Great Britain national handball team

Great Britain
Information
Association	British Handball Association
Coach	Bill Baillie
Most caps	Christopher McDermott, 59; Mick Hegarty, 55 [1]
Colours
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The Great Britain Men's national handball team is the national handball team of United Kingdom 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	GF	GA
1936 Berlin	Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London	Group stage	12th of 12	5	0	0	5	96	182
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Did not qualify
Total	1/13	-	5	0	0	5	96	182

European Championships

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Total	0/12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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.

Source ^[4]

A squad from 1989

Source ^[5]

A squad from 2003

Source:^[6]

Previous Coaches

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.^[7]

Results

Data Sources 1969 ; 1976 ; 2008

Squad for 2012 Olympic Games

The following is the Great Britain roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[30][31]

Head coaches: Dragan Đukić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Parker, JesperJesper Parker (1984-04-18)18 April 1984 (aged 28) 2.00 m IK Sävehof 3 CB Williams, CiaranCiaran Williams (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 24) 1.83 m Salford HC 4 RW Prieto, SebastianSebastian Prieto (1987-02-04)4 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m Viking HK 7 CB Mohr, ChristopherChristopher Mohr (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.87 m Odder Håndbold 12 GK White, RobertRobert White (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.92 m HB Valence 14 RB Larsson, StevenSteven Larsson (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Drammen HK 15 LB Hare, MartinMartin Hare (1989-11-28)28 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.93 m Viking HK 18 CB McMillan, DanielDaniel McMillan (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 29) 1.89 m Odder Håndbold 20 LW Hawkins, MarkMark Hawkins (1985-12-28)28 December 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m Afturelding 21 P McDermott, ChristopherChristopher McDermott (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 23) 2.04 m Afturelding 22 P Garnham, RobinRobin Garnham (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Fram Larvik 26 RW Edgar, SebastienSebastien Edgar (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.82 m LYS Nimes 27 LW Pearce, JohnJohn Pearce (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.90 m Braband 28 RB Vincent, GawainGawain Vincent (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m HBC Nantes

Squad for the 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championships in Kosovo

Data Source ^[32]

See also

• Great Britain women's national handball team
• Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official site
• IHF website – Members
• EHF website – Members
• Current squad

References

International handball
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Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women
Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

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