Russia men's national handball team

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AssociationHandball Federation of Russia
(Союз гандболистов России)
CoachLev Voronin
Assistant coachValentin Buzmakov
Mikhail Izmailov
CaptainDaniil Shishkaryov
Most capsAleksey Rastvortsev (251)
Most goalsEduard Koksharov (1110)
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1996)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st (2000)
World Championship
Appearances21 (First in 1993)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st (1993, 1997)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st (1996)
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Russia men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1993 Sweden
Gold medal – first place1997 Japan
Silver medal – second place1999 Egypt
European Championship
Gold medal – first place1996 Spain
Silver medal – second place1994 Portugal
Silver medal – second place2000 Croatia

The Russia national handball team (Russian: Сборная России по гандболу, romanized: Sbornaya Rossii po gandbolu) is controlled by the Handball Federation of Russia. Russia is designates by IHF and EHF.

It has historically been considered one of the strongest national teams in the world, winning both the World Championship, European Championship and gold at the Olympic Games.

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.[1]

The Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Russian national team was established after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union men's national handball team was discontinued. The Handball Federation of Russia became the legal successor to the Soviet Union.[2][3]

Initial success

The first major international tournament that Russia participated in was the 1993 World Men's Handball Championship, which they won.[4] During the 1990's they became one of the best teams in the world, competing for that title with Sweden's 'Bengan Boys'. Russia won the 1996 European Men's Handball Championship and the handball tournament at the 2000 Olympics.[5][6]

2000s

Russia's early success would not continue, however. During the 2000's and 2010's they did not reach a final again, although they did win bronze medals at the 2004 Olympics.[7] The culmination came at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, where Russia missed qualification for the first time ever (as either Russia or the Soviet Union). At their next major international tournament, the 2012 European Championship, they were knocked out in the preliminary round with a disappointing 15th place, leading to the firing of legendary coach Vladimir Maximov.[8]

At the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship Russia could not compete under their own flag as the World Anti-Doping Agency had on 9 December 2019 banned Russia from all international sports, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated.[9][10][11] Therefore they competed as a neutral team under the name "Russian Handball Federation Team".[12][13]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended all Russian clubs and the national team from competing in European handball competitions.[14]

Honours

Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 1012
World Championship 2103
European Championship 1203
Total4318

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

Year Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
1972 – 1988As  Soviet Union
Spain 1992As  Unified Team
United States 1996Preliminary round5th6402166132
Australia 2000Champions1st8701219195
Greece 2004Third place3rd8404214216
China 2008Quarter-finals6th8314216214
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024Suspended
United States 2028
Australia 2032To be determined
Total4/91 Title3018111815757

World Championship

1993 Sweden Champions
1995 Iceland 5th place
1997 Japan Champions
1999 Egypt Runners-up
2001 France 6th place
2003 Portugal 5th place
2005 Tunisia 8th place
2007 Germany 6th place
2009 Croatia 16th place
2011 Sweden Did not qualify
2013 Spain 7th place
2015 Qatar 19th place
2017 France 12th place
2019 Germany
Denmark		 14th place
2021 Egypt 14th place (played as RHF Team)
2023 Poland
Sweden		 Disqualified during qualification
2025 Croatia
Denmark
Norway		 Suspended
2027 Germany
2029 France
Germany		 TBD
2031 Denmark
Iceland
Norway		 TBD

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994Runners-up27601172148
Spain 1996Champions17610172141
Italy 1998Fourth place47313179167
Croatia 2000Runners-up27502189175
Sweden 20025th/6th place57511197172
Slovenia 20045th/6th place57511206190
Switzerland 20065th/6th place67403208204
Norway 2008Preliminary round1430127488
Austria 2010Main round126105177194
Serbia 2012Preliminary round1530128289
Denmark 2014Main round96204168179
Poland 2016Main round96213160161
Croatia 2018Did not qualify
Austria Norway Sweden 2020Preliminary round2230037691
Hungary Slovakia 2022Main round97313194190
Germany 2024Disqualified during qualification
Denmark Norway Sweden 2026Suspended
Portugal Spain Switzerland 2028
Czech Republic Denmark Poland 2030Future event
France Germany 2032
Total14/201 title834283322542189

Team

Current squad

This is the list of players named for the friendly tournament in January, 2026.

Nr. Name Position Club
1 Denis Zabolotin Goalkeeper Belarus HC Meshkov Brest
12 Ivan Sharov Goalkeeper Russia Saint Petersburg HC
55 Dmitriy Ionov Left wing Russia HBC CSKA Moscow
80 Ivan Osadchiy Left wing Russia SKIF Krasnodar
10 Ivan Erkanov Right wing Russia HBC CSKA Moscow
76 Andrey Volkhonsky Right wing Russia Permskie Medvedi
23 Ilya Belevtsov Left back Russia HBC CSKA Moscow
25 Evgeniy Dzemin Left back Russia Permskie Medvedi
99 Sergey Kosorotov Left back Poland Wisła Płock
4 Igor Karlov Playmaker Slovakia HT Tatran Prešov
45 Aleksandr Arkatov Playmaker Russia Permskie Medvedi
93 Anton Aksyukov Right back Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
98 Nikita Kamenev Right back Russia Permskie Medvedi
6 Victor Futsev Pivot Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
55 Aleksandr Ermakov Pivot Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
77 Raman Tsarapkin Pivot Russia HBC CSKA Moscow

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. ↑ Игнатьева, Валентина (15 May 2022). Теория и методика гандбола (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-044972-9.
  2. ↑ России, Федерация гандбола. "История Федерации гандбола России". rushandball.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Макаров Борис Николаевич | Спорт-страна.ру" (in Russian). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Results 1993 - Todor66
  5. ↑ "Handball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "1996 Men's European Championship". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Handball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Men's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Thomas Kristensen (22 January 2015). "Den russiske bjørn sover stadig" [The Russian bear is still sleeping] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  9. ↑ MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. AP. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  13. ↑ "Appearance of Russian Handball Federation at the 27th IHF Men's World Championship". ihf.info. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  14. ↑ "Russia and Belarus suspended by EHF". Handball Planet. 1 March 2022.
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