Greece men's national handball team
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox national handball team
| Name = Greece
| Badge = Flag of Greece.svg
| Badge_size = 170px
| Nickname =
| Association = Hellenic Handball Federation
| Coach = Georgios Zaravinas
| Assistant coach = Georgios Mastorogiannis
| Captain =
| Most caps = Georgios Chalkidis (220)
| Most goals = Savvas Karypidis (930)
| Ranking =
| Points =
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| Summer Olympics apps = 1
| Summer Olympics first= 2004
| Summer Olympics best = 6th (2004)
| World cup apps = 1
| World cup first = 2005
| World cup best = 6th (2005)
| Regional name = European Championship
| Regional cup apps = 1
| Regional cup first = 2024
| Regional cup best = 23rd (2024)
}}
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=
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!colspan=9|Olympic record | ||||||||
Games
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | ||||||||
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align=left|{{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} 1936 Berlin
|colspan=8|did not qualify | ||||||||
colspan=9|Not held from 1948 to 1968 | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|FRG}} 1972 Munich
|rowspan=8 colspan=8|did not qualify | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} 1976 Montreal | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|URS|1955}} 1980 Moscow | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Los Angeles | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} 1988 Seoul | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlanta | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} 2000 Sydney | ||||||||
align=left style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|GRE}} 2004 Athens | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 |
align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing
|rowspan=5 colspan=8|did not qualify | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} 2012 London | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2020 Tokyo | ||||||||
align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} 2024 Paris | ||||||||
Total | 1/14 | –||8||3||0||5||188||220 |
=World Championships=
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!colspan=9|World Championship record | ||||||||
Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Draw}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
{{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} 1938 | colspan="8" rowspan="18" | did not qualify | |||||||
{{Flagicon|Sweden}} 1954 | ||||||||
|{{Flagicon|East Germany}} 1958 | ||||||||
|{{Flagicon|West Germany}} 1961 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} 1964 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Sweden}} 1967 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|France}} 1970 | ||||||||
|{{Flagicon|East Germany}} 1974 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Denmark}} 1978 | ||||||||
|{{Flagicon|West Germany}} 1982 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Switzerland}} 1986 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} 1990 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Sweden}} 1993 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Iceland}} 1995 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Japan}} 1997 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Egypt}} 1999 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|France}} 2001 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Portugal}} 2003 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Tunisia}} 2005 | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |
|{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2007 | colspan="8" rowspan="10" | did not qualify | |||||||
{{Flagicon|Croatia}} 2009 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Sweden}} 2011 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Spain}} 2013 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Qatar}} 2015 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|France}} 2017 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Denmark}}/{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2019 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Egypt}} 2021 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Poland}}/{{Flagicon|Sweden}} 2023 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Croatia}}/{{Flagicon|Denmark}}/{{Flagicon|Norway}} 2025 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2027 | colspan="8" rowspan="3"|to be determined | |||||||
{{Flagicon|France}}/{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2029 | ||||||||
{{Flagicon|Denmark}}/{{Flagicon|Iceland}}/{{Flagicon|Norway}} 2031 | ||||||||
Total | 1/32 | – | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |
=European Championships=
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!colspan=9|European Championship record | ||||||||
Year
!Round !Position !{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}} !{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !{{Tooltip|D|Draw}} !{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !{{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}} !{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | ||||||||
