- Competitive record Olympic Games World Championships European Championships
- Current squad
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| Name = Greece
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| Association = Hellenic Handball Federation
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| Summer Olympics apps = 1
| Summer Olympics first= 2004
| Summer Olympics best = 6th
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}}The Greece national handball team is the national handball team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Handball Federation. Greece has a long tradition in handball. First of all, Greece made it to the handball 2005 World Cup and the 2004 Olympics where they beat Brazil, Korea and won against Egypt in a close game. In the Olympics they lost to eventual champions Croatia, and finished sixth in the tournament. In the World Cup they finished in the sixth position as well. Competitive recordOlympic Games| Olympic record | | Games | Round | Position | Pld|Games played | W|Won | D|Drawn | L|Lost | GF|Goals for | GA|Goals against |
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| {{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} 1936 Berlin | Did not qualify | | Not held from 1948 to 1968 | | {{flagicon|FRG}} 1972 Munich | Did not qualify | | {{flagicon|CAN}} 1976 Montreal | | {{flagicon|URS|1955}} 1980 Moscow | | {{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Los Angeles | | {{flagicon|KOR}} 1988 Seoul | | {{flagicon|ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | | {{flagicon|USA}} 1996 Atlanta | | {{flagicon|AUS}} 2000 Sydney | | {{flagicon|GRE}} 2004 Athens | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 | | {{flagicon|CHN}} 2008 Beijing | Did not qualify | | {{flagicon|GBR}} 2012 London | | {{flagicon|BRA}} 2016 Rio de Janeiro | | Total | 1/13 | - | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 188 | 220 |
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World Championships| World Championship record | | Year | Round | Position | GP|Games played | W|Won | D|Draw | L|Lost | GS|Goals scored | GA|Goals against |
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| Nazi Germany}} 1938 | Did not qualify | | Sweden}} 1954 | | {{Flagicon|East Germany}} 1958 | | {{Flagicon|West Germany}} 1961 | | Czechoslovakia}} 1964 | | Sweden}} 1967 | | France}} 1970 | | {{Flagicon|East Germany}} 1974 | | Denmark}} 1978 | | {{Flagicon|West Germany}} 1982 | | Switzerland}} 1986 | | Czechoslovakia}} 1990 | | Sweden}} 1993 | | Iceland}} 1995 | | Japan}} 1997 | | Egypt}} 1999 | | France}} 2001 | | Portugal}} 2003 | | Tunisia}} 2005 | Quarter-finals | 6th place | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 | | {{Flagicon|Germany}} 2007 | Did not qualify | | Croatia}} 2009 | | Sweden}} 2011 | | Spain}} 2013 | | Qatar}} 2015 | | France}} 2017 | | Denmark}}/{{Flagicon|Germany}} 2019 | | Total | 1/24 | - | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 |
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European Championships| European Championship record | | Year | Round | Position | GP|Games played | W|Won | D|Draw | L|Lost | GS|Goals scored | GA|Goals against |
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| PRT}} 1994 | Did not qualify | | ESP}} 1996 | | ITA}} 1998 | | CRO}} 2000 | | SWE}} 2002 | | SLO}} 2004 | | CHE}} 2006 | | NOR}} 2008 | | AUT}} 2010 | | SRB}} 2012 | | DNK}} 2014 | | {{flagicon|POL}} 2016 | | {{flagicon|CRO}} 2018 | | Total | 0/13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Current squad The Greece international squad at the 2017 World Championship Qualification | Position | No. | Player | Date of birth | Club |
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| GK | 12 | Nikolaos Loizos | 1990|04|31|df=yes}} unsourced and invalid--> | GRE}} PAOK Thessaloniki H.C. | | GK | 1 | Kostas Gourgoumis | 1983|09|13|df=yes}} | GRE}} PAOK Thessaloniki H.C. | | GK | | Kostas Tsilimparis | 1979|07|31|df=yes}} | GRE}} Filippos Veria | | LW | 20 | Vyron Papadopoulos | 1986|02|22|df=yes}} | GER}} HC Empor Rostock | | LW | 7 | Christos Mylonas | 1995|05|13|df=yes}} | GRE}} AC Diomidis Argous | | RW | 8 | Adam Papadopoulos | 1995|07|27|df=yes}} | GRE}} AC Diomidis Argous | | RW | 19 | Christoforos Bakaoukas | 1981|04|17|df=yes}} | GRE}} AEK H.C. | | CB | 4 | Dimitrios Tzimourtos | 1981|02|10|df=yes}} | GER}} Eintracht Hildesheim | | CB | 5 | Georgios Mastorogiannis | 1981|08|30|df=yes}} | GRE}} PAOK Thessaloniki H.C. | | CB | 3 | Theodoros Megaloikonomu | 1983|08|18|df=yes}} | GRE}} AC Diomidis Argous | | CB | 25 | Theodoros Petridis | 1986|06|16|df=yes}} | GRE}} PAOK Thessaloniki H.C. | | RB | 6 | Nikolaos Riganas | 1984|01|28|df=yes}} | ROM}} HCM Constanța | | RB | 19 | Alexandros Alvanos | 1980|04|09|df=yes}} | GRE}} PAOK Thessaloniki H.C. | | P | | Giorgos Khalkidis | 1977|05|13|df=yes}} | SWI}} Wacker Thun | | P | | Charalampos Mallios | 1987|08|06|df=yes}} | GRE}} AC Diomidis Argous |
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