The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most successful nation in handball with 4 gold medal wins at the World Championships, they served as a model for the sport. However, Romania has failed to win a medal since 1990.Medallists from previous World Championships
Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
Olympic Games Olympic recordGamesRoundPosition 1936 BerlinMatch for 5th place5th of 631021929Not held from 1948 to 1968 1972 MunichThird Place3rd of 1665019881 1976 MontrealRunners-up2nd of 12531110690 1980 MoscowThird Place3rd of 126501139106 1984 Los AngelesThird Place3rd of 126501143110 1988 SeoulDid Not qualify 1992 BarcelonaMatch for 7th place8th of 126114126138 1996 AtlantaDid Not qualify 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris 2028 Los AngelesTo be determined 2032 BrisbaneTotal6/16–3220210631554
World Championship World Championship recordYearPositionGPWDLGSGA+/- 1938 did not enter 1954 19581330124050−10 1961165018967+22 19641660013688+48 19673641111487+27 1970165019468+26 19741650111181+30 197876312132107+25 198257502174152+22 198697304146147−1 199037601168142+26 1993107214143152−9 1995109504246241+5 1997 did not qualify 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009159504288268+20 2011197304195190+5 2013 did not qualify 2015 2017/ 2019 2021/ 2023// 2025 2027 To be determined/ 2029// 2031Total14/29925743120761840+236
European Championship European Championship recordYearPositionGPWDLGSGA+/- 1994116204151156−5 199696204145161−16 1998 did not qualify 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 20242230037398−25 202622300381103−22 2028 To be determined 2030 2032Total4/20184014450518−68
Current squad Roster for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: George Buricea
Notable former players
Alexandru Buligan Ștefan Birtalan Mircea Costache II Alexandru Dedu Marian Dumitru Cornel Durău Cezar Drăgăniță Gheorghe Gruia Petre Ivănescu Robert Licu Ion Mocanu Cornel Oțelea Rudi Prisăcaru Cornel Penu Vasile Stîngă Eliodor Voica Radu Voina Cristian Zaharia
References
External links
IHF profile