Romania men's national handball team

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AssociationRomanian Handball Federation
CoachGeorge Buricea
Assistant coachMihai Popescu
Most capsAlexandru Buligan (280)
Most goalsVasile Stîngă (1414)
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1936)
Best resultSilver 2nd (1976)
World Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1958)
Best resultGold 1st (1961, 1964, 1970, 1974)
European Championship
Appearances3 (First in 1994)
Best result9th (1996)
Last updated on 8 November 2013.
Romania men's national handball team
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1961 West Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 1964 Czechoslovakia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 France Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 East Germany Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Czechoslovakia Team
World Outdoor Championship
Silver medal – second place 1959 Austria Team

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
Germany 1936 Berlin Match for 5th place 5th of 6 3 1 0 2 19 29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Third Place 3rd of 16 6 5 0 1 98 81
Canada 1976 Montreal Runners-up 2nd of 12 5 3 1 1 106 90
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Third Place 3rd of 12 6 5 0 1 139 106
United States 1984 Los Angeles Third Place 3rd of 12 6 5 0 1 143 110
South Korea 1988 Seoul Did Not qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 1 1 4 126 138
United States 1996 Atlanta Did Not qualify
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris
Total 6/14 32 20 2 10 631 554

World Championship

World Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
Nazi Germany 1938 did not enter
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958 13 3 0 1 2 40 50 −10
West Germany 1961 1 6 5 0 1 89 67 +22
Czechoslovakia 1964 1 6 6 0 0 136 88 +48
Sweden 1967 3 6 4 1 1 114 87 +27
France 1970 1 6 5 0 1 94 68 +26
East Germany 1974 1 6 5 0 1 111 81 +30
Denmark 1978 7 6 3 1 2 131 106 +25
West Germany 1982 5 7 5 0 2 164 152 +12
Switzerland 1986 9 7 3 0 4 146 147 −1
Czechoslovakia 1990 3 7 6 0 1 168 142 +26
Sweden 1993 10 7 2 1 4 143 152 −9
Iceland 1995 10 6 3 0 3 147 152 −5
Japan 1997 did not qualify
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009 15 5 2 0 3 141 135 +6
Sweden 2011 19 5 2 0 3 132 123 +9
Spain 2013 did not qualify
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 14/29 83 51 4 28 25 1756 1553

European Championship

European Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
Portugal 1994 11 6 2 0 4 151 156 −5
Spain 1996 9 6 2 0 4 145 161 −16
Italy 1998 did not qualify
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
AustriaSweden Norway 2020
HungarySlovakia 2022
Germany 2024 22 3 0 0 3 73 98 −25
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
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 Romania Steaua București
3 LB Gabriel Ilie (1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 (age 25) 1.93 m 17 15 Romania CSM Constanța
4 P Daniel Stanciuc (2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 20) 1.89 m 13 22 Romania Dinamo București
5 RW Ionuț Nistor (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) 1.87 m 40 68 Romania CSM Constanța
8 LB Robert Militaru (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30) 1.96 m 29 6 Romania Dinamo București
10 CB Gabriel Cumpănici (1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m 17 24 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare
11 P Robert Nagy (1997-07-06) 6 July 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 11 16 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare
12 GK Dan Vasile (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27) 1.90 m 40 2 Romania CSM Constanța
13 P Adrian Rotaru (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) 1.91 m 41 59 Romania CSM București
14 RB Demis Grigoraș (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31) 1.93 m 71 120 Portugal SL Benfica
17 LB Dan Racoțea (1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 29) 2.03 m 53 74 Romania Dinamo București
18 RW Marius Sadoveac (1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39) 1.93 m 134 191 Romania SCM Politehnica Timișoara
19 RW Alex Tărâță (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 16 35 Romania Steaua București
21 CB Liviu Caba (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 24) 1.95 m 8 6 Romania CSM Constanța
22 LW Sabin Constantina (1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28) 1.86 m 8 14 Romania Steaua București
23 P Călin Dedu (2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 22) 2.07 m 13 26 Romania Dinamo București
24 LW Andrei Nicușor Negru (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) 1.80 m 43 102 Romania Dinamo București
30 CB Andrei Drăgan (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25) 1.85 m 11 10 Romania CSM Constanța
31 RB Radu Ghiță (1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 34) 1.89 m 74 92 Romania AHC Potaissa Turda
35 LB Andrei Buzle (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25) 1.98 m 30 45 Spain BM Granollers

References

  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.