Men's national handball team representing Portugal
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.
Competitive record [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] World Championship [ edit ] European Championship [ edit ] Year Round Position 1994 Preliminary round 12 6 0 0 6 117 154 1996 Did not qualify 1998 2000 Preliminary round 7 6 3 0 3 153 160 2002 Second round 9 7 3 0 4 173 174 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 4 228 220 / 2022 Preliminary round 19 3 0 0 3 85 91 2024 Main round 7 7 4 1 2 224 223 / / 2026 To be determined / / 2028 Qualified as co-host Total 9/18 – 43 14 2 27 1151 1219
* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament. ** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil. Current squad [ edit ] Squad for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship .[2] [3]
Head coach: Paulo Pereira
Notable former coaches [ edit ] Player statistics [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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