List of official matches of the Montenegro handball team

The Montenegro men's national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 recently after the Montenegrin independence.

National handball team of Montenegro made their historical debut matches in the January 2007. Except the qualifying matches, Montenegro played on the two greatest global tournaments - World Championship and the European Championship

Records

Largest victory 41:27, – , 6 January 2007, Budva

Largest defeat 43:26, – , 20 January 2026, Bærum

Largest away victory 31:37, – , 29 November 2008, Rize

Largest home defeat 28:39, – , 8 June 2011, Pljevlja

Longest unbeaten streak 9 matches, (3 January 2007 - 18 January 2008)

Longest losing streak 7 matches, (14 June 2015 - 6 November 2016)

Most scored goals in a match 41, – 41:27

Most goals against in a match 39, – 28:39, –

Highest home attendance approx. 6,000, – 33:25, 17 April 2022, Podgorica

Highest away attendance 11,835, – 37:26, 13 April 2019, Copenhagen

Lowest home attendance 800, – 24:24, 24 October 2018, Podgorica (note: excluding matches during COVID-19 pandemic)

Lowest away attendance 300, – 29:26, 16 January 2010, Alcamo (note: excluding matches during COVID-19 pandemic)

Results

Below is the list of all official matches of Montenegro national handball team.

DateEventMatchScoreVenueAttendance 03.01.2007 ECQ 26:28 Vantaa 1,300 06.01.2007 ECQ 41:27 Budva 1,500 10.01.2007 ECQ 31:24 Cetinje 2,000 13.01.2007 ECQ 34:35 Stockerau 1,500 17.01.2007 ECQ 32:27 Bijelo Polje 3,000 21.01.2007 ECQ 33:33 Panningen 2,000 10.06.2007 ECQ 28:30 Lagos 1,000 17.06.2007 ECQ 33:27 Bijelo Polje 3,500 17.01.2008 EC 2008 25:25 Drammen 4,000 18.01.2008 EC 2008 24:32 Drammen 2,500 19.01.2008 EC 2008 22:27 Drammen 4,000 22.01.2008 EC 2008 29:31 Stavanger 3,000 23.01.2008 EC 2008 26:34 Stavanger 2,800 24.01.2008 EC 2008 23:39 Stavanger 2,500 08.06.2008 WCQ 31:27 Bijelo Polje 3,000 14.06.2008 WCQ 29:24 Oradea 2,000 21.10.2008 ECQ 30:20 Bydgoszcz 4,500 26.11.2008 ECQ 35:33 Nikšić 3,000 29.11.2008 ECQ 31:37 Rize 1,000 18.03.2009 ECQ 29:33 Nikšić 3,500 22.03.2009 ECQ 29:24 Norrköping 4,000 10.06.2009 ECQ 33:26 Nikšić 2,500 13.06.2009 ECQ 27:28 Bucharest 2,000 17.06.2009 ECQ 23:31 Nikšić 3,500 16.01.2010 WCQ 29:26 Alcamo 300 17.01.2010 WCQ 26:28 Alcamo 1,200 28.10.2010 ECQ 30:27 Kristianstad 5,000 31.10.2010 ECQ 25:35 Bar 3,000 09.03.2011 ECQ 29:24 Rishon LeZion 800 13.03.2011 ECQ 36:27 Nikšić 3,000 08.06.2011 ECQ 28:39 Pljevlja 2,000 12.06.2011 ECQ 36:21 Košice 8,100 04.01.2012 WCQ 35:27 Cetinje 1,000 07.01.2012 WCQ 33:37 Tournai 800 11.01.2012 WCQ 30:31 Dobele 1,000 13.01.2012 WCQ 32:28 Cetinje 1,500 10.06.2012 WCQ 22:21 Stockholm 5,000 17.06.2012 WCQ 20:18 Podgorica 4,000 01.10.2012 ECQ 27:31 Mannheim 7,300 04.11.2012 ECQ 23:22 Bar 3,000 12.01.2013 WC 2013 26:28 Granollers 3,000 13.01.2013 WC 2013 20:32 Granollers 5,200 15.01.2013 WC 2013 25:27 Granollers 2,500 16.01.2013 WC 2013 21:29 Granollers 3,600 18.01.2013 WC 2013 25:26 Barcelona 2,000 21.01.2013 WC 2013 35:31 Guadalajara 500 22.01.2013 WC 2013 27:30 Guadalajara 500 03.04.2013 ECQ 29:28 Podgorica 2,500 06.04.2013 ECQ 28:25 Rishon LeZion 1,000 12.06.2013 ECQ 27:25 Podgorica 3,000 15.06.2013 ECQ 30:25 Brno 2,500 13.01.2014 EC 2014 21:28 Brøndby 2,400 15.01.2014 EC 2014 22:27 Brøndby 2,700 17.01.2014 EC 2014 23:29 Brøndby 3,500 08.06.2014 WCQ 28:27 Podgorica 2,000 15.06.2014 WCQ 30:24 Minsk 7,500 29.10.2014 ECQ 25:21 Belgrade 7,000 2.11.2014 ECQ 25:24 Bar 2,300 30.4.2015 ECQ 19:22 Tel Aviv 1,500 3.5.2015 ECQ 33:27 Bar 2,500 10.6.2015 ECQ 23:23 Bar 2,500 14.6.2015 ECQ 32:23 Reykjavík 2,050 16.1.2016 EC 2016 32:27 Sopot 6,864 18.1.2016 EC 2016 28:30 Sopot 6,980 20.1.2016 EC 2016 28:21 Sopot 5,930 12.6.2016 WCQ 29:22 Moscow 1,800 15.6.2016 WCQ 19:29 Bar 2,500 3.11.2016 ECQ 36:21 Lund3,016 6.11.2016 ECQ 24:24 Bar2,150 3.5.2017 ECQ 27:27 Hlohovec2,000 6.5.2017 ECQ 31:30 Bijelo Polje2,300 14.6.2017 ECQ 28:24 Nikšić3,600 17.6.2017 ECQ 27:27 Moscow2,000 13.1.2018 EC 2018 19:32 Zagreb 8,000 15.1.2018 EC 2018 28:29 Zagreb 5,000 17.1.2018 EC 2018 19:28 Zagreb 6,200 09.06.2018 WCQ 32:19 Osijek 4,500 14.06.2018 WCQ 32:31 Podgorica 1,100 24.10.2018 ECQ 24:24 Podgorica800 28.10.2018 ECQ 29:24 Sumy1,500 10.04.2019 ECQ 32:31 Podgorica4,365 13.04.2019 ECQ 37:26 Copenhagen11,835 13.06.2019 ECQ 21:24 Farum950 16.06.2019 ECQ 27:21 Podgorica4,000 9.1.2020 EC 2020 21:27 Graz 5,600 11.1.2020 EC 2020 22:21 Graz 5,500 13.1.2020 EC 2020 27:36 Graz 5,000

