Chile men's national handball team

Chile
Information
Nickname	La Roja
Association	Federación Chilena de Balónmano
Coach	Aitor Etxaburu
Assistant coach	Rodrigo Guzmán
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 2011 )
Best result	16th (2019)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1981)
Best result	2nd (2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Chile national handball team is controlled by the Chilean Handball Federation, and takes part in international team handball competitions. It is affiliated to the IHF and the PATHF.

Honours

Pan American Games

• Runners-up: 2019
• 3rd place: 2011, 2015

Pan American Championship

• Runners-up: 2016
• Third place: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018

Participation in 2011 World Championship

The Chile national handball team participated in the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Group D. On 13 January they played their first match against Sweden, losing 18–28. Against South Korea they lost 22–37, versus Poland 23–38, but against Slovakia they tied the game 29–29, obtaining a historic result in this competition. Finally they lost against Argentina 25–35, remaining in the last place the group with only one point.

Competitions records

Olympic Games

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 to 1976	did not enter
1980 to 2020	did not qualify

World Championship

World Championship
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1938 to 1978	did not enter
1982 to 2009	did not qualify
Sweden 2011	President's Cup	22nd	7	1	1	5	164	216
Spain 2013	President's Cup	23rd	7	1	0	6	184	236
Qatar 2015	President's Cup	23rd	7	0	1	6	165	224
France 2017	President's Cup	21st	7	3	0	4	192	219
Germany/Denmark 2019	President's Cup	16th	7	2	0	5	187	236
Egypt 2021	President's Cup	27th	7	3	0	4	222	221
Poland/Sweden 2023	President's Cup	26th	7	3	0	4	202	205
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025	Main round	24th	6	1	0	5	157	212
Germany 2027	Qualified
France/Germany 2029	To be determined
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total	9/29		55	14	2	39	1473	1769

Record against other teams at the World Championship

National team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	1	1	0	0	30	28	+2
Argentina	1	0	0	1	25	35	−10
Australia	2	2	0	0	61	44	+17
Austria	2	1	0	1	63	57	+6
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5
Belarus	2	1	0	1	55	62	−7
Brazil	2	0	0	2	40	58	−18
Croatia	1	0	0	1	22	37	−15
Denmark	2	0	0	2	40	82	−42
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5
Egypt	1	0	0	1	29	35	–6
Germany	1	0	0	1	14	35	−21
Hungary	1	0	0	1	29	34	−5
Iceland	1	0	0	1	22	38	−16
Iran	2	0	0	2	55	57	−2
Japan	1	1	0	0	35	29	+6
Macedonia	4	0	0	4	113	132	−19
Montenegro	2	0	0	2	64	70	−6
Morocco	1	1	0	0	28	17	+11
Norway	1	0	0	1	20	41	−21
Poland	1	0	0	1	23	38	−15
Qatar	3	0	0	3	70	95	−25
Russia	1	0	0	1	24	36	−12
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	83	76	+7
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	29	29	0
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	23	36	−13
South Korea	3	2	0	1	99	96	+3
Spain	2	0	0	2	42	71	−29
Sweden	2	0	0	2	44	69	−25
Tunisia	1	0	0	2	56	74	−18
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	34	24	+10
Total	49	14	1	34	1316	1557	−241

Pan American Games

Pan American Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1987 to 1999	did not qualify
2003	Group stage	5th place	5	2	0	3	114	127
2007	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	123	147
2011	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	153	139
2015	Semi-final	3rd place	5	2	1	2	134	135
2019	Final	2nd place	5	3	0	2	160	145
2023	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	144	132

Record against other teams at the Pan American Games

National team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	5	0	0	5	130	151	−21
Brazil	6	1	0	5	140	196	−56
Canada	2	2	0	0	71	45	+26
Cuba	3	1	1	1	87	99	−12
Dominican Republic	3	3	0	1	109	97	+12
Mexico	3	3	0	0	85	67	+18
Puerto Rico	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13
United States	2	2	0	0	62	53	+9
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	48	43	+5
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	37	28	+9
Total	30	16	1	13	828	825	+3

Pan American Championship

Pan American Championship
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1981	Group stage	5th place	5	0	0	5	52	141
2002	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	109	117
2004	Semi-final	4th place	5	2	0	3	112	140
2006	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	144	149
2008	Semi-final	4th place	5	2	0	3	136	150
2010	Semi-final	3rd place	5	2	1	2	136	142
2012	Semi-final	3rd place	6	4	1	1	193	157
2014	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	135	136
2016	Final	2nd place	7	5	0	2	226	161
2018	Semi-final	3rd place	6	4	0	2	189	145

South and Central American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2020	round robin	4th place	5	2	0	3	151	119
2022	third place game	3rd place	5	3	0	2	152	129
2024	round robin	3rd place	5	3	1	1	151	107
2026	round robin	3rd place	5	3	0	2	160	134
Total	4/4		20	11	1	8	614	489

Other competitions

Olympic qualification tournament
Tournament	Outcome	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2012	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	58	93
2016	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	83	100
2021	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	82	100

• 2015 Four Nations Tournament – 4th
• 2016 Four Nations Tournament – 2nd
• 2017 Four Nations Tournament – 4th
• 2017 Bolivarian Games –
• 2018 South American Games –
• 2021 Junior Pan American Games –
• 2022 Bolivarian Games –
• 2022 South American Games –

