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Great Britain men's national handball team

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AssociationBritish Handball Association
CoachRicardo Vasconcelos
Most capsChristopher McDermott (59)[1]
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The Great Britain men's national handball team is the national handball team of Great Britain 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,[2] the team took part in international competitions from 1972 to 2003. The team was reformed in order to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, for which it automatically qualified for as the host.[3]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic record
Games Round Position Pld W D L GS GA
Germany 1936 Berlin did not compete
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich did not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow did not compete
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London Group stage 12th of 12 5 0 0 5 96 182
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro did not compete
Japan 2020 Tokyo
Total 1/14 5 0 0 5 96 182

World Championships

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Germany 1938 did not compete
Not held from 1948 to 1968
France 1970 did not compete
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978 did not qualify
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Sweden 1993 did not compete
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997
Egypt 1999
France 2001
Portugal 2003
Tunisia 2005
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011 did not qualify
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015 did not compete
France 2017
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021
Poland/Sweden 2023
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 did not qualify
Germany 2027 To be determined
France/Germany 2029
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total 0/27

European Championships

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994 did not compete
Spain 1996
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000
Sweden 2002
Slovenia 2004
Switzerland 2006
Norway 2008
Austria 2010 did not qualify
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016 did not compete
Croatia 2018
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020
HungarySlovakia 2022
Germany 2024
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2026 did not qualify
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028 to be determined
Total 0/18

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Team

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.

Number Name Club Appearances Goals
01 Stuart McPherson Tryst '77 1 gk
02 Mick Hegarty Liverpool 5 9
03 Tony Tropp Brentwood '72 3 2
04 Paul Church Liverpool 3 1
05 Michael O'Sullivan Refstad 6 15
06 David O'Sullivan Refstad 4 7
07 Stuart Cullan Tryst '77 3 1
08 Larry Beard (capt) Brentwood '72 5 7
09 Paul Dempsey Brentwood '72 4 5
10 Paul Forester Liverpool 3 1
11 Billy Hayburn Brentwood '72 6 7
12 Dave Hendrick Brentwood '72 6 gk
13 Steph Jones Liverpool 6 6
14 Phil Church Liverpool 6 13
15 Stan Horne Birkenhead 5 20
16 Dave Henaghan Liverpool 5 gk

Source[4]

A squad from 1989

Name Club
Chris McManus Tryst '77
Mark McLaughlin Tryst '77
C Ireland
Stuart Cullen Tryst '77
B Mortley
Alan Govan Tryst '77
Tony Ditchfield Liverpool
M Foo
Mark Johnson Liverpool
Mark Dowling Liverpool

Source[5]

A squad from 2003

Name Club
Stuart McLaughlin Tryst '77
Stewart Clarke Liverpool
Johnnie McAleer Stirling
Freddy Wallace Tryst '77
Stuart Cullen Falkirk
Phil Nicholson Tryst '77
Brian Bartlett Tryst '77
Mark Dowling Liverpool
James Yule Falkirk
Alan Govan Liverpool
Chris McManus Liverpool
Mark Evans Wirral
Bruce Hunter Falkirk
David McCreadie Stirling

Source:[6]

Squad for 2012 Olympic Games

The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[7][8]

Head coaches: Dragan Đukić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Jesper Parker (1984-04-18)18 April 1984 (aged 28) 2.00 m Sweden IK Sävehof
3 CB Ciaran Williams (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 24) 1.83 m United Kingdom Salford HC
4 RW Sebastian Prieto (1987-02-04)4 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m Norway Viking HK
7 CB Christopher Mohr (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.87 m Denmark Odder Håndbold
12 GK Robert White (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.92 m France HB Valence
14 RB Steven Larsson (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Norway Drammen HK
15 LB Martin Hare (1989-11-28)28 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.93 m Norway Viking HK
18 CB Daniel McMillan (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 29) 1.89 m Denmark Odder Håndbold
20 LW Mark Hawkins (1985-12-28)28 December 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m Iceland Afturelding
21 P Christopher McDermott (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 23) 2.04 m Iceland Afturelding
22 P Robin Garnham (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Norway Fram Larvik
26 RW Sebastien Edgar (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.82 m France LYS Nimes
27 LW John Pearce (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.90 m Denmark Braband
28 RB Gawain Vincent (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m France HBC Nantes

Squad for the 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championships in Kosovo

Name Club
Alex Bradley Warrington Wolves
Sam Crocker Brighton Seahawks
Sebastien Edgar
Scott Frew Ayr
Martin Hare
Mark Hawkins Ruislip Eagles
Christopher McDermott Warrington Wolves
Will Moore London GD
John Pearce Poole Phoenix
Nick Satchwell
Josh da Silva Handball Academy, Aarhus
Rafik Tahraoui Warrington Wolves
Ben Tyler Deva
Liam Welsby Warrington Wolves

Data source[9]

Previous coaches

Era Name Nationality Associations
circa 1971–1974 Jorge Barke German Brentwood
1975–1976 Jeff Rowlands British BHA
1976–1979 Mike Briers British Birkenhead HC- BHA
1979–1980 Manfred Weiz German
1981–1982 Goran Gazivoda Croatian Brentwood '72
1982–1984 Mick Hegarty British Liverpool, Brentwood '72
1984–1986 Paul Rolls British Brentwood `72
1986– early 1990s Bill Ballie British Tryst '77, Salford
2003-2004 Marco Cardinale Italian
2009 – Aug 2012 Dragan Djukic Serbian
Sept 2012 – 2013 Bill Baillie British Tryst '77, Salford
Jun 2015 Jesper Houmark Danish Danish Handball Federation
Jun 2017 Ricardo Vasconcelos Portuguese

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 Handball-Bundesliga 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 Denmark.[10]

Results

Data sources 1969 [1]; 1976 [2]; 2008 [3]

See also

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