Spain
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Information
NicknameHispanos
AssociationRoyal Spanish Handball Federation
CoachJordi Ribera
Assistant coachCésar Montes
Ignacio Torrrescusa
CaptainGedeón Guardiola
Most capsRaúl Entrerríos (294)
Most goalsJuanín García (822)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances10 (First in 1972)
Best resultBronze 3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020)
World Championship
Appearances22 (First in 1958)
Best resultGold 1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances15 (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 place1996 AtlantaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2005 Tunisia
Gold medal – first place2013 Spain
Bronze medal – third place2011 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2018 Croatia
Gold medal – first place2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Silver medal – second place1996 Spain
Silver medal – second place1998 Italy
Silver medal – second place2006 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place2016 Poland
Silver medal – second place2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place2000 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place2014 Denmark
Spain national handball team in 2013.

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

Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 0044
World Championship 2035
European Championship 2529
Total45918

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Germany 1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich Match for 15th place 15th of 16 5 1 0 4 82 89 −7
Canada 1976 Montreal did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 3 1 2 126 129 −3
United States 1984 Los Angeles Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 122 124 −2
South Korea 1988 Seoul Match for 9th place 9th of 12 6 3 0 3 122 121 +1
Spain 1992 Barcelona Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 133 119 +14
United States 1996 Atlanta Third place 3rd of 12 7 5 0 2 161 147 +14
Australia 2000 Sydney Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 0 3 222 206 +16
Greece 2004 Athens Match for 7th place 7th of 12 8 5 0 3 242 222 +20
China 2008 Beijing Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 0 3 246 234 +12
United Kingdom 2012 London Quarter-finals 7th of 12 6 3 0 3 162 159 +3
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
Japan 2020 Tokyo Third place 3rd of 12 8 6 0 2 245 233 +12
Total 11/14 0 Titles 74 42 1 31 1,853 1,783 +80

World Championship

Year Position Pld W D L
Germany 1938did not enter
Sweden 1954
East Germany 195812th3102
West Germany 1961did not enter
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 197413th3102
Denmark 197810th3102
West Germany 19828th6312
Switzerland 19865th6222
Czechoslovakia 19905th6402
Sweden 19935th6312
Iceland 199511th6402
Japan 19977th7511
Egypt 19994th9702
France 20015th9702
Portugal 20034th9702
Tunisia 2005Gold10811
Germany 20077th10604
Croatia 200913th9603
Sweden 2011Bronze10811
Spain 2013Gold9801
Qatar 20154th9702
France 20175th7601
Denmark/Germany 20197th9603
Egypt 2021Bronze9711
Poland/Sweden 2023Bronze9702
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025to be determined
Germany 2027
Total22/27164114842

European Championship

Final tournament Qualification
Year Position Pld W D L Position Pld W D L
Portugal 19945th53021st8701
Spain 1996Silver7502Directly qualified
Italy 1998Silver75112nd6312
Croatia 2000Bronze75022200
Sweden 20027th6312Directly qualified
Slovenia 200410th62042200
Switzerland 2006Silver86112110
Norway 20089th6303Directly qualified
Austria 20106th74121st8701
Serbia 20124th85122nd6402
Denmark 2014Bronze86021st6600
Poland 2016Silver85121st6501
Croatia 2018Gold86021st6600
AustriaNorwaySweden 2020Gold9810Directly qualified
HungarySlovakia 2022Silver9702Directly qualified
Germany 2024qualifiedDirectly qualified
DenmarkSwedenNorway 2026TBDTBD
PortugalSpainSwitzerland 2028Qualified as co-hostQualified as co-host
Total16/1810066727

Team

Current squad

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

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 1.89 m 153 15 Spain Barça
4 P Iñaki Peciña (1988-05-31) 31 May 1988 2.00 m 38 22 France Pays d'Aix UC
5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06) 6 February 1988 1.97 m 181 460 France HBC Nantes
6 LW Ángel Fernández Pérez (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 1.93 m 101 301 France Limoges Handball
10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 1.88 m 129 366 Poland Industria Kielce
12 GK Rodrigo Corrales (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 2.00 m 111 4 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
14 RW Ferran Solé (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 1.93 m 89 347 France Paris Saint-Germain
17 P Adrià Figueras (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 1.93 m 109 293 France C' Chartres MHB
18 RB Imanol Garciandia (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 2.01 m 26 58 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
20 P Abel Serdio (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 1.95 m 20 42 Poland Orlen Wisła Płock
21 LB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 1.98 m 217 529 Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen
25 CB Agustín Casado (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 1.90 m 19 56 Germany MT Melsungen
30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 1.98 m 184 213 Germany TBV Lemgo
31 CB Pol Valera Rovira (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 1.87 m 10 14 Spain BM Granollers
36 CB Ian Tarrafeta (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 1.88 m 30 69 France Pays d'Aix UC
51 LW Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 2.02 m 27 20 Poland Industria Kielce
59 LB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 1.97 m 60 124 Poland Industria Kielce
62 RW Kauldi Odriozola (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 1.83 m 36 112 France HBC Nantes
70 LW Daniel Fernández (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 1.76 m 12 35 Germany TVB 1898 Stuttgart

Individual records

  • Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

References

  1. "Team Roster Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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