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Romania men's national handball 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.

Romania
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Information
AssociationRomanian Handball Federation
CoachGeorge Buricea
Assistant coachMihai Popescu
Most capsAlexandru Buligan (280)
Most goalsVasile Stîngă (1414)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
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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

Competitive record

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third Place    Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

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Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1936 Berlin Match for 5th place 5th of 6 3 1 0 2 19 29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
  1972 Munich Third Place 3rd of 16 6 5 0 1 98 81
  1976 Montreal Runners-up 2nd of 12 5 3 1 1 106 90
  1980 Moscow Third Place 3rd of 12 6 5 0 1 139 106
  1984 Los Angeles Third Place 3rd of 12 6 5 0 1 143 110
  1988 Seoul Did Not qualify
  1992 Barcelona Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 1 1 4 126 138
  1996 Atlanta Did Not qualify
  2000 Sydney
  2004 Athens
  2008 Beijing
  2012 London
  2016 Rio de Janeiro
  2020 Tokyo
  2024 Paris
Total 6/14 – 32 20 2 10 631 554

World Championship

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World Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
  1938 did not enter
  1954
  1958 13 3 0 1 2 40 50 −10
  1961 1 6 5 0 1 89 67 +22
  1964 1 6 6 0 0 136 88 +48
  1967 3 6 4 1 1 114 87 +27
  1970 1 6 5 0 1 94 68 +26
  1974 1 6 5 0 1 111 81 +30
  1978 7 6 3 1 2 131 106 +25
  1982 5 7 5 0 2 164 152 +12
  1986 9 7 3 0 4 146 147 −1
  1990 3 7 6 0 1 168 142 +26
  1993 10 7 2 1 4 143 152 −9
  1995 10 6 3 0 3 147 152 −5
  1997 did not qualify
  1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
  2009 15 5 2 0 3 141 135 +6
  2011 19 5 2 0 3 132 123 +9
  2013 did not qualify
  2015
  2017
 /  2019
  2021
 /  2023
 / /  2025
  2027 To be determined
 /  2029
 / /  2031
Total 14/29 83 51 4 28 25 1756 1553

European Championship

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European Championship record
Year Position GP W D L GS GA +/-
  1994 11 6 2 0 4 151 156 −5
  1996 9 6 2 0 4 145 161 −16
  1998 did not qualify
  2000
  2002
  2004
  2006
  2008
  2010
  2012
  2014
  2016
  2018
     2020
   2022
  2024 22 3 0 0 3 73 98 −25
    2026 To be determined
    2028
Total 3/18 15 4 0 11 369 415 −46

Current squad

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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   Steaua București
3 LB Gabriel Ilie (1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 (age 25) 1.93 m 17 15   CSM Constanța
4 P Daniel Stanciuc (2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 20) 1.89 m 13 22   Dinamo București
5 RW Ionuț Nistor (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) 1.87 m 40 68   CSM Constanța
8 LB Robert Militaru (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 30) 1.96 m 29 6   Dinamo București
10 CB Gabriel Cumpănici (1998-10-12) 12 October 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m 17 24   CS Minaur Baia Mare
11 P Robert Nagy (1997-07-06) 6 July 1997 (age 27) 1.92 m 11 16   CS Minaur Baia Mare
12 GK Dan Vasile (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27) 1.90 m 40 2   CSM Constanța
13 P Adrian Rotaru (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) 1.91 m 41 59   CSM București
14 RB Demis Grigoraș (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993 (age 31) 1.93 m 71 120   SL Benfica
17 LB Dan Racoțea (1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 29) 2.03 m 53 74   Dinamo București
18 RW Marius Sadoveac (1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 39) 1.93 m 134 191   SCM Politehnica Timișoara
19 RW Alex Tărâță (1990-01-19) 19 January 1990 (age 34) 1.88 m 16 35   Steaua București
21 CB Liviu Caba (2000-06-21) 21 June 2000 (age 24) 1.95 m 8 6   CSM Constanța
22 LW Sabin Constantina (1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28) 1.86 m 8 14   Steaua București
23 P Călin Dedu (2002-10-21) 21 October 2002 (age 22) 2.07 m 13 26   Dinamo București
24 LW Andrei Nicușor Negru (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30) 1.80 m 43 102   Dinamo București
30 CB Andrei Drăgan (1999-07-06) 6 July 1999 (age 25) 1.85 m 11 10   CSM Constanța
31 RB Radu Ghiță (1990-11-22) 22 November 1990 (age 33) 1.89 m 74 92   AHC Potaissa Turda
35 LB Andrei Buzle (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25) 1.98 m 30 45   BM Granollers

References

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  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.
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