Bence Szűcs (born 25 May 1999) is a Hungarian

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 ...

player who plays for

Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral is a handball club from Dunkerque, France. Currently, US Dunkerque HB competes in the French First League of Handball since 1991. History The club was founded on 3 September 1958 under the name „Amicale Laï ...

and the Hungary national team.

Career

Club

Bence started his career at Hajdúszoboszlói KSE. Since January 2016, he has been playing in

Balmazújvárosi KK Balmazújvárosi Kézilabda Klub is a Hungary, Hungarian Team handball, handball club from Balmazújváros, that played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. Crest, colours, ...

. He has been supporting

Balatonfüredi KSE Balatonfüredi Kézilabda Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian handball club from Balatonfüred, that currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team won promotion to the top division in 2007 and achieved th ...

since the 2016/17 season. In February 2019,

Telekom Veszprém Telekom may refer to: *A1 Telekom Austria Group, Austria **A1 Telekom Austria *Deutsche Telekom, Germany **Hrvatski Telekom, Croatia **Magyar Telekom, Hungary **Crnogorski Telekom, Montenegro **Makedonski Telekom, North Macedonia **Telekom Romania ...

borrowed Bence, as its player Rene Toft Hansen was injured at the

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, to replace the injured Danish star in Veszprém's star team. He played for the first time on February 12 in the

team; confidently defeated the team of

Budakalász FKC Budakalász FKC is a Hungary, Hungarian Team handball, handball club from Budakalász, that played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. Crest, colours, supporters Nami ...

by 36:17. In this match, Bence spent 12 minutes on the pitch and did not score a goal. At the end of 2019, he decided to return to the

team. He made his

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debut here in the 2020/21 season. In the

season 2022/23, he scored 23 goals in 10 matches. From the summer of 2024, he transferred to the French team US Dunkerque HB.

National team

As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2019 Junior World Championship where the Hungarian team became the 15th. He made his debut in the

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on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the

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: Hungary-Spain 32–29. (scored 3 goals). He was included in the large squad of the

2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32. I ...

, but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was included in the large squad of the

2024 European Men's Handball Championship The 2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It was hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024. The two opening games of the tournament were attended by ...

, but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was included in the large squad of the

2025 World Men's Handball Championship The 2025 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 29th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025. This edition marked the first time the world cha ...

,https://mksz.hu/cikk/6696 but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Honours

Club

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Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

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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 ...

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

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;Balatonfüredi KSE *

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Bence Szűcs
at EHF
Bence Szűcs
at MKSZ 1999 births Living people Hungarian male handball players Handball players from Debrecen Veszprém KC players Hungarian expatriate handball players in France 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub