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Montenegro men's national handball team

The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 shortly after Montenegro became independent.

Montenegro
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Information
NicknameZlatni lavovi
(The Golden Lions)
AssociationHandball Federation of Montenegro
CaptainMirko Radović
Most capsNemanja Grbović (80)
Most goalsVasko Ševaljević (258)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2013)
Best result18th (2023)
European Championship
Appearances7 (First in 2008)
Best result11th (2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

Montenegro played their first official match on 3 January 2007 in Vantaa and beat Finland (28:26). Since then, Montenegro have qualified for nine big competitions – twice for the World Cup (2013 and 2023) and for the European Championship in 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024.

History and records

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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.
A year later, Montenegro failed to qualify for the World Championship 2009 and after that, there was a crisis in the results of national team.
From 2012, results improved. After a surprise win against Sweden in the qualifiers, Montenegro qualified for the World Championship 2013.
In June 2013, Montenegro 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, the Montenegrin team appeared at the European Championship 2016, but was eliminated after the first phase of the competition, without any win in three matches. Same result, Montenegro made on European Championship 2018. Finally, on European Championship 2020, Montenegro made historical victory against Serbia (22-21), but failed to qualify to the second round of tournament.

National team matches

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Tournament Matches Wins Draws Loss GF GA
World Championship 13 3 0 10 340 391
European Championship 25 4 1 20 622 741
Qualifying matches EC/WC 72 39 6 27 1978 2010
Overall 110 46 7 57 2940 3142

Updated: January 23, 2023

Records

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Largest victory
41:27,   Montenegro  Finland, 6 January 2007, Budva
Largest defeat
39:23,   Poland  Montenegro, 24 January 2011, Stavanger
Highest home attendance
approx. 6,000,   Montenegro  Greece 33:25, 17 April 2022, Podgorica
Highest away attendance
11,835,   Denmark  Montenegro 37:26, 13 April 2019, Copenhagen

Competitive record

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World Championship

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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  2009 did not qualify 2 1 0 1
Sweden  2011 2 1 0 1
Spain  2013 22nd 7 1 0 6 6 5 0 1
Qatar  2015 did not qualify 2 1 0 1
France  2017 2 0 0 2
Denmark /Germany  2019 2 0 1 1
Egypt  2021 Cancelled
Poland /Sweden  2023 18th 6 2 0 4 2 1 0 1
Croatia /Denmark /Norway  2025 did not qualify 2 0 0 2
Germany  2027 TBD TBD
France /Germany  2029
Denmark /Iceland /Norway  2031
Total 13 3 0 10 16 11 1 10

European Championship

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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 GS GA Pld W D L
Norway  2008 12th 6 0 1 5 149 188 8 7 1 0
Austria  2010 did not qualify 8 4 0 4
Serbia  2012 6 1 0 5
Denmark  2014 16th 3 0 0 3 66 84 6 4 0 2
Poland  2016 16th 3 0 0 3 76 90 6 3 1 2
Croatia  2018 16th 3 0 0 3 66 89 6 2 3 1
Austria /Norway /Sweden  2020 18th 3 1 0 2 70 84 6 3 1 2
Hungary /Slovakia  2022 11th 7 3 0 4 195 216 6 3 0 3
Germany  2024 14th 3 1 0 2 84 86 6 3 0 3
Denmark /Norway /Sweden  2026 To be determined To be determined
Portugal /Spain /Switzerland  2028
Total 7/11 28 5 1 22 706 837 58 30 6 22

Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship[1][2]

Head coach: Vlado Šola

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Nikola Matović (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 26) 1.91 m 25 0 Sweden  Amo Handboll
4 LW Aleksandar Bakić (2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 23) 1.94 m 32 39 Croatia  RK Nexe Našice
5 LB Arsenije Dragašević (2002-07-18) 18 July 2002 (age 22) 2.02 m 8 9 Switzerland  HC Pfadi Dietlikon
6 LW Miloš Vujović (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 30) 1.81 m 56 188 Germany  VfL Gummersbach
7 RB Stefan Čavor (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29) 1.97 m 61 105 Germany  HSG Wetzlar
8 P Vuk Lazović (1988-03-10) 10 March 1988 (age 36) 2.00 m 48 39 Bahrain  Al-Najma SC
9 CB Radojica Čepić (2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 22) 1.94 m 23 31 Switzerland  HC Kriens-Luzern
10 P Miodrag Ćorsović (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 24) 1.98 m 8 6 Slovenia  RK Trimo Trebnje
11 RB Branko Vujović (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) 1.96 m 45 175 Germany  TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
12 GK Haris Suljević (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23) 1.94 m 2 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina  RK Izviđač
13 RW Mirko Radović (1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 34) 1.86 m 72 62 Montenegro  RK Lovćen
16 GK Nebojša Simić (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 31) 1.92 m 61 3 Germany  MT Melsungen
17 LB Vasilije Kaluđerović (1998-10-03) 3 October 1998 (age 25) 1.91 m 22 40 Kuwait  Qadsia SC
24 LB Miloš Božović (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29) 1.99 m 51 115 France  US Ivry Handball
26 RB Risto Vujačić (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30) 1.90 m 18 15 Israel  HC Ramat HaSharon
27 RW Luka Radović (1997-12-29) 29 December 1997 (age 26) 1.80 m 12 22 France  Saran Loiret HB
31 RW Vojislav Vukić (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 21) 1.80 m 0 0 Slovenia  MRK Krka
32 CB Božo Anđelić (1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 32) 1.86 m 56 90 Hungary  PLER KC
35 LB Vuko Borozan (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 (age 30) 2.02 m 33 119 Montenegro  RK Lovćen
90 P Nemanja Grbović (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34) 1.83 m 80 225 Romania  Steaua București
Uniforms

1st: red/red

2nd: green/green

3rd: black/black

GK: yellow/green/blue

Coaching staff

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Role Name
Head coach Croatia  Vlado Šola
Assistant coach Montenegro  Brano Božović
Team manager Montenegro  Petar Kapisoda
Strength coach Sweden  Anton Claesson
Team official Montenegro  Maksim Šćekić
Physiotherapist Montenegro  Andrija Damjanović
Physiotherapist Montenegro  Hamza Mehović

Head coaches

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Since independence, Montenegro was led by eight different coaches. Most matches as a Montenegro coach has Zoran Roganović (34).

Coach From To Record* Championship
M W D L Win %
Montenegro  Pero Milošević October 2006 June 2007 8 7 1 0 087.50
Montenegro  Ranko Popović August 2007 November 2009 16 5 1 10 031.25 EC 2008
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Kasim Kamenica November 2009 April 2010 2 1 0 1 050.00
Montenegro  Miodrag Popović April 2010 March 2011 4 1 0 3 025.00
Montenegro  Zoran Kastratović May 2011 February 2014 24 10 0 14 041.67 WC 2013, EC 2014
Serbia  Ljubomir Obradović March 2014 November 2016 13 4 1 8 030.77 EC 2016
Serbia  Dragan Đukić November 2016 July 2018 11 3 3 5 027.27 EC 2018
Montenegro  Zoran Roganović August 2018 January 2023 34 12 1 21 035.29 EC 2020, EC 2022, WC 2023
Croatia  Vlado Šola February 2023 May 2024 7 2 0 5 028.57 EC 2024

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

Notable former players

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Poznat spisak "lavova" za Evropsko prvenstvo u Njemačkoj" (in Montenegrin). rscg.me. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Team roster: Montenegro". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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