Costa Rica national handball team

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Information
Association Federacion Costaricense de Balonmano
Coach Solón Jarquín Jarquín
Colours
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Home
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Results
Pan-American Handball Championship
Appearances 1 (First in 1996 )
Best result 8th (1996)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Costa Rica national handball team is the national handball team of Costa Rica and is controlled by the Federacion Costaricense de Balonmano and takes part in international handball competitions. It is affiliated to the IHF and the PATHF.

Handball team sport played with a thrown ball and goals

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.

Costa Rica country in Central America

Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 5 million in a land area of 51,060 square kilometers. An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José with around 2 million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

International Handball Federation International team handball governing body

The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1957.

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Tournament record

Pan-American Championship

Central American and Caribbean Games

GamesRoundPositionPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Colombia.svg 2018 Barranquilla 7th place game7th5104104135-31

Central American Games

YearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Nicaragua.svg 2017 round robin2nd430110782

Central American Championship

YearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2015 round robin2nd430112178

IHF South and Central American Emerging Nations Championship

YearRoundPositionGPWD*LGSGA
Flag of Colombia.svg 2018 fifth place game5th5401179124

Current squad

This is the squad for the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

The 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held November 14–30, 2014 in Veracruz, Mexico. The Games featured 36 sports, with most occurred in Veracruz, but some occurred in Boca del Río, Xalapa, Córdoba, Tuxpan, and Coatzacoalcos

Head coach: Solón Jarquín Jarquín Goalkeeping coach: Jorge Ocampo Arce

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
12GK Franz Taylor Bonilla (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 32)1.83 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ciemhcavi
1GK Carlos Luis Sanchez Castro (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 (aged 27)1.73 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ciemhcavi
11CB Rafael de la Peña Hamblin (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 31)1.78 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ciemhcavi
10LB Emanuel Araya Carvajal (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 24)1.78 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ciemhcavi
5LW Pablo Saborío Villalobos (1987-11-29)29 November 1987 (aged 26)1.72 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ciemhcavi
15LB Manuel Montero Barrantes (1984-02-16)16 February 1984 (aged 29)1.85 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Ciemhcavi
4RW Sebastián Montero Jiménez (1996-12-10)10 December 1996 (aged 17)1.70 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg CCDR San José
9CB Christian Montero Coto (1979-12-18)18 December 1979 (aged 34)1.76 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Revolution San Pablo
3P CB Roy Arley Mora (1977-09-27)27 September 1977 (aged 36)1.80 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Revolution San Pablo
7LW Kevin Naranjo Vargas (1994-06-26)26 June 1994 (aged 19)1.70 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Revolution San Pablo
19LB Marcel Kaune Schmidt (1996-04-15)15 April 1996 (aged 17)1.88 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Universidad de Costa Rica
2P Renato Pérez Martínez (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 (aged 21)1.82 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Universidad de Costa Rica
16GK Jepherson Ruíz Duarte (1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 21)1.86 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
13RW Kenneth Guzman Quesada (1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 34)1.73 m Flag of Costa Rica.svg Revolution San Pablo
23LB LR Daniel Kaune Schmidt (1994-07-19)19 July 1994 (aged 20)1.92 m Flag of Germany.svg [[]]

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