The Spain national handball team is governed by the

Royal Spanish Handball Federation The Royal Spanish Handball Federation (, RFEBM) is the national handball association in Spain. It is a member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF). The organisation is responsible for the indoor ...

. Spain is one of the most successful handball teams in the world, having won two

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and two

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. They also have won medals in the three main international competitions: nine at

, five at

and five at

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( 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2008 Beijing,

2020 Tokyo The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

and 2024 Paris).

Honours

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

World Championship

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started. :EURO World Cup tournament Sweden *1971 : 8th place *1984 : 7th place *1988 : 7th place *1992 : Third :EURO Super Cup tournament Germany *1991 : Champions

European Championship

Team

Current squad

Roster for the

2025 World Men's Handball Championship The 2025 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 29th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025. This edition marked the first time the world cha ...

. Head coach: Jordi Ribera

Individual records

*Bold denotes players still playing international handball.

Most capped players

Last updated: 25 July 2024

Top scorers

Last updated: 25 July 2024

Youth teams

U-21

* U-21 Handball World Championship :* Winner (1):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

:* Runner-up: 1987, 1989, 1995, 2001,

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

U-20

* U-20 Handball European Championship :* Winner (4): 2012, 2016,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

:* Runner-up: 1996 :* Third place: 2000, 2014

U-19

* U-19 Handball World Championship :* Winner (1):

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

:* Runner-up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

U-18

* U-18 Handball European Championship :* Winner (2): 1994,

:* Runner-up: 1999, 2010 :* Third place: 1992, 2014,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

References

External links

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IHF profile
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