Montenegro vs. other countries

During its history, Montenegrin national handball team played against 31 various countries.

Most matches, Montenegro played against Sweden (9), Israel (6) and Russia (6). OpponentGWDLGFGAGD22006658+810012628-24103102122-2022007260+1210012526-15104118153-3521014852-411003531+44103110130-2021104845+322006953+1610012032-12420298113-1510012629-310012732-521014856-811002826+26402169158+1110012730-322006358+510012829-121106560+510012227-5300366100-3422006355+84301118116+26033138162-2431116669-34112104128-2420024859-119207219259-4010012527-222007057+1321015150+1 34 Countries 87 35 7 45 2308 2491 -183 Updated till 29 February 2020

Tournaments During the past, Montenegro participated on the next official (EHF/IHF) tournaments: 2007 - Qualifiers for Euro 2008 2008 - European Championship 2008 2008 - Qualifiers for World Championship 2009 2008/09 - Qualifiers for Euro 2010 2010 - Qualifiers for World Championship 2011 2010/11 - Qualifiers for Euro 2012 2012 - Qualifiers for World Championship 2013 2012/13 - Qualifiers for Euro 2014 2013 - World Championship 2013 2014 - European Championship 2014 2014 - Qualifiers for World Championship 2015 2014/15 - Qualifiers for Euro 2016 2016 - European Championship 2016 2016 - Qualifiers for World Championship 2017 2016/17 - Qualifiers for Euro 2018 2018 - European Championship 2018 2018 - Qualifiers for World Championship 2019 2018/19 - Qualifiers for Euro 2020 2020 - European Championship 2020

Tournament Matches Wins Draws Loss GF GA World Championship 7 1 0 6 179 204 European Championship 18 1 1 16 427 525 Qualifying matches EC/WC 62 33 6 23 1702 1752 OVERALL 87 35 7 45 2308 2491 Updated: Feb 29, 2020

See also Montenegro men's national handball team Handball Federation of Montenegro Montenegro women's national handball team