North Macedonia men's national handball team
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Nickname | Red-Yellow Lions | |||
Association | Macedonian Handball Federation | |||
Coach | Kiril Lazarov | |||
Assistant coach | Biljana Crvenkoska Naum Taneski | |||
Most caps | Stevče Aluševski (245) | |||
Most goals | Kiril Lazarov (1717) | |||
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Results | ||||
World Championship | ||||
Appearances | 9 (First in 1999) | |||
Best result | 9th (2015) | |||
European Championship | ||||
Appearances | 8 (First in 1998) | |||
Best result | 5th (2012) | |||
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The Macedonian national handball team is the national handball team of North Macedonia. The team is run by the Macedonian Handball Federation, the governing body of handball in North Macedonia. Prior to joining the International Handball Federation in 1991 as an independent country, North Macedonia was represented within the Yugoslavia men's national handball team.
History
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- First Handball teams in Macedonia emerged in the second half of the 1940s. Soon Macedonian Handball federation started to organize national championships in big handball −11 players on a soccer field size. By the '60s it was transformed into small handball or indoor handball. Macedonian champions were qualified for federal Yugoslav Championship instead of European cup competitions. The best Macedonian players played for the Federal team of Yugoslavia. In the time of the federation, 6 of the constitutional republics were sending one federal team to compete at the Olympics and World cup. Macedonia was participating within the federal team from 1950 till 1991. During that time was present at the 5 Olympics and 10 World cup tournaments within the successful team of Yugoslavia.
- After the split of the federation, as a single republic from 1992 till 1994 Macedonia did not manage to enter the qualifications for EC, WC and OG. At the World cup 1993 only teams from the Olympics qualified so the Macedonian team did not have a chance to qualify. From 1995 Macedonia participates as a single Republic to all qualifications and Championship tournaments.
- European Championship For the first European Championship 1994 team Macedonia did not enter the qualifications. Since EURO 1996 team Macedonia is regular in the qualifications. It entered 8 European Championships first one in 1998 then 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024. Most successful was the 2012 when they've finished 5th.
- World Cup For the World cup 1995 only teams from EURO 1994 qualified so again team Macedonian did not get a chance to participate. At the World Cup's they entered 9 times – 1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025. The most successful was in 2015 when they finished 9th.
- Olympics For the Olympic tournament qualifications they have entered two times – 2012 finishing 4th and 2016 finishing 3rd. They did not manage to finish in the first two spots and have not qualified.
Home ground
[edit]The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Macedonian: Спортски центар Борис Трајковски, Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the Karpoš Municipality of Skopje, North Macedonia. It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000 .There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex. Additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it.
The arena is a home ground of the Macedonian handball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar. It was one of two venues for the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship and will be used again for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship for the preliminary and main round.
Competitive record
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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1972,1976,1980,1984,1988 Within Yugoslavia team (1),(5),(6),(1),(3) | |||||||
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World cup served as qualifiers Did not qualify for World Cup Did not enter | |||||||
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Total | 0/4 |
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Tournament | Outcome | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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not qualified | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 83 | |
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not qualified | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 84 |
World Championship
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1958,1961,1964,1967, 1970,1974,1978,1982,1986,1990 Within Yugoslavia team (8),(9),(6),(7),(3),(3),(5),(2),(1),(4) | ||||||||
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Preliminary round | 18th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 149 | −27 |
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Main Round | 11th | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 309 | 322 | −13 |
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Round of 16 | 14th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 165 | 171 | −6 |
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9th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 181 | 168 | +13 | |
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15th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 163 | 171 | −8 | |
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President's Cup | 15th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 191 | 199 | −8 |
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Main Round | 23rd | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 138 | 192 | −54 |
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President's Cup | 27th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 221 | 224 | −3 |
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Main Round | 15th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 181 | 179 | +2 |
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Total | 9/15 | – | 60 | 23 | 4 | 33 | 1671 | 1775 | −104 |
EURO Tournaments
[edit]Within Yugoslavia Team | Mini EURO Tournaments till 1994 EC |
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EURO World Cup Sweden ![]() |
1971,1974,1979,1984,1988,1992 (1),(1),(7),(3),(5),(2) |
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1979,1981,1983,1985,1987,1989,1991 (4),(3),(3),(5),(5),(4),(6) |
European Championship
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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Preliminary Round | 12th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 130 | 174 |
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5th / 6th place | 5th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 175 |
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Main Round | 10th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 141 | 167 |
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11th | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 157 | 176 | |
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11th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 143 | 164 | |
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Preliminary round | 15th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 84 |
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22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 86 | |
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17th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 100 | |
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Total | 8/15 | – | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 988 | 1126 |
Mediterranean Games
[edit]Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L |
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1967–1991 | 1967,1975,1979,1983,1991 Within Yugoslavia team (1),(1),(1),(1),(1) | |||||
1993–2009 | Did not participate | |||||
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Group stage | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Group stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Semi Finals | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 3/3 | – | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Kiril Lazarov
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Notable players
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- Mitko Stoilov
- Stole Stoilov
- Goran Kuzmanoski
- Branislav Angelovski
- Stefan Alushevski
- Vlatko Mitkov
- Aco Jonovski
- Filip Mirkulovski
- Velko Markoski
- Zlatko Mojsoski
- Borko Ristovski
- Aleksandar Jovikj
- Naumče Mojsovski
- Vancho Dimovski
- Petar Angelov
- Filip Lazarov
- Zlatko Daskalovski
- Goce Makaloski
- Goran Gjorgonoski
- Radoslav Stojanović
- Kiril Lazarov
- Vlado Nedanovski
- Lazo Majnov
- Pepi Manaskov
- Dejan Manaskov
- Martin Manaskov
- Goce Georgievski
- Vladimir Temelkov
- Nemanja Pribak
- Renato Vugrinec
Statistics
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Record against other teams
[edit]As of 3 May 2021
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References
[edit]- ^ "СЕЛЕКТОРОТ НА МАШКАТА СЕНИОРСКА РЕПРЕЗЕНТЦИЈА КИРИЛ ЛАЗАРОВ ГО ОБЈАВУВА СПИСОКОТ НА ПОВИКАНИ РАКОМЕТАРИ ЗА СОБИР" (in Macedonian). macedoniahandball.com.mk. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
- ^ "Team Roster North Macedonia" (PDF). ihf.info. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.