Spain men's national handball team
Appearance
Spain | |||
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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 | |||
Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 10 (First in 1972) | ||
Best result | |||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 22 (First in 1958) | ||
Best result | |||
European Handball Championship | |||
Appearances | 16 (First in 1994) | ||
Best result | |||
Last updated on Unknown. |
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[edit]
Competition | Total | |||
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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[edit]
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games[edit]
Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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did not enter | |||||||||
Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||
Match for 15th place | 15th of 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 89 | −7 | |
did not qualify | |||||||||
Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 129 | −3 | |
Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 124 | −2 | |
Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 121 | +1 | |
Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 119 | +14 | |
Third place | 3rd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 147 | +14 | |
Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 206 | +16 | |
Match for 7th place | 7th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 222 | +20 | |
Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 246 | 234 | +12 | |
Quarter-finals | 7th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 149 | +13 | |
did not qualify | |||||||||
Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 233 | +12 | |
Qualified | |||||||||
TBD | |||||||||
Total | 12/15 | 0 Titles | 74 | 42 | 1 | 31 | 1,863 | 1,773 | +90 |
World Championship[edit]
Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | |
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did not enter | ||||||
12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
did not enter | ||||||
13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
8th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
11th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
7th | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
5th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||
7th | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
13th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||
9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
5th | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
7th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
Qualified | ||||||
TBD | ||||||
Total | 23/29 | 164 | 114 | 8 | 42 |
European Championship[edit]
Final tournament | Qualification | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | Position | Pld | W | D | L | |||
5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 126 | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 162 | Directly qualified | |||||||||
7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 150 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
7th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 173 | Directly qualified | ||||||||
10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 166 | 170 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 258 | 227 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 169 | Directly qualified | ||||||||
6th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 192 | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||
4th | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 213 | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 218 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 207 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||
8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 225 | 189 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||
9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 226 | Directly qualified | |||||||||
9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 232 | Directly qualified | |||||||||
13th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 96 | Directly qualified | ||||||||
TBD | TBD | ||||||||||||||
Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | ||||||||||||||
Total | 16/18 | 114 | 76 | 8 | 30 | 3200 | 2916 |
Team[edit]
Current squad[edit]
Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
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Individual records[edit]
- Bold denotes players still playing international handball.
Most capped players[edit]
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Top scorers[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Jordi Ribera comunica su lista de convocados para el Torneo Internacional de España 2024" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Team roster: Spain". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
External links[edit]
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