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 TotalOlympic Games0 0 5 5World Championship2 0 3 5European Championship2 5 2 9 Total 4 5 10 19
Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games GamesRoundPosition 1936 Berlindid not enterNot held from 1948 to 1968 1972 MunichMatch for 15th place15th of 1651048289 −7 1976 Montrealdid not qualify 1980 MoscowMatch for 5th place5th of 126312126129 −3 1984 Los AngelesMatch for 7th place8th of 126204122124 −2 1988 SeoulMatch for 9th place9th of 126303122121 +1 1992 BarcelonaMatch for 5th place5th of 126402133119 +14 1996 AtlantaThird place3rd of 127502161147 +14 2000 SydneyThird place3rd of 128503222206 +16 2004 AthensMatch for 7th place7th of 128503242220 +22 2008 BeijingThird place3rd of 128503246234 +12 2012 LondonQuarter-finals7th of 126303162149 +13 2016 Rio de Janeirodid not qualify 2020 TokyoThird place3rd of 128602245233 +12 2024 ParisThird place3rd of 128503227223 +4 2028 Los AngelesTBD 2032 BrisbaneTotal12/150 Titles82471342,0901,994+96
World Championship YearPosition 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 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 18th 6 2 1 3 2027 Qualified / 2029 TBD // 2031Total24/29182124949
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 2003 : Champions
European Championship Final tournamentQualificationYearPositionPosition 1994 5th 6 4 0 2 142126 1st 8 7 0 1 1996 7 5 0 2 173 162 Directly qualified 1998 7 5 1 1 187150 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 3180 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 239218 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 9 8 1 0 278226 Directly qualified 2022 9 7 0 2 249 232 Directly qualified 2024 13th 3 1 1 1 98 96 Directly qualified 11th 7 3 0 4 219 224 6 5 01 2028Qualified as co-host Qualified as co-host 2030 To be determined To be determined 2032Total18/201217983434163144
Team Current squad Roster for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
Individual records Bold denotes players still playing international handball.
Most capped players # PlayerMatches 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 # PlayerGoals 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
References
External links
IHF profile