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The Russia national handball team (russian: Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the
Handball Federation of Russia '' , abbrev= HFR , logo= Handball Federation of Russia Logo.svg , logosize= 250px , countryflag= Russian Federation , iocnation= Russian Federation (RUS) , url= http://rushandball.ru , sport= Handball , othersport1= Beach Handball , precedingorganis ...
. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF. In reaction to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, the International Handball Federation 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
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
, the International Handball Federation 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. In addition, it refused to allow competitions to be held in Russia. The Russian Handball Federation 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 The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden ...
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Coaching staff


Notable players

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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 only ...
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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 finall ...
* Pavel Sukosyan *
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 *
Dmitry Filippov Dmitry Filippov (russian: Дмитрий Рудольфович Филиппов; born 19 May 1969 in Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920 ...
* Denis Krivoshlykov * Serguei Pogorelov * Dmitri Torgovanov *
Aleksandr Tuchkin Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin (born 15 July 1964) is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney.Stanislav Kulinchenko *
Valeri Gopin Valery Pavlovich Gopin (russian: Валерий Павлович Гопин, born 8 May 1964) is a Russian handball player. He became Olympic champion in 1988 with the Soviet Union national handball team, and in 1992 File:1992 Events Collage ...
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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 Vitali Vladimirovich Ivanov (russian: Виталий Владимирович Иванов, born February 3, 1976) is a retired Russian handball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was born in K ...
* 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 Premier of the Soviet Union, First Deputy Chairman of the Counci ...
* Vyacheslav Atavin *
Oleg Grebnev Oleg Nikolayevich Grebnev (russian: Олег Николаевич Гребнев, born 4 February 1968) is a retired Russian team handball player who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal in 1992 ...
* 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 Men
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 ...