Israel men's national handball team

The Israel national handball team is controlled by the Israel Handball Association, and represents Israel in international matches.

Israel
Information
AssociationIsrael Handball Association
CoachOleg Boutenko
Assistant coachAssaf Levy
CaptainDaniel Shkalim
Most capsIdan Maimon (168)
Most goalsIdan Maimon (636)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
European Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2002)
Best result14th (2002)
Last updated on Unknown.

European Championship record

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002Preliminary round1430036782
2004Did not qualify
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022To be determined
2024
Total1/1630036782

Best achievement

The team's biggest achievement was a performance in the European Handball Championship that was held in Sweden in 2002, where it didn't manage to go through the first group stage. In the qualifying playoff games the Israel beat the Republic of Macedonia . Israel's coach in the Championship was Shlomo Hoffman, and its leading players were Idan Maimon, Vladimir Zaikman, Leonid Durashenko, Dudi Balsar and Dovi Yeshua. Ever since the historic participation at the 2002 championship, the team hasn't managed to pass the preliminary round of qualifications.

Previous Campaigns

World 2007 Qualifiers

In the winter of 2006 the team had failed to qualify to the 2007 world championship after finishing third at the qualifications – behind Austria and Finland.

Euro 2008 Qualifiers

In the winter of 2007 Israel again failed to qualify, this time to the 2008 European Championships. Despite an impressive home win 30:29 against the very strong team of Serbia, Israel lost twice to Macedonia, and finished again finished third, behind Serbia and Republic of Macedonia and ahead of Luxembourg.

DateOpponentH/AVenueSpectatorsResultH.TTop scorer
4 January 2007SerbiaAwayBelgrad2,000Lost – 37:2716:11Tom Matalon, Avishay Smoler (6)
6 January 2007SerbiaHomeRaanana2,000Win – 30:2916:12Gal Avraham (7)
10 January 2007MacedoniaHomeRaanana2,000Lost – 28:3015:19Idan Maimon (7)
13 January 2007MacedoniaAwayScopia1,500Lost – 27:2612:10Gal Avraham, Avishay Smoler (5)
17 January 2007LuxembourgAwayLuxembourg500Win – 25:2611:13Idan Maimon
21 January 2007LuxembourgHomeRaanana500Win – 35:2617:10Idan Maimon (9)

World 2009 Qualifiers

In the following winter Israel met Serbian again, at the 2009 World Championships Qualifying. This time it lost both games to Serbia, and finished second (out of three) after beating The Faroe Islands at both games.

DateOpponentH/AVenueSpectatorsResultH.TTop scorer
9 January 2008Faroe IslandsAwayTorshaven800Win – 21:268:15Avishay Smoler (6)
12 January 2008Faroe IslandsHomeRaanana1,000Win – 31:2117:11Gal Avraham (6)
16 January 2008SerbiaHomeRaanana1,600Lost – 31:3415:17Avishay Smoler (10)
19 January 2008SerbiaAwayBelgrad2,000Lost – 44:3620:15Avishay Smoler, Chen Pomeranz (10)

Euro 2010 Qualifiers

In the 2010 European Championships Qualifying, held in 2008 and 2009, Israel was drawn into group 5, together with the world champions, Germany, Slovenia, Belarus and Bulgaria.

Israel lost both games to Slovenia, Belarus and Germany, and only won both games against Bulgaria.

The team's captain was Idan Maimon, and its leading players were Avishay Smoler of German team TBV Lemgo, Chen Pomerantz, Tom Matalon, Gal Avraham and Goalkeeper Leonid Durashenko.

DateOpponentH/AVenueSpectatorsResultH.TTop scorer
29 October 2008SloveniaHomeRishon LeZion800Lost – 28:3616:21Avishay Smoler (10)
2 November 2008BulgariaAwayBlagoevgrad400Won – 28:3415–20Avishay Smoler (9)
26 November 2008BelarusAwayBerst3,700Lost – 38:3121:14Gal Avraham (7)
29 November 2008BelarusHomeRishon LeZion1,000Lost – 28:3111:19Tom Matalon (6)
18 March 2009BulgariaHomeKiryat Motzkin900Won – 29:2016:10Chen Pomernz (6), Avishay Smoler (6)
22 March 2009GermanyAwayAshafenburg4,500Lost – 24:3615:17Gal Avraham (12)
17 June 2009SloveniaAwayLjubljana3,000Lost – 27:4017:20Chen Pomeranz (6)
21 June 2009GermanyHomeRishon LeZion1,000Lost – 40:2117:12Chen Pomeranz (6)
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  GER  SLO  BLR  ISR  BUL
 Germany 8 8 0 0 300 191 +109 16 38–30 38–27 36–24 42–11
 Slovenia 8 6 0 2 293 221 +72 12 26–27 38–26 40–27 47–20
 Belarus 8 4 0 4 253 233 +20 8 23–25 32–36 38–31 36–18
 Israel 8 2 0 6 222 269 47 4 21–40 28–36 28–31 29–20
 Bulgaria 8 0 0 8 168 322 154 0 29–54 23–40 19–40 28–34
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Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship – European Qualification.

Head coach: Oleg Boutenko

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Moshe Elimelech (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 1.83 m 13 0 Irony Rehovot
2 P Snir Natsia (1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 2.00 m 9 5 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
3 P Daniel Shkalim (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 1.86 m 47 54 Ramat Hasharon HC
7 RW Amit Gal (1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 1.79 m 37 39 Ramat Hasharon HC
11 LB Niv Levy (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 1.86 m 53 110 Hapoel Ashdod
14 GK Dan Tepper (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 1.88 m 29 0 JS Cherbourg
18 RW Tal Hershkowitz (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 1.85 m 47 88 Hapoel Ashdod
21 CB Eden Gingihashvili (1996-08-18) 18 August 1996 1.83 m 3 4 HC Holon
22 LB Ram Turkenitz (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 1.90 m 37 61 HK Varberg
23 CB Yonatan Dayan (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 1.85 m 0 0 VfL Gummersbach
24 RW Amit Stelman (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 1.79 m 59 127 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
29 P Yossi Appo (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 1.90 m 28 26 Ramat Hasharon HC
39 LB Adir Cohen (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 1.95 m 16 35 Pfadi Winterthur
53 LW oz Hamami (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 1.80 m 29 50 Hapoel Rishon LeZion
66 CB Yoav Lumbroso (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 1.72 m 1 3 ThSV Eisenach
83 LW Gil Pomeranz (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 1.82 m 54 133 Ramat Hasharon HC

Former coaches

  • Eugen Trofin (−1983)
  • Israel Brener (1982–1983)
  • Moshe Lagil (1983–1984)
  • Shlomo Hoffman (1992–2008)
  • Gilad Maor (2008–2012)
  • Dragan Đukić (2012–2015)
  • Per Carlén (2015–2016)
  • Oleg Boutenko (2016–)
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