Belarus men's national handball team

The Belarus national handball team is the national handball team of Belarus.

Belarus
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Belarus
Coach	Yuri Shevtsov
Assistant coach	Ihar Papruha Mikalai Zianko
Colours
Home Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1995)
Best result	9th (1995)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1994)
Best result	8th (1994)
Last updated on Unknown.

Competitive record

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1993	Did not qualify
1995	9/10th place	9	9	5	0	4	278	247
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Round of 16	15	6	2	0	4	159	153
2015	17/18th place	18	7	2	0	5	215	216
2017	Round of 16	11	6	2	0	4	156	186
/ 2019	Did not qualify
2021	Main round	17	6	2	2	2	171	162
/ 2023	To be determined
// 2025
2027
Total	5/18	–	34	13	2	19	979	964

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	7th/8th place	8	6	2	0	4	154	177
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	83	101
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2014	Main round	12	6	1	0	5	159	193
2016	Main round	10	6	2	0	4	167	181
2018	Main round	10	6	2	0	4	155	172
2020	Main round	10	7	3	1	3	209	217
2022	To be determined
2024
Total	6/16	–	34	10	1	23	927	1051

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

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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship[1][2]

Head coach: Yuri Shevtsov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Ivan Matskevich 8 May 1991 1.91 m 90 5 Meshkov Brest 2 RW Aliaksandr Lukashevich 5 March 1998 1.92 m 0 0 Kronon Grodno 3 LB Uladzislau Kulesh 28 May 1996 2.06 m 68 199 Łomża Vive Kielce 7 CB Artsiom Kulak 23 February 1996 1.90 m 13 21 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 8 LB Artur Rudz 10 September 1998 1.94 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 9 RB Aleh Astrashapkin 20 January 1992 1.90 m 33 44 CSKA Moscow 17 LW Uladzislau Kryvenka 21 April 1999 1.90 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 20 GK Aliaksei Kishou 23 September 1986 1.91 m 51 1 HC STV Schwyz 23 LW Andrei Yurynok 21 September 1996 1.96 m 71 110 Meshkov Brest 25 RB Pavel Duda 5 December 1996 1.88 m 0 0 Masheka Mogilev 33 GK Ivan Maroz 5 October 1992 1.94 m 7 0 Motor Zaporizhzhia 42 P Aliaksei Ushal 15 March 1990 1.98 m 5 0 Orosházi FKSE 43 P Artsiom Selviasiuk 8 December 1992 1.93 m 0 0 Meshkov Brest 47 CB Aliaksandr Padshyvalau 8 March 1996 1.90 m 55 81 GWD Minden 50 P Artsem Karalek 20 February 1996 1.96 m 78 265 Łomża Vive Kielce 55 RW Mikita Vailupau 30 July 1995 1.89 m 26 89 Meshkov Brest 62 LB Kiryl Samoila 31 January 2002 1.98 m 0 0 SKA Minsk 74 P Viachaslau Bokhan 7 April 1996 2.07 m 31 5 Motor Zaporizhzhia 95 LB Vadim Gayduchenko 24 April 1995 1.92 m 63 136 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 98 RB Mikalai Aliokhin 9 April 1998 1.90 m 15 22 SKA Minsk

Statistics

Most appearances # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Name Matches Position Years Barys Pukhouski 174 CB Ivan Brouka 169 W Aliaksandr Tsitou 163 P Maksim Baranau 145 W Maxim Babichev 144 P Siarhei Shylovich 129 OB Dzianis Rutenka 126 W Dzmitry Nikulenkau 112 CB Maxim Nekhaychik 107 Andrej Klimovets 101 P Yuri Gromyko 98 P

Top scorers # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Name Goals Average Position Years Barys Pukhouski 758 CB Ivan Brouka 544 W Siarhei Rutenka 421 OB, CB, P Siarhei Shylovich 413 OB Maksim Baranau 359 W Andrej Kurchev 340 4.53 OB, CB Andrej Klimovets 328 3.25 P Dzianis Rutenka 306 W Gennadij Chalepo 286 4.27 OB Yuri Gromyko 277 P Andrey Modrica 277 Alex Bärbel 255 3.81 Maxim Babichev 238 CB Mikhail Yakimovich 231 5.63 OB Mihail Usachev 220 Sergej Ubozhenko 206 Name Goals Average Position Years Andrej Paraschenko 194 4.85 Sergei Gorbok 193 4.60 OB Aleksej Orlov 129 4.61 Aleksandr Tuchkin 48 4.80

Notable players

• Gennadij Chalepo
• Sergei Gorbok (later Russia)
• Andrej Klimovets (later Germany)
• Aleksej Orlov
• Andrej Paraschenko
• Siarhei Rutenka (interim Slovenia)
• Aleksandr Tuchkin (later Russia)
• Mikhail Yakimovich

References

1. "Курс на Египет. Юрий Шевцов: «У нас будут четыре-пять парней, прежде не игравших на топ-турнирах»" (in Russian). handball.by. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
2. "Team Roster Belarus" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile