Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	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
1988 Seoul	did not qualify
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Quarterfinals	5th	8	5	1	2	235	214
2012 London	did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Semifinals	4th	8	3	0	5	222	227
2020 Tokyo	did not qualify
Total	5/14	0 Titles	32	17	3	12	779	727

World Championship

World Championship record Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA 1938 did not enter 1954 1958 5th/6th place 5 6 3 1 2 97 91 1961 did not enter 1964 1967 Preliminary round 12 3 1 0 2 53 66 1970 Preliminary round 14 3 0 0 3 43 59 1974 Fourth place 4 6 4 0 2 104 86 1978 5th/6th place 6 6 3 0 3 134 124 1982 Third place 3 7 4 1 2 148 143 1986 Preliminary round 14 6 2 1 3 134 128 1990 11th/12th place 11 7 3 0 4 160 177 1993 did not qualify 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Second round 10 7 4 0 3 204 189 2005 did not qualify 2007 Runners-up 2 10 8 0 2 310 274 2009 Third place 3 10 7 0 3 298 264 2011 7th/8th place 8 9 5 0 4 249 236 2013 Round of 16 9 6 4 0 2 153 137 2015 Third place 3 9 6 0 3 241 222 2017 Presidents Cup 17 7 3 0 4 167 173 2019 did not qualify 2021 Main round 13 6 3 1 2 168 147 2023 Main round 15 6 3 0 3 150 151 2025 to be determined 2027 Total 17/30 0 titles 114 74 4 47 2813 2693

Former President of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, with the national team in the Presidential Palace in 2007

European Championship

Competitive record at the European Championship Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA 1994 did not qualify 1996 1998 2000 2002 Preliminary round 15 3 0 0 3 67 83 2004 Preliminary round 16 3 0 0 3 86 109 2006 Main round 10 6 1 1 4 163 185 2008 Main round 7 6 3 1 2 182 172 2010 Fourth place 4 8 4 1 3 222 221 2012 Main round 9 6 3 1 2 173 160 2014 Main round 6 7 3 0 4 191 184 2016 Seventh place 7 7 5 0 2 193 194 2018 did not qualify 2020 Preliminary round 21 3 0 0 3 73 85 2022 Main round 12 7 2 1 4 193 208 2024 Qualified 2026 To be determined 2028 Total 11/18 0 titles 56 21 5 30 1543 1501

Poland against Argentina during 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament in the Centennial Hall, Wrocław

Competitive record in qualifying rounds Year GP W D L GF GA Qual 1994 10 6 1 3 269 211 no 1996 6 0 0 6 140 175 no 1998 12 5 0 7 290 296 no 2000 8 5 0 3 206 189 no 2002 2 1 1 0 56 52 yes 2004 2 1 0 1 60 49 yes 2006 5 3 0 2 163 129 yes 2008 2 2 0 0 72 47 yes 2010 8 5 1 2 242 198 yes 2012 6 4 1 1 172 147 yes 2014 6 5 0 1 162 133 yes 2016 Qualified as host yes 2018 6 1 2 3 171 189 no 2020 6 2 1 3 152 139 yes 2022 6 3 0 3 176 165 yes 2024 TBD Total 80 43 7 35 2331 2119 10/16

Warm up of the national team before match against Germany in 2010

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Patryk Rombel

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Mateusz Kornecki (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 1.94 m 64 4 Industria Kielce 3 RB Michał Daszek (1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 1.82 m 134 357 Orlen Wisła Płock 4 CB Piotr Jędraszczyk (2001-10-09) 9 October 2001 1.77 m 19 33 Piotrkowianin Piotrków Tryb. 5 CB Michał Olejniczak (2001-01-31) 31 January 2001 1.95 m 50 79 Industria Kielce 6 RW Krzysztof Komarzewski (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 1.88 m 18 26 Orlen Wisła Płock 7 P Patryk Walczak (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 1.98 m 54 48 Sporting CP 8 P Bartłomiej Bis (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 1.95 m 14 8 HSC 2000 Coburg 9 LB Szymon Sićko (1997-08-20) 20 August 1997 2.00 m 43 151 Industria Kielce 12 LB Ariel Pietrasik (1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 2.02 m 19 28 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen 19 LW Jan Czuwara (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 1.84 m 60 116 RK Vardar 1961 20 CB Maciej Pilitowski (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990 1.88 m 34 30 Energa MKS Kalisz 23 RW Arkadiusz Moryto (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.82 m 85 410 Industria Kielce 26 LW Przemysław Krajewski (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 1.84 m 154 368 Orlen Wisła Płock 28 P Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 2.00 m 79 95 SC DHfK Leipzig 31 RB Szymon Działakiewicz (2000-02-17) 17 February 2000 1.90 m 11 19 Redbergslids IK 36 P Dawid Dawydzik (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 2.00 m 46 61 Orlen Wisła Płock 48 LB Tomasz Gębala (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 2.12 m 44 134 Industria Kielce 49 LB Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24) 24 March 1988 2.03 m 144 175 SC Magdeburg 50 GK Jakub Skrzyniarz (1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 1.89 m 9 0 CD Bidasoa 94 GK Adam Morawski (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 1.90 m 66 4 MT Melsungen

Head coaches

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.