Greece men's national handball team

Greece
Information
AssociationHellenic Handball Federation
CoachGeorgios Zaravinas
Assistant coachGeorgios Mastorogiannis
Most capsGeorgios Chalkidis (240)
Most goalsSavvas Karypidis (930)
Colours
1st
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

Olympic Games

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

World Championships

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005 Quarter-finals 6th place 9 4 1 4 245 246
2007 did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025
2027 to be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total 1/32 – 9 4 1 4 245 246

European Championships

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994 did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024 Preliminary round 23rd 3 0 0 3 72 100
2026 did not qualify
2028 to be determined
Total 1/18 3 0 0 3 72 100

Current squad

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 1.82 m 12 18 Doukas School
6 LB Theodoros Boskos (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 1.90 m 24 62 BM Puente Genil
8 P Nikolaos Liapis (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 1.93 m 33 66 AEK Athens
11 CB Charalampos Mallios (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 1.84 m 74 214 AEK Athens
12 GK Eleftherios Papazoglou (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 1.92 m 2 0 AC PAOK
13 P Stefanos Michailidis (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 2.00 m 31 24 Olympiacos
14 LB Nikolaos Passias (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 1.92 m 56 73 Olympiacos
15 RB Achilleas Toskas (2004-10-01) 1 October 2004 1.91 m 16 52 Bianco Monte Drama
16 GK Petros Boukovinas (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 1.88 m 66 14 TV Großwallstadt
18 LW Georgios Papavasilis (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 1.82 m 27 26 Olympiacos
19 P Panagiotis Karampourniotis (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 1.96 m 28 25 Olympiacos
20 RB Athanasios Papazoglou (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 1.92 m 11 13 AC PAOK
21 RW Dimitrios Tziras (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 1.90 m 85 307 Olympiacos
24 CB Petros Kandylas (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 1.97 m 63 52 Olympiacos
28 P Anastasios Papadionysiou (1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 1.90 m 85 129 AEK Athens
38 RW Evangelos Arampatzis (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 1.84 m 47 86 AEK Athens
40 GK Panagiotis Papantonopoulos (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 1.90 m 23 0 Olympiacos
77 LB Savvas Savvas (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 1.92 m 12 41 Olympiacos
99 LW Christos Kederis (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 1.69 m 22 38 AEK Athens

References

  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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