Portugal national handball team

Portugal
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Information
Association	Portuguese Handball Federation
Coach	Rolando Freitas
Most caps	Carlos Resende (250)
Most goals	Carlos Resende (1444)
Colours
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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

Year	Hosting Country	Rank
1938	Germany	Did Not Qualify
1954	Sweden
1958	East Germany
1961	West Germany
1964	Czechoslovakia
1967	Sweden
1970	France
1974	East Germany
1978	Denmark
1982	West Germany
1986	Switzerland
1990	Czechoslovakia
1993	Sweden
1995	Iceland
1997	Japan	19th Place
1999	Egypt	Did Not Qualify
2001	France	16th Place
2003	Portugal	12th Place
2005	Tunisia	Did Not Qualify
2007	Germany
2009	Croatia
2011	Sweden
2013	Spain
2015	Qatar

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
Total	5/11	–	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 2015 World Men's Handball Championship European qualification.

Head coach: Rolando Freitas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Hugo Figueira (1979-04-10) 10 April 1979 1.90 m 152 1 Benfica 2 LB Fábio Antunes (1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 1.90 m ABC Braga 5 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.86 m Porto 7 CB Tiago Pereira (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 1.87 m Benfica 9 LW Pedro Solha (1981-11-22) 22 November 1981 1.84 m Sporting 10 RB Cláudio Pedroso (1986-03-14) 14 March 1986 1.98 m Madeira SAD 12 GK Ricardo Candeias (1980-05-29) 29 May 1980 1.86 m Pontault 14 P Joao Antunes (1988-02-26) 26 February 1988 1.96 m Sporting 15 P José Costa (1984-03-23) 23 March 1984 1.90 m Montpellier 16 GK Hugo Laurentino (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 1.88 m Porto 17 CB Carlos Carneiro (1982-03-03) 3 March 1982 1.85 m Sporting 18 LW Dário Andrade (1981-02-15) 15 February 1981 1.76 m Benfica 19 CB Ricardo Moreira (1982-04-22) 22 April 1982 1.85 m Porto 20 LB Fábio Magalhaes (1988-03-12) 12 March 1988 1.94 m Sporting 22 RB Joao Ferraz (1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 1.96 m Wetzlar 23 CB Wilson Davyes (1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 1.92 m Nantes 24 LB Gilberto Duarte (1990-07-06) 6 July 1990 1.95 m Porto 25 P Tiago Rocha (1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 1.95 m Wisla Plock 27 LB Nuno Roque (1987-03-22) 22 March 1987 1.90 m Porto 28 LW Ricardo Pesqueira (1991-12-27) 27 December 1991 1.98 m Porto 30 RW Pedro Portela (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 1.85 m Sporting 31 RW Pedro Spinola (1983-08-20) 20 August 1983 1.87 m Sporting 32 RB Bruno Moreira (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 1.89 m Sporting

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

See also

• Portugal women's national handball team

External links

• Handball Federation of Portugal