Montenegro national handball team

Montenegro
Information
Nickname Zlatni lavovi
(The Golden Lions)
Association Handball Federation of Montenegro
Coach Dragan Đukić
Assistant coach Milorad Davidović
Most caps Igor Marković (50)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances 1 (First in 2013)
Best result 22nd (2013)
European Championship
Appearances 3 (First in 2008)
Best result 12th (2008)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 recently after the Montenegrin independence.

Montenegro played their first official match at 3 January 2007 in Vantaa and won against Finland (28:26).

Since then, Montenegro successfully qualified for four big competitions – once for the World Cup (2013) and for the European Championship in 2008, 2014 and 2016.

The head coach is Ljubomir Obradović.

History and records

The national side first appeared in the Euro 2008 Qualifiers, which started in January 2007. After the great success in the qualifying matches, Montenegro participated at the European Championship 2008, where they finished in the second group phase.
Year later, Montenegrin players didn't succeed to qualify for World Championship 2009 and after that, there was a crisis in the results of national team.
New era of great results for Montenegro started at 2012. After surprisingly win against Sweden in the qualifiers, Montenegro placed for the World Championship 2013.
In June 2013, Montenegro sensational eliminated Germany in the final round of qualifiers for the European Championship 2014. At the Championship, Montenegro was eliminated in the first phase.
Two years later, Montenegrin team appeared at European Championship 2016, but finished after first phase of competition, without any win in three matches.

National team matches

Tournament Matches Wins Draws Loss GF GA
World Championship 7 1 0 6 179 204
European Championship 12 0 1 11 291 352
Qualifying matches EC/WC 50 27 3 20 1381 1418
OVERALL 69 28 4 37 1851 1974

Updated: November 24, 2016

Records

Largest victory
41:27,  Montenegro Finland, 6 January 2007, Budva
Largest defeat
39:23,  Poland Montenegro, 24 January 2011, Stavanger
Highest home attendance
4,000,  Montenegro Sweden 20:18, 17 June 2012, Podgorica
Highest away attendance
8,100,  Slovakia Montenegro 36:21, 12 June 2011, Košice

Competitive record

World Championship

The national team of Montenegro made their first appearance at the World Cup in 2013, from their 3rd qualifying attempt. Their first World Cup match was played on 12 January 2013 against Argentina in Granollers, Spain.

World Championship Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W D L Pld W D L
Croatia 2009Did not qualify 2 1 0 1
Sweden 2011 2 1 0 1
Spain 2013 22nd 7 1 0 6 6 5 0 1
Qatar 2015Did not qualify 2 1 0 1
France 2017 2 0 0 2
Total7106 14806

European Championship

Debut on the European Championship, Montenegrin national team made after first attempt.
They participated at the Euro 2008 and made successful appearance in their first match against Russia (25:25). They qualified for the Main Phase of the European Championship.
Their second appearance was in 2014, after Montenegro sensational eliminated Germany during the qualifiers. At the tournament, Montenegro lost all three games, with elimination after the first phase.
Montenegro hoped for a better result in 2016, but it was pretty much deja vu from two years ago as they once again lost all three games and finished in last place in their group, as well as last place in the tournament claiming 16th place out of 16 teams.

European Championship Qualification
Year Pos. Pld W D L Pld W D L
Norway 2008 12th 6 0 1 5 8 7 1 0
Austria 2010Did not qualify 8 4 0 4
Serbia 2012 6 1 0 5
Denmark 2014 16th 3 0 0 3 6 4 0 2
Poland 2016 16th 3 0 0 3 6 3 1 2
Total120111 3419213

List of official matches

During its history, Montenegrin national handball team played against 31 various countries.
Most matches, Montenegro played against Sweden (7), Israel (6), Romania (4), Russia (4), Germany (3) and Poland (3).
Updated till 24 November 2016

Opponent G W D L GF GA GD
 Austria22006658+8
 Argentina10012628-2
 Belarus31027586-11
 Belgium22007260+12
 Brazil10012526-1
 Croatia20024663-17
 Czech Republic21014852-4
 Chile11003531+4
 Denmark20025262-10
 Finland22006953+16
 France10012032-12
 Germany32017981-2
 Greece10012629-3
 Hungary10012732-5
 Iceland21014856-8
 Italy11002826+2
 Israel6402169158+11
 South Korea10012730-3
 Latvia22006358+5
 Netherlands21106560+5
 Norway10012227-5
 Poland300366100-34
 Portugal22006355+8
 Romania4301118116+2
 Russia5023111135-24
 Serbia20114448-4
 Slovakia20024671-25
 Slovenia10012931-2
 Sweden8107191235-44
 Tunisia10012527-2
 Turkey22007057+13
31 Country 69 28 4 37 1851 1974 -123

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Ljubomir Obradović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Rade Mijatović (1981-06-30) 30 June 1981 1.92 m 47 2 Hungary Tatabánya KC
2 LB Božidar Leković (1991-01-04) 4 January 1991 2.02 m 2 0 Romania HCM Constanța
4 RW Fahrudin Melić (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 1.83 m 38 131 France Paris Saint-Germain
5 CB Mirko Milašević (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985 1.95 m 29 66 Romania Dinamo București
7 RB Stefan Čavor (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 1.97 m 6 8 Hungary Csurgói KK
8 P Vuk Lazović (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 2.00 m 2 1 Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
10 CB Božo Anđelić (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 1.86 m 5 2 Hungary Ceglédi KKSE
12 GK Mile Mijušković (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 1.99 m 4 0 Slovenia RK Maribor
13 RW Mirko Radović (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 1.86 m 10 7 France Valence Handball
14 LW Miloš Vujović (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 1.81 m 13 23 Hungary Tatabánya KC
18 P Branko Kankaraš (1988-05-28) 28 May 1988 1.88 m 4 4 France Valence Handball
21 CB Vasko Ševaljević (1988-06-21) 21 June 1988 1.93 m 30 100 France Fenix Toulouse
22 GK Radivoje Ristanović (1982-12-02) 2 December 1982 2.00 m 4 0 Germany HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
23 CB Bogdan Petričević (1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 1.94 m 13 13 France Mulhouse Handball
34 LB Vuko Borozan (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 2.03 m 8 31 Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
90 P Nemanja Grbović (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 1.83 m 25 27 Hungary Ceglédi KKSE
93 RB Vladan Lipovina (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993 2.01 m 7 19 Germany HSG Wetzlar
Uniforms

1st: red/red (GK: yellow)

2nd: white/white (GK: red)

3rd: black/black (GK: blue)

Technical staff

Head coaches

Since independence, Montenegro was led by six different coaches.

Coach From To Record* Championship
MWDLWin %
Montenegro Pero MiloševićOctober 2006June 2007 8 7 1 0 87.50 None
Montenegro Ranko PopovićAugust 2007November 2009 16 5 1 10 31.25 EC 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kasim KamenicaNovember 2009April 2010 2 1 0 1 50.00
Montenegro Miodrag PopovićApril 2010March 2011 4 1 0 3 25.00
Montenegro Zoran KastratovićMay 2011February 2014 24 10 0 14 41.67 WC 2013, EC 2014
Serbia Ljubomir ObradovićMarch 2014November 2016 13 4 1 8 30.77 EC 2016
Montenegro Milorad Davidović (caretaker)November 2016 2 0 1 1 00.00

* Data is only for official matches (qualifiers, European Championship, World Championship).

Notable former players

See also

References

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