Romania men's national handball team

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Information
Association	Romanian Handball Federation
Coach	Aihan Omer
Most caps	Alexandru Buligan (280)
Most goals	Vasile Stîngă (1414)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1936)
Best result	2nd, 1976
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1958)
Best result	1st, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1994)
Best result	9th, 1996
Last updated on 8 November 2013.

Romania men's national handball team

Medal record
Representing Romania
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Team
	1976 Montreal	Team
	1980 Moscow	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
World Championship
	1961 West Germany	Team
	1964 Czech Republic	Team
	1967 Sweden	Team
	1970 France	Team
	1974 East Germany	Team
	1990 Czech Republic	Team

The Romania men's national handball team is the men's national handball team of Romania. It is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international team handball competitions.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Match for 5th place	5th of 6	3	1	0	2	19	29
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Third Place	3rd of 16	7	6	0	1	111	92
1976 Montreal	Runners-up	2nd of 12	5	3	1	1	106	90
1980 Moscow	Third Place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	139	106
1984 Los Angeles	Third Place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	143	110
1988 Seoul	Did Not Qualify
1992 Barcelona	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	1	1	4	126	138
1996 Atlanta	Did Not Qualify
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro

World Championships

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
Germany 1938	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden 1954	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Germany 1958	13th	3	0	1	2	40	50	-10
West Germany 1961	1st	6	5	0	1	89	67	+22
Czechoslovakia 1964	1st	6	6	0	0	136	88	+48
Sweden 1967	3rd	6	4	1	1	114	88	+26
France 1970	1st	6	5	0	1	94	68	+26
East Germany 1974	1st	6	5	0	1	111	81	+30
Denmark 1978	7th	6	3	1	2	131	106	+25
West Germany 1982	5th	7	5	0	2	164	152	+12
Switzerland 1986	9th	7	3	0	4	146	147	-1
Czechoslovakia 1990	3rd	7	6	0	1	168	142	+26
Sweden 1993	10th	7	2	1	4	143	152	-9
Iceland 1995	10th	6	3	0	3	147	152	-5
Japan 1997	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Egypt 1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France 2001	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tunisia 2005	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Germany 2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia 2009	15th	5	2	0	3	141	135	+6
Sweden 2011	19th	5	2	0	3	132	123	+9
Spain 2013	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar 2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

European Championships

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
Portugal 1994	11th	5	1	0	4	113	135	-22
Spain 1996	9th	5	1	0	4	117	134	-17
Italy 1998	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Croatia 2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sweden 2002	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia 2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland 2006	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway 2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria 2010	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Serbia 2012	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark 2014	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Poland 2016	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Team

Squad

This is the list of 17 players named for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification games against Finland.

Nr.	Name	Position	Club
	Mihai Popescu	Goalkeeper	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
	Ionut Ciprian Iancu	Goalkeeper	CSM București
	Ionuț Irimuș	Goalkeeper	CS Dinamo
	Laurențiu Toma	Right Wing	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanţa
	Valentin Ghionea	Right Wing	Wisła Płock
	Chike Onyejekwe	Left Wing	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
	Daniel Bera	Left Wing	HC Minaur Baia Mare
	Dan Racoțea	Left Back	Wisła Płock
	Ionut Ramba	Left Back	TBV Lemgo
	Alexandru Csepreghi	Left Back	Créteil
	Marius Stavrositu	Playmaker	CSM București
	Cristi Fenici	Playmaker	Politehnica Timișoara
	Marius Sadoveac	Right Back	HC Minaur Baia Mare
	Demis Grigoraș	Right Back	Politehnica Timișoara
	Marius Mocanu	Pivot	CS Dinamo
	Marius Novanc	Pivot	CSM București
	Dragoș Iancu	Pivot	Energia Lignitul Pandurii Târgu Jiu

See also

• Romania women's national handball team

External links

• Federatia Romana de Handbal Romanian Handball Federation
• International Handball Federation