Chile men's national handball team

Chile
Information
Nickname	La Roja
Association	Federación Chilena de Balónmano
Coach	Aitor Etxaburu
Assistant coach	Roberto Garcés Claudio Lira Pablo Nuñez
Captain	Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 2011)
Best result	16th (2019)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1981)
Best result	2nd (2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Chile national handball team is controlled by the Chilean Handball Federation, and takes part in international team handball competitions. It is affiliated to the IHF and the PATHF.

Honours

Pan American Games

• Runners-up: 2019
• 3rd place: 2011, 2015

Pan American Championship

• Runners-up: 2016
• Third place: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018

Participation in 2011 World Championship

The Chile national handball team participated in the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Group D. On 13 January they played their first match against Sweden, losing 18–28. Against South Korea they lost 22–37, versus Poland 23–38, but against Slovakia they tied the game 29–29, obtaining a historic result in this competition. Finally they lost against Argentina 25–35, remaining in the last place the group with only one point.

Competitions records

Olympic Games

World Championship

Record against other teams at the World Championship

National team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	1	1	0	0	30	28	+2
Argentina	1	0	0	1	25	35	−10
Australia	2	2	0	0	61	44	+17
Austria	2	1	0	1	63	57	+6
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5
Belarus	2	1	0	1	55	62	−7
Brazil	2	0	0	2	40	58	−18
Croatia	1	0	0	1	22	37	−15
Denmark	2	0	0	2	40	82	−42
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5
Egypt	1	0	0	1	29	35	–6
Germany	1	0	0	1	14	35	−21
Hungary	1	0	0	1	29	34	−5
Iceland	1	0	0	1	22	38	−16
Iran	2	0	0	2	55	57	−2
Japan	1	1	0	0	35	29	+6
Macedonia	3	0	0	3	87	94	−7
Montenegro	2	0	0	2	64	70	−6
Morocco	1	1	0	0	28	17	+11
Norway	1	0	0	1	20	41	−21
Poland	1	0	0	1	23	38	−15
Qatar	3	0	0	3	70	95	−25
Russia	1	0	0	1	24	36	−12
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	83	76	+7
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	29	29	0
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	23	36	−13
South Korea	3	2	0	1	99	96	+3
Spain	2	0	0	2	42	71	−29
Sweden	2	0	0	2	44	69	−25
Tunisia	1	0	0	2	56	74	−18
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	34	24	+10
Total	48	14	1	33	1290	1519	−229

Pan American Games

Pan American Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1987 to 1999	did not qualify
2003	Group stage	5th place	5	2	0	3	114	127
2007	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	123	147
2011	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	153	139
2015	Semi-final	3rd place	5	2	1	2	134	135
2019	Final	2nd place	5	3	0	2	160	145
2023	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	144	132

Record against other teams at the Pan American Games

National team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	4	0	0	4	104	118	−14
Brazil	5	1	0	4	112	166	−54
Canada	2	2	0	0	71	45	+26
Cuba	3	1	1	1	87	99	−12
Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	79	76	+3
Mexico	2	2	0	0	53	46	+7
Puerto Rico	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13
United States	1	1	0	0	34	26	+8
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	48	43	+5
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	37	28	+9
Total	25	13	1	11	684	693	−9

Pan American Championship

Pan American Championship
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1981	Group stage	5th place	5	0	0	5	52	141
2002	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	109	117
2004	Semi-final	4th place	5	2	0	3	112	140
2006	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	144	149
2008	Semi-final	4th place	5	2	0	3	136	150
2010	Semi-final	3rd place	5	2	1	2	136	142
2012	Semi-final	3rd place	6	4	1	1	193	157
2014	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	135	136
2016	Final	2nd place	7	5	0	2	226	161
2018	Semi-final	3rd place	6	4	0	2	189	145

South and Central American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2020	round robin	4th place	5	2	0	3	151	119
2022	third place game	3rd place	5	3	0	2	152	129
2024	round robin	3rd place	5	3	1	1	151	107
Total	3/3		15	8	1	6	454	355

Other competitions

Olympic qualification tournament
Tournament	Outcome	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2012	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	58	93
2016	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	83	100
2021	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	82	100

• 2015 Four Nations Tournament – 4th
• 2016 Four Nations Tournament – 2nd
• 2017 Four Nations Tournament – 4th
• 2017 Bolivarian Games –
  
