Poland men's national handball team

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	Jota González
Assistant coach	Julen Aguinagalde; Zygmunt Kamys; Marcin Wichary
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	18 (First in 1958)
Best result	‹See Tfd› 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]

History

Some of the team`s greatest achievements came between 2007 and 2016. At that time, legends like Sławomir Szmal, Karol Bielecki, or Marcin Lijewski led the Polish goldem generation to multiple world championship medals. It is also in this period that Polands best result, a silver medal at the 2007 World Championship, happened.^[2]

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
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
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	Presidents Cup	25	7	3	2	2	219	198
2027	qualified
2029	to be determined
2031	to be determined
Total	19/32	0 titles	121	66	6	49	3032	2865

Former President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, with the national team in the Presidential Palace in 2007

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European, all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden

1974 : 2nd place
1979 : 2nd place
1984 : 5th place

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	Preliminary round	21	3	0	0	3	72	89
2028	To be determined
2030	Qualified as co-host
2032	To be determined
Total	12/20	0 titles	62	22	5	35	1693	1781

Poland against Argentina during 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament in the Centennial Hall, Wrocław

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
2026	6	2	2	2	184	190	yes
2028	To be determined
2030	Qualified as co-host						yes
2032	To be determined
Total	97	49	9	39	2699	2462	12/17

Warm up of the national team before match against Germany in 2010

Other tournaments

Supercup Winner: 2007^[3]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.^[4]^[5]

Head coach: Jota González

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Miłosz Wałach	(2001-11-23) 23 November 2001 (age 24)	1.95 m	4	0	RK Vardar 1961
2	LB	Damian Przytuła	(1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 27)	2.00 m	58	122	RK Zagreb
3	RB	Michał Daszek	(1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 (age 33)	1.82 m	155	398	Orlen Wisła Płock
4	CB	Piotr Jędraszczyk	(2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 24)	1.80 m	50	119	Industria Kielce
5	CB	Michał Olejniczak	(2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 25)	1.95 m	82	154	Industria Kielce
12	LB	Ariel Pietrasik	(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 26)	2.02 m	55	116	Kadetten Schaffhausen
17	RB	Andrzej Widomski	(2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 23)	1.90 m	14	28	RK Eurofarm Pelister
23	RW	Arkadiusz Moryto	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 28)	1.82 m	108	510	Industria Kielce
25	LW	Piotr Jarosiewicz	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 27)	1.80 m	30	41	Industria Kielce
26	RW	Marek Marciniak	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 30)	1.88 m	13	24	RK Vardar 1961
28	P	Maciej Gębala	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 32)	2.00 m	116	151	HC Erlangen
30	RB	Wiktor Tomczak	(2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 23)	2.00 m	6	2	PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
35	CB	Paweł Paterek	(2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 25)	1.86 m	31	66	KGHM Chrobry Głogów
36	P	Dawid Dawydzik	(1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 31)	2.00 m	57	75	Orlen Wisła Płock
38	P	Sebastian Kaczor	(2001-12-15) 15 December 2001 (age 24)	1.96 m	3	4	USAM Nîmes Gard
44	LW	Mikołaj Czapliński	(2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 25)	1.88 m	34	86	PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
48	LB	Tomasz Gębala	(1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 30)	2.12 m	49	135	PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
50	GK	Jakub Skrzyniarz	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 30)	1.89 m	29	0	Irudek Bidasoa Irún
78	P	Wiktor Jankowski	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 24)	2.00 m	5	2	RK Vardar 1961

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 2023–2025 – Marcin Lijewski 2025– Jota González

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	198
12.	Bogdan Wenta	1981–1994	191
13.	Zbigniew Tłuczyński	1978–1990	186
14.	Krzysztof Lijewski	2003–2017	185
15.	Kamil Syprzak	2011–	180
16.	Zbigniew Plechoć	1983–1990	178
17.	Henryk Rozmiarek	1971–1980	177
18.	Jan Gmyrek	1970–1979	176
19.	Damian Wleklak	1998–2009	164
20.	Mariusz Jurkiewicz	2002–2017	163

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.	Arkadiusz Moryto	2017–	510
14.	Tomasz Tłuczyński	2006–2012	503
15.	Lesław Dziuba	1981–1990	447
16.	Krzysztof Lijewski	2003–2017	439
17.	Patryk Kuchczyński	2002–2014	435
18.	Zbigniew Plechoć	1983–1990	427
19.	Kamil Syprzak	2011–	417
20.	Michał Daszek	2013–	386

Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport and Eurosport.

References

↑ Strona Główna ZPRP
↑ 2007 World Championship final Match Report - IHF
↑ "QS-Supercup: DHB-Team nach Sieg über Russland Dritter – Polen entthront Schweden". archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2026.
↑ "Jota Gonzalez wybrał mistrzowską "osiemnastkę"" (in Polish). ZPRP. Retrieved 13 January 2026.
↑ "Team roster: Poland". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

External links

[1] Strona Główna ZPRP

[2] 2007 World Championship final Match Report - IHF

[3] "QS-Supercup: DHB-Team nach Sieg über Russland Dritter – Polen entthront Schweden". archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2026.

[4] "Jota Gonzalez wybrał mistrzowską "osiemnastkę"" (in Polish). ZPRP. Retrieved 13 January 2026.

[5] "Team roster: Poland". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.

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