Romania's expanded team for the European Men's Handball Championship » When will the duel with the four-time world champion be

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Article by David Istrate – Published on Wednesday, 03 December 2025, 18:06 / Updated on Wednesday, 03 December 2025 18:08

The national men's handball team will participate in the European Championship organized in Denmark, Norway and Sweden in January 2026. The European Handball Federation (EHF) has announced the preliminary groups of all national teams, including that of Romania.

During the period January 15 – February 1, 2026the European Men's Handball Championship will be held, Romania being present at this final tournament. The tricolors were assigned to group B, along with Denmark, Portugal and North Macedonia.

The matches in this group will take place in the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark, and George Buricea's men have an almost “impossible” task, dueling with the hosts, who are world champions, and Portugal, placed 4th in the World Championship earlier this year.

The EHF announced the extended squads of all the national teams and here are the 35 players included by the Romanian national team.

Romania's extended squad for Euro 2026:

COORDINATOR: Cătălin Bizău (U Cluj-Napoca), Liviu Caba (Partizan Belgrade), Ștefan Cumpănici (Minaur Baia Mare), Mihai Dobra (CSM Constanța), Andrei Drăgan (CSM Bucharest), Erik Pop (Minaur Baia Mare), Daniel Stanciuc (Dinamo Bucharest)
Far left: Alexandru Andrei (SCM Poli Timisoara), Alexandru Ghivil (Potaissa Turda), Alexandru Sabou (Minaur Baia Mare), Denis Vereș (Potaissa Turda)
Far right: Ionut Broască (HC Buzău), Sorin Grigore (CSU Suceava), Ionut Nistor Ioniță (Dinamo Bucharest), Andrei Rareș Ștefan (CSM Vaslui)
Inter left: Tudor Botea (Minaur Baia Mare), Andrei Buzle (Dinamo Bucharest), Gabriel Ilie (Partizan Belgrade), Robert Militaru (Dinamo Bucharest), Dan Racotea (Azoty), Răzvan Trif (Poli Timișoara)
Inter right: Roman Dodică (Dinamo Bucharest), Radu Ghiță (Potaissa Turda), Constantin Mănescu (CSM Bucharest), Demis Grigoraș (Tatabanya), Ionut Stănescu (Gdansk)
pivot: Călin Dedu (Dinamo Bucharest), Zamfir Dumitrana (CSM Bucharest), Robert Nagy (Minaur Baia Mare), Andras Szasz (SCM Poli Timisoara)
Goalkeepers: Cătălin Haidu (Flensburg), Ionuț Iancu (Dinamo Bucharest), Mihai Popescu (Potaissa Turda), Andrei Denis Ștefan (Steaua Bucharest), Dan Vasile (Poli Timișoara)

Staff: George Buricea (coach), Ionuț-Ștefan Georgescu (second coach), Ionuț-Rudi Stănescu (goalkeeper coach), Cezar-Ionuț Varjac (physiotherapist), Cristinel Gigiu (physiotherapist), Florin Ciocoiu (doctor)