Israel men's national handball team
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The Israel national handball team is controlled by the Israel Handball Association, and represents Israel in international matches.
Competitive record
European Championship
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| Template:Flagicon 2002 | Preliminary round | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 82 |
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| Total | 1/18 | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 82 |
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.
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Spectators | Result | H.T | Top scorer |
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| 4 January 2007 | Serbia | Away | Belgrad | 2,000 | Lost – 37:27 | 16:11 | Tom Matalon, Avishay Smoler (6) |
| 6 January 2007 | Serbia | Home | Raanana | 2,000 | Win – 30:29 | 16:12 | Gal Avraham (7) |
| 10 January 2007 | Macedonia | Home | Raanana | 2,000 | Lost – 28:30 | 15:19 | Idan Maimon (7) |
| 13 January 2007 | Macedonia | Away | Scopia | 1,500 | Lost – 27:26 | 12:10 | Gal Avraham, Avishay Smoler (5) |
| 17 January 2007 | Luxembourg | Away | Luxembourg | 500 | Win – 25:26 | 11:13 | Idan Maimon |
| 21 January 2007 | Luxembourg | Home | Raanana | 500 | Win – 35:26 | 17:10 | Idan 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.
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Spectators | Result | H.T | Top scorer |
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| 9 January 2008 | Faroe Islands | Away | Torshaven | 800 | Win – 21:26 | 8:15 | Avishay Smoler (6) |
| 12 January 2008 | Faroe Islands | Home | Raanana | 1,000 | Win – 31:21 | 17:11 | Gal Avraham (6) |
| 16 January 2008 | Serbia | Home | Raanana | 1,600 | Lost – 31:34 | 15:17 | Avishay Smoler (10) |
| 19 January 2008 | Serbia | Away | Belgrad | 2,000 | Lost – 44:36 | 20:15 | Avishay 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.
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Venue | Spectators | Result | H.T | Top scorer |
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| 29 October 2008 | Slovenia | Home | Rishon LeZion | 800 | Lost – 28:36 | 16:21 | Avishay Smoler (10) |
| 2 November 2008 | Bulgaria | Away | Blagoevgrad | 400 | Won – 28:34 | 15–20 | Avishay Smoler (9) |
| 26 November 2008 | Belarus | Away | Berst | 3,700 | Lost – 38:31 | 21:14 | Gal Avraham (7) |
| 29 November 2008 | Belarus | Home | Rishon LeZion | 1,000 | Lost – 28:31 | 11:19 | Tom Matalon (6) |
| 18 March 2009 | Bulgaria | Home | Kiryat Motzkin | 900 | Won – 29:20 | 16:10 | Chen Pomernz (6), Avishay Smoler (6) |
| 22 March 2009 | Germany | Away | Ashafenburg | 4,500 | Lost – 24:36 | 15:17 | Gal Avraham (12) |
| 17 June 2009 | Slovenia | Away | Ljubljana | 3,000 | Lost – 27:40 | 17:20 | Chen Pomeranz (6) |
| 21 June 2009 | Germany | Home | Rishon LeZion | 1,000 | Lost – 40:21 | 17:12 | Chen Pomeranz (6) |
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Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship – European Qualification.
Head coach: Oleg Boutenko
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Former coaches
- Template:Flagicon Eugen Trofin (−1983)
- Template:Flagicon Israel Brener (1982–1983)
- Template:Flagicon Moshe Lagil (1983–1984)
- Template:Flagicon Shlomo Hoffman (1992–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Gilad Maor (2008–2012)
- Template:Flagicon Dragan Đukić (2012–2015)
- Template:Flagicon Per Carlén (2015–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Oleg Boutenko (2016–2022)
- Template:Flagicon Dragan Đukić (2022–2023)
- Template:Flagicon Saar Frankel (2023–2024)
- Template:Flagicon David Pisonero (2024–)
External links
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- IHF profile
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