Brazil men's national handball team

Brazil
Information
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Handebol
Coach	Washington Nunes
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1992)
Best result	7th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1958)
Best result	9th (2019)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	18 (First in 1979)
Best result	Winners (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	TBD
Total	4/14		29	5	2	23	688	821	-133

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1938	Did not enter
1954
1958	preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	33	78
1961	Did not enter
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995	preliminary round	24	5	0	0	5	96	140
1997	preliminary round	24	5	0	0	5	65	132
1999	round of 16	16	6	2	0	4	125	160
2001	preliminary round	19	5	1	0	4	108	124
2003	preliminary round	22	5	0	1	4	118	140
2005	preliminary Round	19	5	1	0	4	104	146
2007	presidents cup	19	6	3	0	3	164	162
2009	presidents cup	21	9	3	0	6	238	270
2011	presidents cup	21	7	2	0	5	196	211
2013	round of 16	13	6	3	0	3	148	154
2015	round of 16	16	6	2	0	4	171	169
2017	round of 16	16	6	2	0	4	148	174
/ 2019	main round	9	8	5	0	3	212	220
2021	Qualified
2023	TBD
2025
2027
Total	15/30		82	24	1	57	1926	2280

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
Total	9/9	3 Titles	45	34	1	10	1363	928	435

Pan American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1979	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
Total	1/1		5	4	0	1	210	87

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

• 2014 Four Nations Tournament –
• 2015 International Handball Tournament of Poland –
• 2015 Four Nations Tournament –
• 2015 Handball Super Cup – 3rd
• 2016 International Tournament of Spain – 3rd
• 2016 Qatar International Handball Tournament – 2nd
• 2016 Four Nations Tournament –
• 2017 Yellow Cup – 2nd
• 2017 Four Nations Tournament –
• 2019 Gjensidige Cup – 3rd

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Washington Nunes

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 CB Henrique Teixeira (1989-02-27) 27 February 1989 1.92 m 120 178 CSM București 7 LB Guilherme Valadão Gama (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 1.94 m 68 184 10 RB José Toledo (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 1.93 m 82 261 RK Vardar 14 LB Thiagus dos Santos (1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 1.98 m 139 236 Barcelona 17 P Alexandro Pozzer (1988-12-21) 21 December 1988 1.92 m 108 161 CSM București 18 LW Felipe Borges (1985-05-14) 14 May 1985 1.88 m 218 760 Tremblay 19 RW Fábio Chiuffa (1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 1.87 m 146 369 Sporting CP 25 P Vinícius Teixeira (1988-04-03) 3 April 1988 1.89 m 143 550 HC Taubaté 32 LW Cleryston Novais (1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 1.80 m 29 36 Beykoz Belediyespor 35 LB Thiago Ponciano (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 1.93 m 35 20 Ciudad Encantada 37 LB Haniel Langaro (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 1.98 m 68 321 Dunkerque 49 LB Raul Nantes (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 1.95 m 78 264 Dinamo București 62 GK Leonardo Terçariol (1987-04-14) 14 April 1987 1.94 m 43 4 BM Benidorm 77 RW Rudolph Hackbarth (1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 1.89 m 27 278 EC Pinheiros 89 GK César Almeida (1989-01-06) 6 January 1989 1.87 m 98 1 BM Granollers 95 RB Gustavo Rodrigues (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 1.90 m 28 80 US Créteil Handball

Player statistics

Most capped players

Player	Games	Position	Years
Felipe Borges	218	W
Bruno Souza	196	OB
Fernando Pacheco Filho	148	OB
Fábio Chiuffa	146	W
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

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Top scorers

Player	Goals	Average	Position	Years
Felipe Borges	760		W
Bruno Souza	623	3.18	OB
Vinícius Teixeira	550		P
Fernando Pacheco Filho	455		OB
Fábio Chiuffa	369		W
Haniel Langaro	321		OB
Renato Tupan Ruy	231		OB, W

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Notable players

• Bruno Souza
• Roberto Casuso

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

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile