# Chile men's national handball team

The Chile national handball team is controlled by the Chilean Handball Federation, and takes part in international team handball competitions. It is affiliated to the IHF and the PATHF.

## Honours
### Pan American Games

* Runners-up: 2019
* 3rd place: 2011, 2015

### Pan American Championship

* Runners-up: 2016
* Third place: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018

## Participation in 2011 World Championship

The Chile national handball team participated in the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Group D. On 13 January they played their first match against Sweden, losing 18–28. Against South Korea they lost 22–37, versus Poland 23–38, but against Slovakia they tied the game 29–29, obtaining a historic result in this competition. Finally they lost against Argentina 25–35, remaining in the last place the group with only one point.

## Competitions records
### Olympic Games

Olympic Games :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1936 to 1976 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1980 to 2020 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |

### World Championship

World Championship :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1938 to 1978 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1982 to 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Sweden 2011 | President's Cup | 22nd | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 164 | 216 |
| Spain 2013 | President's Cup | 23rd | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 184 | 236 |
| Qatar 2015 | President's Cup | 23rd | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 165 | 224 |
| France 2017 | President's Cup | 21st | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 192 | 219 |
| Germany/Denmark 2019 | President's Cup | 16th | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 236 |
| Egypt 2021 | President's Cup | 27th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 222 | 221 |
| Poland/Sweden 2023 | President's Cup | 26th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 202 | 205 |
| Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025 | Main round | 24th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 157 | 212 |
| Germany 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| France/Germany 2029 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031 | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| Total | 8/29 | | 55 | 14 | 2 | 39 | 1473 | 1769 |

#### Record against other teams at the World Championship

| National team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 28 | +2 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 35 | −10 |
| Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 44 | +17 |
| Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 57 | +6 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 30 | +5 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 62 | −7 |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 58 | −18 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 37 | −15 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 82 | −42 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 30 | +5 |
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 35 | –6 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 35 | −21 |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 34 | −5 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 38 | −16 |
| Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 57 | −2 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 29 | +6 |
| Macedonia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 132 | −19 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 70 | −6 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | +11 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 41 | −21 |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 38 | −15 |
| Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 95 | −25 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 36 | −12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 76 | +7 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 36 | −13 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 96 | +3 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 71 | −29 |
| Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 69 | −25 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 74 | −18 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 24 | +10 |
| Total | 49 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 1316 | 1557 | −241 |

### Pan American Games

Pan American Games :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1987 to 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 |
| 2003 | Group stage | 5th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 127 |
| 2007 | Group stage | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 147 |
| 2011 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 139 |
| 2015 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 135 |
| 2019 | Final | 2nd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 145 |
| 2023 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 132 |

#### Record against other teams at the Pan American Games

| National team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 151 | −21 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 196 | −56 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 45 | +26 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 99 | −12 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 97 | +12 |
| Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 67 | +18 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 46 | +13 |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 53 | +9 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 43 | +5 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 28 | +9 |
| Total | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 828 | 825 | +3 |

### Pan American Championship

Pan American Championship :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1981 | Group stage | 5th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52 | 141 |
| 2002 | Group stage | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 117 |
| 2004 | Semi-final | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 140 |
| 2006 | Group stage | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 149 |
| 2008 | Semi-final | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 136 | 150 |
| 2010 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 142 |
| 2012 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 193 | 157 |
| 2014 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 136 |
| 2016 | Final | 2nd place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 161 |
| 2018 | Semi-final | 3rd place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 189 | 145 |

### South and Central American Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 2020 | round robin | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 151 | 119 |
| 2022 | third place game | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 129 |
| 2024 | round robin | 3rd place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 107 |
| Total | 3/3 | | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 454 | 355 |

### Other competitions

Olympic qualification tournament :
| Tournament | Outcome | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2012 | not qualified | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 93 |
| 2016 | not qualified | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 100 |
| 2021 | not qualified | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 100 |
* 2015 Four Nations Tournament – 4th
* 2016 Four Nations Tournament – 2nd
* 2017 Four Nations Tournament – 4th
* 2017 Bolivarian Games –
* 2018 South American Games –
* 2021 Junior Pan American Games –
* 2022 Bolivarian Games –
* 2022 South American Games –

