Russia men's national handball team

The Russia national handball team (Russian: Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the Handball Federation of Russia. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF.

Russia
Information
AssociationHandball Federation of Russia
(Союз гандболистов России)
CoachVelimir Petković
Assistant coachValentin Buzmakov
Mikhail Izmailov
CaptainDaniil Shishkaryov
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1996)
Best resultWinners (2000)
World Championship
Appearances21 (First in 1993)
Best resultWinners (1993, 1997)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best resultWinners (1996)
Last updated on Unknown.
Russia men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyTeam
2004 AthensTeam
World Championship
1993 Sweden
1997 Japan
1999 Egypt
European Championship
1996 Spain
1994 Portugal
2000 Croatia

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the European Handball Federation suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus as well as Russian and Belarusian clubs competing in European handball competitions.[1] Referees, officials, and commission members from Russia and Belarus will not be called upon for future activities.[2] And new organisers will be sought for the YAC 16 EHF Beach Handball EURO and the Qualifier Tournaments for the Beach Handball EURO 2023, which were to be held in Moscow.[3]

History

Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared approx. in 1909. In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball. By early 60s was finally approved a single form of handball game – 7 players form.

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the European Handball Federation suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus as well as Russian and Belarusian clubs competing in European handball competitions.[4] Referees, officials, and commission members from Russia and Belarus will not be called upon for future activities.[5] And new organisers will be sought for the YAC 16 EHF Beach Handball EURO and the Qualifier Tournaments for the Beach Handball EURO 2023, which were to be held in Moscow.[6]

Honours
CompetitionTotal
Olympic Games 1012
World Championship 2103
European Championship 1203
Total4318

Results

Summer Olympics
Year Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
1972 – 1988As  Soviet Union
1992As  Unified Team
1996Preliminary round5th6402165132
2000Champions1st8701219195
2004Third place3rd8404214216
2008Preliminary round6th8314216214
2012Did not qualify
2016
2020
Total4/71 Title3018111814757

World Championship
1993 Champions
1995 5th place
1997 Champions
1999 Runners-up
2001 6th place
2003 5th place
2005 8th place
2007 6th place
2009 16th place
2011 Did not qualify
2013 7th place
2015 19th place
2017 12th place
2019
14th place
2021 14th place (played as RHF Team)
2023
Disqualified during qualification[lower-alpha 1]
2025

TBD
2027
  1. The EHF excluded Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[7]

European Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994Runners-up27601172148
1996Champions17610172141
1998Fourth place47313179167
2000Runners-up27502189175
20025th/6th place57511166144
20045th/6th place57412206190
20065th/6th place67403210202
2008Preliminary round1430127488
2010Main round106105177194
2012Preliminary round1530128289
2014Main round96204168179
2016Main round96213160161
2018Did not qualify
2020Preliminary round2230037691
2022Main round97313194190
2024Future event
2026
2028
Total14/181 title804153423712289

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Artyom Grushko (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 28) 1.93 m 2 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
3 LB Dmitrii Santalov (1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 25) 1.96 m 37 105 Meshkov Brest
6 RW Daniil Shishkaryov (1988-07-06)6 July 1988 (aged 33) 1.90 m 145 356 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
10 CB Valentin Vorobev (1995-05-27)27 May 1995 (aged 26) 1.90 m 4 6 CSKA Moscow
17 RB Alexander Kotov (1994-07-11)11 July 1994 (aged 27) 1.98 m 41 49 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
20 LB Mikhail Vinogradov (1997-04-04)4 April 1997 (aged 24) 1.94 m 10 6 Bregenz Handball
23 LW Roman Ostashchenko (1992-09-26)26 September 1992 (aged 29) 1.87 m 48 46 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
24 RW Dmitry Kornev (1992-06-16)16 June 1992 (aged 29) 1.86 m 26 39 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
25 LB Evgenij Dzemin (1997-08-30)30 August 1997 (aged 24) 2.07 m 0 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
30 P Aleksandr Ermakov (1996-01-14)14 January 1996 (aged 25) 1.95 m 26 39 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
32 GK Andrei Vereshchagin (1997-01-22)22 January 1997 (aged 24) 1.98 m 2 0 Permskie Medvedi
44 LW Igor Soroka (1991-05-27)27 May 1991 (aged 30) 1.80 m 74 211 CSKA Moscow
76 P Radomir Vrachevich (1999-05-19)19 May 1999 (aged 22) 1.96 m 0 0 Dinamo Viktor Stavropol
78 P Pavel Andreev (1992-07-19)19 July 1992 (aged 29) 1.97 m 28 59 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
87 GK Viktor Kireyev (1987-05-05)5 May 1987 (aged 34) 1.90 m 89 1 CSKA Moscow
89 CB Dmitry Zhitnikov (1989-11-20)20 November 1989 (aged 32) 1.97 m 147 383 Orlen Wisła Płock
98 RB Nikita Kamenev (1998-04-14)14 April 1998 (aged 23) 1.98 m 2 4 Chekhovskiye Medvedi
99 LB Sergei Kosorotov (1999-06-16)16 June 1999 (aged 22) 2.00 m 43 118 Orlen Wisła Płock

Coaching staff
HUR Management Personnel:Andrey Lavrov
Head Coach:Velimir Petković
Coaches:Valentin Buzmakov / Mikhail Izmailov
Videooperator:Andrei Seregin

Notable players

Statistics

Most capped players

Player Games Position Years
Andrey Lavrov320GK
Vyacheslav Atavin288OB
Vyacheslav Gorpishin270?
Alexey Rastvortsev251OB
Vitali Ivanov236CB
Eduard Koksharov226W
Dmitri Torgovanov219P
Dmitry Kovalyov213W
Timur Dibirov212W
Mikhail Chipurin208P
Vasily Kudinov196OB
Sergey Pogorelov194OB
Dmitry Filippov160+CB, W
Denis Krivoshlykov158W
Oleg Grams150GK
Pavel Sukosyan145GK
Talant Duyshebaev140CB
Egor Evdokimov132P
Alexey Kostygov131GK
Stanislav Kulinchenko125CB
Daniil Shishkarev122W
Dmitry Zhitnikov119CB
Alexander Chernoivanov116P
Samvel Aslanyan111OB
Konstantin Igropulo110OB
Pavel Atman107CB
Vasily Filippov101CB
Valery Gopin100+W
Oleg Kiselyov100+CB, OB
Oleg Grebnev100+P

Top scorers

Player Goals Average Position Years
Eduard Koksharov11104.91W
Alexey Rastvortsev8983.58OB
Talant Duyshebaev726+CB
Dmitri Torgovanov6893.15P
Vyacheslav Atavin600+OB
Timur Dibirov600W
Vitali Ivanov5222.21CB
Konstantin Igropulo505OB
Mikhail Chipurin505P
Denis Krivoshlykov4482.84W
Sergey Pogorelov4462.30OB
Dmitry Kovalyov439W
Vasily Kudinov300+OB
Dmitry Filippov300+CB, W
Aleksandr Tuchkin2993.25OB

References
  1. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  2. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  3. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  4. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  5. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  6. "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
  7. "EHF decision on current competition structures". eurohandball.com. EHF. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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