Montenegro national handball team
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| Nickname |
Zlatni lavovi (The Golden Lions) |
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| Association | Handball Federation of Montenegro | ||
| Coach | Dragan Đukić | ||
| Assistant coach | Milorad Davidović | ||
| Most caps | Igor Marković (50) | ||
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| Results | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2013) | ||
| Best result | 22nd (2013) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2008) | ||
| Best result | 12th (2008) | ||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 shortly after Montenegro became independent.
Montenegro played their first official match on 3 January 2007 in Vantaa and beat Finland (28:26).
Since then, Montenegro have qualified for four big competitions – once for the World Cup (2013) and for the European Championship in 2008, 2014 and 2016.
The head coach is Ljubomir Obradović.
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.
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