Serbia men's national handball team

Serbia
Information
Nickname	Orlovi (The Eagles)
Association	Handball Federation of Serbia
Coach	Boris Rojević
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2000)
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1997)
Best result	3rd (1999, 2001)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1996)
Best result	2nd (2012)
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Serbia men's national handball team

Medal record
Representing Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
World Championship
	1999 Egypt
	2001 France
European Championship
	2012 Serbia
	1996 Spain
Mediterranean Games
	2009 Pescara	Team
	2022 Oran	Team
Summer Universiade
	2015 Gwangju	Team

The Serbia men's national handball team represents Serbia in international men's handball competitions. It is governed by the Serbian Handball Federation.

In 1999, the Olympic Committee of Yugoslavia declared it the country's male team of the year.^[1]

History

2012 European Championship

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012 in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac.

Playing in front of their home crowd, the hosts were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in the group following victories against Denmark and Poland.

In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia. Serbia advanced again by defeating two of their three opponents and defeated Croatia in the semifinal 26–22. They faced Denmark in the final, after having already beaten them in the group stage. However, Denmark exacted upon revenge to emerge as champions.

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	2	2
European Championship	0	1	1	2
Total	0	1	3	4

Competitive record

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 to 1988	part of Yugoslavia
1992	qualified and later suspended
1996	did not qualify
2000	Fourth place	4th of 12	8	4	0	4	204	203	+1
2004	did not qualify
2008	did not qualify  Serbia
2012	Group stage	9th of 12	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11
2016	did not qualify
2020
2024
2028	Future events
2032
Total	2/8	–	13	5	0	8	324	334	−10

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938 to 1990	part of Yugoslavia
1993	qualified and later suspended
1995	suspended from qualification tournament
1997	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
1999	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	221
2001	Third place	3	9	7	0	2	254	182
2003	7th/8th place	8	9	5	1	3	263	228
2005	5th/6th place	5	9	5	2	2	253	221
2007	did not qualify  Serbia
2009	7th/8th place	8	9	4	1	4	280	281
2011	9th/10th place	10	9	3	1	5	246	251
2013	Round of 16	10	6	3	0	3	170	159
2015	did not qualify
2017
2019	Presidents Cup	18	7	2	1	4	187	203
2021	did not qualify
2023	Main round	11	6	4	0	2	191	168
// 2025	did not qualify
2027	Future events
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	10/18	–	79	43	7	29	2263	2062

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	suspended from qualification tournament
1996	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998	5th/6th place	5	6	4	0	2	157	145
2000	did not qualify
2002	9th/10th place	10	7	2	1	4	185	192
2004	7th/8th place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	166	181
2008	did not qualify  Serbia
2010	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	83	94
2012	Runner-up	2	8	4	2	2	176	168
2014	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	73	77
2016		15	3	0	1	2	81	92
2018	Main round	12	6	1	0	5	160	191
2020	Preliminary round	20	3	0	0	3	72	81
2022		14	3	1	0	2	76	75
2024		19	3	0	1	2	83	85
2026	Future events
2028
Total	13/18	–	65	23	8	34	1684	1742

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

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

Mediterranean Games

• 1993 – Suspended
• 1997 – 5th
• 2001 – 5th
• 2005 – 4th
• 2009 – Champions
• 2013 – 6th
• 2018 – 8th
• 2022 – 3rd

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Toni Gerona

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 30) 1.99 m 67 4 Dinamo București 3 RW Vukašin Vorkapić (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27) 1.88 m 35 71 RK Vojvodina 5 LB Miloš Kos (2002-08-01) 1 August 2002 (age 22) 1.92 m 9 19 RK Zagreb 11 LB Ilija Abutović (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 36) 2.02 m 55 22 RK Eurofarm Pelister 13 LB Uroš Borzaš (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25) 1.98 m 31 58 RK Eurofarm Pelister 14 LB Marko Milosavljević (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 26) 2.01 m 28 57 CB Ademar León 15 RB Uroš Kojadinović (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 24) 1.87 m 11 30 RK Partizan 17 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 85 252 RK Eurofarm Pelister 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 (age 34) 1.76 m 137 374 Fenix Toulouse 20 LB Miljan Pušica (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 33) 2.02 m 42 16 RK Vojvodina 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 (age 31) 1.85 m 86 215 C' Chartres MHB 22 RB Miloš Orbović (1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 31) 1.93 m 28 42 HC Kriens-Luzern 23 RB Predrag Vejin (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32) 1.96 m 18 29 RK Nexe Našice 24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 29) 1.88 m 56 196 Dinamo București 33 P Luka Rogan (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 21) 1.94 m 5 9 RK Vojvodina 44 LB Petar Đorđić (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) 1.95 m 39 88 RK Vojvodina 46 P Dragan Pechmalbec (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28) 1.94 m 26 72 Telekom Veszprém 93 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 31) 2.02 m 121 328 Füchse Berlin 96 GK Dejan Milosavljev (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 28) 1.96 m 66 3 Füchse Berlin 99 GK Milan Bomaštar (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999 (age 25) 2.01 m 18 0 C' Chartres MHB

Individual records ^{[citation needed]}

• Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

Most capped players # Player Matches Position Years 1 Dragan Škrbić 215 P 1990–2003 2 Dejan Perić 207 GK 1990–2010 3 Nedeljko Jovanović 154 CB 1990–2003 4 Alem Toskić 147 P 2004–2014 5 Nenad Peruničić 141 OB 1990–2003 6 Ivan Nikčević 138 W 2006–2016 7 Momir Ilić 128 OB 2004–2015 Zoran Đorđić 128 GK 1995–2001 9 Nenad Maksić 127 OB 1998–2006 10 Žarko Šešum 124 OB 2006–2021

Top scorers # Player Goals Average Position Years 1 Dragan Škrbić 591+ 2.75 P 1990–2003 2 Ivan Nikčević 506 3.67 W 2006–2016 3 Momir Ilić 463 3.62 OB 2004–2015 4 Marko Vujin 438 4.09 OB 2003–present 5 Nedeljko Jovanović 433 2.81 CB 1990–2003 6 Mladen Bojinović 322 3.16 OB 2001–2011 7 Nenad Peruničić 310+ 2.20+ OB 1990–2003 8 Žarko Šešum 310 2.50 OB 2006–2021 9 Ivan Lapčević 307 2.65 OB 1997–2010 10 Alem Toskić 302 2.05 P 2004–2014

References

1. Najuspešniji u izboru OKS
2. "18 Орлова спремно за Немачку!" (in Serbian). rss.org.rs. 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
3. "Team roster: Serbia". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile