The Great Britain men's national handball team is the national

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team of

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and is controlled by the British Handball Association which is jointly operated by the England Handball Association and the Scottish Handball Association. Formed in 1969, the team took part in international competitions from 1972 to 2003. The team was reformed in order to participate in the

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, for which it automatically qualified for as the host.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

World Championships

European Championships

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

– 9th place *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

– 11th place *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

– 4th place *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

– 5th place *

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

– 1st place

Squad

Head Coach: Ricardo Vasconcelos

Previous Teams

Previous squads

The British Men's team took part in the 1984 World Championships Group C in Italy. The team finished 10th out of 12. Source A squad from 1989 Source A squad from 2003 Source:

Squad for 2012 Olympic Games

Squad for the 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championships in Kosovo

Data source

Previous coaches

Current

In the 2008–09 season, all the team players were signed with clubs on the European continent, with the exception of Omar Sani, who played in Egypt. A special arrangement with insolvent German

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side TUSEM Essen provided the side with a number of players after most first-team players had left the club. To further the development of its players, it also operated the British Handball Development academy in

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.Unearthing hidden talent
UK sport website. Retrieved 30 July 2009

Results

Data sources 196

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External links

Official websiteIHF profile

References

{{National sports teams of the United Kingdom Men's national handball teams Handball in the United Kingdom

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...