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)

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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}}

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 AthensQuarter-finals6th place8305188220
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
Total1/14–||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}}

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{{Flagicon|Nazi Germany}} 1938colspan="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}} 2005Quarter-finals6th place9414245246
|{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2007colspan="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}} 2027colspan="8" rowspan="3"|to be determined
{{Flagicon|France}}/{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2029
{{Flagicon|Denmark}}/{{Flagicon|Iceland}}/{{Flagicon|Norway}} 2031
Total1/329414245246

=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}}

{{flagicon|PRT}} 1994colspan="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}} 2024Preliminary round23rd300372100
|{{flagicon|DEN}}{{flagicon|NOR}}{{flagicon|SWE}} 2026colspan="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

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