Portugal men's national handball team

The Portuguese men's national handball team is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and competes in international competitions such as the European Men's Handball Championship and the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. They have participated five times in the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2023), reaching an all-time best tenth place in 2021, and seven times in the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022), with a sixth place in 2020 as their best placing. They participated for the first time in the men's Olympic handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in ninth place.

Portugal
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Information
AssociationPortuguese Handball Federation
CoachPaulo Pereira
Assistant coachTelmo Ferreira
Paulo Fidalgo
CaptainRui Silva
Most capsCarlos Resende (250)
Most goalsCarlos Resende (1444)
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2020)
Best result9th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1997)
Best result10th (2021)
European Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1994)
Best result6th (2020)
Last updated on 25 January 2021.

Competitive record

Portugal has competed four times at the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003 and 2021) and seven times at the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020 and 2022). They qualified automatically for the final tournament of the World Championship in 2003 and of the inaugural edition European Championship in 1994 as the host team. Portugal's best results are a tenth place (main round) at the World Championship in 2021, and a sixth place (second round) at the European Championship in 2020.[1]

Olympic Games
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Germany 1936 Berlin did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munichdid not qualify
Canada 1976 Montreal
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea 1988 Seoul
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta
Australia 2000 Sydney
Greece 2004 Athens
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 TokyoPreliminary round95104143156
Total1/14–5104143156

World Championship
World Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Nazi Germany 1938did not qualify
Sweden 1954
East Germany 1958
West Germany 1961
Czechoslovakia 1964
Sweden 1967
France 1970
East Germany 1974
Denmark 1978
West Germany 1982
Switzerland 1986
Czechoslovakia 1990
Sweden 1993
Iceland 1995
Japan 1997Preliminary round195104119123
Egypt 1999did not qualify
France 2001Round of 16166204140145
Portugal 2003Second round127403219182
Tunisia 2005did not qualify
Germany 2007
Croatia 2009
Sweden 2011
Spain 2013
Qatar 2015
France 2017
Denmark/Germany 2019
Egypt 2021 Main round106402168152
Poland/Sweden 2023 Main round136312178157
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 to be determined
Germany 2027
Total5/28–2411013646602

European Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994Preliminary round12500596116
Spain 1996did not qualify
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000Preliminary round75203123133
Sweden 2002Second round96204181204
Slovenia 2004Preliminary round14301291101
Switzerland 2006Preliminary round1530038096
Norway 2008did not qualify
Austria 2010
Serbia 2012
Denmark 2014
Poland 2016
Croatia 2018
Austria/Norway/Sweden 20205th/6th place match68404201191
Hungary/Slovakia 2022Preliminary round1930038591
Germany 2024 Qualified
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2026 To be determined
Portugal/Spain/Switzerland 2028 Qualified as co-host
Total9/18–338124857932
* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.
** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Paulo Pereira

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
4 RW Pedro Portela (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 1.86 m 116 382 France HBC Nantes
8 P Victor Iturriza (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 1.94 m 31 117 Portugal FC Porto
10 CB Miguel Martins (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 1.92 m 76 177 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
12 GK Manuel Gaspar (1998-12-09) 9 December 1998 1.93 m 16 0 France HBC Nantes
14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.86 m 113 193 Portugal FC Porto
21 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1.91 m 22 40 Portugal FC Porto
22 P Alexis Borges (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 1.98 m 49 93 Portugal S.L. Benfica
23 LW Diogo Branquinho (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1.85 m 75 174 Portugal FC Porto
24 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 2.01 m 60 75 France HBC Nantes
25 RW António Areia (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1.90 m 73 209 Portugal FC Porto
26 RB Francisco Mota da Costa (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 1.83 m 4 16 Portugal Sporting CP
27 LB André Gomes (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 1.92 m 46 120 Germany MT Melsungen
33 RB Diogo Silva (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 1.98 m 10 8 France Pays d’Aix UC
35 GK Miguel Espinha (1993-07-20) 20 July 1993 1.90 m 3 0 France Cesson Rennes MHB
41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.90 m 33 0 Portugal S.L. Benfica
79 LB Martim Costa (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 1.88 m 4 18 Portugal Sporting CP
82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 1.94 m 42 62 Spain Barça
88 LB Fábio Magalhães (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 1.94 m 167 335 Portugal FC Porto

Notable former coaches

Player statistics

References
  1. "European Handball Federation - Portugal / (Adults Team)". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "IHF World Championship 2023: Conheça aqui convocatória final" (in Portuguese). portal.fpa.pt. 2 January 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. "Team Roster Portugal" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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