## Team
### Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Aitor Etxaburu
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Vicente González
* (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 25)
* 1.92 m
* 34
* 0
* Secchia Rubiera
* 4
* LB
* Erwin Feuchtmann
* (1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 34)
* 1.90 m
* 93
* 515
* Fenix Toulouse Handball
* 6
* CB
* Arian Delgado
* (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 23)
* 1.80 m
* 12
* 12
* Liceo Nacional de Maipu
* 7
* LW
* Rodrigo Aedo
* (2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 24)
* 1.77 m
* 0
* 0
* Balonmano USAB
* 9
* P
* Javier Frelijj
* (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 34)
* 1.91 m
* 85
* 108
* Balonmano Ovalle
* 11
* P
* Esteban Salinas
* (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 33)
* 1.83 m
* 100
* 369
* CD Bidasoa
* 12
* GK
* Felipe García
* (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 31)
* 1.90 m
* 73
* 4
* CB Zamora
* 14
* P
* Benjamin Illesca
* (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 25)
* 1.96 m
* 14
* 10
* CBM Gáldar
* 17
* RB
* Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
* (1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35)
* 1.89 m
* 122
* 425
* CD Bidasoa
* 18
* CB
* Cristóbal Oyarzún
* (2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 20)
* 1.92 m
* 0
* 0
* CB SantoÑa
* 22
* CB
* Matias Payá
* (2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24)
* 1.76 m
* 7
* 8
* Balonmano Sinfín
* 25
* RB
* Joshua Mesías
* (2002-04-27) 27 April 2002 (age 22)
* 1.88 m
* 0
* 0
* IFK Karlskrona
* 28
* RW
* Luciano Scaramelli
* (2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)
* 1.82 m
* 0
* 0
* Pallamano Conversano
* 30
* RB
* Daniel Ayala
* (1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 29)
* 1.77 m
* 54
* 92
* Colo-Colo
* 32
* LW
* Danilo Salgado
* (1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 26)
* 1.79 m
* 9
* 12
* CB Pozuelo De Calatrava
* 35
* RB
* Nicolás González
* (2001-02-20) 20 February 2001 (age 24)
* 1.95 m
* 0
* 0
* CB SantoÑa
* 37
* CB
* Christian Moll
* (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 31)
* 1.84 m
* 50
* 35
* BM San Juan
* 55
* RW
* Francisco Ahumada
* (2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 23)
* 1.74 m
* 7
* 25
* CB Nava

### Statistics
## Youth teams
### World Junior Championship

| Year | Round | Position | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1977 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1979 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1981 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1983 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1985 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1987 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1989 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1991 | 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2005 | Group stage | 20th | 1 | 0 | 7 | 184 | 291 | −107 |
| 2007 | Group stage | 20th | 0 | 0 | 8 | 184 | 283 | −99 |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | Group stage | 21st | 2 | 0 | 5 | 147 | 238 | −91 |
| 2013 | Group stage | 23rd | 1 | 0 | 6 | 162 | 226 | −64 |
| 2015 | Group stage | 23rd | 1 | 0 | 6 | 159 | 219 | −60 |
| 2017 | Group stage | 23rd | 1 | 0 | 6 | 179 | 244 | −65 |
| 2019 | Group stage | 20th | 1 | 0 | 6 | 170 | 235 | –65 |
| Total | | | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1185 | 1736 | -551 |

#### Record against other teams at the World Junior Championship

| National team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 56 | −6 |
| Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 38 | −9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 88 | −24 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 30 | −1 |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 54 | −13 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 21 | +15 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 26 | +1 |
| Congo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 88 | −2 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 39 | −19 |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 70 | −34 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 31 | −3 |
| France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 150 | −72 |
| Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 171 | −91 |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 39 | −16 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 69 | −27 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 63 | −6 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 34 | −8 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 116 | −59 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | +10 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 33 | −2 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 29 | −7 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 35 | −16 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 32 | −8 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 42 | −19 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 67 | −16 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 82 | −37 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 42 | −27 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 71 | −32 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 21 | −3 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | +4 |
| Total | 51 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1185 | 1736 | −551 |

### World Youth Championship

| Year | Round | Position | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | Group stage | 16th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 180 | −50 |
| 2013 | Group stage | 24th | 0 | 0 | 7 | 161 | 255 | −94 |
| 2015 | Group stage | 24th | 0 | 0 | 7 | 139 | 237 | −98 |
| 2017 | Round of 16 | 16th | 1 | 0 | 6 | 183 | 235 | −52 |
| 2019 | Group Stage | 22nd | 1 | 0 | 6 | 188 | 230 | –42 |
| Total | | | 3 | 0 | 31 | 801 | 1137 | -336 |

#### Record against other teams at the World Youth Championship

| National team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 66 | −10 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 30 | −8 |
| Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 27 | −4 |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 30 | −8 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 24 | +22 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 42 | −22 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 38 | −21 |
| Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 53 | −31 |
| France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 43 | −22 |
| Gabon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 39 | +8 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | +5 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 39 | −17 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 72 | −21 |
| Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 37 | −20 |
| Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27 | −5 |
| Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 38 | −15 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 62 | −16 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 35 | −11 |
| Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 41 | −12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 29 | −4 |
| Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 68 | −30 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 35 | −5 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 76 | −20 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 59 | −23 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 39 | −22 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 31 | −15 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 32 | −5 |
| Total | 34 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 801 | 1137 | −336 |

## Kit suppliers

Chile's kit are currently supplied by Select Sport.