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{{flagicon|PRT}} 1994 | colspan="8" rowspan="15" | did not qualify | |||||||
{{flagicon|ESP}} 1996 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|ITA}} 1998 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|CRO}} 2000 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|SWE}} 2002 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|SLO}} 2004 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|CHE}} 2006 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|NOR}} 2008 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|AUT}} 2010 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|SRB}} 2012 | ||||||||
{{flagicon|DNK}} 2014 | ||||||||
|{{flagicon|POL}} 2016 | ||||||||
|{{flagicon|CRO}} 2018 | ||||||||
|{{flagicon|AUT}}{{flagicon|NOR}}{{flagicon|SWE}} 2020 | ||||||||
|{{flagicon|HUN}}{{flagicon|SVK}} 2022 | ||||||||
|{{flagicon|GER}} 2024 | Preliminary round | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 100 |
|{{flagicon|DEN}}{{flagicon|NOR}}{{flagicon|SWE}} 2026 | colspan="8" rowspan="2" | To be determined | |||||||
|{{flagicon|POR}}{{flagicon|ESP}}{{flagicon|SUI}} 2028 | ||||||||
Total||1/18|| ||3||0||0||3||72||100 |
Current squad
The squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.handball.org.gr/portal/national-teams/andron/4328-h-euro-2024|title=H αποστολή της Εθνικής Ανδρών για το EURO 2024|date=8 January 2024|publisher=handball.org.gr|access-date=8 January 2024|language=el}}{{cite web|url=https://res.ehf.eu/doxtore/TLCEQLGQDD/fK_X1QX1VKN5lrK6XWr8vQWdN9CB2cv_dU4Pf2vuqQM|title=Team roster: Greece|publisher=res.ehf.eu|date=12 January 2024|access-date=12 January 2024}}
Head coach: Georgios Zaravinas
{{Nat hs start}}
{{Nat hs player|no=5|pos=CB|name=Dimitrios Panagiotou|age={{Birth date and age|2004|5|21|df=y}}|height=1.82 m|apps=12|goals=18|club=Doukas School|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=6|pos=LB|name=Theodoros Boskos|age={{Birth date and age|2001|4|7|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=24|goals=62|club=BM Puente Genil|clubnat=ESP}}
{{Nat hs player|no=8|pos=P|name=Nikolaos Liapis|age={{Birth date and age|1999|8|24|df=y}}|height=1.93 m|apps=33|goals=66|club=AEK Athens|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=11|pos=CB|name=Charalampos Mallios|age={{Birth date and age|1987|8|6|df=y}}|height=1.84 m|apps=74|goals=214|club=AEK Athens|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Eleftherios Papazoglou|age={{Birth date and age|1997|7|3|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=2|goals=0|club=AC PAOK|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=13|pos=P|name=Stefanos Michailidis|age={{Birth date and age|1994|5|15|df=y}}|height=2.00 m|apps=31|goals=24|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=14|pos=LB|name=Nikolaos Passias|age={{Birth date and age|1995|2|17|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=56|goals=73|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=15|pos=RB|name={{ill|Achilleas Toskas|de}}|age={{Birth date and age|2004|10|1|df=y}}|height=1.91 m|apps=16|goals=52|club=Bianco Monte Drama|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=16|pos=GK|name=Petros Boukovinas|age={{Birth date and age|1994|3|8|df=y}}|height=1.88 m|apps=66|goals=14|club=TV Großwallstadt|clubnat=GER}}
{{Nat hs player|no=18|pos=LW|name=Georgios Papavasilis|age={{Birth date and age|2000|7|31|df=y}}|height=1.82 m|apps=27|goals=26|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=19|pos=P|name=Panagiotis Karampourniotis|age={{Birth date and age|1998|2|20|df=y}}|height=1.96 m|apps=28|goals=25|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=20|pos=RB|name=Athanasios Papazoglou|age={{Birth date and age|2002|1|28|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=11|goals=13|club=AC PAOK|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=21|pos=RW|name=Dimitrios Tziras|age={{Birth date and age|1991|4|5|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=85|goals=307|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=24|pos=CB|name=Petros Kandylas|age={{Birth date and age|1991|2|28|df=y}}|height=1.97 m|apps=63|goals=52|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=28|pos=P|name=Anastasios Papadionysiou|age={{Birth date and age|1990|8|11|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=85|goals=129|club=AEK Athens|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=38|pos=RW|name=Evangelos Arampatzis|age={{Birth date and age|1996|8|4|df=y}}|height=1.84 m|apps=47|goals=86|club=AEK Athens|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=40|pos=GK|name=Panagiotis Papantonopoulos|age={{Birth date and age|2001|10|2|df=y}}|height=1.90 m|apps=23|goals=0|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=77|pos=LB|name={{ill|Savvas Savvas|de}}|age={{Birth date and age|1997|7|7|df=y}}|height=1.92 m|apps=12|goals=41|club=Olympiacos|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs player|no=99|pos=LW|name={{ill|Christos Kederis|el|Χρήστος Κεδέρης}}|age={{Birth date and age|1994|4|29|df=y}}|height=1.69 m|apps=22|goals=38|club=AEK Athens|clubnat=GRE}}
{{Nat hs end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.ihf.info/member-federations/greece/5135 IHF profile]
{{Handball in Greece}}
{{EHFs teams}}
{{National sports teams of Greece}}
Category:Men's national handball teams
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