Portugal men's national handball team

Portugal
Information
Association	Portuguese Handball Federation
Coach	Paulo Jorge Pereira
Most caps	Carlos Resende (250)
Most goals	Carlos Resende (1444)
Colours
Results
World Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 1997)
Best result	12th, 2003
European Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1994)
Best result	7th, 2000
Last updated on Unknown.

The Portugal national handball team is the national handball team of Portugal. It is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions. The Portuguese squad achieved minor results at international level, but has qualified three times for the World Men's Handball Championship, and reached the 12th place in the 2003 edition, when they hosted the competition.

Results

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	To be determined
/ 2023
Total	3/24	-	18	7	0	11	478	450

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Preliminary round	12	5	0	0	5	96	116
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000	Preliminary round	7	5	2	0	3	123	133
2002	Second round	9	6	2	0	4	181	204
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	To be determined
Total	5/13	–	22	4	1	17	571	650

* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Squad

This is the squad for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification matches against Cyprus, Kosovo and Poland.

Head coach: Paulo Jorge Pereira

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 12 GK Hugo Figueira (1979-04-10) 10 April 1979 1.90 m Benfica 1 GK Ricardo Candeias (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 1.88 m Chartres 26 GK Humberto Gomes (1978-01-01) 1 January 1978 1.93 m ABC 10 LW Diogo Branquinho (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1.80 m FC Porto 31 LW Sérgio Barros (1992-02-23) 23 February 1992 Nilüfer Belediyespor 4 RW Pedro Portela (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 1.86 m Sporting CP 7 LW Carlos Martins (1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 1.80 m Benfica 17 P Tiago Rocha (1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 1.96 m Sporting CP 87 P Daymaro Salina (1987-09-01) 1 September 1987 2.00 m FC Porto 91 P Alexis Borges (1991-10-06) 6 October 1991 1.95 m FC Barcelona 5 LB Gilberto Duarte (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 1.94 m Wisła Płock 13 LB Alexandre Cavalcanti (1996-12-27) 27 December 1996 1.99 m Benfica 22 RB João Ferraz (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 1.94 m HSG Wetzlar 15 LB Miguel Baptista (1995-10-26) 26 October 1995 1.95 m Chartres 80 LB Fábio Magalhães (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 1.94 m Chartres 14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.86 m FC Porto 19 CB Miguel Martins (1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 1.92 m FC Porto

Results

2018

14 January 2018 18:00 WET	Portugal	26-26	Poland	Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
	two players 6	(15-13)	Gębala 6
	3× 4×		3× 3×

13 January 2018 18:00 WET	Kosovo	22-36	Portugal	Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
	Terziqi 5	(11-17)	two players 5
	3× 5× 1×		3× 2×

12 January 2018 19:30 WET	Portugal	47-16	Cyprus	Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
	Duarte 7	(22-7)	Argyrou 6
	2× 3×		1× 5×

9 January 2018 17:45 WET	Portugal	30-25	Argentina	Pavilhão Comendador Adelino Dias Costa, Avanca

6 January 2018 19:05 WET	Romania	26-23	Portugal	Polyvalent Hall (Călărași), Călărași
		(15-10)

5 January 2018 16:45 WET	Tunisia	29-33	Portugal	Polyvalent Hall (Călărași), Călărași

2017

27 October 2017 21:00 WET	Portugal	27-22	Romania	Pavilhão Municipal de Moimenta da Beira, Moimenta da Beira

25 October 2017 11:00 WET	Portugal	29-24	Romania	Pavilhão Municipal de Moimenta da Beira, Moimenta da Beira
	Vidrago 8

17 June 2017 19:00 WET	Slovenia	28-18	Portugal	Arena Bonifika, Koper Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	three players 4	(12-9)	Magalhães 4
	3× 6×		3× 5×

14 June 2017 19:30 WET	Portugal	26-29	Germany	Multiusos de Gondomar Coração de Ouro, Gondomar Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	four players 4	(16-15)	two players 6
	3× 1× 1×		3× 3×

7 May 2017 15:00 WET	Portugal	27-22	Switzerland	Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal de Loulé, Loulé Attendance: 1,732 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Magalhães 5	(17-10)	Schmid 5
	3× 1×		2× 2×

4 May 2017 18:00 WET	Switzerland	25-27	Portugal	Tissot Arena, Biel Attendance: 3,275 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Rubin 7	(11-13)	Duarte 6
	3× 4×		3× 5× 1×

2016

6 November 2016 15:00 WET	Portugal	26-26	Slovenia	Pavilhão da Luz Nº2, Lisbon Attendance: 1,582 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Duarte 5	(9-11)	Blagotinšek 6
	3× 3× 1×		3× 5×

2 November 2016 19:00 WET	Germany	35–24	Portugal	Rittal Arena Wetzlar, Wetzlar Attendance: 4,421 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Musche 6	(16-10)	Salina 5
	2× 6×		3× 4×

16 June 2016 21:00 WET	Portugal	21-20	Iceland	Dragão Caixa, Porto Attendance: 2,225 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Duarte 5	(10-7)	Kárason 4
	3× 5×		2× 4×

12 June 2016 18:00 WET	Iceland	26-23	Portugal	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 2,460 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Pálmarsson 6	(13-10)	two players 5
	3× 2×		3× 3×

8 June 2016 20:30 WET	Portugal	27-22	Qatar	Pavilhão Municipal das Manteigadas, Setúbal
		(16-11)

6 June 2016 20:30 WET	Portugal	34-28	Qatar	Pavilhão Municipal das Manteigadas, Setúbal
		(16-11)

10 April 2016 17:00 WET	Portugal	33-23	Slovakia	Pavilhão Municipal de Moimenta da Beira, Moimenta da Beira
		(17-11)

8 April 2016 19:30 WET	Portugal	36-24	Netherlands	Pavilhão Municipal de Moimenta da Beira, Moimenta da Beira
		(17-13)

7 April 2016 15:00 WET	Portugal	31-25	Netherlands	Pavilhão Municipal de Moimenta da Beira, Moimenta da Beira
		(16-14)

7 January 2016	Iceland	26-25	Portugal	Reykjavík
		(14-10)

6 January 2016	Iceland	28-32	Portugal	Reykjavík
		(17-16)

Player statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches	Position	Years
1	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
	Carlos Carneiro	93	CB
	Tiago Rocha	71	P

Top scorers

#	Name	Goals	Average	Position	Years
1	Carlos Resende	1444	5.78	OB, CB
	Ricardo Andorinho	528	3.41	W	-2008
	Ricardo Martins da Costa	453+		W
	Carlos Galambas	300+		P	1990-2011
	Tiago Rocha	150+		P

Notable former coaches

• Mircea Costache
• Mats Olsson

See also

• Portugal women's national handball team

External links

• Handball Federation of Portugal