Portugal men's national handball team

Portugal
Information
AssociationPortuguese Handball Federation
CoachPaulo Pereira
Assistant coachPaulo Fidalgo
Most capsCarlos Resende (250)
Most goalsCarlos Resende (1444)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2020)
Best result9th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1997)
Best result4th (2025)
European Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1994)
Best result6th (2020)
Last updated on 2 February 2025.

The Portugal men's national handball team is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and represents Portugal in international men's handball matches. They have appeared six times in the World Championship, reaching an all-time best fourth place in 2025, and eight times in the European Championship, with a sixth place in 2020 as their best result. The team participated for the first time in the Olympic handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in ninth place.

Competitive record

Portugal has competed six times at the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2023, 2025) and eight times at the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022, 2024). They qualified automatically for the final tournaments of the World Championship in 2003 and of the inaugural European Championship in 1994 as the host team. Their best results are a fourth place at the World Championship in 2025, and a sixth place at the European Championship in 2020.[1]

Legend
  •   Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  
  • Red-colored border indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

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
2028 Los Angeles To be determined
2032 Brisbane
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 Semi-finals 4 9 6 1 2 301 274
2027 To be determined
/ 2029
// 2031
Total 6/32 – 39 20 2 17 1125 1033

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 Qualified
// 2028 Qualified as co-host
Total 9/18 – 43 14 2 27 1151 1219

Team

Current squad

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

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 146 483 Sporting CP
8 P Victor Iturriza (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 1.94 m 46 154 FC Porto
14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.86 m 137 242 FC Porto
16 GK Diogo Rêma Marques (2004-03-17) 17 March 2004 1.90 m 18 0 FC Porto
21 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1.91 m 52 101 FC Porto
23 LW Diogo Branquinho (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1.85 m 94 203 Sporting CP
24 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 2.01 m 87 110 MT Melsungen
25 RW António Areia (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1.90 m 99 285 Tremblay-en-France Handball
26 RB Francisco Costa (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 1.83 m 30 101 Sporting CP
31 LB Salvador Salvador (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 1.96 m 29 56 Sporting CP
41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.90 m 54 0 SL Benfica
65 CB André Sousa (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 1.86 m 7 13 ABC/UMinho
66 RB João Gomes (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 1.78 m 2 3 Sporting CP
79 CB Martim Costa (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 1.88 m 28 111 Sporting CP
80 LB Miguel Oliveira (2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 2.00 m 0 0 FC Porto
82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 1.94 m 72 160 Barça
86 P Ricardo Brandão (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 1.98 m 7 11 FC Porto
88 LB Fábio Magalhães (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 1.94 m 183 351 FC Porto

Notable former coaches

Player statistics

References

  1. ^ "European Handball Federation - Portugal / (Adults Team)". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Seleção Nacional A Masculina: Começa a reta final de preparação para o Mundial" (in Portuguese). portal.fpa.pt. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Portugal" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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