The Russia national handball team (russian: Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the

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. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF. In reaction to the

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, the

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the

European Handball Federation The European Handball Federation (EHF) is the umbrella organisation for European handball. Founded on 17 November 1991, it is made of 50 member federations and two associated federations (England and Scotland), and is headquartered in Vienna, ...

suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus as well as Russian and Belarusian clubs competing in European handball competitions. Referees, officials, and commission members from Russia and Belarus will not be called upon for future activities. And new organisers will be sought for the YAC 16 EHF Beach Handball EURO and the Qualifier Tournaments for the Beach Handball EURO 2023, which were to be held in Moscow.

History

Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared approx. in 1909. In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball. By early 60s was finally approved a single form of handball game – 7 players form. In reaction to the

, the

banned Russian and Belarus athletes and officials, and the

Russian Handball Federation The Handball Federation of Russia (russian: Федерация гандбола России) commonly known by its acronym, HFR, is the national sport governing body, governing body of team handball, handball in Russia. Its headquarters are in Mo ...

failed in its appeal against the decision to exclude Russia's teams from continental competition, which was rejected by the European Handball Federation Court of Handball.

Honours

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

Coaching staff

Notable players

Andrey Lavrov Andrey Ivanovich Lavrov (russian: Андрей Иванович Лавров; born March 26, 1962, in Krasnodar) is a Russian (and former Soviet) handball goalkeeper and the only three times Olympic handball champion. Lavrov is also one of onl ...

Talant Dujshebaev Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev (russian: Талант Мушанбетович Дуйшебаев; born 2 June 1968) is a former handball player who successively played for 4 national teams: Soviet Union, Unified Team, Russia and Spain final ...

Pavel Sukosyan Pavel Alekseyevich Sukosyan (russian: Павел Алексеевич Сукосян; born 14 January 1962) is a Russian handball player. He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Oly ...

Vyacheslav Gorpishin Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gorpishin (russian: Вячеслав Николаевич Горпишин, born January 20, 1970) is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney.Eduard Koksharov Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov (russian: link=no, Эдуард Александрович Кокшаров, born 4 November 1975) is a Russian handball player and coach of the Russian national team. He played as a left winger. He retired from ...

Vasily Kudinov Vasily Kudinov (17 February 1969 – 11 February 2017) was a Russian handball player, born in Ilyinka, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian SFSR. He participated in three Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze medal. At the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

* Dmitry Filippov * Denis Krivoshlykov * Serguei Pogorelov *

Dmitri Torgovanov Dmitri Nikolaevich Torgovanov (russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Торгованов; born 5 January 1972) is a former Russian handball player and Olympic Champion from 2000 in Sydney. He is currently a head coach for Neva. He was th ...

Aleksandr Tuchkin Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin (born 15 July 1964) is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney.Stanislav Kulinchenko Stanislav Kulinchenko (born 19 April 1971) is a Russian handball player. He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known ...

* Valeri Gopin *

Oleg Kisselev Oleg Viktorovich Kiselyov (russian: Олег Викторович Киселёв; born 11 January 1967 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian team handball, handball player. He won a gold medal with the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics ...

* Alexey Kamanin * Alexey Kostygov * Alexander Chernoivanov * Vitaly Ivanov * Vasily Filippov *

Lev Voronin Lev Alekseyevich Voronin (russian: Лев Алексеевич Воронин; 22 February 1928 – 24 June 2008) was a Soviet and Russian official. He served as a First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, literally the Vice-Premie ...

Vyacheslav Atavin Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Atavin (russian: Вячеслав Владимирович Атавин, born February 4, 1967, in Krasnodar) is a former Soviet and Russian handball player. During the Soviet period of his career Atavin t ...

* Oleg Grebnev * Pavel Bashkin

Statistics

Most capped players

Top scorers

References

External links

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IHF profile
{{European Men's Handball Championship winners Men's national handball teams

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Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic 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 throwing it into the g ...