Brazil men's national handball team

Brazil
Information
AssociationConfederação Brasileira de Handebol
CoachMarcus Oliveira
Assistant coachAndré Mendes
CaptainThiagus dos Santos
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1992)
Best result7th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1958)
Best result7th (2025)
Pan American Championship
Appearances18 (First in 1980)
Best result 1st (2006, 2008, 2016)
Last updated on Unknown.

Brazil national handball team is the national handball team of Brazil and is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Handebol.

Competitions record

Olympic Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1936 Berlin did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona match for 11th place 12th of 12 6 0 0 6 120 152 −32
1996 Atlanta match for 11th place 11th of 12 6 1 1 4 141 170 −29
2000 Sydney did not qualify
2004 Athens Match for 9th place 10th of 12 6 1 0 5 130 162 −32
2008 Beijing preliminary round 11th of 12 5 1 0 4 129 153 −24
2012 London did not qualify
2016 Rio de Janeiro Quarter-finals 7th of 12 6 2 1 3 168 184 −16
2020 Tokyo preliminary round 10th of 12 5 1 0 4 128 145 −17
2024 Paris did not qualify
Total 6/15 34 6 2 26 816 966 -150

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
1938 did not enter
1954
1958 Preliminary round 15th 3 0 0 3 33 78
1961 did not enter
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995 Preliminary round 24th 5 0 0 5 96 140
1997 Preliminary round 24th 5 0 0 5 65 132
1999 Round of 16 16th 6 2 0 4 125 160
2001 Preliminary round 19th 5 1 0 4 108 124
2003 Preliminary round 22nd 5 0 1 4 118 140
2005 Preliminary round 19th 5 1 0 4 104 146
2007 Presidents cup 19th 6 3 0 3 164 162
2009 Presidents cup 21st 9 3 0 6 238 270
2011 Presidents cup 21st 7 2 0 5 196 211
2013 Round of 16 13th 6 3 0 3 148 154
2015 Round of 16 16th 6 2 0 4 171 169
2017 Round of 16 16th 6 2 0 4 148 174
/ 2019 Main round 9th 8 5 0 3 212 220
2021 Main round 18th 6 1 2 3 168 171
2023 Main round 17th 6 2 1 3 173 175
2025 Quarter-finals 7th 7 5 0 2 188 186
2027 TBD
2029
2031
Total 17/32 101 32 4 65 2455 2812

Pan American Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1987 Indianapolis bronze medal match 3rd 5 3 0 2 122 114 8
1991 Havana gold medal match 2nd 5 2 0 3 114 104 10
1995 Mar del Plata gold medal match 2nd 6 4 0 2 171 116 55
1999 Winnipeg gold medal match 2nd 4 2 1 1 104 83 21
2003 Santo Domingo gold medal match 1st 5 5 0 0 170 97 73
2007 Rio de Janeiro gold medal match 1st 5 5 0 0 157 96 61
2011 Guadalajara gold medal match 2nd 5 4 0 1 183 97 86
2015 Toronto gold medal match 1st 5 5 0 0 183 104 79
2019 Lima bronze medal match 3rd 5 4 0 1 169 117 52
2023 Santiago gold medal match 2nd 5 4 0 1 182 126 56
Total 10/10 3 Titles 49 38 1 11 1545 1054 491

Pan American Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
1980 round robin 4 5 2 1 2 90 92
1981 final 2 4 2 0 2 106 113
1983 round robin 4 4 2 0 2
1985 round robin 3 4 2 0 2 89 66
1989 round robin 2 5 4 0 1 128 85
1994 round robin 2 6 5 0 1 145 67
1996 3rd place match 4 5 2 0 3 132 95
1998 3rd place match 3 7 5 0 2 215 148
2000 3rd place match 3 5 4 0 1 183 85
2002 final 2 5 3 0 2 143 86
2004 final 2 5 4 0 1 147 72
2006 final 1 5 5 0 0 183 104
2008 final 1 4 4 0 0 124 80
2010 final 2 5 4 0 1 160 115
2012 final 2 5 4 0 1 174 94
2014 final 2 5 4 0 1 169 102
2016 final 1 7 7 0 0 265 122
2018 final 2 7 6 0 1 251 149
Total 18/18 3 titles 93 69 1 23 3031 1795

South and Central American Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GF GA
2020 final 2 5 4 0 1 210 87
2022 final 1 5 5 0 0 194 91
2024 final 1 5 5 0 0 207 103
Total 3/3 2 titles 15 14 0 1 611 281

