Spain men's national handball team

Spain
Information
NicknameHispanos
AssociationRoyal Spanish Handball Federation
CoachJordi Ribera
Assistant coachCésar Montes
Most capsRaúl Entrerríos (294)
Most goalsJuanín García (822)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances12 (First in 1972)
Best result 3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020, 2024)
World Championship
Appearances23 (First in 1958)
Best result 1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1994)
Best result 1st (2018, 2020)
Last updated on Unknown.
Spain men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
2008 Beijing Team
2020 Tokyo Team
2024 Paris Team
World Championship
2005 Tunisia
2013 Spain
2011 Sweden
2021 Egypt
2023 Poland/Sweden
European Championship
2018 Croatia
2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
1996 Spain
1998 Italy
2006 Switzerland
2016 Poland
2022 Hungary/Slovakia
2000 Croatia
2014 Denmark

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
Olympic Games 0 0 5 5
World Championship 2 0 3 5
European Championship 2 5 2 9
Total 4 5 10 19

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich Match for 15th place 15th of 16 5 1 0 4 82 89 −7
1976 Montreal did not qualify
1980 Moscow Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 3 1 2 126 129 −3
1984 Los Angeles Match for 7th place 8th of 12 6 2 0 4 122 124 −2
1988 Seoul Match for 9th place 9th of 12 6 3 0 3 122 121 +1
1992 Barcelona Match for 5th place 5th of 12 6 4 0 2 133 119 +14
1996 Atlanta Third place 3rd of 12 7 5 0 2 161 147 +14
2000 Sydney Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 0 3 222 206 +16
2004 Athens Match for 7th place 7th of 12 8 5 0 3 242 222 +20
2008 Beijing Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 0 3 246 234 +12
2012 London Quarter-finals 7th of 12 6 3 0 3 162 149 +13
2016 Rio de Janeiro did not qualify
2020 Tokyo Third place 3rd of 12 8 6 0 2 245 233 +12
2024 Paris Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 0 3 227 223 +4
2028 Los Angeles TBD
2032 Brisbane
Total 12/15 0 Titles 82 47 1 34 2,090 1,996 +94

World Championship

Year Position Pld W D L
1938 did not enter
1954
1958 12th 3 1 0 2
1961 did not enter
1964
1967
1970
1974 13th 3 1 0 2
1978 10th 6 3 0 3
1982 8th 7 3 1 3
1986 5th 7 3 2 2
1990 5th 7 5 0 2
1993 5th 7 4 1 2
1995 11th 9 6 0 3
1997 7th 9 6 1 2
1999 4th 9 7 0 2
2001 5th 9 7 0 2
2003 4th 9 7 0 2
2005 10 8 1 1
2007 7th 10 6 0 4
2009 13th 9 6 0 3
2011 10 8 1 1
2013 9 8 0 1
2015 4th 9 7 0 2
2017 5th 7 6 0 1
/ 2019 7th 9 6 0 3
2021 9 7 1 1
/ 2023 9 7 0 2
// 2025 18th 6 2 1 3
2027 TBD
/ 2029
// 2031
Total 23/29 182 124 9 49

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 : 8th place
  • 1984 : 7th place
  • 1988 : 7th place
  • 1992 : Third
EURO Super Cup tournament Germany
  • 1991 : Champions

European Championship

Final tournament Qualification
Year Position Pld W D L GS GA Position Pld W D L
1994 5th 6 4 0 2 142 126 1st 8 7 0 1
1996 7 5 0 2 173 162 Directly qualified
1998 7 5 1 1 187 150 2nd 6 3 1 2
2000 7 5 0 2 173 166 2 2 0 0
2002 7th 7 4 1 2 186 173 Directly qualified
2004 10th 6 2 0 4 166 170 2 2 0 0
2006 8 6 1 1 255 231 2 1 1 0
2008 9th 6 3 0 3 180 169 Directly qualified
2010 6th 7 4 1 2 213 192 1st 8 7 0 1
2012 4th 8 5 1 2 224 213 2nd 6 4 0 2
2014 8 6 0 2 239 218 1st 6 6 0 0
2016 8 5 1 2 209 207 1st 6 5 0 1
2018 8 6 0 2 225 189 1st 6 6 0 0
2020 9 8 1 0 278 226 Directly qualified
2022 9 7 0 2 249 232 Directly qualified
2024 13th 3 1 1 1 98 96 Directly qualified
2026 Qualified 6 5 0 1
2028 Qualified as co-host Qualified as co-host
Total 18/18 114 76 8 30 3197 2920

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

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 193 18 Barça
7 CB Jan Gurri (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 1.90 m 13 16 Sporting CP
8 CB Agustín Casado (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 1.90 m 62 166 Telekom Veszprém
9 CB Ian Tarrafeta (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 1.88 m 61 140 Pays d'Aix Université Club
10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 1.88 m 166 481 Industria Kielce
14 RW Ferran Solé (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 1.93 m 113 429 Paris Saint-Germain
15 CB Petar Cikusa (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 1.88 m 8 9 Barça
18 RB Imanol Garciandia (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 2.01 m 66 166 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
20 P Abel Serdio (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 1.95 m 56 111 Orlen Wisła Płock
24 LB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 1.97 m 102 224 Industria Kielce
25 GK Sergey Hernández (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 1.98 m 59 11 SC Magdeburg
34 RW Carlos Álvarez Domínguez (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 1.82 m 2 6 CB Ademar León
37 P Víctor Romero (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 1.93 m 5 5 BM Granollers
51 LW Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 2.02 m 63 37 SL Benfica
70 LW Daniel Fernández (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 1.76 m 51 181 TVB Stuttgart
78 RB Djordje Cikusa (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 1.91 m 8 15 Montpellier Handball
80 LW Ian Barrufet (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 1.94 m 3 5 MT Melsungen
99 P Javier Rodríguez Moreno (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 1.98 m 19 31 Barça

Individual records

  • Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

Youth teams

References

  1. ^ "Jordi Ribera anuncia su lista para el Campeonato del Mundo 2025" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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