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Spain men's national handball team
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| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Spain | |
| Badge | Flag of Spain.svg | |
| Badge_size | 190px | |
| Nickname | Hispanos | |
| Association | Royal Spanish Handball Federation | |
| Coach | Jordi Ribera | |
| Assistant coach | César Montes | |
| Most caps | Raúl Entrerríos (294) | |
| Most goals | Juanín García (822) | |
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| Summer Olympics apps | 12 | |
| Summer Olympics first | 1972 | |
| Summer Olympics best | 3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020, 2024) | |
| World cup apps | 23 | |
| World cup first | 1958 | |
| World cup best | 1st (2005, 2013) | |
| Regional name | European Handball Championship | |
| Regional cup apps | 16 | |
| Regional cup first | 1994 | |
| Regional cup best | 1st (2018, 2020) |
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).
Honours
| Competition | Total | Total | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| World Championship | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| European Championship | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Total | 12/15 | 0 Titles | 82 | 47 | 1 | 34 | 2,090 | 1,996 | +94 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER 1936 Berlin | did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRG 1972 Munich | Match for 15th place | 15th of 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 89 | −7 | ||||||||||
| CAN 1976 Montreal | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| URS 1980 Moscow | Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 129 | −3 | ||||||||||
| USA 1984 Los Angeles | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 124 | −2 | ||||||||||
| KOR 1988 Seoul | Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 121 | +1 | ||||||||||
| ESP 1992 Barcelona | Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 119 | +14 | ||||||||||
| USA 1996 Atlanta | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 147 | +14 | ||||||||||
| AUS 2000 Sydney | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 206 | +16 | ||||||||||
| GRE 2004 Athens | Match for 7th place | 7th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 222 | +20 | ||||||||||
| CHN 2008 Beijing | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 246 | 234 | +12 | ||||||||||
| GBR 2012 London | Quarter-finals | 7th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 149 | +13 | ||||||||||
| BRA 2016 Rio de Janeiro | did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| JPN 2020 Tokyo | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 233 | +12 | ||||||||||
| FRA 2024 Paris | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 223 | +4 | ||||||||||
| USA 2028 Los Angeles | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2032 Brisbane |
World Championship
| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | Total | 23/29 | 182 | 124 | 9 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany 1938 | did not enter | ||||||||||
| SWE 1954 | |||||||||||
| GDR 1958 | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| FRG 1961 | did not enter | ||||||||||
| TCH 1964 | |||||||||||
| SWE 1967 | |||||||||||
| FRA 1970 | |||||||||||
| GDR 1974 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| DEN 1978 | 10th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| FRG 1982 | 8th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| SWI 1986 | 5th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| TCH 1990 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| SWE 1993 | 5th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| ISL 1995 | 11th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| JPN 1997 | 7th | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| EGY 1999 | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| FRA 2001 | 5th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| POR 2003 | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| TUN 2005 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| GER 2007 | 7th | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| CRO 2009 | 13th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| SWE 2011 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| ESP 2013 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| QAT 2015 | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| FRA 2017 | 5th | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| DEN/GER 2019 | 7th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| EGY 2021 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| POL/SWE 2023 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| CRO/DEN/NOR 2025 | 18th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| GER 2027 | TBD | ||||||||||
| FRA/GER 2029 | |||||||||||
| DEN/ISL/NOR 2031 |
Euro Tournaments
All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started. :EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
- 1971 SWE: 8th place
- 1984 SWE: 7th place
- 1988 SWE: 7th place
- 1992 SWE: [[Image:Med 3.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Third :EURO Super Cup tournament Germany
- 1991 GER: [[Image:Med 1.png|15px|alt=|link=]] Champions
European Championship
| Final tournament | Qualification | Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | Position | Pld | W | D | L | Total | 18/20 | 114 | 76 | 8 | 30 | 3197 | 2920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR 1994 | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 126 | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| ESP 1996 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 162 | Directly qualified | |||||||||||||||
| ITA 1998 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 150 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| CRO 2000 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 166 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| SWE 2002 | 7th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 173 | Directly qualified | ||||||||||||||
| SLO 2004 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 166 | 170 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| SUI 2006 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 255 | 231 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| NOR 2008 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 169 | Directly qualified | ||||||||||||||
| AUT 2010 | 6th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 192 | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| SRB 2012 | 4th | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 224 | 213 | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| DEN 2014 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 218 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| POL 2016 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 207 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| CRO 2018 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 225 | 189 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| AUTNORSWE 2020 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 226 | Directly qualified | |||||||||||||||
| HUNSVK 2022 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 232 | Directly qualified | |||||||||||||||
| GER 2024 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 96 | Directly qualified | ||||||||||||||
| DENSWENOR 2026 | Qualified | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| PORESPSUI 2028 | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CZEDENPOL 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FRAGER 2032 |
Team
Current squad
Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
Individual records
- Bold denotes players still playing international handball.
Most capped players
| # | Player | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Entrerríos | 294 |
| 2 | David Barrufet | 280 |
| 3 | José Javier Hombrados | 260 |
| 4 | Viran Morros | 259 |
| 5 | Lorenzo Rico | 245 |
| 6 | Juan Francisco Muñoz | 243 |
| 7 | Alberto Entrerríos | 240 |
| 8 | Joan Cañellas | 237 |
| 9 | Mateo Garralda | 233 |
| 10 | Eugenio Serrano | 231 |
Last updated: 25 July 2024
Top scorers
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juanín García | 822 |
| 2 | Iker Romero | 753 |
| 3 | Alberto Entrerríos | 726 |
| 4 | Juan Francisco Muñoz | 701 |
| 5 | Raúl Entrerríos | 681 |
| 6 | Enric Masip | 656 |
| 7 | Eugenio Serrano | 622 |
| 8 | Albert Rocas | 599 |
| 9 | Mateo Garralda | 593 |
| 10 | Joan Cañellas | 570 |
Last updated: 25 July 2024
Youth teams
U-21
U-20
- U-20 Handball European Championship :* Winner (4): 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024 :* Runner-up: 1996 :* Third place: 2000, 2014
U-19
U-18
References
References
- "Jordi Ribera anuncia su lista para el Campeonato del Mundo 2025". rfebm.com.
- (15 January 2025). "Team Roster Spain".
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