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Results
| International | 03/15 15:10 | - |
Iran
v
Russia 
|
L | 34-30 | |
| International | 03/14 17:00 | - |
Russia v
China
|
W | 37-29 | |
| International | 01/07 11:30 | - |
Russia v
Belarus
|
L | 28-32 | |
| International | 01/06 13:30 | - |
Russia v
Belarus
|
L | 26-28 | |
| International | 03/17 11:15 | - |
Russia v
Azerbaijan
|
W | 37-28 | |
| International | 03/15 16:00 | - |
Russia v
Belarus
|
L | 27-28 | |
| International | 03/13 15:00 | - |
Russia v
Belarus
|
W | 31-28 | |
| International | 01/07 12:15 | - |
Russia v
Belarus
|
L | 31-32 | |
| International | 01/06 12:30 | - |
Russia v
Iran
|
L | 26-29 | |
| International | 11/05 13:00 | - |
Belarus
v
Russia
|
L | 25-22 | |
| International | 03/12 10:00 | - |
Belarus
v
Russia
|
D | 29-29 | |
| International | 03/11 10:00 | - |
Belarus
v
Russia
|
L | 29-26 |
Wikipedia - Russia men's national handball team
The Russia national handball team (Russian: Сборная России по гандболу) is controlled by the Handball Federation of Russia. Russia is designates by IHF and EHF.
It has historically been considered one of the strongest national teams in the world, winning both the World Championship, European Championship and gold at the Olympic Games.
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.
The Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Russian national team was established after the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union men's national handball team was discontinued. The Handball Federation of Russia became the legal successor to the Soviet Union.
Initial success
The first major international tournament that Russia participated in was the 1993 World Men's Handball Championship, which they won. During the 1990's they became one of the best teams in the world, competing for that title with Sweden's 'Bengan Boys'. Russia won the 1996 European Men's Handball Championship and the handball tournament at the 2000 Olympics.
2000's
At the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship Russia could not compete under their own flag as the World Anti-Doping Agency had on 9 December 2019 banned Russia from all international sports, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. Therefore they competed as a neutral team under the name "Russian Handball Federation Team".
Russian invasion of Ukraine
In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banned Russian athletes, and the European Handball Federation suspended all Russian clubs and the national team from competing in European handball competitions.