Serbia men's national handball team

Serbia
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Information
NicknameOrlovi
(The Eagles)
AssociationHandball Federation of Serbia
CoachRaúl González (handballer)
Assistant coachNemanja Pribak
Mihailo Radosavljević
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 2000)
Best result4th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1997)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1999, 2001)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1996)
Best resultSilver 2nd (2012)
Last updated on Unknown.
Serbia men's national handball team
Medal record
Representing Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia Serbia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2001 France
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2012 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Spain
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2015 Gwangju Team

The Serbia men's national handball team represents Serbia in international men's handball competitions. It is governed by the Serbian Handball Federation.

In 1999, the Olympic Committee of Yugoslavia declared it the country's male team of the year.[1]

History

2012 European Championship

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.

Honours

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championship 0 0 2 2
European Championship 0 1 1 2
Total 0 1 3 4

Competitive record

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1936 to 1988 part of Yugoslavia
Spain 1992 qualified and later suspended
United States 1996 Part of FR Yugoslavia
did not qualify
Australia 2000 Fourth place 4th of 12 8 4 0 4 204 203 +1
Greece 2004 did not qualify
China 2008 did not qualify
 Serbia
United Kingdom 2012 Group stage 9th of 12 5 1 0 4 120 131 −11
Brazil 2016 did not qualify
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 Future events
Australia 2032
Total 2/8 13 5 0 8 324 334 −10

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1938 to 1990 part of Yugoslavia
Sweden 1993 qualified and later suspended
Iceland 1995 Part of FR Yugoslavia
suspended from qualification tournament
Japan 1997 Round of 16 9 6 4 0 2 162 148
Egypt 1999 Third place 3 9 6 1 2 257 211
France 2001 Third place 3 9 7 0 2 254 182
Portugal 2003 7th/8th place 8 9 5 1 3 263 228
Tunisia 2005 5th/6th place 5 9 5 2 2 253 221
Germany 2007 did not qualify
 Serbia
Croatia 2009 7th/8th place 8 9 4 1 4 280 281
Sweden 2011 9th/10th place 10 9 3 1 5 246 251
Spain 2013 Round of 16 10 6 3 0 3 170 159
Qatar 2015 did not qualify
France 2017
Denmark Germany 2019 Presidents Cup 18 7 2 1 4 187 203
Egypt 2021 did not qualify
Poland Sweden 2023 Main round 11 6 4 0 2 191 168
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 did not qualify
Germany 2027 Future events
France/Germany 2029
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total 10/18 79 43 7 29 2263 2052

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 Part of FR Yugoslavia
suspended from qualification tournament
Spain 1996 Third place 3 7 5 1 1 166 162
Italy 1998 5th/6th place 5 6 4 0 2 157 145
Croatia 2000 did not qualify
Sweden 2002 9th/10th place 10 7 2 1 4 185 192
Slovenia 2004 7th/8th place 8 7 3 1 3 206 199
Switzerland 2006 Main round 9 6 2 0 4 166 181
Norway 2008 did not qualify
 Serbia
Austria 2010 Preliminary round 13 3 0 1 2 83 94
Serbia 2012 Runner-up 2 8 4 2 2 176 168
Denmark 2014 Preliminary round 13 3 1 0 2 73 77
Poland 2016 15 3 0 1 2 81 92
Croatia 2018 Main round 12 6 1 0 5 160 191
Austria Norway Sweden 2020 Preliminary round 20 3 0 0 3 72 81
Hungary Slovakia 2022 14 3 1 0 2 76 75
Germany 2024 19 3 0 1 2 83 85
Denmark Sweden Norway 2026 19 3 1 0 2 82 82
Spain Portugal Switzerland 2028 Future event
Czech RepublicDenmarkPoland 2030
FranceGermany 2032
Total 14/20 68 24 8 36 1766 1824
* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.
** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Mediterranean Games

Part of FR Yugoslavia
As Serbia Serbia

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship[2][3]

Head coach: Raul Gonzalez

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 1.99 m 79 5 Romania Dinamo București
3 RW Vukašin Vorkapić (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 1.87 m 34 69 Serbia RK Vojvodina
4 P Marko Jevtić (2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 1.86 m 5 21 Spain CD Bidasoa
13 LB Uroš Borzaš (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 1.88 m 38 66 North Macedonia RK Alkaloid
15 RW Uroš Kojadinović (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 1.86 m 23 67 France Fenix Toulouse Handball
16 GK Andrej Trnavac (1998-12-13) 13 December 1998 1.87 m 8 0 Serbia RK Partizan
19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 1.76 m 140 397 France Fenix Toulouse Handball
21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 1.85 m 97 245 France C' Chartres Métropole Handball
22 P Ivan Mićić (2000-09-22) 22 September 2000 1.90 m 5 13 Serbia RK Partizan
23 CB Aljoša Damjanović (2005-05-29) 29 May 2005 1.87 m 0 0 Serbia RK Metaloplastika
24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 1.88 m 61 147 Hungary SC Pick Szeged
28 RB Uroš Mitrović (2004-09-13) 13 September 2004 1.98 m 2 5 North Macedonia RK Vardar
29 LB Marko Tasić (2003-02-02) 2 February 2003 1.99 m 2 1 Serbia Dinamo Pančevo
35 CB Veljko Popović (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 1.90 m 2 6 Serbia RK Partizan
40 CB Stefan Dodić (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 1.94 m 10 17 Serbia RK Vojvodina
45 RW Darko Đukić (1994-12-11) 11 December 1994 1.91 m 58 157 North Macedonia GRK Ohrid
46 P Dragan Pechmalbec (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 1.94 m 35 92 Hungary Veszprém KC
93 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 2.02 m 130 298 Germany Füchse Berlin
96 GK Dejan Milosavljev (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 1.96 m 74 3 Germany Füchse Berlin

Individual records

  • Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

References

  1. ^ "Najuspešniji u izboru OKS". Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Рукометни савез Србије". rss.org.rs. 15 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Serbia". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.