Spain national handball team

Spain
Information
Nickname Hispanos
Association Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach Manolo Cadenas
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 19 (First in 1958)
Best result 1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances 12 (First in 1994)
Best result 2nd (1996, 1998, 2006, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.
Spain national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team
2000 Sydney Team
2008 Beijing Team
World Championship
2005 Tunisia
2013 Spain
2011 Sweden
European Championship
1996 Spain
1998 Italy
2006 Switzerland
2016 Poland
2000 Croatia
2014 Denmark
Spain national handball team in 2013.

The Spain national handball team is the national handball team of Spain. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation.

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
1938 Did not enter
1954 Did not enter
1958 12th 3 1 0 2
1961 Did not enter
1964 Did not enter
1967 Did not enter
1970 Did not enter
1974 13th 3 1 0 2
1978 10th 3 1 0 2
1982 8th 6 3 1 2
1986 5th 6 2 2 2
1990 5th 6 4 0 2
1993 5th 6 3 1 2
1995 11th 6 4 0 2
1997 7th 7 5 1 1
1999 4th 9 7 0 2
2001 5th 9 7 0 2
2003 4th 9 7 0 2
2005 1st, gold medalist(s) 10 8 1 1
2007 7th 10 6 0 4
2009 13th 9 6 0 3
2011 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 10 8 1 1
2013 1st, gold medalist(s) 9 8 0 1
2015 4th 9 7 0 2
2017 Qualified
Total19/2513088735

European Championship

Final tournament Qualification
Year Position Pld W D L Position Pld W D L
Portugal 1994 5th 5 3 0 2 1st 8 7 0 1
Spain 1996 2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 5 0 2 Directly qualified
Italy 1998 2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 5 1 1 2nd 6 3 1 2
Croatia 2000 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 7 5 0 2 2 2 0 0
Sweden 2002 7th 6 3 1 2 Directly qualified
Slovenia 2004 10th 6 2 0 4 2 2 0 0
Switzerland 2006 2nd, silver medalist(s) 8 6 1 1 2 1 1 0
Norway 2008 9th 6 3 0 3 Directly qualified
Austria 2010 6th 7 4 1 2 1st 8 7 0 1
Serbia 2012 4th 8 5 1 2 2nd 6 4 0 2
Denmark 2014 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 8 6 0 2 1st 6 6 0 0
Poland 2016 2nd, silver medalist(s) 8 5 1 2 1st 6 5 0 1
Total12/128352625

Team

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Manolo Cadenas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
3 RB Eduardo Gurbindo (1987-11-08) 8 November 1987 1.95 m 68 86 Spain FC Barcelona
5 RB Jorge Maqueda (1988-02-06) 6 February 1988 1.97 m 105 254 Republic of Macedonia RK Vardar
8 RW Víctor Tomás (1985-02-15) 15 February 1985 1.78 m 147 476 Spain FC Barcelona
9 CB Raúl Entrerríos (1981-02-12) 12 February 1981 1.93 m 200 434 Spain FC Barcelona
13 P Julen Aguinagalde (1982-12-08) 8 December 1982 1.95 m 133 364 Poland Vive Targi Kielce
15 LW Cristian Ugalde (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 1.87 m 117 262 Hungary MVM Veszprém
16 GK Arpad Sterbik (1979-11-20) 20 November 1979 2.00 m 62 0 Republic of Macedonia RK Vardar
21 CB Joan Cañellas (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 1.98 m 120 341 Republic of Macedonia RK Vardar
24 LB Viran Morros (1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 1.99 m 155 142 Spain FC Barcelona
26 LB Antonio García Robledo (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 1.91 m 63 118 Hungary Pick Szeged
27 P Rafael Baena González (1982-11-07) 7 November 1982 1.91 m 10 28 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
28 LW Valero Rivera Folch (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 1.85 m 61 210 France HBC Nantes
30 P Gedeón Guardiola (1984-10-01) 1 October 1984 2.00 m 79 103 Germany Rhein-Neckar Löwen
33 GK Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 1.89 m 43 0 Spain FC Barcelona
35 CB Niko Mindegía (1988-07-19) 19 July 1988 1.84 m 15 22 Hungary Pick Szeged
38 CB Juan del Arco (1991-11-29) 29 November 1991 1.90 m 4 15 Qatar El Jaish
40 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 1.87 m 25 43 Republic of Macedonia RK Vardar

Notable players

Kit suppliers

Since 2005 Spain's kits have been supplied by Rasán.

References

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  1. ↑ 2016 European Championship roster
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