The Belarus national handball team is the national handball team of Belarus.
In light of the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Handball Federation in February 2022 suspended Belarus both in competitions for national teams and on the club level.🖉 The International Handball Federation banned Belarus athletes and officials. Referees, officials, and commission members from Belarus will not be called upon for future activities.
Competitive record World Championship World Championship recordYearRoundPosition 1993 did not qualify 19959/10th place99504278247 1997 did not qualify 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013Round of 16156204159153 201517/18th place187214215216 2017Round of 16116204156186/ 2019 did not qualify 2021Main round176222171172/ 2023Disqualified of the qualification because of the Russo-Ukrainian War// 2025 2027to be determined/ 2029// 2031Total5/20–3413318979974
European Championship European Championship recordYearRoundPosition 19947th/8th place86204154167 1996 did not qualify 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008Preliminary round15300383101 2010 did not qualify 2012 2014Main round126105166195 2016Main round106204167189 2018Main round106204155172 2020Main round107313209217 2022Preliminary round1731027888 2024Disqualified during qualification 2026 2028To be determined 2030 2032Total7/20–371112510121129 * Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament. ** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.
Current squad This is the list of players named for the friendly tournament in January, 2026. Nr.NamePositionClub16Viachaslau SaldatsenkaGoalkeeper RK Vojvodina88Kanstantin KavaliouGoalkeeper SKA Minsk97Ihar ChernikauGoalkeeper Bnei Herzliya23Andrey YurynokLeft wing HC Meshkov Brest78Stanislav SadouskiLeft wing RK Zagreb14Yauheni NikanovichRight wing Saint Petersburg HC2Dzmitry KhmialkouLeft back Saint Petersburg HC3Uladzislau KuleshLeft back MT Melsungen21Kiryl SamoilaLeft back Wisła Płock8Artur RudzPlaymaker HC Meshkov Brest47Ihar BelyavskiPlaymaker RK Zagreb77Yulian HirykPlaymaker HBC CSKA Moscow9Aleh AstrashapkinRight back Saint Petersburg HC98Mikalai AliokhinRight back HC Meshkov Brest99Pavel DudaRight back HC Masheka Mogilev4Matvei BarbashinskiPivot SKA Minsk27Mikita PliutoPivot HSG Konstanz50Artsem KaralekPivot KS Kielce74Viachaslau BokhanPivot Saint Petersburg HC
Statistics
+ Most Appearances Name Matches 209 207 W 169 157 154 W 150 126 W 119 107 101 98 94 92
+ Top Scorers Name Goals Average 867 607 495 421 , , 368 W 353 344 340 4.53 OB, CB 328 3.25 306 W
+ Top Average Scorers (goals < 300 & > 3.5) Name Goals Average 231 5.63 194 4.85 48 4.80 129 4.61 193 4.60 286 4.27 255 3.81 277 220 206
Notable players Sergei Gorbok (later Russia) Andrej Klimovets (later Germany) Siarhei Rutenka (interim Slovenia) Aleksandr Tuchkin (later Russia) Mikhail Yakimovich Konstantin Sharovarov
References
External links
IHF profile