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 being the reigning European Champions. They are also the only team, besides Sweden, to have successfully defended a European Championship title, having won in 2018 and 2020. As of January 2021, they are reigning double defending European Champions.
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| Nickname | Hispanos | ||
| Association | Royal Spanish Handball Federation | ||
| Coach | Jordi Ribera | ||
| Assistant coach | César Montes Jesús Rivilla García | ||
| Captain | Raúl Entrerríos | ||
| Most caps | David Barrufet (280) | ||
| Most goals | Juanín García (822) | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 10 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | 3rd (1996, 2000, 2008) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 21 (First in 1958) | ||
| Best result | 1st (2005, 2013) | ||
| European Handball Championship | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1994) | ||
| Best result | 1st (2018, 2020) | ||
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| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1996 Atlanta | Team |
| 2000 Sydney | Team |
| 2008 Beijing | Team |
| World Championship | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2005 Tunisia | |
| 2013 Spain | |
| 2011 Sweden | |
| 2021 Egypt | |
| European Championship | ||
| 2018 Croatia | |
| 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1996 Spain | |
| 1998 Italy | |
| 2006 Switzerland | |
| 2016 Poland | |
| 2000 Croatia | |
| 2014 Denmark | |
Spain national handball team in 2013.
Honours
| Competition |  |  |  | Total |
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| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| World Championship | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| European Championship | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | 159 | +3 |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2020 Tokyo |
Qualified | ||||||||
| Total | 11/14 | 0 Titles | 66 | 36 | 1 | 29 | 1,618 | 1,550 | +68 |
World Championship
| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | |
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| 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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 8th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
 1986 | 5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
 1995 | 11th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 7th | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
 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 | To be determined | |||||
// 2025 | ||||||
| 2027 | ||||||
| Total | 21/27 | 155 | 107 | 8 | 40 | |
European Championship
| Final tournament | Qualification | ||||||||||
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| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | Position | Pld | W | D | L | |
| 1994 | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 |  | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Directly qualified | |||||
 1998 | | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 |  | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002 | 7th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Directly qualified | |||||
 2004 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Directly qualified | |||||
 2010 | 6th | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1st | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
 2012 | 4th | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 |  | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Directly qualified | |||||
  2022 | Qualified | Directly qualified | |||||||||
| 2024 | TBD | TBD | |||||||||
| Total | 15/15 | 100 | 66 | 7 | 27 | ||||||
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
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Individual records
- Bold denotes players still playing international handball.
Most capped players
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Top scorers
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References
- "Sergey Hernández y Rubén Marchán, grandes novedades para el Mundial de Egipto" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- "Team Roster Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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