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. They are also the only team, besides Sweden, to have successfully defended a European Championship title. They became the champions of Europe at Euro 2018 held in Croatia.
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| 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 | |||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 10 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result |  3rd (1996, 2000, 2008, 2020) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 22 (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. | |||
Honours edit
| Competition |  |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| World Championship | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| European Championship | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
Competitive record edit
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games edit
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1936 Berlin
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did not enter | ||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||
 1972 Munich
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Match for 15th place | 15th of 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 89 | −7 |
 1976 Montreal
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did not qualify | ||||||||
 1980 Moscow
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 129 | −3 |
 1984 Los Angeles
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Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 124 | −2 |
 1988 Seoul
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Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 121 | +1 |
 1992 Barcelona
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 119 | +14 |
| 1996 Atlanta
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 147 | +14 |
 2000 Sydney
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 206 | +16 |
 2004 Athens
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Match for 7th place | 7th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 222 | +20 |
 2008 Beijing
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 246 | 234 | +12 |
 2012 London
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Quarter-finals | 7th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 149 | +13 |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro
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did not qualify | ||||||||
 2020 Tokyo
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 233 | +12 |
 2024 Paris
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Qualified | ||||||||
| 2028 Los Angeles
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TBD | ||||||||
| 2032 Brisbane
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| Total | 12/15 | 0 Titles | 74 | 42 | 1 | 31 | 1,863 | 1,773 | +90 |
World Championship edit
| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | |
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| 1938 |
did not enter | |||||
 1954
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 1958 |
12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1961 |
did not enter | |||||
 1964
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| 1967
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| 1970
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| 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 |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 |
7th | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
 2009 |
13th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2011 |
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10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 |
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9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
 2015 |
4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 |
5th | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| / 2019 |
7th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 |
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9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
 / 2023 |
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9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
/ / 2025 |
TBD | |||||
| 2027
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| / 2029
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| / / 2031
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| Total | 22/29 | 164 | 114 | 8 | 42 | |
European Championship edit
| Final tournament | Qualification | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 162 | Directly qualified | |||||||
 1998 |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 150 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2000 |
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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 |
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 258 | 227 | 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 |
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 218 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2016 |
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8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 207 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2018 |
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8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 225 | 189 | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020 |
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9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 226 | Directly qualified | |||||||
  2022 |
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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 | 3200 | 2916 | ||||||||
Team edit
Current squad edit
Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
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Individual records edit
- Bold denotes players still playing international handball.
Most capped players edit
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Top scorers edit
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References edit
- ^ "Jordi Ribera comunica su lista de convocados para el Torneo Internacional de España 2024" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Team roster: Spain". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
External links edit
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