Poland men's national handball team

Poland
Information
NicknameThe White and Reds
The Gladiators
AssociationPolish Handball Association
CoachJota González
Assistant coachJulen Aguinagalde
Zygmunt Kamys
Marcin Wichary
Most capsSławomir Szmal (298)
Most goalsJerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best result 3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1958)
Best result 2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 2002)
Best result4th (2010)
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Poland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal
World Championship
2007 Germany
1982 West Germany
2009 Croatia
2015 Qatar

The Poland men's national handball team is controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), and represents Poland in international matches.[1].

History

Some of the team`s greatest achievements came between 2007 and 2016. At that time, legends like Sławomir Szmal, Karol Bielecki, or Marcin Lijewski led the Polish goldem generation to multiple world championship medals. It is also in this period that Polands best result, a silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, happened.[2]

Honours

Competition Total
Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
World Championship 0 1 3 4
European Championship 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 4 5

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA
1936 Berlin did not participate
1972 Munich 9th–12th places 10th 5 2 1 2 75 78
1976 Montreal Final Round 3rd 5 4 0 1 101 89
1980 Moscow Final Round 7th 6 3 1 2 146 119
1984 Los Angeles Boycott
1988 Seoul did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing Quarterfinals 5th 8 5 1 2 235 214
2012 London did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro Semifinals 4th 8 3 0 5 222 227
2020 Tokyo did not qualify
2024 Paris
Total 5/14 0 Titles 32 17 3 12 779 727

World Championship

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
  • 1974 : 2nd place
  • 1979 : 2nd place
  • 1984 : 5th place

European Championship

Other tournaments

  • Supercup Winner: 2007[3]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.[4][5]

Head coach: Jota González

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Miłosz Wałach (2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 1.95 m 4 0 RK Vardar 1961
2 LB Damian Przytuła (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 2.00 m 58 122 RK Zagreb
3 RB Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.82 m 155 398 Orlen Wisła Płock
4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 1.80 m 50 119 Industria Kielce
5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 1.95 m 82 154 Industria Kielce
12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 2.02 m 55 116 Kadetten Schaffhausen
17 RB Andrzej Widomski (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 1.90 m 14 28 RK Eurofarm Pelister
23 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.82 m 108 510 Industria Kielce
25 LW Piotr Jarosiewicz (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 1.80 m 30 41 Industria Kielce
26 RW Marek Marciniak (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 1.88 m 13 24 RK Vardar 1961
28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 116 151 HC Erlangen
30 RB Wiktor Tomczak (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 2.00 m 6 2 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
35 CB Paweł Paterek (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 1.86 m 31 66 KGHM Chrobry Głogów
36 P Dawid Dawydzik (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 2.00 m 57 75 Orlen Wisła Płock
38 P Sebastian Kaczor (2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 1.96 m 3 4 USAM Nîmes Gard
44 LW Mikołaj Czapliński (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 1.88 m 34 86 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
48 LB Tomasz Gębala (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 2.12 m 49 135 PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
50 GK Jakub Skrzyniarz (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 1.89 m 29 0 Irudek Bidasoa Irún
78 P Wiktor Jankowski (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 2.00 m 5 2 RK Vardar 1961

Head coaches

Statistics

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official international matches of the Polish national team. All unofficial matches of the national team, or meetings in the frame other than the national team – played by a player – are not included in the following lists.

Most caps

# Player Years Caps
1. Sławomir Szmal 1998–2018 298
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2017 259
3. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 251
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 237
5. Andrzej Szymczak 1967–1984 234
6. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 221
7. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977–1989 214
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997–2012 207
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973–1982 204
10. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 201
11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2017 198
12. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 191
13. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 186
14. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 185
15. Kamil Syprzak 2011– 180
16. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 178
17. Henryk Rozmiarek 1971–1980 177
18. Jan Gmyrek 1970–1979 176
19. Damian Wleklak 1998–2009 164
20. Mariusz Jurkiewicz 2002–2017 163

Most goals

# Player Years Goals
1. Jerzy Klempel 1972–1984 1170
2. Karol Bielecki 2002–2017 962
3. Bogdan Wenta 1981–1994 763
4. Bartosz Jurecki 2004–2016 732
5. Marcin Lijewski 1997–2013 711
6. Robert Nowakowski 1989–2003 709
7. Daniel Waszkiewicz 1977–1989 705
8. Mariusz Jurasik 1997–2012 704
9. Alfred Kałuziński 1973–1982 620
10. Grzegorz Tkaczyk 2000–2012 549
11. Michał Jurecki 2005–2017 547
12. Zbigniew Tłuczyński 1978–1990 527
13. Arkadiusz Moryto 2017– 510
14. Tomasz Tłuczyński 2006–2012 503
15. Lesław Dziuba 1981–1990 447
16. Krzysztof Lijewski 2003–2017 439
17. Patryk Kuchczyński 2002–2014 435
18. Zbigniew Plechoć 1983–1990 427
19. Kamil Syprzak 2011– 417
20. Michał Daszek 2013– 386

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport and Eurosport.

References

  1. ^ Strona Główna ZPRP
  2. ^ 2007 World Championship final Match Report - IHF
  3. ^ "QS-Supercup: DHB-Team nach Sieg über Russland Dritter – Polen entthront Schweden". archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Jota Gonzalez wybrał mistrzowską ″osiemnastkę″" (in Polish). ZPRP. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Poland". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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