• 2018 South American Games –
  
• 2021 Junior Pan American Games –
  
• 2022 Bolivarian Games –
  
• 2022 South American Games –
  

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Aitor Etxaburu

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Réne Oliva (1987-07-03) 3 July 1987 (age 36) 1.96 m 0 0 Balonmano Ovalle 2 LW Sebastián Ceballos (1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 31) 1.76 m 81 143 CD Balopal 4 LB Erwin Feuchtmann (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 34) 1.90 m 86 461 Fenix Toulouse Handball 6 CB Arian Delgado (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 22) 1.80 m 5 9 Liceo Nacional de Maipu 9 P Javier Frelijj (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33) 1.91 m 78 95 Balonmano Ovalle 10 CB Emil Feuchtmann (1983-06-01) 1 June 1983 (age 40) 1.78 m 157 431 CB Alicante 11 P Esteban Salinas (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32) 1.83 m 93 350 BM Granollers 12 GK Felipe García (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 30) 1.90 m 66 4 Italiano BM 14 P Benjamin Illesca (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24) 1.96 m 7 4 Boa-Hora 17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35) 1.89 m 115 403 CD Bidasoa 22 CB Matias Payá (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24) 1.76 m 0 0 Canteras U.D. 28 RW Luciano Scaramelli (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22) 1.82 m 0 0 CD Balonmano La Robla 32 LW Danilo Salgado (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 25) 1.79 m 9 12 DPV Kutral 44 LB Aaron Codina (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25) 1.93 m 16 23 Polisportiva Cingoli 55 RW Francisco Ahumada (2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 22) 1.74 m 0 0 SSV Bozen Loacker 77 LB Víctor Donoso (1990-11-27) 27 November 1990 (age 33) 1.90 m 78 61 Club Balonmano Triana

Statistics

Youth teams

World Junior Championship

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1977	did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	20th	1	0	7	184	291	−107
2007	Group stage	20th	0	0	8	184	283	−99
2009	did not qualify
2011	Group stage	21st	2	0	5	147	238	−91
2013	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	162	226	−64
2015	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	159	219	−60
2017	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	179	244	−65
2019	Group stage	20th	1	0	6	170	235	–65
Total			7	0	44	1185	1736	-551

Record against other teams at the World Junior Championship

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Algeria	2	1	0	1	50	56	−6
Angola	1	0	0	1	29	38	−9
Argentina	3	1	0	2	64	88	−24
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	29	30	−1
Brazil	2	0	0	2	41	54	−13
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	0	36	21	+15
Canada	1	1	0	0	27	26	+1
Congo	3	1	0	2	86	88	−2
Denmark	1	0	0	1	20	39	−19
Egypt	2	0	0	2	36	70	−34
Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1	28	31	−3
France	4	0	0	4	78	150	−72
Germany	4	0	0	4	80	171	−91
Hungary	1	0	0	1	23	39	−16
Iceland	1	0	0	2	42	69	−27
Kuwait	2	0	0	2	57	63	−6
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	26	34	−8
Norway	3	0	0	3	57	116	−59
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	37	27	+10
Portugal	1	0	0	1	31	33	−2
Qatar	1	0	0	1	22	29	−7
Serbia	1	0	0	1	19	35	−16
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	24	32	−8
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	23	42	−19
South Korea	2	0	0	2	51	67	−16
Spain	2	0	0	2	45	82	−37
Sweden	1	0	0	1	15	42	−27
Tunisia	2	0	0	2	39	71	−32
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	18	21	−3
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	28	24	+4
Total	51	7	0	44	1185	1736	−551

World Youth Championship

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not qualify
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	16th	1	0	5	130	180	−50
2013	Group stage	24th	0	0	7	161	255	−94
2015	Group stage	24th	0	0	7	139	237	−98
2017	Round of 16	16th	1	0	6	183	235	−52
2019	Group Stage	22nd	1	0	6	188	230	–42
Total			3	0	31	801	1137	-336

Record against other teams at the World Youth Championship

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Algeria	2	0	0	2	56	66	−10
Argentina	1	0	0	1	22	30	−8
Belarus	1	0	0	1	23	27	−4
Brazil	1	0	0	1	22	30	−8
Canada	1	1	0	0	46	24	+22
Croatia	1	0	0	1	21	42	−22
Denmark	1	0	0	1	17	38	−21
Egypt	1	0	0	1	22	53	−31
France	1	0	0	1	21	43	−22
Gabon	2	1	0	1	47	39	+8
Georgia	1	1	0	0	29	24	+5
Germany	1	0	0	1	22	39	−17
Japan	2	0	0	2	51	72	−21
Hungary	1	0	0	1	17	37	−20
Iceland	1	0	0	1	22	27	−5
Norway	1	0	0	1	23	38	−15
Poland	2	0	0	2	46	62	−16
Qatar	1	0	0	1	24	35	−11
Russia	1	0	0	1	29	41	−12
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	25	29	−4
Serbia	2	0	0	2	38	68	−30
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	30	35	−5
South Korea	2	0	0	2	56	76	−20
Spain	2	0	0	2	36	59	−23
Sweden	1	0	0	1	17	39	−22
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	16	31	−15
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	27	32	−5
Total	34	3	0	31	801	1137	−336

Kit suppliers

Chile's kit are currently supplied by Select Sport.

References

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile

This page was last edited on 17 April 2024, at 07:38