Handball: Poland squad for Euro 2028 qualifiers without Syprzak, Moryto and Sićko

The Polish Handball Association has published the list of players called up for the national team's November training camp. Head coach Jota Gonzalez has selected 18 players for the first matches of the Euro 2028 qualifiers.

Dates and opponents

The White-and-Reds will begin preparations on 1 November 2026 in Opole. Three days later, on 4 November, they will play Latvia there. On 8 November they face an away match against Romania.

Poland has been drawn in Group 6, which also includes Latvia, Romania and France. The top two teams will qualify directly, and the four best-ranked third-placed teams will get an additional chance. According to the SportoweFakty website, these matches are also part of the preparations for the 2027 World Championship.

Who was not called up

Arkadiusz Moryto and Szymon Sićko have health problems. Kamil Syprzak will not join the squad for personal reasons. Goalkeeper Miłosz Wałach is also not on the main list; he has been placed among the reserves.

Changes and a debutant

Compared with the squad for the May two-leg tie against Austria, the head coach has made four changes. Mateusz Zembrzycki, Dawid Dawydzik, Paweł Paterek and Patryk Wasiak have been called up.

Wasiak is the only potential debutant. He is a 21-year-old playmaker with the Spanish club Ademar León. He has already attended a senior national team camp, but has not yet played for the team.

Gonzalez told the official ZPRP website that, after qualifying for the World Championship, he decided to keep the core of the team. It is made up of experienced players who know his system well.

The squad includes Michał Daszek, Michał Olejniczak and Maciej Gębala, among others. The largest number of called-up players, five, play for PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk. The list also includes players from foreign clubs, such as HC Erlangen, Vardar and Kadetten Schaffhausen.