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Portugal men's national handball team
Men's national handball team representing Portugal
Men's national handball team representing Portugal
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Portugal |
| Badge | Flag of Portugal.svg |
| Badge_size | 190px |
| Association | Portuguese Handball Federation |
| Coach | Paulo Pereira |
| Assistant coach | Paulo Fidalgo |
| Most caps | Carlos Resende (250) |
| Most goals | Carlos Resende (1444) |
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| pattern_b1 | _portugal_handball |
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| body1 | FF0000 |
| rightarm1 | FF0000 |
| shorts1 | 0d6938 |
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| Summer Olympics apps | 1 |
| Summer Olympics first | 2020 |
| Summer Olympics best | 9th (2020) |
| World cup apps | 6 |
| World cup first | 1997 |
| World cup best | 4th (2025) |
| Regional name | European Championship |
| Regional cup apps | 9 |
| Regional cup first | 1994 |
| Regional cup best | 5th (2026) |
| updated | 30 January 2026 |
The Portugal men's national handball team is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and represents Portugal in international men's handball matches. They have appeared six times in the World Championship, reaching an all-time best fourth place in 2025, and nine times in the European Championship, with a fifth place in 2026 as their best result. The team participated for the first time in the Olympic handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in ninth place.
Competitive record
Portugal has competed six times at the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2023, 2025) and eight times at the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022, 2024). They qualified automatically for the final tournaments of the World Championship in 2003 and of the inaugural European Championship in 1994 as the host team. Their best results are a fourth place at the World Championship in 2025, and a 5th place at the European Championship in 2026.
;Legend
- Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- Red-colored border indicates that tournament was held on home soil.
Olympic Games
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Total | 1/15 | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 156 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER 1936 Berlin | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRG 1972 Munich | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| CAN 1976 Montreal | |||||||||||||||||
| URS 1980 Moscow | |||||||||||||||||
| USA 1984 Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||
| KOR 1988 Seoul | |||||||||||||||||
| ESP 1992 Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||
| USA 1996 Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 Sydney | |||||||||||||||||
| GRE 2004 Athens | |||||||||||||||||
| CHN 2008 Beijing | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR 2012 London | |||||||||||||||||
| BRA 2016 Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||||||||||
| JPN 2020 Tokyo | Preliminary round | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 156 | |||||||||
| FRA 2024 Paris | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| USA 2028 Los Angeles | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2032 Brisbane |
World Championship
| World Championship record | Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Total | 7/32 | – | 39 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1125 | 1033 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazi Germany 1938 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||
| France 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Germany 1974 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Iceland 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Japan 1997 | Preliminary round | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 119 | 123 | |||||||||||
| Egypt 1999 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| France 2001 | Round of 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 145 | |||||||||||
| Portugal 2003 | Second round | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 219 | 182 | |||||||||||
| Tunisia 2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sweden 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Spain 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Qatar 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
| France 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark/Germany 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt 2021 | Main round | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 152 | |||||||||||
| Poland/Sweden 2023 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 157 | ||||||||||||
| Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 | Semi-finals | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 301 | 274 | |||||||||||
| Germany 2027 | Qualified | ||||||||||||||||||
| France/Germany 2029 | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031 |
European Championship
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | Total | 9/20 | – | 51 | 18 | 4 | 29 | 1425 | 1486 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRT 1994 | Preliminary round | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 117 | 154 | |||||||||||||||||
| ESP 1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CRO 2000 | Preliminary round | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 160 | |||||||||||||||||
| SWE 2002 | Second round | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 173 | 174 | |||||||||||||||||
| SLO 2004 | Preliminary round | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 101 | |||||||||||||||||
| CHE 2006 | Preliminary round | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| NOR 2008 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SRB 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNK 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POL 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUT/NOR/SWE 2020 | 5th/6th place match | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 228 | 220 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hungary/Slovakia 2022 | Preliminary round | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany 2024 | Main round | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 223 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2026 | 5th/6th place match | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 274 | 267 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portugal/Spain/Switzerland 2028 | Qualified as co-host | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CZEDENPOL 2030 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRAGER 2032 |
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Paulo Pereira
Notable former coaches
- ROU Mircea Costache
- SWE Mats Olsson
- UKR Aleksander Donner
Player statistics
| Name | Matches | Position | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | OB, CB | 1992-2006 | |
| 216 | P | 1990–2011 | |
| 204 | W | ||
| 181 | OB | 2006- | |
| 155 | W | 1994−2008 | |
| 152 | GK | ||
| 136 | P | ||
| 93 | CB | 2003-2020 |
| Name | Goals | Average | Position | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1444 | 5.78 | OB, CB | 1992-2006 | |
| 528 | 3.41 | W | 1994−2008 | |
| 453+ | W | |||
| 355 | P | |||
| 300+ | P | 1990–2011 |
References
References
- "European Handball Federation - Portugal / (Adults Team)".
- (30 January 2026). "Historiske Portugal". TV2 Danmark.
- "Seleção Nacional A Masculina: Começa a reta final de preparação para o Mundial". portal.fpa.pt.
- (15 January 2025). "Team Roster Portugal".
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