Portugal men's national handball team

Portugal
Information
AssociationPortuguese Handball Federation
CoachPaulo Pereira
Assistant coachJorge Fidalgo
Most capsCarlos Resende (250)
Most goalsCarlos Resende (1444)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (First in 2020)
Best result9th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances6 (First in 1997)
Best result4th (2025)
European Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1994)
Best result5th (2026)
Last updated on 30 January 2026.

The Portugal men's national handball team is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and represents Portugal in international men's handball matches. They have appeared six times in the World Championship, reaching an all-time best fourth place in 2025, and nine times in the European Championship, with a fifth place in 2026 as their best result. The team participated for the first time in the Olympic handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in ninth place.

Competitive record

Portugal has competed six times at the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2023, 2025) and eight times at the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022, 2024). They qualified automatically for the final tournaments of the World Championship in 2003 and of the inaugural European Championship in 1994 as the host team. Their best results are a fourth place at the World Championship in 2025, and a 5th place at the European Championship in 2026.[1][2]

Legend
  •   Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  
  • Red-colored border indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1936 Berlin Did not qualify
Not held from 1948 to 1968
1972 Munich Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo Preliminary round 9 5 1 0 4 143 156
2024 Paris Did not qualify
2028 Los Angeles To be determined
2032 Brisbane
Total 1/15 – 5 1 0 4 143 156

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 Main round 10 6 4 0 2 168 152
/ 2023 13 6 3 1 2 178 157
// 2025 Semi-finals 4 9 6 1 2 301 274
2027 Qualified
/ 2029 To be determined
// 2031
Total 7/32 – 39 20 2 17 1125 1033

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994 Preliminary round 12 6 0 0 6 117 154
1996 Did not qualify
1998
2000 Preliminary round 7 6 3 0 3 153 160
2002 Second round 9 7 3 0 4 173 174
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 5th/6th place match 6 8 4 0 4 228 220
/ 2022 Preliminary round 19 3 0 0 3 85 91
2024 Main round 7 7 4 1 2 224 223
// 2026 5th/6th place match 5 8 4 2 2 274 267
// 2028 Qualified as co-host
2030
2032
Total 9/20 – 51 18 4 29 1425 1486

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Head coach: Paulo Pereira

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
8 P Victor Iturriza (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 1.93 m 62 214 Kuwait SC
9 CB Filipe Graça Monteiro (2004-04-26) 26 April 2004 1.81 m 5 5 Sporting CP
13 LB Salvador Salvador (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 1.98 m 45 102 Sporting CP
14 CB Rui Silva (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 1.86 m 153 276 FC Porto
20 LB Miguel José Soares Neves (2000-10-31) 31 October 2000 2.03 m 7 16 Saint-Raphaël Var Handball
21 LW Leonel Fernandes (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 1.91 m 68 121 FC Porto
23 LW Diogo Branquinho (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1.85 m 112 233 Sporting CP
25 RW Antonio Areia (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990 1.90 m 115 344 Tremblay Handball
26 RB Francisco Costa (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 1.90 m 44 157 Sporting CP
29 RW José Luís Correia Ferreira (2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 1.83 m 5 5 FC Porto
41 GK Gustavo Capdeville (1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 1.90 m 74 0 Benfica
66 RB João Gomes (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 1.78 m 20 48 VfL Gummersbach
79 CB Martim Costa (2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 1.88 m 42 177 Sporting CP
82 P Luís Frade (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 1.94 m 90 204 FC Barcelona
86 P Ricardo Brandão (2004-04-28) 28 April 2004 1.95 m 25 29 FC Porto
95 CB Gabriel Cavalcanti (2004-04-30) 30 April 2004 1.97 m 9 16 Benfica
96 GK Pedro Tonicher (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 1.90 m 2 0 BM Ciudad Encantada
99 GK Diogo Valério (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 1.94 m 14 0 Olympiacos

Notable former coaches

Player statistics

References

  1. ^ "European Handball Federation - Portugal / (Adults Team)". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Historiske Portugal" (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  3. ^ "EHF EURO 2026: De malas feitas rumo a Herning!". Federação de Andebol de Portugal (in Portuguese). 13 January 2026. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Team roster: Portugal". ehf.eu. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
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