# Poland men's national handball team

The Poland men's national handball team is controlled by the Polish Handball Association (Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce), and represents Poland in international matches.

## Honours

| Competition | | | | Total |
| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| World Championship | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| European Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |

## Competitive record
### Olympic Games

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1936 Berlin | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1972 Munich | 9th–12th places | 10th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 78 |
| 1976 Montreal | Final Round | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 89 |
| 1980 Moscow | Final Round | 7th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 146 | 119 |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Boycott | Boycott | Boycott | Boycott | Boycott | Boycott | Boycott | Boycott |
| 1988 Seoul | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1992 Barcelona | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 Atlanta | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 Sydney | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2004 Athens | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2008 Beijing | Quarterfinals | 5th | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 235 | 214 |
| 2012 London | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Semifinals | 4th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 222 | 227 |
| 2020 Tokyo | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2024 Paris | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | 5/14 | 0 Titles | 32 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 779 | 727 |

### Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time.
    EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
* 1974 : 2nd place
* 1979 : 2nd place
* 1984 : 5th place

### European Championship
## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Marcin Lijewski
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 2
* LB
* Damian Przytuła
* (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 26)
* 2.00 m
* 47
* 85
* MOL Tatabánya KC
* 4
* CB
* Piotr Jędraszczyk
* (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 (age 23)
* 1.77 m
* 39
* 80
* Corotop Gwardia Opole
* 5
* LB
* Michał Olejniczak
* (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 (age 24)
* 1.95 m
* 71
* 122
* Industria Kielce
* 8
* P
* Bartłomiej Bis
* (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 27)
* 1.94 m
* 38
* 12
* HSC 2000 Coburg
* 11
* CB
* Paweł Paterek
* (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24)
* 1.86 m
* 19
* 34
* KGHM Chrobry Głogów
* 12
* LB
* Ariel Pietrasik
* (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 25)
* 2.02 m
* 44
* 91
* Kadetten Schaffhausen
* 19
* LW
* Jan Czuwara
* (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 29)
* 1.84 m
* 74
* 150
* Zagłębie Lubin
* 20
* CB
* Kamil Adamski
* (1995-05-17) 17 May 1995 (age 29)
* 1.93 m
* 4
* 3
* Rebud KPR Ostrovia
* 21
* P
* Kamil Syprzak
* (1991-07-23) 23 July 1991 (age 33)
* 2.07 m
* 177
* 404
* Paris Saint-Germain
* 23
* RB
* Arkadiusz Moryto
* (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27)
* 1.82 m
* 104
* 504
* Industria Kielce
* 26
* RW
* Marek Marciniak
* (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29)
* 1.88 m
* 3
* 4
* Azoty Puławy
* 28
* P
* Maciej Gębala
* (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31)
* 2.00 m
* 105
* 136
* HC Erlangen
* 44
* LW
* Mikołaj Czapliński
* (2000-08-11) 11 August 2000 (age 24)
* 1.88 m
* 22
* 40
* PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk
* 46
* RW
* Mateusz Wojdan
* (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24)
* 1.77 m
* 3
* 7
* Corotop Gwardia Opole
* 60
* GK
* Kacper Ligarzewski
* (2001-06-14) 14 June 2001 (age 23)
* 1.89 m
* 3
* 0
* Górnik Zabrze
* 75
* GK
* Marcel Jastrzębski
* (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 22)
* 1.95 m
* 10
* 0
* Orlen Wisła Płock
* 93
* P
* Łukasz Rogulski
* (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 31)
* 1.92 m
* 6
* 6
* Industria Kielce
* 94
* GK
* Adam Morawski
* (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 30)
* 1.90 m
* 85
* 7
* MT Melsungen

### Head coaches

* Ignacy Pazur
* Walenty Kłyszejko
* 1956–1967 – Tadeusz Breguła
* 1967–1976 – Janusz Czerwiński
* 1976–1978 – Stanisław Majorek
* 1978–1980 – Jacek Zglinicki
* Tadeusz Wadych
* Jan Pełka
* 1981–1984 – Zygfryd Kuchta
* Jerzy Eliasz
* 1986–1990 – Zenon Łakomy
* 1990–1992 – Michał Kaniowski
* 1992–1994 – Bogdan Kowalczyk
* 1994–1996 – Jacek Zglinicki
* Stefan Wrześniewski
* Jerzy Klempel
* 1998–2000 – Zygfryd Kuchta
* 2000–2004 – Bogdan Zajączkowski
* 2004–2012 – Bogdan Wenta
* 2012–2016 – Michael Biegler
* 2016–2017 – Talant Dujshebaev
* 2017–2019 – Piotr Przybecki
* 2019–2023 – Patryk Rombel
* 2023–2025 – Marcin Lijewski
* 2025– Jota González

### Statistics

Matches include data obtained exclusively in official international matches of the Polish national team. All unofficial matches of the national team, or meetings in the frame other than the national team – played by a player – are not included in the following lists.
| Most caps # Player Years Caps 1.Sławomir Szmal1998–2018298 2.Karol Bielecki2002–2017259 3.Marcin Lijewski1997–2013251 4.Bartosz Jurecki2004–2016237 5.Andrzej Szymczak1967–1984234 6.Jerzy Klempel1972–1984221 7.Daniel Waszkiewicz1977–1989214 8.Mariusz Jurasik1997–2012207 9.Alfred Kałuziński1973–1982204 10.Patryk Kuchczyński2002–2014201 11.Michał Jurecki2005–2017198 12.Bogdan Wenta1981–1994191 13.Zbigniew Tłuczyński1978–1990186 14.Krzysztof Lijewski2003–2017185 15.Kamil Syprzak2011–180 16.Zbigniew Plechoć1983–1990178 17.Henryk Rozmiarek1971–1980177 18.Jan Gmyrek1970–1979176 19.Damian Wleklak1998–2009164 20.Mariusz Jurkiewicz2002–2017163 | Most goals # Player Years Goals 1.Jerzy Klempel1972–19841170 2.Karol Bielecki2002–2017962 3.Bogdan Wenta1981–1994763 4.Bartosz Jurecki2004–2016732 5.Marcin Lijewski1997–2013711 6.Robert Nowakowski1989–2003709 7.Daniel Waszkiewicz1977–1989705 8.Mariusz Jurasik1997–2012704 9.Alfred Kałuziński1973–1982620 10.Grzegorz Tkaczyk2000–2012549 11.Michał Jurecki2005–2017547 12.Zbigniew Tłuczyński1978–1990527 13.Arkadiusz Moryto2017–510 14.Tomasz Tłuczyński2006–2012503 15.Lesław Dziuba1981–1990447 16.Krzysztof Lijewski2003–2017439 17.Patryk Kuchczyński2002–2014435 18.Zbigniew Plechoć1983–1990427 19.Kamil Syprzak2011–417 20.Michał Daszek2013–386 |

## Kit suppliers

The Polish national kit is supplied by Joma.

## Media Coverage

Poland's matches are currently televised by TVP Sport and Eurosport.