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Spain men's national handball team

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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 and two European Championships. They also have won medals in the three main international competitions: nine at European Championships, five at World Championships and five at Olympic Games (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris).

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Information
NicknameHispanos
AssociationRoyal Spanish Handball Federation
CoachJordi Ribera
Assistant coachJuan Caamaño
César Montes
Ignacio Torrescusa
CaptainGonzalo Pérez de Vargas
Most capsRaúl Entrerríos (294)
Most goalsJuanín García (822)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances12 (First in 1972)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020, 2024)
World Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1958)
Best resultGold 1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1994)
Best resultGold 1st (2018, 2020)
Last updated on Unknown.
Spain men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place 2013 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Silver medal – second place 1996 Spain
Silver medal – second place 1998 Italy
Silver medal – second place 2006 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2016 Poland
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Denmark
Spain national handball team in 2013.

Honours

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Competition       Total
Olympic Games 0 0 5 5
World Championship 2 0 3 5
European Championship 2 5 2 9
Total 4 5 10 19

Competitive record

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  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

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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 Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 0 3 227 223 4
  2028 Los Angeles TBD
  2032 Brisbane
Total 12/15 0 Titles 82 47 1 34 2,090 1,996 94

World Championship

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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 Qualified
  2027 TBD
 /  2029
 / /  2031
Total 23/29 164 114 8 42

European Championship

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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

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A 21-player roster was announced on 10 June 2024.[1] The final squad was revealed on 7 July 2024.[2] On 18 July 2024, Jorge Maqueda replaced Joan Cañellas due to an injury.[3]

Head coach: Jordi Ribera[4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 (aged 33) 1.90 m 179 18   Barça
5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06)6 February 1988 (aged 36) 1.95 m 202 497   Industria Kielce
10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 31) 1.87 m 152 442   Industria Kielce
12 GK Rodrigo Corrales (1991-01-24)24 January 1991 (aged 33) 2.02 m 128 4   Telekom Veszprém
17 P Adrià Figueras (1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 35) 1.92 m 124 335   C' Chartres Métropole
18 RB Imanol Garciandia (1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 29) 2.02 m 50 131   OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
20 P Abel Serdio (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 (aged 30) 1.95 m 40 88   Orlen Wisła Płock
25 LB Agustín Casado (1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 28) 1.90 m 46 119   Telekom Veszprém
28 RW Aleix Gómez (1997-05-07)7 May 1997 (aged 27) 1.80 m 83 320   Barça
36 CB Ian Tarrafeta (1999-01-04)4 January 1999 (aged 25) 1.88 m 45 101   Pays d'Aix UC
51 LW Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 (aged 29) 2.00 m 45 30   SL Benfica
59 LB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 27) 1.97 m 86 186   Industria Kielce
62 RW Kauldi Odriozola (1997-01-07)7 January 1997 (aged 27) 1.83 m 60 170   HBC Nantes
70 LW Daniel Fernández (2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 23) 1.76 m 35 113   TVB Stuttgart
99 P Javier Rodríguez Moreno (2002-07-22)22 July 2002 (aged 22) 2.00 m 4 6   Barça

Individual records

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  • Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

Youth teams

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References

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  1. ^ "Jordi Ribera define la lista para preparar los Juegos Olímpicos". rfebm.com (in Spanish). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Jordi Ribera confirma la lista para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024". rfebm.com (in Spanish). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Joan Cañellas, baja de última hora para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024". rfebm.com (in Spanish). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Team roster: Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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