Serbia men's national handball team

The 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 15–29 January 2012, in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac and is the tenth edition of the tournament. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.

At the 2012 European Championship in their home country, where they were pitted in Group A against Denmark, Poland and Slovakia. They finished first in their group following victories against Denmark and Poland. In the main round the team faced Germany, Sweden and Macedonia.

The team advanced by defeating two of their three opponents. In the semi-finals Croatia was defeated by 26–22.

They faced Denmark in the finals, after having already defeated them in the second match at the group stage. Denmark emerged as the champion.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938 to 1990	Part of Yugoslavia
1993	Qualified and later suspended
1995	Suspended from qualification tournament
1997	Round of 16	9	6	4	0	2	162	148
1999	Third place	3	9	6	1	2	257	221
2001	Third place	3	9	7	0	2	254	182
2003	7th/8th place	8	9	5	1	3	263	228
2005	5th/6th place	5	9	5	2	2	253	221
2007	Did not qualify
2009	7th/8th place	8	9	4	1	4	280	281
2011	9th/10th place	10	9	3	1	5	246	251
2013	Round of 16	10	6	3	0	3	170	159
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019	Presidents' Cup	18	7	2	1	4	187	203
2021	Did not qualify
2023	TBD
// 2025
2027
Total	9/15	–	73	39	7	27	2072	1894

From 1994 till 2006 part of FR Yugoslavia and SCG.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Suspended
1996	Third place	3	7	5	1	1	166	162
1998	5th/6th place	5	6	4	0	2	159	145
2000	Did not qualify
2002	9th/10th place	10	6	2	1	3	160	161
2004	7h/8th place	8	7	3	1	3	206	199
2006	Main round	9	6	2	0	4	161	177
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Preliminary round	13	3	0	1	2	83	94
2012	Runner-up	2	8	4	2	2	176	168
2014	Preliminary round	13	3	1	0	2	73	77
2016	Preliminary round	15	3	0	1	2	81	92
2018	Main round	12	6	1	0	5	160	191
2020	Preliminary round	20	3	0	0	3	72	81
2022	Future events
2024
Total	11/14	–	58	22	7	29	1497	1547

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Squad for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Nenad Peruničić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LB Ivan Mošić (1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 1.94 m 24 33 Abanca Ademar León 7 CB Stefan Vujić (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 1.92 m 33 60 Dinamo București 8 LB Stevan Sretenović (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 2.01 m 31 77 Vojvodina 9 RB Nikola Crnoglavac (1992-04-22) 22 April 1992 1.95 m 24 49 CSM Bacău 10 RW Milan Đukić (1985-08-16) 16 August 1985 1.85 m 24 47 Eurofarm Rabotnik 13 P Živan Pešić (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 1.93 m 32 34 Nexe Našice 14 RW Bogdan Radivojević (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 1.92 m 66 117 MOL-Pick Szeged 17 CB Aleksa Kolaković (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 1.92 m 6 9 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 19 LW Nemanja Ilić (1990-05-11) 11 May 1990 1.78 m 88 243 Fenix Toulouse Handball 20 LB Miljan Pušica (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 2.00 m 47 83 GWD Minden 21 LW Vanja Ilić (1993-02-25) 25 February 1993 1.80 m 36 63 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 23 P Zoran Nikolić (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 1.88 m 40 66 HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța 24 CB Lazar Kukić (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 1.86 m 37 60 BM Logroño La Rioja 25 RB Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 1.94 m 93 266 Frisch Auf Göppingen 33 P Mijajlo Marsenić (1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 2.03 m 86 189 Füchse Berlin 76 GK Vladimir Cupara (1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 1.98 m 45 3 Telekom Veszprém 90 GK Tibor Ivanišević (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 1.96 m 32 0 HSG Wetzlar