Serbia men's national handball team

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Information
Nickname	Орлови – Orlovi (The Eagles)
Association	Рукометни савез Србије – Serbian Handball Federation (РCC/RSS)
Coach	Vladan Matić
Assistant coach	Dejan Perić Saša Marković
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th 2000
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1997)
Best result	1999, 2001
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1996)
Best result	2012
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Serbia men's national handball team

Medal record
Representing FR Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) / Serbia
World Championship
	1999 Egypt	Team
	2001 France	Team
European Championship
	2012 Serbia	Team
	1996 Spain	Team
Mediterranean Games
	2009 Pescara	Team

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

For the results before 1991 when Serbia was part of SFR Yugoslavia, please see Yugoslavia national handball team.

Olympic Committee of Serbia declared men's national handball team for the best male team of the year 1999.

History

2012 European Championship

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012, in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac and is the tenth edition of the tournament. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.

At the 2012 European Championship in their home country, where they were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in their group following victories against Denmark and Poland. In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia.

The team advanced by defeating two of their three opponents. In the semifinals Croatia was defeated by 26–22.

They faced Denmark in the finals, after having already defeated them in the second match at the group stage. Denmark emerged as the champion.

Competitive record

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to both FR 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
1936–1988 as part of Yugoslavia
1992 Barcelona	Suspended
1996 Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000 Sydney	Fourth Place	4th of 12	8	4	0	4	204	203	+1
2004 Athens	Did not qualify
2008 Beijing
2012 London	Group stage	9th of 12	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Not yet qualified
Total	2/6	0 Titles	13	5	0	8	324	334	−10

World Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
Sweden 1993	Suspended
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
Egypt 1999	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	221
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
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
Total	8/12	-	66	37	6	23	1885	1691

European Championship record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
Portugal 1994	Suspended
Spain 1996	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
Italy 1998	5th/6th Place	5	6	4	0	2	159	145
Croatia 2000	Did not qualify
Sweden 2002	9th/10th Place	10	6	2	1	3	160	161
Slovenia 2004	7h/8th Place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
Switzerland 2006	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	161	177
Norway 2008	Did not qualify
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
Total	8/11	-	46	21	6	19	1184	1183

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Current roster

The roster for the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Vladan Matić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Slaviša Đukanović (1979-05-03)3 May 1979 (aged 34) 1.90 m 8 0 Saint-Raphaël Handball 6 RB Marko Vujin (1984-12-07)7 December 1984 (aged 29) 1.96 m 104 428 THW Kiel 7 LW Ivan Nikčević (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 32) 1.81 m 118 434 Wisła Płock 9 CB Nikola Manojlović (1981-12-01)1 December 1981 (aged 32) 1.95 m 43 40 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 11 P Alem Toskić (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 31) 1.90 m 144 298 RK Vardar 12 GK Darko Stanić (1978-10-08)8 October 1978 (aged 35) 1.92 m 97 0 Rhein Neckar Löwen 13 LB Momir Ilić (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 32) 2.00 m 125 456 MKB Veszprém KC 14 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 20) 1.86 m 12 17 Flensburg-Handewitt 16 GK Strahinja Milić (1990-12-20)20 December 1990 (aged 23) 1.98 m 22 0 RK Vardar 17 RW Rajko Prodanović (1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 27) 1.86 m 111 265 Rhein Neckar Löwen 18 P Rastko Stojković (1981-07-12)12 July 1981 (aged 32) 1.91 m 65 138 RK Crvena zvezda 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11)11 May 1990 (aged 23) 1.77 m 16 15 Toulouse Handball 20 LB Momir Rnić (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 26) 1.97 m 68 110 Frisch Auf Göppingen 24 CB Uroš Mitrović (1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 29) 1.91 m 30 37 BSV Bern Muri 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 23) 1.94 m 19 35 RK Celje 30 LB Draško Nenadić (1990-02-15)15 February 1990 (aged 23) 2.02 m 13 14 Flensburg-Handewitt 31 CB Petar Nenadić (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 27) 1.98 m 60 134 Wisła Płock

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile