−5
1996	9	6	2	0	4	145	161	−16
1998	did not qualify
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024	22	3	0	0	3	73	98	−25
2026	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	3/18	15	4	0	11	369	415	−46

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Xavier Pascual Fuertes

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ionuț Iancu	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30)	1.94 m	81	6	Steaua București
3	LB	Gabriel Ilie	(1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 (age 25)	1.93 m	17	15	CSM Constanța
4	P	Daniel Stanciuc	(2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 20)	1.89 m	13	22	Dinamo București
5	RW	Ionuț Nistor	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)	1.87 m	40	68	CSM Constanța
8	LB	Robert Militaru	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30)	1.96 m	29	6	Dinamo București
10	CB	Gabriel Cumpănici	(1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26)	1.98 m	17	24	CS Minaur Baia Mare
11	P	Robert Nagy	(1997-07-06) 6 July 1997 (age 27)	1.92 m	11	16	CS Minaur Baia Mare
12	GK	Dan Vasile	(1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27)	1.90 m	40	2	CSM Constanța
13	P	Adrian Rotaru	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30)	1.91 m	41	59	CSM București
14	RB	Demis Grigoraș	(1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31)	1.93 m	71	120	SL Benfica
17	LB	Dan Racoțea	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 29)	2.03 m	53	74	Dinamo București
18	RW	Marius Sadoveac	(1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39)	1.93 m	134	191	SCM Politehnica Timișoara
19	RW	Alex Tărâță	(1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34)	1.88 m	16	35	Steaua București
21	CB	Liviu Caba	(2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 24)	1.95 m	8	6	CSM Constanța
22	LW	Sabin Constantina	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)	1.86 m	8	14	Steaua București
23	P	Călin Dedu	(2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 22)	2.07 m	13	26	Dinamo București
24	LW	Andrei Nicușor Negru	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)	1.80 m	43	102	Dinamo București
30	CB	Andrei Drăgan	(1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25)	1.85 m	11	10	CSM Constanța
31	RB	Radu Ghiță	(1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 33)	1.89 m	74	92	AHC Potaissa Turda
35	LB	Andrei Buzle	(1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25)	1.98 m	30	45	BM Granollers

References

^ "România a revenit fantastic și s-a calificat în finala "Trofeului Carpați 2023" » Xavi Pascual, criză de nervi fără precedent în prima repriză" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "Team roster: Romania". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links

[1] "România a revenit fantastic și s-a calificat în finala "Trofeului Carpați 2023" » Xavi Pascual, criză de nervi fără precedent în prima repriză" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

[2] "Team roster: Romania". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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