Russia men's national handball team

The Russia national handball team (Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the Handball Federation of Russia. Russia is designates by IHF and EHF.

History
Handball in Russia as one of the sports games appeared approx. in 1909. In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. In 1955 was set up the All-Union section (federation) of handball. By early 60s was finally approved a single form of handball game – 7 players form.

Current squad
Squad for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

Notable players

 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Lavrov
 * 🇪🇸 Talant Dujshebaev
 * 🇷🇺 Pavel Sukosyan
 * 🇷🇺 Vyacheslav Gorpishin
 * 🇷🇺 Eduard Koksharov
 * 🇷🇺 Vasily Kudinov
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Filippov
 * 🇷🇺 Denis Krivoshlykov
 * 🇷🇺 Serguei Pogorelov
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitri Torgovanov
 * 🇷🇺 Aleksandr Tuchkin
 * 🇷🇺 Stanislav Kulinchenko
 * 🇷🇺 Valeri Gopin
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Kisselev
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Kamanin
 * 🇷🇺 Alexey Kostygov
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Chernoivanov
 * 🇷🇺 Vitaly Ivanov
 * 🇷🇺 Vasily Filippov
 * 🇷🇺 Lev Voronin
 * 🇷🇺 Vyacheslav Atavin
 * 🇷🇺 Oleg Grebnev
 * 🇷🇺 Pavel Bashkin