ROMANIAN MEN’S HANDBALL VS. THE TOP OF EUROPE MEN’S HANDBALL
ROMANIAN MEN’S HANDBALL VS. THE TOP OF EUROPE MEN’S HANDBALL

Author(s): Vladi IONESCU, Silvia Teodorescu, Cezar Hantău
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sports Studies
Published by: Discobolul Publishing House
Keywords: men’s handball; performance; competition; technical and tactical aspects;
Summary/Abstract: This scientific paper proposes a detailed game analysis of the Romanian men’s handball team in the European competitions, given that since 1996 it has failed to qualify for any European Championship. As well, since 1995, with the exception of the years 2009 and 2011, it has managed to qualify for no World Championship and, since 1992, it has not qualified for any edition of the Olympic Games. Even if it succeeded to participate in some international competitions, most of the time, Romanian players had a middling performance, being far from the European or world podiums. We have started from the theory that improving team performance involves a deep analysis of the game strategy, the efficiency of technical and tactical combinations used in attack and defence (permanently related to the opposing team’s game), and last but not least, each athlete’s performance in the competitive game’s economy. So, we carried out an analysis of the Romanian men’s handball team results within the qualification games for the European Handball Championship 2022, which were played in 2019. We also studied the matches of the teams participating in the 2020 European Handball Championship that played for the 1-12 ranking in Europe. The technical and tactical aspects recorded in each match of each studied team (Romania, Spain, Croatia, Norway, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Sweden, Iceland, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic) allowed us to identify the causes, limits and disadvantages of the tactical strategy of our national team."

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