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	7th/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	Qualified
2026	Future events
2028
Total	13/17	–	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
• 2022 – 3rd

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

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 2.00 m 9 0 IFK Skövde 3 RW Vukašin Vorkapić (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 1.87 m 32 60 US Ivry Handball 6 LB Uroš Borzaš (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 1.88 m 16 33 RK Eurofarm Pelister 11 LB Ilija Abutović (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 2.00 m 44 22 C' Chartres MHB 17 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 1.92 m 68 234 RK Eurofarm Pelister 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 1.76 m 124 322 Fenix Toulouse 20 P Dragan Pechmalbec (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 1.94 m 8 21 Telekom Veszprém 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 1.85 m 56 145 C' Chartres MHB 23 RB Predrag Vejin (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 1.92 m 7 6 RK Nexe Našice 24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 1.88 m 39 92 Dinamo București 30 RB Jovica Nikolić (2001-11-18) 18 November 2001 1.92 m 14 36 HSG Wetzlar 29 P Ivan Popović (1994-03-21) 21 March 1994 1.95 m 4 2 Club Deportivo Torrebalonmano 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 2.02 m 99 285 Füchse Berlin 36 RB Miloš Orbović (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 1.93 m 16 28 HC Kriens-Luzern 39 LB Marko Milosavljević (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 1.97 m 13 32 CB Ademar León 40 CB Stefan Dodić (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 1.96 m 4 2 RK Zagreb 44 LB Petar Đorđić (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 1.97 m 45 128 Benfica 76 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 1.99 m 61 4 Telekom Veszprém 96 GK Dejan Milosavljev (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 1.96 m 55 2 Füchse Berlin

• Bold denotes players still playing international handball.