# Greece men's national handball team

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The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Handball Federation.
Greece has a long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2005 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won against Egypt in a close game. In the Olympics they lost to eventual champions Croatia, and finished sixth in the tournament. In the World Cup they finished in the sixth position as well. Greece will take part in the EHF Euro for the first time in 2024.

## Competitive record
### Olympic Games

Olympic record :
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1936 Berlin | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 |||||||||
| 1972 Munich | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1976 Montreal | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 Moscow | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1984 Los Angeles | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 |
| 2008 Beijing | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | 1/14 | – | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 |

### World Championships

World Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1938 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1954 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1958 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1961 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1964 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1967 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1970 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1974 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1978 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1982 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1986 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1990 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1993 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1995 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1997 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| / 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2021 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| / 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| // 2025 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| / 2029 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| // 2031 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 1/32 | – | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |

### European Championships

European Championship record :
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1994 | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1998 | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2002 | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2006 | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2010 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2012 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2014 | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2022 | 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 | Preliminary round | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 100 |
| 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 1/18 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 100 |

## Current squad

The squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Georgios Zaravinas
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 5
* CB
* Dimitrios Panagiotou
* (2004-05-21) 21 May 2004 (age 20)
* 1.82 m
* 12
* 18
* Doukas School
* 6
* LB
* Theodoros Boskos
* (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 (age 23)
* 1.90 m
* 24
* 62
* BM Puente Genil
* 8
* P
* Nikolaos Liapis
* (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 25)
* 1.93 m
* 33
* 66
* AEK Athens
* 11
* CB
* Charalampos Mallios
* (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37)
* 1.84 m
* 74
* 214
* AEK Athens
* 12
* GK
* Eleftherios Papazoglou
* (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 27)
* 1.92 m
* 2
* 0
* AC PAOK
* 13
* P
* Stefanos Michailidis
* (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 30)
* 2.00 m
* 31
* 24
* Olympiacos
* 14
* LB
* Nikolaos Passias
* (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 30)
* 1.92 m
* 56
* 73
* Olympiacos
* 15
* RB
* Achilleas Toskas [de]
* (2004-10-01) 1 October 2004 (age 20)
* 1.91 m
* 16
* 52
* Bianco Monte Drama
* 16
* GK
* Petros Boukovinas
* (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 31)
* 1.88 m
* 66
* 14
* TV Großwallstadt
* 18
* LW
* Georgios Papavasilis
* (2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)
* 1.82 m
* 27
* 26
* Olympiacos
* 19
* P
* Panagiotis Karampourniotis
* (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 (age 27)
* 1.96 m
* 28
* 25
* Olympiacos
* 20
* RB
* Athanasios Papazoglou
* (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 23)
* 1.92 m
* 11
* 13
* AC PAOK
* 21
* RW
* Dimitrios Tziras
* (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33)
* 1.90 m
* 85
* 307
* Olympiacos
* 24
* CB
* Petros Kandylas
* (1991-02-28) 28 February 1991 (age 34)
* 1.97 m
* 63
* 52
* Olympiacos
* 28
* P
* Anastasios Papadionysiou
* (1990-08-11) 11 August 1990 (age 34)
* 1.90 m
* 85
* 129
* AEK Athens
* 38
* RW
* Evangelos Arampatzis
* (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 28)
* 1.84 m
* 47
* 86
* AEK Athens
* 40
* GK
* Panagiotis Papantonopoulos
* (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 23)
* 1.90 m
* 23
* 0
* Olympiacos
* 77
* LB
* Savvas Savvas [de]
* (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)
* 1.92 m
* 12
* 41
* Olympiacos
* 99
* LW
* Christos Kederis [el]
* (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 (age 30)
* 1.69 m
* 22
* 38
* AEK Athens