Argentina men's national handball team

The Argentina national handball team is the national handball team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentina Handball Association.^[1]

Argentina
Information
Nickname	Los Gladiadores (The Gladiators)
Association	Confederación Argentina de Handball
Coach	Rodolfo Jung
Assistant coach	Cristian Campos
Most caps	Gonzalo Carou (240)
Most goals	Federico Pizarro (610)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 2012)
Best result	10th (2012, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1997)
Best result	11th (2021)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1980)
Best result	1st (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Last updated on Unknown.

Tournament results

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 Berlin	did not enter
1948–1968	Not held
1972 Munich	did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London	preliminary round	10th of 12	5	1	0	4	113	138	−25
2016 Rio de Janeiro		10th of 12	5	1	0	4	110	126	−16
2020 Tokyo		12th of 12	5	0	0	5	125	154	−29
2024 Paris		12th of 12	5	0	0	5	131	171	−40
Total	4/15		20	2	0	18	479	589	-110

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1938	did not enter
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	preliminary round	22	5	0	0	5	96	140
1999		21	5	0	1	4	96	129
2001	round of 16	15	6	2	1	3	117	150
2003	preliminary round	17	5	1	1	3	127	156
2005		18	5	1	0	4	133	141
2007	presidents cup	16	6	2	0	4	138	167
2009		18	9	3	0	6	231	245
2011	main round	12	9	3	1	5	235	247
2013	presidents cup	18	7	2	0	5	169	193
2015	round of 16	12	6	2	1	3	152	156
2017	presidents cup	18	7	2	0	5	154	183
/ 2019		17	7	3	1	3	173	180
2021	main round	11	6	4	0	2	148	143
2023		19	6	2	0	4	142	176
2025		20	6	2	0	4	143	187
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	15/32		95	29	6	60	2254	2593

Pan American Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1987 Indianapolis	group round	5th	4	0	0	4	56	100	−44
1991 Havana	group round	5th	4	1	0	3	72	96	−24
1995 Mar del Plata	bronze medal match	3rd	6	4	0	2	131	96	35
1999 Winnipeg	bronze medal match	3rd	5	4	0	1	135	84	51
2003 Santo Domingo	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	185	98	87
2007 Rio de Janeiro	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	170	116	54
2011 Guadalajara	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	147	103	44
2015 Toronto	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	150	104	46
2019 Lima	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	157	116	41
2023 Santiago	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	158	101	57
Total	10/10	3 Titles	49	36	0	13	1361	1014	347

Pan American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1980	round robin	5	5	1	0	4	75	99
1981	3rd place match	4	5	3	0	2	137	111
1983	did not enter
1985	round robin	4	5	1	0	4	86	122
1989	did not enter
1994	round robin	4	6	3	0	3	151	104
1996	final	2	5	3	0	2	119	100
1998	final	2	6	5	0	1	162	105
2000	final	1	5	5	0	0	123	93
2002	final	1	5	5	0	0	139	70
2004	final	1	5	5	0	0	153	87
2006	final	2	5	4	0	1	162	100
2008	final	2	5	4	0	1	150	121
2010	final	1	5	5	0	0	142	79
2012	final	1	6	5	1	0	177	103
2014	final	1	5	5	0	0	160	90
2016	3rd place match	3	7	5	0	2	210	124
2018	final	1	6	6	0	0	236	195
Total	16/18	7 titles	86	65	1	20	2489	1873

South and Central American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2020	final	1	5	5	0	0	220	91
2022	final	2	4	3	0	1	166	70
2024	final	2	5	3	1	1	173	101
Total	3/3	1 title	14	11	1	2	559	262

Other competitions

South American Games
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2002 São Paulo	Gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	139	69	70
2006 Buenos Aires	Gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	168	76	92
2010 Medellin	round robin	2nd	4	3	0	1	133	94	39
2014 Santiago	gold medal match	2nd	4	3	0	1	111	78	33
2018 Cochabamba	gold medal match	2nd	4	3	0	1	118	79	39
2022 Asunción	round robin	1st	4	4	0	0	151	79	72
Total	6/6	3 Titles	26	23	0	3	820	475	345

• 2014 Four Nations Tournament – 3rd
• 2015 Provident Kupa – 2nd
• 2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four – 3rd
• 2016 Qatar International Handball Tournament – 4th
• 2017 International Tournament of Spain – 4th
• 2017 Four Nations Tournament – 2nd
• 2018 International Tournament of Spain – 3rd
• 2019 Four Nations Handball Tournament –
• 2023 International Tournament of Spain – 3rd
• 2023 Four Nations Handball Tournament –
• 2024 Yellow Cup - 3rd
• 2025 International Tournament of Spain – 4th

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Rodolfo Jung

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Santiago Giovagnola (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 25) 1.83 m 2 0 Balonmano Caserio 3 LB Santiago Barceló (2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 22) 1.91 m 19 28 BM Ciudad Encantada 4 CB Nicolás Bono (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 27) 1.80 m 32 53 Istres Provence 7 LB Juan Gull (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20) 2.06 m 27 75 Pinheiros 9 LB Tomás Cañete (1999-01-14) 14 January 1999 (age 26) 1.88 m 2 2 SSV Brixen Handball 10 LW Ramiro Benacedo (2002-03-21) 21 March 2002 (age 23) 1.88 m 7 22 Colegio Ward 11 P Lucas Moscariello (1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 33) 1.90 m 115 246 BM Benidorm 18 P Guillermo Fischer (1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 (age 28) 2.00 m 63 51 BM Villa de Aranda 19 CB Pedro Martínez (1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 25) 1.90 m 68 140 Sporting CP 20 RW Ramiro Martínez (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 29) 1.81 m 65 166 BM Benidorm 23 CB Martín Jung (2002-09-03) 3 September 2002 (age 22) 1.88 m 9 23 US Ivry Handball 25 RW Facundo Cangiani (1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 34) 1.82 m 59 84 Balonmano Torrelavega 27 P Pablo Minguez (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 34) 1.92 m 0 0 ASV Eppan 28 RW Juan Saco (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 (age 23) 1.89 m 10 28 CB Triana 40 GK Leonel Maciel (1989-01-04) 4 January 1989 (age 36) 1.92 m 140 17 CD Bidasoa 77 RB Lucas Aizen (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 (age 27) 1.91 m 24 39 BM Puente Genil

Statistics

Most Appearances Name Matches Position Federico Pizarro 252 W/OB Gonzalo Carou 240 P Federico Gastón Fernández 218 W Matías Schulz 203 GK Andrés Kogovsek 196 W Sebastián Simonet 195 CB Federico Matías Vieyra 190 OB Fernando Gabriel García 186 GK Leonardo Facundo Querín 152 OB Damián Migueles 148 OB Diego Simonet 144 CB Pablo Simonet 140 OB Leonel Maciel 131 GK Pablo Sebastián Portela 129 P Juan Pablo Fernández 121 CB Eric Gull 115 OB Sergio Crevatin 112 P

Top Scorers Name Goals Position Federico Pizarro 825 W/OB Federico Gastón Fernández 790 W Gonzalo Carou 513 P Diego Simonet 450 CB Sebastián Simonet 412 CB Federico Matías Vieyra 407 OB Pablo Simonet 309 OB Ignacio Pizarro 307 W Leonardo Facundo Querín 230 OB Eric Gull 200+ OB

Notable players

• Eric Gull
• Andrés Kogovsek