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
Shirt badge/Association crest
Information
AssociationHellenic Handball Federation
CoachGeorgios Zaravinas
CaptainCharalampos Mallios
Most capsGeorgios Chalkidis (220)
Most goalsSavvas Karypidis (930)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2004)
Best result6th (2004)
World Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2005)
Best result6th (2005)
European Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2024)
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. Grecce will take part in the EHF Euro for the very first time in 2024.

Competitive record

Olympic Games
Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Germany 1936 Berlin did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich did not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 AthensQuarter-finals6th place8305188220
China 2008 Beijing did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
Total1/14–8305188220

World Championships
World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938did not qualify
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958
West Germany 1961
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Sweden 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005Quarter-finals6th place9414245246
Germany 2007did not qualify
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021
Poland/Sweden 2023
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025to be determined
Germany 2027
Total1/30–9414245246

European Championships
European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994did not qualify
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020
HungarySlovakia 2022
Germany 2024Qualified
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026To be determined
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028
Total1/18

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 Greece AEK Athens
GK
40
 Panagiotis Papantonopoulos (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 Spain Ademar León
LW
2
 Panteleimon Kostakidis (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 Greece Filippos Verias
LW
18
 Georgios Papavasilis (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 Greece Olympiacos
RW
3
 Nikolaos Tzortzinis (2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 Greece PAOK
RW
14
 Nikolaos Passias (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 Greece Olympiacos
RW
21
 Dimitrios Tziras (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 Greece AEK Athens
RW
38
 Evangelos Arampatzis (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 Greece AEK Athens
CB
11
 Charalampos Mallios (c) (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 Greece Diomidis Argous
CB
20
 Charalampos Dompris (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 Greece Olympiacos
CB
28
 Anastasios Papadionysiou (1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 Greece AEK Athens
CB
24
 Petros Kandylas (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 Greece Olympiacos
RB
15
 Stylianos Asvestas (1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta
RB
23
 Athanasios Papazoglou (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 Greece PAOK
RB
27
 Efthimios Iliopoulos (1996-12-19) 19 December 1996 Greece AEK Athens
LΒ
6
 Theodoros Boskos (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 Spain Ademar León
LB
10
 Christodoulos Mylonas (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 Greece AEK Athens
LΒ
32
 Nikolaos Kritikos (1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 Greece Olympiacos
LΒ
34
 Ioannis Kalomoiros (1998-05-23) 23 May 1998 Greece AEK Athens
P
8
 Nikolaos Liapis (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 Spain Ademar León
P
13
 Stefanos Michailidis (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 Greece Olympiacos
P
19
 Panagiotis Karampourniotis (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 Greece Olympiacos
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