Israel men's national handball team

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Information
Association Israel Handball Association
Coach David Pisonero
Assistant coachChen Pomeranz
Captain Daniel Shkalim
Most caps Idan Maimon (168)
Most goalsIdan Maimon (636)
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1st
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2nd
Results
European Championship
Appearances1 (First in 2002 )
Best result14th (2002)
Last updated on Unknown.

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

Contents

Competitive record

European Championship

European Championship record
YearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA
Flag of Portugal.svg 1994 Did not qualify
Flag of Spain.svg 1996
Flag of Italy.svg 1998
Flag of Croatia.svg 2000
Flag of Sweden.svg 2002 Preliminary round1430036782
Flag of Slovenia.svg 2004 Did not qualify
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2006
Flag of Norway.svg 2008
Flag of Austria.svg 2010
Flag of Serbia.svg 2012
Flag of Denmark.svg 2014
Flag of Poland.svg 2016
Flag of Croatia.svg 2018
Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Sweden.svg 2020
Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg 2022
Flag of Germany.svg 2024
Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Sweden.svg 2026
Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 2028 To be determined
Total1/1830036782

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 2008BulgariaAway Blagoevgrad 400Won – 28:3415–20Avishay Smoler (9)
26 November 2008BelarusAway Berst 3,700Lost – 38:3121:14Gal Avraham (7)
29 November 2008BelarusHome Rishon LeZion 1,000Lost – 28:3111:19Tom Matalon (6)
18 March 2009BulgariaHome Kiryat Motzkin 900Won – 29:2016:10Chen Pomernz (6), Avishay Smoler (6)
22 March 2009GermanyAway Ashafenburg 4,500Lost – 24:3615:17Gal Avraham (12)
17 June 2009SloveniaAway Ljubljana 3,000Lost – 27:4017:20Chen Pomeranz (6)
21 June 2009GermanyHome Rishon LeZion 1,000Lost – 40:2117:12Chen Pomeranz (6)
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification  GER   SLO   BLR   ISR   BUL
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8800300191+10916 Final tournament 38–30 38–27 36–24 42–11
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8602293221+7212 26–27 38–26 40–27 47–20
3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8404253233+208 23–25 32–36 38–31 36–18
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8206222269474 21–40 28–36 28–31 29–20
5Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 80081683221540 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.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Moshe Elimelech (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 33)1.83 m130 Flag of Israel.svg Irony Rehovot
2P Snir Natsia (1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 25)2.00 m95 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Rishon LeZion
3P Daniel Shkalim (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 32)1.86 m4754 Flag of Israel.svg Ramat Hasharon HC
7RW Amit Gal (1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)1.79 m3739 Flag of Israel.svg Ramat Hasharon HC
11LB Niv Levy (1993-06-08) 8 June 1993 (age 31)1.86 m53110 Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Ashdod
14GK Dan Tepper (1994-03-04) 4 March 1994 (age 31)1.88 m290 Flag of France.svg JS Cherbourg
18RW Tal Hershkowitz (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 32)1.85 m4788 Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Ashdod
21CB Eden Gingihashvili (1996-08-18) 18 August 1996 (age 28)1.83 m34 Flag of Israel.svg HC Holon
22LB Ram Turkenitz (1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 29)1.90 m3761 Flag of Sweden.svg HK Varberg
23CB Yonatan Dayan (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 25)1.85 m00 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Gummersbach
24RW Amit Stelman (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 32)1.79 m59127 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Rishon LeZion
29P Yossi Appo (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 31)1.90 m2826 Flag of Israel.svg Ramat Hasharon HC
39LB Adir Cohen (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 26)1.95 m1635 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Pfadi Winterthur
53LW oz Hamami (1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 33)1.80 m2950 Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Rishon LeZion
66CB Yoav Lumbroso (2000-07-15) 15 July 2000 (age 24)1.72 m13 Flag of Germany.svg ThSV Eisenach
83LW Gil Pomeranz (1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 33)1.82 m54133 Flag of Israel.svg Ramat Hasharon HC

Former coaches