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. ^{[1] [2]}

Head coach: Aitor Etxaburu

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Vicente González (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 26) 1.92 m 34 0 Secchia Rubiera 4 LB Erwin Feuchtmann (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 35) 1.90 m 93 515 Fenix Toulouse Handball 6 CB Arian Delgado (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 24) 1.80 m 12 12 Liceo Nacional de Maipu 7 LW Rodrigo Aedo (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 25) 1.77 m 0 0 Balonmano USAB 9 P Javier Frelijj (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 34) 1.91 m 85 108 Balonmano Ovalle 11 P Esteban Salinas (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 34) 1.83 m 100 369 CD Bidasoa 12 GK Felipe García (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 32) 1.90 m 73 4 CB Zamora 14 P Benjamin Illesca (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 25) 1.96 m 14 10 CBM Gáldar 17 RB Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 36) 1.89 m 122 425 CD Bidasoa 18 CB Cristóbal Oyarzún (2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 21) 1.92 m 0 0 CB SantoÑa 22 CB Matias Payá (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 25) 1.76 m 7 8 Balonmano Sinfín 25 RB Joshua Mesías (2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 23) 1.88 m 0 0 IFK Karlskrona 28 RW Luciano Scaramelli (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 23) 1.82 m 0 0 Pallamano Conversano 30 RB Daniel Ayala (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 30) 1.77 m 54 92 Colo-Colo 32 LW Danilo Salgado (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 27) 1.79 m 9 12 CB Pozuelo De Calatrava 35 RB Nicolás González (2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 24) 1.95 m 0 0 CB SantoÑa 37 CB Christian Moll (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 32) 1.84 m 50 35 BM San Juan 55 RW Francisco Ahumada (2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 24) 1.74 m 7 25 CB Nava

Statistics

Most capped players

Player	Games	Position
Emil Feuchtmann	164	CB
Rodrigo Salinas	122	OB
Marco Oneto	115	P
Esteban Salinas	100	P
Felipe Barrientos	97	GK
Erwin Feuchtmann	93	OB
Patricio Martínez	80	W

Top scorers

Player	Goals	Position
Erwin Feuchtmann	515	OB, CB
Emil Feuchtmann	442	CB
Rodrigo Salinas	425	OB
Esteban Salinas	368	P
Marco Oneto	195	P
Patricio Martínez	170	W

Youth teams

World Junior Championship

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1977	did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	20th	1	0	7	184	291	−107
2007	Group stage	20th	0	0	8	184	283	−99
2009	did not qualify
2011	Group stage	21st	2	0	5	147	238	−91
2013	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	162	226	−64
2015	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	159	219	−60
2017	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	179	244	−65
2019	Group stage	20th	1	0	6	170	235	–65
Total			7	0	44	1185	1736	-551

Record against other teams at the World Junior Championship

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Algeria	2	1	0	1	50	56	−6
Angola	1	0	0	1	29	38	−9
Argentina	3	1	0	2	64	88	−24
Bahrain	1	0	0	1	29	30	−1
Brazil	2	0	0	2	41	54	−13
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	0	36	21	+15
Canada	1	1	0	0	27	26	+1
Congo	3	1	0	2	86	88	−2
Denmark	1	0	0	1	20	39	−19
Egypt	2	0	0	2	36	70	−34
Faroe Islands	1	0	0	1	28	31	−3
France	4	0	0	4	78	150	−72
Germany	4	0	0	4	80	171	−91
Hungary	1	0	0	1	23	39	−16
Iceland	1	0	0	2	42	69	−27
Kuwait	2	0	0	2	57	63	−6
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	26	34	−8
Norway	3	0	0	3	57	116	−59
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	37	27	+10
Portugal	1	0	0	1	31	33	−2
Qatar	1	0	0	1	22	29	−7
Serbia	1	0	0	1	19	35	−16
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	24	32	−8
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	23	42	−19
South Korea	2	0	0	2	51	67	−16
Spain	2	0	0	2	45	82	−37
Sweden	1	0	0	1	15	42	−27
Tunisia	2	0	0	2	39	71	−32
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	18	21	−3
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	28	24	+4
Total	51	7	0	44	1185	1736	−551

World Youth Championship

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not qualify
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	16th	1	0	5	130	180	−50
2013	Group stage	24th	0	0	7	161	255	−94
2015	Group stage	24th	0	0	7	139	237	−98
2017	Round of 16	16th	1	0	6	183	235	−52
2019	Group Stage	22nd	1	0	6	188	230	–42
Total			3	0	31	801	1137	-336

Record against other teams at the World Youth Championship

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Algeria	2	0	0	2	56	66	−10
Argentina	1	0	0	1	22	30	−8
Belarus	1	0	0	1	23	27	−4
Brazil	1	0	0	1	22	30	−8
Canada	1	1	0	0	46	24	+22
Croatia	1	0	0	1	21	42	−22
Denmark	1	0	0	1	17	38	−21
Egypt	1	0	0	1	22	53	−31
France	1	0	0	1	21	43	−22
Gabon	2	1	0	1	47	39	+8
Georgia	1	1	0	0	29	24	+5
Germany	1	0	0	1	22	39	−17
Japan	2	0	0	2	51	72	−21
Hungary	1	0	0	1	17	37	−20
Iceland	1	0	0	1	22	27	−5
Norway	1	0	0	1	23	38	−15
Poland	2	0	0	2	46	62	−16
Qatar	1	0	0	1	24	35	−11
Russia	1	0	0	1	29	41	−12
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	25	29	−4
Serbia	2	0	0	2	38	68	−30
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	30	35	−5
South Korea	2	0	0	2	56	76	−20
Spain	2	0	0	2	36	59	−23
Sweden	1	0	0	1	17	39	−22
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	16	31	−15
Venezuela	1	0	0	1	27	32	−5
Total	34	3	0	31	801	1137	−336

Kit suppliers

Chile's kit are currently supplied by Select Sport.

References

1. "Chile oficializó nómina para Mundial de Balonmano: referentes lideran equipo que quiere hacer historia" (in Spanish). biobiochile.cl. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. "Team Roster Chile" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• IHF profile