Spain men's national handball team

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).

Spain
Information
Nickname	Hispanos
Association	Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach	Jordi Ribera
Assistant coach	César Montes
Most caps	Raúl Entrerríos (294)
Most goals	Juanín García (822)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	12 (First in 1972)
Best result	3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020, 2024)
World Championship
Appearances	23 (First in 1958)
Best result	1st (2005, 2013)
European Handball Championship
Appearances	16 (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

Spain national handball team in 2013.

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 (age 34) 1.89 m 193 18 Barça 7 CB Jan Gurri (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22) 1.90 m 13 16 Sporting CP 8 CB Agustín Casado (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 28) 1.90 m 62 166 Telekom Veszprém 9 CB Ian Tarrafeta (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 26) 1.88 m 61 140 Pays d'Aix Université Club 10 RB Alex Dujshebaev (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32) 1.88 m 166 481 Industria Kielce 14 RW Ferran Solé (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32) 1.93 m 113 429 Paris Saint-Germain 15 CB Petar Cikusa (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 (age 19) 1.88 m 8 9 Barça 18 RB Imanol Garciandia (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 (age 30) 2.01 m 66 166 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 20 P Abel Serdio (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 31) 1.95 m 56 111 Orlen Wisła Płock 24 LB Daniel Dujshebaev (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 27) 1.97 m 102 224 Industria Kielce 25 GK Sergey Hernández (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29) 1.98 m 59 11 SC Magdeburg 34 RW Carlos Álvarez Domínguez (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 22) 1.82 m 2 6 CB Ademar León 37 P Víctor Romero (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 21) 1.93 m 5 5 BM Granollers 51 LW Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 30) 2.02 m 63 37 SL Benfica 70 LW Daniel Fernández (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 24) 1.76 m 51 181 TVB Stuttgart 78 RB Djordje Cikusa (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 (age 19) 1.91 m 8 15 Montpellier Handball 80 LW Ian Barrufet (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20) 1.94 m 3 5 MT Melsungen 99 P Javier Rodríguez Moreno (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 22) 1.98 m 19 31 Barça

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-21 Handball World Championship Winner (1): 2017 Runner-up: 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2013 U-20 U-20 Handball European Championship Winner (4): 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024 Runner-up: 1996 Third place: 2000, 2014

U-19 U-19 Handball World Championship Winner (1): 2023 Runner-up: 2011, 2017 U-18 U-18 Handball European Championship Winner (2): 1994, 2022 Runner-up: 1999, 2010 Third place: 1992, 2014, 2021