United States men's national handball team

United States
Information
Association	USA Team Handball
Coach	Robert Hedin
Assistant coach	Darrick Heath Julio Saínz
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1936 )
Best result	6th place (1936)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1964 )
Best result	15th place (1964)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1980 )
Best result	2nd (1983, 1985)
Last updated on Unknown.

The United States national handball team is controlled by USA Team Handball. Due to disputes over funding, general lack of fiscal discipline, and accusations of incompetence, on February 14, 2006, the USOC revoked the governing duties of handball from the United States Team Handball Federation but has since selected USA Team Handball as the new United States National Governing Body.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Since their first appearance in 1936, USA has participated in six Olympic Games.

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/–
1936	6th	2	0	0	2	3	36	–33
1972	14th	5	1	0	4	86	112	–26
1976	10th	5	0	0	5	100	149	–49
1980	did not qualify
1984	9th	6	1	1	4	115	116	–1
1988	12th	6	0	0	6	102	149	–47
1992	did not qualify
1996	9th	6	2	0	4	138	168	–30
2000	did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	qualified as host
Total	7/16	30	4	1	25	544	730	–186

World Championship

Since their first appearance in 1964, USA has participated in eight World Championships.

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/–
1938	did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964	16th	3	0	0	3	25	66	–41
1967	did not qualify
1970	16th	3	0	0	3	32	78	–46
1974	16th	3	0	0	3	43	104	–61
1978	did not qualify
1982
1986
1990
1993	16th	6	0	0	6	115	206	–91
1995	21st	5	0	0	5	82	135	–53
1997	did not qualify
1999
2001	24th	5	0	0	5	80	189	–109
2003	did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	withdrawn
2023	20th	6	2	0	4	141	189	–48
2025	26th	7	3	1*	3	168	197	–29
2027	Qualified as wild card, if they reach a certain performance level.
2029	To be determined
2031
Total	9/32	38	5	1*	32	686	1164	–478

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.

Pan American Championship

Since their first appearance in 1980, USA has participated in 14 Pan American Championships.

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/–
1980	3rd	5	3	0	2	115	95	+20
1981	3rd	5	3	0	2	86	80	+6
1983	2nd	5	4	1	0	136	73	+63
1985	2nd	5	4	0	1	65	43	+22
1989	3rd	5	3	0	2	110	97	+13
1994	3rd	6	4	0	2	47	68	−21
1996	3rd	5	4	0	1	112	93	+19
1998	4th	6	3	0	3	130	131	−1
2000	4th	5	2	0	3	98	146	−48
2002	4th	5	2	0	3	105	119	−14
2004	7th	5	1	0	4	117	142	−25
2006	4th	5	1	1	3	121	160	−39
2008	did not qualify
2010
2012	7th	5	2	0	3	135	149	−14
2014	6th	5	2	0	3	147	154	−7
2016	8th	7	2	0	5	179	211	−32
2018	did not qualify
Total	15/18	79	40	2	37	1703	1761	−58

Pan American Games

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/–
1987	1st	5	5	0	0	138	107	+31
1991	3rd	5	3	0	2	108	112	–4
1995	4th	6	2	0	4	118	111	+7
1999	4th	5	2	0	3	103	122	–19
2003	3rd	5	3	0	2	120	131	–11
2007	did not qualify
2011	7th	5	1	0	4	137	157	–20
2015	did not qualify
2019	6th	5	2	0	3	123	145	–22
2023	4th	5	2	0	3	132	154	–22
Total	8/10	41	20	0	21	979	1039	–60

Nor.Ca. Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	+/–
2014	3rd	4	2	0	2	100	97	+3
2018	5th	5	1	1	3	151	164	−13
2022	1st	4	4	0	0	131	113	+18
2024	4th	6	3	0	3	178	179	−1
Total	4/4	19	10	1	8	560	553	+7

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

• 2019 – 5th place
• 2025 – 3rd place

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

Head coach: Robert Hedin

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Pál Merkovszky (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 24) 1.95 m 10 1 Budai Farkasok KKUK 3 RW Sean Corning (1996-11-27) 27 November 1996 (age 28) 1.81 m 8 8 CB Málaga 4 CB Benjamin Edwards (2006-09-01)1 September 2006 (aged 18) 1.88 m 12 72 Veszprém Handball Academy 6 RB Jonas Strömberg (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 23) 1.91 m 12 20 Lugi HF 7 CB Alex Chan (1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31) 1.88 m 10 40 Club Cisne de Balonmano 8 P Paul Skorupa (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 25) 1.93 m 14 0 VfL Lübeck-Schwartau 9 LB Gary Hines (1984-03-21) 21 March 1984 (age 41) 1.80 m 81 709 SG Langenfeld 10 CB Daniel Hunyadi (2003-11-20) 20 November 2003 (age 21) 1.92 m 0 0 Ferencvárosi TC 11 LB Aboubakar Fofana (1996-07-26) 26 July 1996 (age 28) 1.98 m 110 137 Villeurbanne Handball 14 CB Ian Hueter (1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 27) 1.96 m 32 80 TSV Bayer Dormagen 15 LW Lukas Karlskov Hansen (2002-06-14) 14 June 2002 (age 22) 1.87 m 0 0 HØJ Elite 16 GK Douglas Otterström (2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 23) 1.85 m 2 0 Tyresö Handboll 17 P Andrew Donlin (1992-10-09) 9 October 1992 (age 32) 2.02 m 40 65 San Francisco CalHeat 20 RW Rodrigo Campos (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 20) 1.90 m 6 20 Balonmano Cuatro Valles 25 P Patrick Hueter (c) (1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 29) 1.96 m 18 60 TSV Bayer Dormagen 31 RB Tristan Morawski (2005-03-12) 12 March 2005 (age 20) 2.02 m 10 0 Sandra SPA Pogoń Szczecin 33 LW Samuel Hoddersen (1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 27) 1.83 m 35 48 HSG Rodgau Nieder-Roden 34 P Domagoj Sršen (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 34) 2.02 m 16 3 RK Metković

See also

• Handball in the United States
• United States women's national handball team

References

1. "Eighteen Players Selected to Represent the United States at 2025 IHF Men's Handball World Championship". usateamhandball.org. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. "Team Roster USA" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile