Macedonia | |||
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Information | |||
Nickname | Црвено-жолти (The Red-Yellows) | ||
Association | Macedonian Handball Federation | ||
Coach | Lino Červar | ||
Most caps | Stevče Aluševski (245) | ||
Most goals | Kiril Lazarov (1203) | ||
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Results | |||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 5 (First in 1999) | ||
Best result | 9th (2015) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (First in 1998) | ||
Best result | 5th (2012) | ||
Last updated on Unknown. |
The Macedonia national handball team is the national handball team of the Republic of Macedonia. The team is run by the Macedonian Handball Federation, the governing body of handball in Macedonia. Prior to joining the International Handball Federation in 1993 as an independent country, Macedonia was represented within the Yugoslavia national handball team.
Olympics record
World Championship record
Mediterranean Games
Best finish 9th place World cup Qatar 2015
world record of most scored goals K.Lazarov World cup Croatia (92 goals)
Squad for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Sвонко Шундовски
These are players that have also received a call for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship qualification.
Macedonian fans
Macedonian fans
Macedonian fans
Macedonian handball supporters are known as Makedonska Falanga or Macedonian Phalanx. They are one of the best national handball supporters in the world and travel everywhere with the team. In 2009, at the World Handball Championship they supported the team in large numbers especially in Varaždin where they helped Macedonia defeat Poland and Russia, to reach the Main Round of the tournament. They followed that up with an even bigger showing at the European Handball Championship in Serbia. The massive show of support by the Makedonska Falanga helped the Macedonian team achieve its highest placing to date, when they finished in 5th place. The team started as one of the biggest outsiders, playing with heart and never giving up, supported by thousands of Macedonian fans it was able to upset a lot of opponents and missed a chance for semi-finals by only losing 2 games by 1 point in the last seconds. In April 2012, the head of the IHF sent out a letter to the Macedonian handball federation to applaud the fans' support during the Olympic qualification matches in Sweden. Although Macedonia didn't qualify for the Olympics, its fans are widely acknowledged as the best handball fans in the world.