Greece men's national handball team

The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Handball Federation.

Greece
Information
AssociationHellenic Handball Federation
CoachGeorgios Zaravinas
CaptainCharalampos Mallios
Most capsGeorgios Chalkidis (220)
Most goalsSavvas Karypidis (930)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2004)
Best result6th (2004)
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2005)
Best result6th (2005)
Last updated on Unknown.

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.

Competitive record

Olympic Games
Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1936 Berlin Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 AthensQuarter-finals6th place8305188220
2008 Beijing Did not qualify
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total1/14–8305188220

World Championships
World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938Did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005Quarter-finals6th place9414245246
2007Did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025To be determined
2027
Total1/30–9414245246

European Championships
European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024To be determined
2026
2028
Total0/18

Current squad

Greek squad at the 2023 World Championship Qualification

Position No. Player Date of birth Club
GK
16
 Petros Boukovinas (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 AEK Athens
GK
40
 Panagiotis Papantonopoulos (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 Ademar León
LW
2
 Panteleimon Kostakidis (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 Filippos Verias
LW
18
 Georgios Papavasilis (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 Olympiacos
RW
3
 Nikolaos Tzortzinis (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 PAOK
RW
14
 Nikolaos Passias (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 Olympiacos
RW
21
 Dimitrios Tziras (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 AEK Athens
RW
38
 Evangelos Arampatzis (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 AEK Athens
CB
11
 Charalampos Mallios (c) (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 Diomidis Argous
CB
20
 Charalampos Dompris (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 Olympiacos
CB
28
 Anastasios Papadionysiou (1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 AEK Athens
CB
24
 Petros Kandylas (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 Olympiacos
RB
15
 Stylianos Asvestas (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 Anorthosis Famagusta
RB
23
 Athanasios Papazoglou (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 PAOK
RB
27
 Efthimios Iliopoulos (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 AEK Athens
LΒ
6
 Theodoros Boskos (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 Ademar León
LB
10
 Christodoulos Mylonas (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 AEK Athens
LΒ
32
 Nikolaos Kritikos (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 Olympiacos
LΒ
34
 Ioannis Kalomoiros (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 AEK Athens
P
8
 Nikolaos Liapis (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 Ademar León
P
13
 Stefanos Michailidis (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 Olympiacos
P
19
 Panagiotis Karampourniotis (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 Olympiacos
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