Portugal men's national handball team

Portugal
Information
Association	Portuguese Handball Federation
Coach	Paulo Pereira
Assistant coach	Telmo Ferreira Paulo Fidalgo
Captain	Rui Silva
Most caps	Carlos Resende (250)
Most goals	Carlos Resende (1444)
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2020)
Best result	9th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1997)
Best result	10th (2021)
European Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1994)
Best result	6th (2020)
Last updated on 25 January 2021.

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 four times in the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021), reaching an all-time best 10th place in 2021, and seven times in the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022), with a 6th place in 2020 as their best placing. They participated in the men's handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, their first-ever Olympic appearance, finishing in 9th place.

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 10th place (main round) at the World Championship in 2021, and a 6th place (second round) at the European Championship in 2020.

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1936 Berlin	Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich	Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo	Preliminary round	9	5	1	0	4	143	156
Total	1/14	–	5	1	0	4	143	156

World Championship

World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	Preliminary round	19	5	1	0	4	119	123
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Round of 16	16	6	2	0	4	140	145
2003	Second round	12	7	4	0	3	219	182
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021	Main round	10	6	4	0	2	168	152
/ 2023	Qualified
// 2025	To be determined
2027
Total	5/28	–	24	11	0	13	646	602

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Preliminary round	12	5	0	0	5	96	116
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000	Preliminary round	7	5	2	0	3	123	133
2002	Second round	9	6	2	0	4	181	204
2004	Preliminary round	14	3	0	1	2	91	101
2006	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	80	96
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
// 2020	5th/6th place match	6	8	4	0	4	201	191
/ 2022	Preliminary round	19	3	0	0	3	85	91
2024	To be determined
// 2026	To be determined
// 2028	Qualified as co-host
Total	8/18	–	33	8	1	24	857	932

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Results and Fixtures

Main article: Portugal national handball team results

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.

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 1.86 m 90 295 HBC Nantes 5 LB Gilberto Duarte (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 1.97 m 93 288 Montpellier Handball 8 P Victor Iturriza (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 1.93 m 2 8 FC Porto 9 RB João Ferraz (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 1.96 m 79 153 HSC Suhr Aarau 10 CB Miguel Martins (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 1.92 m 45 91 SC Pick Szeged 11 RB Belone Moreira (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 1.80 m 16 21 S.L. Benfica 14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.86 m 80 128 FC Porto 15 P Daymaro Salina (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 2.00 m 45 82 FC Porto 16 GK Humberto Gomes (1978-01-01) 1 January 1978 1.93 m 75 0 Póvoa AC 22 P Alexis Borges (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 1.96 m 32 56 S.L. Benfica 23 LW Diogo Branquinho (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1.80 m 42 97 FC Porto 24 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 2.02 m 37 35 HBC Nantes 25 RW António Areia (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1.90 m 45 126 FC Porto 27 LB André Gomes (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 1.92 m 19 35 MT Melsungen 30 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1.91 m 1 2 FC Porto 33 RB Diogo Silva (1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 1.98 m 5 6 FC Porto 41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.89 m 9 0 S.L. Benfica 82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 1.94 m 21 28 Barcelona 88 LB Fábio Magalhães (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 1.94 m 139 290 FC Porto

Notable former coaches

• Mircea Costache
• Mats Olsson
• Aleksander Donner

Player statistics

Most appearances

# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Name Matches Position Years Carlos Resende 250 OB, CB Carlos Galambas 216 P 1990–2011 Ricardo Martins da Costa 204 W Ricardo Andorinho 155 W −2008 Hugo Figueira 152 GK Tiago Rocha 132 P Fábio Magalhães 129 OB Carlos Carneiro 93 CB

Top scorers

# 1 2 3 4 5

Name Goals Average Position Years Carlos Resende 1444 5.78 OB, CB Ricardo Andorinho 528 3.41 W −2008 Ricardo Martins da Costa 453+ W Tiago Rocha 353 P Carlos Galambas 300+ P 1990–2011

External links

• IHF profile