Great Britain men's national handball team

Great Britain
Information
Association	British Handball Association
Coach	Ricardo Vasconcelos
Most caps	Christopher McDermott (59)[1]
Colours
1st 2nd
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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]

Olympic record
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1936 Berlin	did not compete
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow	did not compete
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 compete
2020 Tokyo
Total	1/14	–	5	0	0	5	96	182

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	did not compete
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1970	did not compete
1974
1978	did not qualify
1982
1986
1990
1993	did not compete
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011	did not qualify
2013
2015	did not compete
2017
/ 2019
2021
/ 2023
// 2025	did not qualify
2027	To be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	0/27

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	did not compete
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010	did not qualify
2012
2014
2016	did not compete
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026	did not qualify
2028	to be determined
Total	0/18

• 2015 – 9th place
• 2017 – 11th place
• 2019 – 4th place
• 2023 – 5th place

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]

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 IK Sävehof 3 CB Ciaran Williams (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 24) 1.83 m Salford HC 4 RW Sebastian Prieto (1987-02-04)4 February 1987 (aged 25) 1.87 m Viking HK 7 CB Christopher Mohr (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 (aged 22) 1.87 m Odder Håndbold 12 GK Robert White (1983-04-05)5 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.92 m HB Valence 14 RB Steven Larsson (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Drammen HK 15 LB Martin Hare (1989-11-28)28 November 1989 (aged 22) 1.93 m Viking HK 18 CB Daniel McMillan (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 29) 1.89 m Odder Håndbold 20 LW Mark Hawkins (1985-12-28)28 December 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m Afturelding 21 P Christopher McDermott (1989-06-07)7 June 1989 (aged 23) 2.04 m Afturelding 22 P Robin Garnham (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.94 m Fram Larvik 26 RW Sebastien Edgar (1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 21) 1.82 m LYS Nimes 27 LW John Pearce (1987-11-23)23 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.90 m Braband 28 RB Gawain Vincent (1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.86 m HBC Nantes

Data source^[9]

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]

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

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

• Official website
• IHF profile