Spain women's national handball team

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Spain Spain
Shirt badge/Association crest
Information
NicknameLas Guerreras
AssociationRoyal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach
Assistant coachImanol Álvarez Arruti
Cesareo Flores
Jorge Martínez Martínez
CaptainCarmen Martín
Most capsMarta Mangué (301)
Most goalsMarta Mangué (1033)
Colours
Kit left arm shoulder stripes yellow stripes half.png
Team colours
Team colours
Kit right arm shoulder stripes yellow stripes half.png
Team colours
Kit shorts esp10h.png
Team colours
Home
Kit left arm shoulder stripes red stripes half.png
Team colours
Kit body thinyellowsides.png
Team colours
Kit right arm shoulder stripes red stripes half.png
Team colours
Kit shorts esp10A.png
Team colours
Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1992)
Best result3rd (2012)
World Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1993)
Best result2nd (2019)
European Championship
Appearances11 (First in 1998)
Best result2nd (2008, 2014)
Last updated on Unknown.
Spain women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Brasil
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2008 Macedonia
Silver medal – second place 2014 Croatia/Hungary
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Team
Silver medal – second place 1979 Split
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis Team

The Spain women's national handball team is the national team of Spain. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions.[1]

Spain was the big surprise of the 2008 European Championship, making it to the final after beating Romania and Germany and getting a draw against Norway, all of which were expected to beat Spain. In the final, Spain once again met Norway. They couldn't repeat their efforts from the group stage, however, and lost 34–21.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

Year Pos. Pld W D L
Canada 1976 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992 7th 4 1 0 3
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004 6th 7 1 3 3
China 2008 Did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012 3rd Bronze 8 5 1 2
Brazil 2016 6th 6 3 0 3
Japan 2020 9th 5 2 0 3
Total 5/12 30 12 4 14

European Championship[]

Year Pos. Pld W D L
Germany 1994 Did not qualify
Denmark 1996
Netherlands 1998 12th 6 0 1 5
Romania 2000 Did not qualify
Denmark 2002 13th 3 0 2 1
Hungary 2004 8th 7 3 0 4
Sweden 2006 9th 6 3 0 3
North Macedonia 2008 2nd Silver 8 4 2 2
Denmark Norway 2010 11th 6 2 0 4
Serbia 2012 11th 6 2 1 3
Croatia Hungary 2014 2nd Silver 8 5 0 3
Sweden 2016 11th 6 1 1 4
France 2018 12th 6 1 0 5
Denmark/Norway 2020 9th 6 1 2 4
SloveniaNorth MacedoniaMontenegro 2022 TBD
AustriaHungarySwitzerland 2024
Russia 2026
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2028
Total 11/18 68 22 9 38

World Championship[]

Year Pos. Pld W D L
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 Did not qualify
Romania 1962
Germany 1965
Netherlands 1971
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973
Soviet Union 1975
Czechoslovakia 1978
Hungary 1982
Netherlands 1986
South Korea 1990
Norway 1993 15th 6 1 0 5
AustriaHungary 1995 Did not qualify
Germany 1997
DenmarkNorway 1999
Italy 2001 10th 6 3 0 3
Croatia 2003 5th 9 6 1 2
Russia 2005 Did not qualify
France 2007 10th 8 3 1 4
China 2009 4th 10 6 1 3
Brazil 2011 3rd Bronze 9 7 0 2
Serbia 2013 9th 6 4 0 2
Denmark 2015 12th 6 3 0 3
Germany 2017 11th 6 3 1 2
Japan 2019 2nd Silver 10 7 1 2
Spain 2021 4th 9 7 0 2
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2023 To be determined
Germany/Netherlands 2025
Hungary 2027
Total 11/28 85 50 5 30

Mediterranean Games[]

National team in 2013
  • 1979 – Silver medal MedGames.svg Runners-up
  • 1987 – Bronze medal MedGames.svg 3rd place
  • 1991 – Bronze medal MedGames.svg 3rd place
  • 1993 – Bronze medal MedGames.svg 3rd place
  • 1997 – 5th place
  • 2001 – Silver medal MedGames.svg Runners-up
  • 2005 – Gold medal MedGames.svg Champions[2]
  • 2009 – 4th place
  • 2013 – 5th place
  • 2018 – Gold medal MedGames.svg Champions

Performance in other tournaments[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
4 RW Carmen Martín (1988-05-29) 29 May 1988 (age 33) 1.69 m 238 820 Romania CSM București
6 LB Carmen Campos (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 26) 1.71 m 19 28 France Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball
8 CB Silvia Arderíus (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 31) 1.69 m 55 51 Spain CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
10 P Elisabet Cesáreo (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 22) 1.78 m 36 24 Spain BM Bera Bera
12 GK Silvia Navarro (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979 (age 42) 1.69 m 227 10 Spain BM Remudas
13 LW Laura Hernández (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 24) 1.70 m 4 6 Spain BM Bera Bera
16 GK Mercedes Castellanos (1988-07-21) 21 July 1988 (age 33) 1.84 m 51 1 Spain CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
17 LW Jennifer Gutiérrez Bermejo (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 27) 1.69 m 62 129 Germany Borussia Dortmund
18 RW Maitane Etxeberria (1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 25) 1.69 m 38 58 Spain BM Bera Bera
27 LB Lara González Ortega (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 30) 1.85 m 138 149 France Paris 92
30 LW Soledad López (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 29) 1.62 m 48 112 Spain CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
33 P Kaba Gassama (1997-08-16) 16 August 1997 (age 24) 1.84 m 17 15 France Neptunes de Nantes
34 CB Alicia Fernández (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 29) 1.73 m 58 140 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
39 RB Almudena Rodríguez (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 28) 1.75 m 79 152 Romania CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
44 P Ainhoa Hernández (1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 27) 1.80 m 101 147 Romania CS Rapid București
51 RB Irene Espínola (1992-12-19) 19 December 1992 (age 29) 1.83 m 13 6 Germany Neckarsulmer SU
62 RB Paula Arcos (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 20) 1.68 m 7 10 Spain CB Atlético Guardés
86 LB Alexandrina Cabral (1986-05-05) 5 May 1986 (age 35) 1.75 m 127 589 Romania CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
99 RB Mireya González (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 30) 1.77 m 96 183 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Coaching history[]

Period Coach
2002–2004 Spain [5]
2007–2017 Spain Jorge Dueñas
2017–2021 Spain Carlos Viver[6]
2021–present Spain

Notable players[]

Players who have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as Most Valuable Player or as a member of the All-Star Team.

All-Star Team
  • Carmen Martín, 2008 Junior World Championship,[7] 2011 World Championship, 2014 European Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2018 European Championship
  • Begoña Fernández, 2008 European Championship, 2009 World Championship[8]
  • Marta Mangué, 2009 World Championship,[8] 2012 Summer Olympics
  • Nerea Pena, 2010 European Championship
  • Alexandrina Cabral, 2019 World Championship

Individual all-time records[]

  Still active players are highlighted

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Máximas Alineaciones" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  2. ^ "2005 Almería" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Estas son las Guerreras elegidas para nuestro Mundial" (in Spanish). rfebm.com. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ Kft, New Wave Media Group. "Visszavonult a franciák világbajnok magyar kézise". origo.hu/ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Carlos Viver, dismissed as coach of the Guerreras". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ "All Star Team". IHF Macedonia. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  8. ^ a b "All Star Team awarded – Postnova Most Valuable Player". IHF. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Máximas Goleradoras" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

External links[]

Retrieved from ""