The Russia national handball team () is controlled by the

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. Russia is designates by IHF and EHF. It has historically been considered one of the strongest national teams in the world, winning both the

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and gold at the

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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.

The Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Russian national team was established after the

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, when the

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was discontinued. The

became the legal successor to the Soviet Union.

Initial success

The first major international tournament that Russia participated in was the

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, which they won.Results 1993 - Todor66
/ref> During the 1990's they became one of the best teams in the world, competing for that title with Sweden's 'Bengan Boys'. Russia won the

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and the handball tournament at the

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2000's

At the

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Russia could not compete under their own flag as the

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had on 9 December 2019 banned Russia from all international sports, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the

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being reinstated. Therefore they competed as a neutral team under the name "Russian Handball Federation Team".

Russian invasion of Ukraine

In reaction to the

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, the

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banned Russian athletes, and the

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suspended all Russian clubs and the national team from competing in European handball competitions.

Honours

Competitive record

Summer Olympics

World Championship

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Squad for the

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Coaching staff

Notable players

Andrey Lavrov Andrey Ivanovich Lavrov (; born March 26, 1962, in Krasnodar) is a Russian former handball goalkeeper and a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Lavrov is also one of only a few athletes to have won Olympic gold medals for three different teams, ...

Talant Dujshebaev Talant Mushanbetovich Dujshebaev (; born 2 June 1968) is a former handball player, and current coach, who serves as the head coach for Vive Kielce. Dujshebaev is considered by many to be one of the greatest handball coaches of his generation. H ...

Pavel Sukosyan Pavel Alekseyevich Sukosyan (; 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 Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, off ...

Vyacheslav Gorpishin Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Gorpishin (, born January 20, 1970) is a Russian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney.

Eduard Koksharov Eduard Aleksandrovich Koksharov (, born 4 November 1975) is a Russian handball player and coach of the HC Meshkov Brest. He played as a left winger. He retired from his national team in 2012. He came to Celje from SKIF Krasnodar in the 1999–20 ...

Vasily Kudinov Vasily Kudinov (17 February 1969 – 11 February 2017) was a Russian handball player, born in Ilyinka, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian SFSR. upleft, The CIS team in 1992 He participated in three Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze med ...

Dmitry Filippov Dmitry Filippov (; born 19 May 1969 in Krasnodar) is a Russian team handball, handball player and coach. FILE:CIS men's national handball team Hand-ball bulletin federal 1992-2-1.jpg, upleft, The CIS team in 1992 He played for the Russia men's ...

* Denis Krivoshlykov * Serguei Pogorelov *

Dmitri Torgovanov Dmitri Nikolaevich Torgovanov (; 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 the head coach for the Russian national team between 2015 and 2017 ...

Aleksandr Tuchkin Aleksandr Arkadyevich Tuchkin (born 15 July 1964) is a Russian/Belarussian team handball player and Olympic champion from 2000 in Sydney and 1988 in Seoul.Stanislav Kulinchenko Stanislav Vladimirovich Kulinchenko (Russian: Станислав Владимирович Кулинченко, born 19 April 1971) is a Russian former handball player. He played for the Russia men's national handball team at the 2000 Summer Oly ...

* Valeri Gopin *

Oleg Kisselev Oleg Viktorovich Kiselyov (; born 11 January 1967 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian handball player. He won a gold medal with the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He played for the Russia men's national handball team ...

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

Lev Voronin Lev Alekseyevich Voronin (; 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-Premier of the Soviet Union, from 1989 to 1990. Responsible fo ...

Vyacheslav Atavin Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Atavin (, born February 4, 1967, in Krasnodar) is a former Soviet and Russian handball player. upleft, The CIS team in 1992 During the Soviet period of his career Atavin trained at Dynamo in Astrakhan. He became the Ho ...

Oleg Grebnev Oleg Nikolayevich Grebnev (, born 4 February 1968) is a retired Russian team handball player who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 ...

* Pavel Bashkin

Statistics

Most capped players

Top scorers

References

External links

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IHF profile
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