Spain men's national handball team

Spain
Information
Nickname	Hispanos
Association	Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach	Jordi Ribera
Assistant coach	César Montes
Most caps	Raúl Entrerríos (294)
Most goals	Juanín García (822)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	10 (First in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020)
World Championship
Appearances	22 (First in 1958)
Best result	1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1994)
Best result	1st (2018, 2020)
Last updated on Unknown.

Spain men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
	2020 Tokyo	Team
World Championship
	2005 Tunisia
	2013 Spain
	2011 Sweden
	2021 Egypt
	2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
	2018 Croatia
	2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
	1996 Spain
	1998 Italy
	2006 Switzerland
	2016 Poland
	2022 Hungary/Slovakia
	2000 Croatia
	2014 Denmark

The Spain national handball team is governed by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Spain is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won two World Championships. They are also the only team, besides Sweden, to have successfully defended a European Championship title. They became the champions of Europe at Euro 2018 held in Croatia.

Honours

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	4	4
World Championship	2	0	3	5
European Championship	2	5	2	9
Total	4	5	9	18

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 Berlin	did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Match for 15th place	15th of 16	5	1	0	4	82	89	−7
1976 Montreal	did not qualify
1980 Moscow	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	3	1	2	126	129	−3
1984 Los Angeles	Match for 7th place	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	122	124	−2
1988 Seoul	Match for 9th place	9th of 12	6	3	0	3	122	121	+1
1992 Barcelona	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	133	119	+14
1996 Atlanta	Third place	3rd of 12	7	5	0	2	161	147	+14
2000 Sydney	Third place	3rd of 12	8	5	0	3	222	206	+16
2004 Athens	Match for 7th place	7th of 12	8	5	0	3	242	222	+20
2008 Beijing	Third place	3rd of 12	8	5	0	3	246	234	+12
2012 London	Quarter-finals	7th of 12	6	3	0	3	162	149	+13
2016 Rio de Janeiro	did not qualify
2020 Tokyo	Third place	3rd of 12	8	6	0	2	245	233	+12
2024 Paris	Qualified
2028 Los Angeles	TBD
2032 Brisbane
Total	12/15	0 Titles	74	42	1	31	1,863	1,773	+90

World Championship

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L
1938	did not enter
1954
1958	12th	3	1	0	2
1961	did not enter
1964
1967
1970
1974	13th	3	1	0	2
1978	10th	3	1	0	2
1982	8th	6	3	1	2
1986	5th	6	2	2	2
1990	5th	6	4	0	2
1993	5th	6	3	1	2
1995	11th	6	4	0	2
1997	7th	7	5	1	1
1999	4th	9	7	0	2
2001	5th	9	7	0	2
2003	4th	9	7	0	2
2005		10	8	1	1
2007	7th	10	6	0	4
2009	13th	9	6	0	3
2011		10	8	1	1
2013		9	8	0	1
2015	4th	9	7	0	2
2017	5th	7	6	0	1
/ 2019	7th	9	6	0	3
2021		9	7	1	1
/ 2023		9	7	0	2
// 2025	TBD
2027	TBD
Total	22/27	164	114	8	42

European Championship

Final tournament									Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA		Position	Pld	W	D	L
1994	5th	6	4	0	2	142	126		1st	8	7	0	1
1996		7	5	0	2	173	162		Directly qualified
1998		7	5	1	1	187	150		2nd	6	3	1	2
2000		7	5	0	2	173	166			2	2	0	0
2002	7th	7	4	1	2	186	173		Directly qualified
2004	10th	6	2	0	4	166	170			2	2	0	0
2006		8	6	1	1	258	227			2	1	1	0
2008	9th	6	3	0	3	180	169		Directly qualified
2010	6th	7	4	1	2	213	192		1st	8	7	0	1
2012	4th	8	5	1	2	224	213		2nd	6	4	0	2
2014		8	6	0	2	239	218		1st	6	6	0	0
2016		8	5	1	2	209	207		1st	6	5	0	1
2018		8	6	0	2	225	189		1st	6	6	0	0
2020		9	8	1	0	278	226		Directly qualified
2022		9	7	0	2	249	232		Directly qualified
2024	13th	3	1	1	1	98	96		Directly qualified
2026	TBD								TBD
2028	Qualified as co-host								Qualified as co-host
Total	16/18	114	76	8	30	3200	2916

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 (age 33) 1.88 m 173 18 Barça 4 P Iñaki Peciña (1988-05-31) 31 May 1988 (age 35) 2.00 m 57 26 Chambéry Savoie MHB 5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06) 6 February 1988 (age 36) 1.97 m 198 492 HBC Nantes 6 LW Ángel Fernández Pérez (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 (age 35) 1.92 m 121 356 Limoges Handball 10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) 1.88 m 146 429 Industria Kielce 17 P Adrià Figueras (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 (age 35) 1.92 m 127 340 C' Chartres MHB 18 RB Imanol Garciandia (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 (age 28) 2.03 m 44 111 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 20 P Abel Serdio (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 29) 1.95 m 35 75 Orlen Wisła Płock 21 LB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 37) 1.98 m 230 554 Kadetten Schaffhausen 24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 (age 40) 1.99 m 252 169 Pfadi Winterthur 25 LB Agustín Casado (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 27) 1.93 m 40 105 Telekom Veszprém 28 RW Aleix Gómez (1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 26) 1.83 m 78 289 Barça 36 CB Ian Tarrafeta (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 25) 1.88 m 39 81 Pays d'Aix UC 51 LW Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29) 2.00 m 48 31 SL Benfica 59 LB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 26) 1.96 m 82 181 Industria Kielce 61 GK Sergey Hernández (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 28) 1.98 m 51 10 SC Magdeburg 62 RW Kauldi Odriozola (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27) 1.83 m 58 168 HBC Nantes 70 LW Daniel Fernández (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23) 1.76 m 30 93 TVB Stuttgart 77 CB Jan Gurri (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 21) 1.90 m 8 9 Sporting CP

Individual records

• Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

References

External links

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This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, at 07:37