Cape Verde men's national handball team

Cape Verde
Information
NicknameBlue sharks[1]
AssociationFederação Cabo-verdiana de Andebol
CoachLjubomir Obradović
Assistant coachTiago da Rocha
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2021)
Best result23rd (2023, 2025)
African Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2020)
Best result 2nd (2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Cape Verde national handball team is the national handball team of Cape Verde.[2]

Cape Verde qualified for the 2021 World Championship after placing fifth in their first participation in the African Championship. But they had to withdraw from the tournament, after not having the minimum of players available, due to several cases of players who tested positive for COVID-19. The team qualified to the 2023 World Championship after beating Angola in the quarterfinals of the African tournament.

Results

World Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2021 Presidents Cup 32 7 0 0 7 27 94 −97
2023 Main Round 23 6 1 0 5 171 206 −35
2025 Main Round 23 6 1 0 5 157 203 −46
2027 Qualified
Total 4/29 0 Titles 19 2 0 17 355 506 −151

African Championship

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2020 group stage 5 5 2 0 3 138 147 -9
2022 Final 2 5 3 0 2 133 137 −4
2024 Semifinals 4 6 4 0 2 209 151 +58
2026 Semifinals 3 7 5 0 2 179 172 +7
Total 4/27 0 Titles 23 14 0 9 659 607 +52

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Head coach: Jorge Rito

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Élcio Fernandes (1996-09-23) 23 September 1996 1.96 m 16 0 CB Burgos
2 RB Edmilson García (1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 1.85 m 0 0 Associação Artistica de Avanca
3 LB Délcio Pina (1992-03-27) 27 March 1992 1.98 m 40 31 Madeira Andebol SAD
4 P Ivo Santos (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 2.00 m 28 1 Bergischer HC
5 LB Edmilson Araújo (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 1.87 m 6 12 Istres Provence Handball
6 CB Leandro Semedo (1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 1.94 m 47 19 Kuwait SC
8 RB Hafsteinn Ramos (2000-02-29) 29 February 2000 1.90 m 0 0 Íþróttafélagið Grótta
10 RB Bruno Landim (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 1.93 m 24 24 Al-Taraji Club
11 RW Admilson Furtado (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 1.77 m 22 18 Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður
12 GK Edmilson Gonçalves (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 1.89 m 13 1 Boa-Hora
13 P Paulo Moreno (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992 1.97 m 10 28 C' Chartres Métropole Handball
14 LW Alexandre Pereira (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 1.86 m 20 2 C.F. Os Belenenses
15 LW Gilson Correia (1995-04-23) 23 April 1995 1.75 m 13 1 CHEV Diekirch
16 GK Bruno Fernandes (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 1.92 m 3 0 IFC Torrense
17 RB Rafael Andrade (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 1.96 m 34 0 Vitória
44 CB Gualther Furtado (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 1.85 m 31 21 Club Cisne de Balonmano
48 RW Malvino Varela (2003-01-20) 20 January 2003 1.77 m 0 0 Girassol
55 CB Isaías Sousa (2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 1.75 m 0 0 Associação Asa Stars

References

  1. ^ Handball Egypt 2021 [@Egypt2021EN] (15 January 2021). "Cape Verde" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2020 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Andebol: Cabo Verde estreia-se no Campeonato Africano de Andebol com derrota frente a Tunísia". faapa.info. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Lista oficial dos 16 convocados para o Mundial 2025" (in Portuguese). instagram.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Cape Verde" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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