Cuba men's national handball team

Cuba
Information
NicknameTitans
AssociationFederación Cubana de Balonmano
CoachLuis Martínez
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 1980)
Best result11th (1980, 2000)
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1982)
Best result8th (1999)
Pan American Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1980)
Best result 1st (1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Cuba men's national handball team represents Cuba in international handball competitions and is controlled by the Cuban Handball Association.[1]

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Pan American Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2015 Toronto 5th place match 6th 5 2 1 2 165 152 13

Pan American Championship

Central American and Caribbean Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2018 Barranquilla Gold medal game 1st 5 5 0 0 172 85 87

Caribbean Handball Cup

  • 2013: 2nd
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2017 Final 2 6 5 0 1 196 150

Nor.Ca Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2014 Round robin 2 5 3 0 1 109 93
2018 Round robin 1 5 4 1 0 172 125
2022 Bronze medal game 3 4 1 1 2 119 127
2024 Final 1 6 6 0 0 211 131

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Other Competitions

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Luis Martínez

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Adan Calzada (1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 1.94 m 15 3 MRK Čakovec
2 RB Ronaldo Almeida (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 1.94 m 35 85 US Ivry Handball
7 LW Frank Cordies (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 1.93 m 27 105 BM Huesca
9 RW Osmani Miniet (2006-09-05) 5 September 2006 1.81 m 0 0 Club Artemisa
10 LW Hanser Rodríguez (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 1.88 m 36 74 RK Vardar
11 CB Christopher Martinez (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 1.82 m 15 28 ABC/UMinho
12 GK Esniel Negret (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 1.93 m 0 0 Santiago De Cuba
13 RW Victor Dawkins (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 1.86 m 10 21 C.S. Marítimo
14 LB Maiko Vázquez (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 1.94 m 20 61 Sporting CP
16 GK Magnol Suárez (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994 2.00 m 32 6 L'Arancina Handbol Mallorca
19 CB Samuel Cordies (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 1.91 m 25 77 BM Huesca
21 P Claudio Ramos (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 1.95 m 15 38 BM Puente Genil
23 LW Lafontan Freddy (2005-05-12) 12 May 2005 1.95 m 5 5 FC Porto
27 P Eduardo Valiente (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991 1.97 m 20 31 Erromoko Eskubaloia
32 LW Dariel García (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 1.97 m 21 36 CD Bidasoa
91 RB Adonis García (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 1.89 m 33 66 CB Alarcos Ciudad Real

Player statistics

Amongst most capped players, there is :

Amongst top scorers, there is :

Notable players

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cuba Handball Federation - GTP". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Cuba anuncia sus 16 convocados para su regreso al Mundial de balonmano 2025" (in Spanish). mibalonmano.com. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Cuba" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. ^ "THW Kiel: Gegnerkader Portland San Antonio Saison 2004/2005".