Spain national handball team

Spain
Information
Nickname Hispanos
Association Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach Jordi Ribera
Assistant coach Antonio García
Captain Víctor Tomás
Most caps David Barrufet (280)
Most goals Juanín García (822)
Colours
Home
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 10 (First in 1972)
Best result 3rd (1996, 2000, 2008)
World Championship
Appearances 20 (First in 1958)
Best result 1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances 13 (First in 1994)
Best result 1st (2018)
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Spain national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaTeam
2000 SydneyTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
World Championship
2005 Tunisia
2013 Spain
2011 Sweden
European Championship
2018 Croatia
1996 Spain
1998 Italy
2006 Switzerland
2016 Poland
2000 Croatia
2014 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 and being the reigning European Champions.

Honours

Competition1st, gold medalist(s)2nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 0033
World Championship 2013
European Championship 1427
Total34613

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
Total 10/12 0 Titles 66 36 1 29 1,618 1,550 +68

World Championship

Year Position Pld W D L
Germany 1938Did not enter
Sweden 1954Did not enter
East Germany 195812th3102
West Germany 1961Did not enter
Czechoslovakia 1964Did not enter
Sweden 1967Did not enter
France 1970Did not enter
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 20051st, gold medalist(s)10811
Germany 20077th10604
Croatia 200913th9603
Sweden 20113rd, bronze medalist(s)10811
Spain 20131st, gold medalist(s)9801
Qatar 20154th9702
France 20175th7601
Denmark/Germany 2019Qualified
Total20/2613794736

European Championship

Final tournament Qualification
Year Position Pld W D L Position Pld W D L
Portugal 19945th53021st8701
Spain 19962nd, silver medalist(s)7502Directly qualified
Italy 19982nd, silver medalist(s)75112nd6312
Croatia 20003rd, bronze medalist(s)75022200
Sweden 20027th6312Directly qualified
Slovenia 200410th62042200
Switzerland 20062nd, silver medalist(s)86112110
Norway 20089th6303Directly qualified
Austria 20106th74121st8701
Serbia 20124th85122nd6402
Denmark 20143rd, bronze medalist(s)86021st6600
Poland 20162nd, silver medalist(s)85121st6501
Croatia 20181st, gold medalist(s)86021st6600
Total13/139158627

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Matches and goals are correct as of 12 January 2018.

Head coach: Jordi Ribera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 1.95 m 100 125 France HBC Nantes
6 LW Ángel Fernández Pérez (1988-09-16) 16 September 1988 1.93 m 22 56 Spain Ciudad de Logroño
7 LW Valero Rivera Folch (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 1.89 m 91 364 Spain FC Barcelona
9 CB Raúl Entrerríos (1981-02-12) 12 February 1981 1.95 m 227 493 Spain FC Barcelona
10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 1.87 m 57 132 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
11 CB Daniel Sarmiento Melián (1983-08-25) 25 August 1983 1.88 m 84 186 France Saint-Raphaël
13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08) 8 December 1982 1.96 m 164 418 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
16 GK Arpad Šterbik (1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 38) 2.00 m 75 0 Republic of Macedonia RK Vardar
21 LB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 1.98 m 148 394 Republic of Macedonia RK Vardar
24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 1.99 m 187 156 Spain FC Barcelona
29 LW Aitor Ariño (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 1.87 m 16 23 Spain FC Barcelona
30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-01-10) 10 January 1984 2.05 m 107 143 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
31 LB Iosu Goñi Leoz (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 28) 1.97 m 27 54 France Pays d’Aix UC
33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 1.90 m 73 0 Spain FC Barcelona
44 GK Rodrigo Corrales (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 2.02 m 31 1 France Paris Saint-Germain
49 RW Ferrán Solé (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 1.92 m 6 23 France Fenix Toulouse
53 RW David Balaguer (1991-08-17) 17 August 1991 1.85 m 16 60 France HBC Nantes
55 P Adrià Figueras (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 1.92 m 16 34 Spain BM Granollers
59 CB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 1.93 m 6 6 Slovenia RK Celje

Individual records

  • Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

References

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