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Poland men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship

Poland
Poland
Information
Nickname	The White and Reds; The Gladiators
Association	Polish Handball Association
Coach	Marcin Lijewski
Assistant coach	Michał Skórski
Most caps	Sławomir Szmal (298)
Most goals	Jerzy Klempel (1170)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1958)
Best result	2nd (2007)
European Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 2002)
Best result	4th (2010)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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]

Honours

Competition			Total
Olympic Games	0	1	1
World Championship	1	3	4
European Championship	0	0	0
Total	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	did not qualify
Total	5/14	0 Titles	32	17	3	12	779	727

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1938	did not enter
1954	did not enter
1958	5th/6th place	5	6	3	1	2	97	91
1961	did not enter
1964	did not enter
1967	Preliminary round	12	3	1	0	2	53	66
1970	Preliminary round	14	3	0	0	3	43	59
1974	Fourth place	4	6	4	0	2	104	86
1978	5th/6th place	6	6	3	0	3	134	124
1982	Third place	3	7	4	1	2	148	143
1986	Preliminary round	14	6	2	1	3	134	128
1990	11th/12th place	11	7	3	0	4	160	177
1993	did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003	Second round	10	7	4	0	3	204	189
2005	did not qualify
2007	Runners-up	2	10	8	0	2	310	274
2009	Third place	3	10	7	0	3	298	264
2011	7th/8th place	8	9	5	0	4	249	236
2013	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	153	137
2015	Third place	3	9	6	0	3	241	222
2017	Presidents Cup	17	7	3	0	4	167	173
2019	did not qualify
2021	Main round	13	6	3	1	2	168	147
2023	Main round	15	6	3	0	3	150	151
2025	qualified
2027	to be determined
2029
2031
Total	18/32	0 titles	114	74	4	47	2813	2693

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1994	did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	67	83
2004	Preliminary round	16	3	0	0	3	86	108
2006	Main round	10	6	1	1	4	163	185
2008	Main round	7	6	3	1	2	182	172
2010	Fourth place	4	8	4	1	3	222	221
2012	Main round	9	6	3	1	2	173	160
2014	Main round	6	7	3	0	4	191	184
2016	Seventh place	7	7	5	0	2	193	194
2018	did not qualify
2020	Preliminary round	21	3	0	0	3	73	85
2022	Main round	12	7	2	1	4	193	208
2024	Preliminary round	16	3	1	0	2	78	92
2026	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	11/18	0 titles	59	22	5	32	1621	1692

Competitive record in qualifying rounds

Year	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Qual
1994	10	6	1	3	269	211	no
1996	6	0	0	6	140	175	no
1998	12	5	0	7	290	296	no
2000	8	5	0	3	206	189	no
2002	2	1	1	0	56	52	yes
2004	2	1	0	1	60	49	yes
2006	5	3	0	2	163	129	yes
2008	2	2	0	0	72	47	yes
2010	8	5	1	2	242	198	yes
2012	6	4	1	1	172	147	yes
2014	6	5	0	1	162	133	yes
2016	Qualified as host						yes
2018	6	1	2	3	171	189	no
2020	6	2	1	3	152	139	yes
2022	6	3	0	3	176	165	yes
2024	6	4	0	2	184	153	yes
Total	91	47	7	37	2515	2272	11/16

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Marcin Lijewski

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mateusz Kornecki	(1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30)	1.93 m	73	6	ThSV Eisenach
2	LB	Damian Przytuła	(1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 25)	2.00 m	38	64	Górnik Zabrze
3	RW	Michał Daszek	(1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 (age 32)	1.82 m	150	383	Orlen Wisła Płock
4	CB	Piotr Jędraszczyk	(2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 23)	1.77 m	33	63	Gwardia Opole
5	CB	Michał Olejniczak	(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 23)	1.97 m	64	109	Industria Kielce
8	P	Bartłomiej Bis	(1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 27)	1.94 m	29	12	HSC 2000 Coburg
9	LB	Szymon Sićko	(1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 (age 27)	2.00 m	59	222	Industria Kielce
11	CB	Paweł Paterek	(2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 23)	1.86 m	10	14	SPR Chrobry Głogów
12	LB	Ariel Pietrasik	(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 25)	2.02 m	34	66	Kadetten Schaffhausen
15	CB	Jakub Powarzyński	(2002-09-07) 7 September 2002 (age 22)	1.92 m	5	7	Wybrzeże Gdańsk
21	P	Kamil Syprzak	(1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 33)	2.07 m	168	351	Paris Saint-Germain
22	RW	Mateusz Kosmala	(1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 25)	1.82 m	5	11	MMTS Kwidzyn
28	P	Maciej Gębala	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)	2.00 m	96	127	SC DHfK Leipzig
33	RW	Jakub Szyszko	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23)	1.79 m	6	14	Górnik Zabrze
34	LW	Przemysław Urbaniak	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 26)	1.82 m	5	10	Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski
36	P	Dawid Dawydzik	(1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 29)	2.00 m	54	74	Orlen Wisła Płock
44	LW	Mikołaj Czapliński	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24)	1.88 m	14	23	CD Torrebalonmano
50	GK	Jakub Skrzyniarz	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28)	1.89 m	20	0	CD Bidasoa

Head coaches

Ignacy Pazur Walenty Kłyszejko 1956–1967 – Tadeusz Breguła 1967–1976 – Janusz Czerwiński 1976–1978 – Stanisław Majorek 1978–1980 – Jacek Zglinicki Tadeusz Wadych Jan Pełka 1981–1984 – Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Eliasz 1986–1990 – Zenon Łakomy 1990–1992 – Michał Kaniowski 1992–1994 – Bogdan Kowalczyk 1994–1996 – Jacek Zglinicki Stefan Wrześniewski Jerzy Klempel 1998–2000 – Zygfryd Kuchta 2000–2004 – Bogdan Zajączkowski 2004–2012 – Bogdan Wenta 2012–2016 – Michael Biegler 2016–2017 – Talant Dujshebaev 2017–2019 – Piotr Przybecki 2019–2023 – Patryk Rombel 2023–present – Marcin Lijewski

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	199
12.	Bogdan Wenta	1981–1994	191
13.	Zbigniew Tłuczyński	1978–1990	186
14.	Krzysztof Lijewski	2003–2017	185
15.	Zbigniew Plechoć	1983–1990	178
16.	Henryk Rozmiarek	1971–1980	177
17.	Jan Gmyrek	1970–1979	176
18.	Damian Wleklak	1998–2009	164
19.	Mariusz Jurkiewicz	2002–2017	163
20.	Janusz Brzozowski	1973–1982	162
	Robert Nowakowski	1989–2003	162
	Przemysław Krajewski	2012–2023	162

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.	Tomasz Tłuczyński	2006–2012	503
14.	Lesław Dziuba	1981–1990	447
15.	Krzysztof Lijewski	2003–2017	439
16.	Patryk Kuchczyński	2002–2014	435
17.	Arkadiusz Moryto	2017–	430
18.	Zbigniew Plechoć	1983–1990	427
19.	Przemysław Krajewski	2012–2023	380
20.	Piotr Przybecki	1989–2005	372