# Spain men's national handball team

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 | | | | Total |
| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| World Championship | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| European Championship | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| Total | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |

## Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

### Olympic Games

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1936 Berlin | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 ||||||||||
| 1972 Munich | Match for 15th place | 15th of 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 89 | −7 |
| 1976 Montreal | did not qualify | 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 Moscow | Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 129 | −3 |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Match for 7th place | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 124 | −2 |
| 1988 Seoul | Match for 9th place | 9th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 122 | 121 | +1 |
| 1992 Barcelona | Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 119 | +14 |
| 1996 Atlanta | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 147 | +14 |
| 2000 Sydney | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 206 | +16 |
| 2004 Athens | Match for 7th place | 7th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 222 | +20 |
| 2008 Beijing | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 246 | 234 | +12 |
| 2012 London | Quarter-finals | 7th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 149 | +13 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 Tokyo | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 233 | +12 |
| 2024 Paris | Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 223 | +4 |
| 2028 Los Angeles | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2032 Brisbane | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 12/15 | 0 Titles | 82 | 47 | 1 | 34 | 2,090 | 1,996 | +94 |

### World Championship

| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L |
| 1938 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1954 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1958 | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1961 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1964 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1967 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1970 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 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 |
| // 2025 | 18th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| / 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| // 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 23/29 | 182 | 124 | 9 | 49 |

### 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

### European Championship

| Final tournament | Final tournament | Final tournament | Final tournament | Final tournament | Final tournament | Final tournament | Final tournament | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification |
| 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 | | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 162 | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified |
| 1998 | | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 187 | 150 | 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 | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | 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 | 3 | 180 | 169 | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | 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 | 239 | 218 | 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 |
| 2020 | | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 278 | 226 | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified |
| 2022 | | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 249 | 232 | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified |
| 2024 | 13th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 96 | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified | Directly qualified |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2028 | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host | Qualified as co-host |
| Total | 16/18 | 114 | 76 | 8 | 30 | 3197 | 2920 | | | | | | | |

## Team
### Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Jordi Ribera
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas
* (1991-01-10) 10 January 1991 (age 34)
* 1.89 m
* 193
* 18
* Barça
* 7
* CB
* Jan Gurri
* (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22)
* 1.90 m
* 13
* 16
* Sporting CP
* 8
* CB
* Agustín Casado
* (1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 28)
* 1.90 m
* 62
* 166
* Telekom Veszprém
* 9
* CB
* Ian Tarrafeta
* (1999-01-04) 4 January 1999 (age 26)
* 1.88 m
* 61
* 140
* Pays d'Aix Université Club
* 10
* RB
* Alex Dujshebaev
* (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32)
* 1.88 m
* 166
* 481
* Industria Kielce
* 14
* RW
* Ferran Solé
* (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)
* 1.93 m
* 113
* 429
* Paris Saint-Germain
* 15
* CB
* Petar Cikusa
* (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 (age 19)
* 1.88 m
* 8
* 9
* Barça
* 18
* RB
* Imanol Garciandia
* (1995-04-30) 30 April 1995 (age 29)
* 2.01 m
* 66
* 166
* OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
* 20
* P
* Abel Serdio
* (1994-04-16) 16 April 1994 (age 30)
* 1.95 m
* 56
* 111
* Orlen Wisła Płock
* 24
* LB
* Daniel Dujshebaev
* (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 27)
* 1.97 m
* 102
* 224
* Industria Kielce
* 25
* GK
* Sergey Hernández
* (1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 29)
* 1.98 m
* 59
* 11
* SC Magdeburg
* 34
* RW
* Carlos Álvarez Domínguez
* (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 22)
* 1.82 m
* 2
* 6
* CB Ademar León
* 37
* P
* Víctor Romero
* (2004-03-09) 9 March 2004 (age 20)
* 1.93 m
* 5
* 5
* BM Granollers
* 51
* LW
* Miguel Sánchez-Migallón
* (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 30)
* 2.02 m
* 63
* 37
* SL Benfica
* 70
* LW
* Daniel Fernández
* (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)
* 1.76 m
* 51
* 181
* TVB Stuttgart
* 78
* RB
* Djordje Cikusa
* (2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 (age 19)
* 1.91 m
* 8
* 15
* Montpellier Handball
* 80
* LW
* Ian Barrufet
* (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20)
* 1.94 m
* 3
* 5
* MT Melsungen
* 99
* P
* Javier Rodríguez Moreno
* (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 22)
* 1.98 m
* 19
* 31
* Barça

### Individual records

* Bold denotes players still playing international handball.