The Great Britain men's national handball team is the national handball team of Great Britain and is controlled by the British Handball Association which is jointly operated by the England Handball Association and the Scottish Handball Association.
Formed in 1969, the team took part in international competitions from 1972 to 2003. The team was reformed in order to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, for which it automatically qualified for as the host.
Head Coach: Ricardo Vasconcelos
The British Men's team took part in the 1984 World Championships Group C in Italy. The team finished 10th out of 12.
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A squad from 1989
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A squad from 2003
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In the 2008âÂÂ09 season, all the team players were signed with clubs on the European continent, with the exception of Omar Sani, who played in Egypt.
A special arrangement with insolvent German Handball-Bundesliga side TUSEM Essen provided the side with a number of players after most first-team players had left the club.
To further the development of its players, it also operated the British Handball Development academy in Denmark.
Data sources 1969 https://web.archive.org/web/20081211085357/http://www.sportfocus.com/webpro/handball/infopoint/newsletter.cfm; 1976 http://britishhandballmemories.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/handball-on-tv.html; 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090312053354/http://britishhandball.worldhandball.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?menuid=1093&itemid=2079