The Portuguese men's national

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team is governed by the

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and competes in international competitions such as the

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and the

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. They have participated four times in the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021), reaching an all-time best tenth place in 2021, and seven times in the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022), with a sixth place in 2020 as their best placing. They participated for the first time in the men's Olympic handball tournament at the

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, finishing in ninth place.

Competitive record

Portugal has competed four times at the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003 and 2021) and seven times at the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020 and 2022). They qualified automatically for the final tournament of the World Championship in 2003 and of the inaugural edition European Championship in 1994 as the host team. Portugal's best results are a tenth place (main round) at the World Championship in 2021, and a sixth place (second round) at the European Championship in 2020.

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

:''* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.'' :''** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.''

Team

Current squad

Squad for the

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. Head coach: Paulo Pereira

Notable former coaches

* Mircea Costache * Mats Olsson *

Aleksander Donner Aleksander Donner ( uk, Олександр Доннер, first name also transliterated as Oleksandar, Oleksander or Oleksandr); 1948 – 24 August 2013) was a Ukrainian handball coach, best known for his spell at Portuguese team ABC Braga (1991 ...

Player statistics

Most appearances

Top scorers

References

External links

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IHF profile
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Handball in Portugal