Cape Verde men's national handball team

Cape Verde
Information
Nickname	Blue sharks [1]
Association	Federação Cabo-verdiana de Andebol
Coach	Ljubomir Obradović
Assistant coach	Tiago da Rocha
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2021 )
Best result	23rd (2023, 2025)
African Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2020 )
Best result	2nd (2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Cape Verde national handball team is the national handball team of Cape Verde. ^[2]

Cape Verde qualified for the 2021 World Championship after placing fifth in their first participation in the African Championship. But they had to withdraw from the tournament, after not having the minimum of players available, due to several cases of players who tested positive for COVID-19. The team qualified to the 2023 World Championship after beating Angola in the quarterfinals of the African tournament.

Results

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2021	Presidents Cup	32	7	0	0	7	27	94	−97
2023	Main Round	23	6	1	0	5	171	206	−35
2025	Main Round	23	6	1	0	5	157	203	−46
2027	Qualified
Total	4/29	0 Titles	19	2	0	17	355	506	−151

African Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2020	group stage	5	5	2	0	3	138	147	-9
2022	Final	2	5	3	0	2	133	137	−4
2024	Semifinals	4	6	4	0	2	209	151	+58
2026	Semifinals	3	7	5	0	2	179	172	+7
Total	4/27	0 Titles	23	14	0	9	659	607	+52

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. ^{[3] [4]}

Head coach: Jorge Rito

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Élcio Fernandes (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 (age 29) 1.96 m 16 0 CB Burgos 2 RB Edmilson García (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 27) 1.85 m 0 0 Associação Artistica de Avanca 3 LB Délcio Pina (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 (age 33) 1.98 m 40 31 Madeira Andebol SAD 4 P Ivo Santos (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 33) 2.00 m 28 1 Bergischer HC 5 LB Edmilson Araújo (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 (age 32) 1.87 m 6 12 Istres Provence Handball 6 CB Leandro Semedo (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 31) 1.94 m 47 19 Kuwait SC 8 RB Hafsteinn Ramos (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 (age 25) 1.90 m 0 0 Íþróttafélagið Grótta 10 RB Bruno Landim (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 32) 1.93 m 24 24 Al-Taraji Club 11 RW Admilson Furtado (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 (age 30) 1.77 m 22 18 Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður 12 GK Edmilson Gonçalves (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 32) 1.89 m 13 1 Boa-Hora 13 P Paulo Moreno (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 (age 33) 1.97 m 10 28 C' Chartres Métropole Handball 14 LW Alexandre Pereira (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 31) 1.86 m 20 2 C.F. Os Belenenses 15 LW Gilson Correia (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 (age 30) 1.75 m 13 1 CHEV Diekirch 16 GK Bruno Fernandes (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 24) 1.92 m 3 0 IFC Torrense 17 RB Rafael Andrade (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 29) 1.96 m 34 0 Vitória 44 CB Gualther Furtado (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 30) 1.85 m 31 21 Club Cisne de Balonmano 48 RW Malvino Varela (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 (age 23) 1.77 m 0 0 Girassol 55 CB Isaías Sousa (2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 22) 1.75 m 0 0 Associação Asa Stars

References

1. Handball Egypt 2021 [@Egypt2021EN] (15 January 2021). "Cape Verde" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2020– via Twitter.
2. "Andebol: Cabo Verde estreia-se no Campeonato Africano de Andebol com derrota frente a Tunísia". faapa.info. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
3. "Lista oficial dos 16 convocados para o Mundial 2025" (in Portuguese). instagram.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "Team Roster Cape Verde" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• IHF profile