# Spain women's national handball team

The Spain women's national handball team is governed by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Spain has been world and twice continental finalist. They also have won medals in the three main international competitions: one Olympic in 2012, two World Championship (2011, 2019) and two European Championship (2008, 2014).

## Results
### Olympic Games

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1976 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1980 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1984 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 68 | −18 |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2004 | 6th | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 201 | 192 | +9 |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 196 | −31 |
| 2016 | 6th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 143 | +8 |
| 2020 | 9th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 142 | −7 |
| 2024 | 12th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 111 | 143 | −32 |
| Total | 6/13 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 813 | 884 | −71 |

### World Championship

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1957 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1962 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1965 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1971 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1973 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1975 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1986 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1990 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1993 | 15th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 141 | −29 |
| 1995 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1997 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1999 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2001 | 10th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 160 | +1 |
| 2003 | 5th | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 258 | 229 | +29 |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2007 | 10th | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 217 | 227 | −10 |
| 2009 | 4th | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 267 | 215 | +52 |
| 2011 | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 247 | 201 | +46 |
| 2013 | 9th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 119 | +32 |
| 2015 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 120 | +49 |
| 2017 | 11th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 158 | 140 | +18 |
| 2019 | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 303 | 250 | +53 |
| 2021 | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 250 | 206 | +44 |
| 2023 | 13th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 144 | +22 |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2029 | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host | Qualified as host |
| 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 12/30 | 91 | 54 | 5 | 32 | 2459 | 2152 | +307 |

### European Championship

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1998 | 12th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 132 | 154 | −22 |
| 2000 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2002 | 13th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 80 | −4 |
| 2004 | 8th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 185 | 193 | −8 |
| 2006 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 149 | +1 |
| 2008 | 2nd | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 199 | 197 | +2 |
| 2010 | 11th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 142 | +1 |
| 2012 | 11th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 153 | 156 | −3 |
| 2014 | 2nd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 191 | +9 |
| 2016 | 11th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 138 | 140 | −2 |
| 2018 | 12th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 167 | −15 |
| 2020 | 9th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 147 | 164 | −17 |
| 2022 | 9th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 146 | 166 | −20 |
| 2024 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 74 | +1 |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 13/18 | 77 | 24 | 10 | 43 | 1896 | 1973 | −77 |

### Mediterranean Games

* 1979 – Runners-up
* 1987 – 3rd place
* 1991 – 3rd place
* 1993 – 3rd place
* 1997 – 5th place
* 2001 – Runners-up
* 2005 – Champions
* 2009 – 4th place
* 2013 – 5th place
* 2018 – Champions
* 2022 – Champions
* 2026 – TBD
* 2030 – TBD

## Team
### Current squad

The official squad for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Ambros Martín
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Nicole Wiggins
* (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 24)
* 1.78 m
* 32
* 1
* OGC Nice Côte d'Azur Handball
* 6
* LB
* Carmen Campos
* (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 29)
* 1.71 m
* 77
* 172
* Borussia Dortmund
* 10
* P
* Elisabet Cesáreo
* (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999 (age 25)
* 1.76 m
* 68
* 70
* CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
* 14
* LW
* Ona Vegué
* (1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 26)
* 1.69 m
* 15
* 30
* HSG Blomberg-Lippe
* 17
* LW
* Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo
* (1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 29)
* 1.69 m
* 110
* 283
* RK Krim
* 19
* LB
* Ester Somaza
* (2004-06-03) 3 June 2004 (age 20)
* 1.78 m
* 11
* 19
* KH-7 BM Granollers
* 27
* LB
* Danila So Delgado
* (2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 23)
* 1.73 m
* 23
* 50
* CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
* 33
* P
* Kaba Gassama
* (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 27)
* 1.84 m
* 75
* 116
* HB Ludwigsburg
* 37
* CB
* Paola Bernabé
* (2003-08-11) 11 August 2003 (age 21)
* 1.73 m
* 2
* 3
* CB Elche
* 52
* RW
* Paulina Pérez
* (1997-01-25) 25 January 1997 (age 27)
* 1.68 m
* 20
* 58
* BM Porriño
* 58
* RB
* María Prieto O'Mullony
* (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 27)
* 1.72 m
* 35
* 72
* BM Aula Cultural
* 62
* CB
* Paula Arcos
* (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 23)
* 1.68 m
* 64
* 153
* Vipers Kristiansand
* 65
* RW
* Anne Erauskin
* (1998-11-07) 7 November 1998 (age 26)
* 1.65 m
* 2
* 1
* BM Bera Bera
* 67
* CB
* Elba Álvarez
* (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 23)
* 1.70 m
* 7
* 14
* BM Bera Bera
* 70
* CB
* Carmen Arroyo
* (2004-03-03) 3 March 2004 (age 20)
* 1.80 m
* 2
* 4
* BM Bera Bera
* 75
* RW
* Paula Agulló
* (2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 19)
* 1.65 m
* 2
* 1
* CB Elche
* 68
* P
* Lyndie Tchaptchet
* (2005-01-13) 13 January 2005 (age 20)
* 1.85 m
* 2
* 8
* BM Bera Bera
* 93
* GK
* Nicole Morales
* (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998 (age 26)
* 1.83 m
* 6
* 1
* CB Elche

### Coaching history

| Period | Coach |
| 2002–2004 | José Francisco Aldeguer |
| 2007–2017 | Jorge Dueñas |
| 2017–2021 | Carlos Viver |
| 2021–2023 | José Ignacio Prades Pons |
| 2023–present | Ambros Martín |

### Notable players

Players who have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as Most Valuable Player or as a member of the All-Star Team.

#### All-Star Team

* Carmen Martín, 2008 Junior World Championship, 2011 World Championship, 2014 European Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2018 European Championship
* Begoña Fernández, 2008 European Championship, 2009 World Championship
* Marta Mangué, 2009 World Championship, 2012 Summer Olympics
* Nerea Pena, 2010 European Championship
* Alexandrina Cabral, 2019 World Championship