Romania men's national handball team

The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation (Romanian: Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most successful nation in handball with 4 gold medal wins at the World Championships, they served as a model for the sport. However, Romania has failed to win a medal since 1990.

Romania
Information
Association	Romanian Handball Federation
Coach	Rares Fortuneanu
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 Czechoslovakia	Team
	1967 Sweden	Team
	1970 France	Team
	1974 East Germany	Team
	1990 Czechoslovakia	Team
World Outdoor Championship
	1959 Austria	Team

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third Place    Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Olympic record
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
2020 Tokyo
Total	6/14	–	33	21	2	10	644	565

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1938	Did not enter
1954
1958	13	3	0	1	2	40	50	−10
1961	1	6	5	0	1	89	67	+22
1964	1	6	6	0	0	136	88	+48
1967	3	6	4	1	1	114	88	+26
1970	1	6	5	0	1	94	68	+26
1974	1	6	5	0	1	111	81	+30
1978	7	6	3	1	2	131	106	+25
1982	5	7	5	0	2	164	152	+12
1986	9	7	3	0	4	146	147	−1
1990	3	7	6	0	1	168	142	+26
1993	10	7	2	1	4	143	152	−9
1995	10	6	3	0	3	147	152	−5
1997	Did not qualify
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	15	5	2	0	3	141	135	+6
2011	19	5	2	0	3	132	123	+9
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023	To be determined
// 2025
2027
Total	14/27	83	51	4	28	25	1756	1552

European Championship

European Championship record
Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/-
1994	11	5	1	0	4	113	135	−22
1996	9	5	1	0	4	117	134	−17
1998	Did not qualify
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
/ 2022	To be determined
2024
Total	2/14	10	2	0	8	230	269	−39

Current squad

This is the list of 19 players named for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship play-off games against Belarus and Poland

Nr.	Name	Position	Club
16	Mihai Popescu	Goalkeeper	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
1	Ionuț Iancu	Goalkeeper	CSM București
12	Ionuț Irimuș	Goalkeeper	CS Dinamo
15	Valentin Ghionea	Right Wing	Sporting CP
9	Andrei Mihalcea	Right Wing	HC Odorhei
87	Răzvan Pavel	Left Wing	AHC Potaissa Turda
24	Andrei Nicușor Negru	Left Wing	CSM București
2	Georgică Cântec	Left Back	AHC Potaissa Turda
8	Ionuț Ramba	Left Back	TBV Lemgo
29	Radu Lazăr	Left Back	AHC Potaissa Turda
28	Alexandru Csepreghi	Playmaker	Créteil
	Marius Szőke	Playmaker	Steaua București
34	Cristian Fenici	Playmaker	SCM Politehnica Timișoara
18	Marius Sadoveac	Right Back	Tremblay en France Handball
90	Bogdan Criciotoiu	Right Back	Bergischer HC
99	Iulian Stamate	Pivot	CSM București
4	Marius Mocanu	Pivot	CS Dinamo
20	András Szász	Pivot	HC Odorhei
32	Adrian Rotaru	Pivot	CSM București

See also

• Romania women's national handball team

References

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile