Spain men's national handball team

Spain men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship

Spain
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.

Last updated February 11, 2025

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).

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	TBD
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	did not enter
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	TBD							TBD
2028	Qualified as co-host							Qualified as co-host
Total	16/18	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 29)	2.01 m	66	166	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
20	P	Abel Serdio	(1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30)	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 20)	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 23)	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

References

↑ "Jordi Ribera anuncia su lista para el Campeonato del Mundo 2025" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
↑ "Team Roster Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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[1] "Jordi Ribera anuncia su lista para el Campeonato del Mundo 2025" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.

[2] "Team Roster Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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