Japan national handball team

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Appearances 4 (First in 1972) Appearances 13 (First in 1961) Appearances 17 (First in 1977) Location Japan		Best result 9th (1976) Best result 10th (1970) Coach Dagur Sigurðsson

Association Japan Handball Association

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The Japan national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.

Summer Olympics

1972 – 11th place

1976 – 9th place

1984 – 10th place

1988 – 11th place

2020 – Qualified as hosts

World Championship

1961 – 12th place

1964 – 16th place

1967 – 11th place

1970 – 10th place

1974 – 12th place

1978 – 12th place

1982 – 14th place

1990 – 15th place

1995 – 23rd place

1997 – 15th place

2005 – 16th place

2011 – 16th place

2017 – 22nd place

Asian Championship

1977 – 1st place

1979 – 1st place

1983 – 2nd place

1987 – 2nd place

1989 – 2nd place

1991 – 2nd place

1993 – 3rd place

1995 – 4th place

2000 – 3rd place

2002 – 6th place

2004 – 2nd place

2006 – 5th place

2008 – 6th place

2010 – 3rd place

2012 – 4th place

2014 – 9th place

2016 – 3rd place

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega

References

Japan national handball team Wikipedia

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