Portugal men's national handball team

Portugal
Information
Association	Portuguese Handball Federation
Coach	Paulo Pereira
Assistant coach	Paulo Fidalgo
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	5 (First in 1997)
Best result	10th (2021)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (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 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

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.

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
2024 Paris	Did not qualify
Total	1/15	–	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		13	6	3	1	2	178	157
// 2025	qualified
2027	to be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	6/32	–	24	11	0	13	646	602

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
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.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 European 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 1.84 m 132 438 Sporting CP 5 LB Gilberto Duarte (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 1.97 m 116 306 Pays d'Aix UC 10 CB Miguel Martins (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 1.93 m 94 218 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.85 m 126 224 FC Porto 16 GK Diogo Rêma Marques (2004-03-17) 17 March 2004 1.89 m 6 1 FC Porto 21 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1.91 m 38 74 FC Porto 24 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 2.01 m 74 93 HBC Nantes 25 RW António Areia (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1.89 m 85 260 FC Porto 26 RB Francisco Costa (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 1.89 m 18 63 Sporting CP 30 P Fábio Silva (2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 1.91 m 0 0 Associação Artística de Avanca 31 LB Salvador Salvador (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 1.98 m 15 27 Sporting CP 34 CB Gonçalo Vieira (1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 1.90 m 5 12 Fenix Toulouse 41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.90 m 42 0 SL Benfica 51 LW Pedro Oliveira (2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 1.88 m 9 17 FC Porto 55 RB Joaquim Nazaré (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 1.84 m 4 7 Skjern Håndbold 79 CB Martim Costa (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 1.88 m 16 35 Sporting CP 82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 1.93 m 58 99 Barça 86 P Ricardo Brandão (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 1.99 m 7 8 CB Cangas

Notable former coaches

• Mircea Costache
• Mats Olsson
• Aleksander Donner

Player statistics

Most appearances

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

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

• Official website
• IHF profile