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 coachPaulo Fidalgo
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
Appearances8 (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
France 2024 ParisDid not qualify
Total1/15–5104143156

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
France/Germany 2029
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031
Total5/32–2411013646602

European Championship
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Portugal 1994Preliminary round126006117154
Spain 1996Did not qualify
Italy 1998
Croatia 2000Preliminary round76303153160
Sweden 2002Second round97304173174
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 match68404228220
Hungary/Slovakia 2022Preliminary round1930038591
Germany 2024Main round77412224223
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2026 To be determined
Portugal/Spain/Switzerland 2028 Qualified as co-host
Total9/18–431422711511219
* 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 2024 European 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 1.84 m 132 438 Portugal Sporting CP
5 LB Gilberto Duarte (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 1.97 m 116 306 France Pays d'Aix UC
10 CB Miguel Martins (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 1.93 m 94 218 Hungary OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.85 m 126 224 Portugal FC Porto
16 GK Diogo Rêma Marques (2004-03-17) 17 March 2004 1.89 m 6 1 Portugal FC Porto
21 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1.91 m 38 74 Portugal FC Porto
24 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 2.01 m 74 93 France HBC Nantes
25 RW António Areia (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1.89 m 85 260 Portugal FC Porto
26 RB Francisco Costa (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 1.89 m 18 63 Portugal Sporting CP
30 P Fábio Silva (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 1.91 m 0 0 Portugal Associação Artística de Avanca
31 LB Salvador Salvador (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 1.98 m 15 27 Portugal Sporting CP
34 CB Gonçalo Vieira (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 1.90 m 5 12 France Fenix Toulouse
41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.90 m 42 0 Portugal SL Benfica
51 LW Pedro Oliveira (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 1.88 m 9 17 Portugal FC Porto
55 RB Joaquim Nazaré (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 1.84 m 4 7 Denmark Skjern Håndbold
79 CB Martim Costa (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 1.88 m 16 35 Portugal Sporting CP
82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 1.93 m 58 99 Spain Barça
86 P Ricardo Brandão (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 1.99 m 7 8 Spain CB Cangas

Notable former coaches
  • Romania Mircea Costache
  • Sweden Mats Olsson
  • Ukraine Aleksander Donner

Player statistics

References
  1. "European Handball Federation - Portugal / (Adults Team)". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. "EHF Euro 2024: Paulo Pereira anuncia lista final dos Heróis do Mar" (in Portuguese). portal.fpa.pt. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. "Team roster: Portugal". res.ehf.eu. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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