Serbia men's national handball team

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012 in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac.

Playing in front of their home crowd, the hosts were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in the group following victories against Denmark and Poland.

In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia. Serbia advanced again by defeating two of their three opponents and defeated Croatia in the semifinal 26–22. They faced Denmark in the final, after having already beaten them in the group stage. However, Denmark exacted upon revenge to emerge as champions.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Suspended from qualification tournament
1996	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998	5th/6th place	5	6	4	0	2	159	145
2000	Did not qualify
2002	9th/10th place	10	6	2	1	3	160	161
2004	7h/8th place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	161	177
2008	Did not qualify  Serbia
2010	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	83	94
2012	Runner-up	2	8	4	2	2	176	168
2014	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	73	77
2016	Preliminary round	15	3	0	1	2	81	92
2018	Main round	12	6	1	0	5	160	191
2020	Preliminary round	20	3	0	0	3	72	81
2022	Preliminary round	14	3	1	0	2	76	75
2024	Future events
2026
2028
Total	12/15	–	61	23	7	31	1573	1622

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

• 1993 – Suspended
• 1997 – 5th
• 2001 – 5th
• 2005 – 4th
• 2009 – Champions
• 2013 – 6th
• 2018 – 8th

Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2]

Head coach: Toni Gerona

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Milan Bomaštar (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 22) 2.01 m 2 0 ABANCA Ademar León 5 RB Milan Milić (1998-05-14)14 May 1998 (aged 23) 1.98 m 24 68 HBC Nantes 6 LB Uroš Borzaš (1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 22) 1.88 m 3 8 Fenix Toulouse 8 LB Stevan Sretenović (1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 26) 2.01 m 26 58 Meshkov Brest 10 RW Darko Đukić (1994-12-11)11 December 1994 (aged 27) 1.91 m 44 114 RK Vardar 1961 11 LB Ilija Abutović (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 33) 2.02 m 46 25 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 13 P Živan Pešić (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 28) 1.93 m 34 74 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 16 GK Mihailo Radovanović (1992-12-18)18 December 1992 (aged 29) 1.94 m 6 0 Nexe Našice 17 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 28) 1.92 m 62 219 Pick Szeged 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (aged 31) 1.76 m 91 344 Fenix Toulouse 20 P Dragan Pechmalbec (1996-01-05)5 January 1996 (aged 26) 1.94 m 1 4 HBC Nantes 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 28) 1.85 m 49 119 C' Chartres MHB 24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12)12 December 1995 (aged 26) 1.88 m 30 79 S.L. Benfica 30 RB Jovica Nikolić (2001-11-18)18 November 2001 (aged 20) 1.90 m 11 28 RK Vojvodina 31 CB Đorđe Đekić (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 28) 1.89 m 0 0 Riihimäki Cocks 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 (aged 28) 2.02 m 95 264 Füchse Berlin 34 CB Petar Nenadić (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 35) 1.98 m 80 415 Telekom Veszprém 36 RB Miloš Orbović (1993-11-02)2 November 1993 (aged 28) 1.93 m 11 18 HC Kriens-Luzern 37 LB Danilo Radović (2000-06-14)14 June 2000 (aged 21) 1.96 m 1 5 RK Dinamo Pančevo 38 P Davor Basarić (1990-11-03)3 November 1990 (aged 31) 1.90 m 2 3 Riihimäki Cocks 39 LB Marko Milosavljević (1998-09-13)13 September 1998 (aged 23) 2.01 m 4 17 ABANCA Ademar León 44 LB Petar Đorđić (1990-09-17)17 September 1990 (aged 31) 1.96 m 36 86 S.L. Benfica 76 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 (aged 27) 1.99 m 54 3 Telekom Veszprém 96 GK Dejan Milosavljev (1996-03-16)16 March 1996 (aged 25) 1.96 m 43 2 Füchse Berlin

• Bold denotes players still playing international handball.