Other competitions

South American Games
Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2002 São Bernardo do Campo Gold medal match 2nd 5 3 0 2 138 76 62
2006 Mar del Plata did not enter
2010 Medellin round robin 1st 4 4 0 0 146 90 56
2014 Santiago gold medal match 1st 5 5 0 0 172 97 75
2018 Cochabamba gold medal match 1st 5 5 0 0 210 96 114
Total 4/5 3 Titles 19 17 0 2 666 359 307
Olympic qualification tournament
Tournament Outcome Position Pld W D L GF GA
2012 not qualified 3rd 3 1 0 2 75 81
2021 Qualified 2nd 3 2 0 1 76 80
2024 not qualified 3rd 3 1 0 2 77 79

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Marcus Oliveira

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
7 LW Joel Rodrigues (2001-02-24) 24 February 2001 1.83 m 0 0 Praia Clube/Colégio Nacional
14 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 1.98 m 169 234 Barça
15 LB Leandro Monte da Silva (1998-03-09) 9 March 1998 1.91 m 0 0 Mudhar
16 GK Rangel da Rosa (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 1.89 m 51 3 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
26 LB Bryan Monte (2003-04-06) 6 April 2003 2.02 m 9 26 Montpellier Handball
27 RW Marcos da Silva (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 1.86 m 0 0 Pinheiros
37 LB Haniel Langaro (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 1.97 m 93 398 Dinamo București
47 P Renan Pinheiro (2005-04-19) 19 April 2005 2.02 m 0 0 Pinheiros
57 RB Vinícios Carvalho (1997-03-06) 6 March 1997 1.88 m 3 7 C' Chartres Métropole Handball
75 CB Denys Barros (1994-01-02) 2 January 1994 1.86 m 0 0 AD Ciudad de Guadalajara
77 RW Rudolph Hackbarth (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 1.89 m 65 159 BM Ciudad Encantada
80 P Edy Silva (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 1.90 m 3 9 Sporting CP
82 CB Tarcísio Oliveira (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 1.87 m 0 0 BM Atlético Valladolid
88 P Guilherme Borges (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 1.93 m 0 0 Istres Provence Handball
94 CB Acácio Filho (1994-01-26) 26 January 1994 1.91 m 1 2 Al Arabi SC
95 RB Gustavo Rodrigues (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 1.90 m 63 167 Chambéry Handball
97 GK Mateus Nascimento (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 1.88 m 4 0 Pinheiros
99 LW Jean-Pierre Dupoux (1991-08-16) 16 August 1991 1.80 m 12 41 Tremblay-en-France Handball

Player statistics

Most capped players
Player Games Position
Felipe Borges 228 W
Bruno Souza 196 OB
Fábio Chiuffa 171 W
Fernando Pacheco Filho 148 OB
Vinícius Teixeira 143 P
Thiagus dos Santos 139 OB
Renato Tupan Ruy 133 OB, W
Henrique Teixeira 120 CB
Alexandro Pozzer 108 P
César Almeida 98 GK
Top scorers
Player Goals Average Position
Felipe Borges 801 3.51 W
Bruno Souza 623 3.18 OB
Vinícius Teixeira 550 3.84 P
Fernando Pacheco Filho 455 3.07 OB
Fábio Chiuffa 449 2.63 W
Haniel Langaro 396 3.07 OB
Renato Tupan Ruy 231 1.74 OB, W

Notable players

Youth Teams

World Juniors Championship

  • 1991 – 15th
  • 1995 – 17th
  • 1997 – 16th
  • 1999 – 13th
  • 2001 – 11th
  • 2003 – 8th
  • 2005 – 16th
  • 2007 – 16th
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2009 placement matches 9th 9 5 0 4 254 243
2011 placement matches 11th 9 4 0 5 239 252
2013 placement matches 6th 9 4 0 5 220 226
2015 placement matches 10th 7 3 1 3 221 201

Pan American Junior Championship

  • 1993 –
  • 1997 –
  • 1999 –
  • 2001 –
  • 2002 –
  • 2005 –
  • 2007 –
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2009 round robin 2nd 5 4 0 1 173 114
2011 round robin 2nd 5 4 0 1 130 83
2013 gold medal match 1st 6 6 0 0 226 119
2015 round robin 1st 5 5 0 0 191 94

References

  1. ^ "Definidos os 18 convocados da seleção para o Mundial de Handebol" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.