Spain women's national handball team

Spain women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Mediterranean Games

Spain
Spain
Information
Nickname	Las Guerreras
Association	Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach	Ambros Martín
Assistant coach	José Prades
Most caps	Marta Mangué (301)
Most goals	Marta Mangué (1033)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1992)
Best result	3rd (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1993)
Best result	2nd (2019)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1998)
Best result	2nd (2008, 2014)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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
1976	did not qualify
1980
1984
1988
1992	7th	4	1	0	3
1996	did not qualify
2000	did not qualify
2004	6th	7	1	3	3
2008	did not qualify
2012	3rd	8	5	1	2
2016	6th	6	3	0	3
2020	9th	5	2	0	3
2024	Qualified
Total	6/13	30	12	4	14

European Championship

Year	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L
1994	did not qualify
1996	did not qualify
1998	12th	6	0	1	5
2000	did not qualify
2002	13th	3	0	2	1
2004	8th	7	3	0	4
2006	9th	6	3	0	3
2008	2nd	8	4	2	2
2010	11th	6	2	0	4
2012	11th	6	2	1	3
2014	2nd	8	5	0	3
2016	11th	6	1	1	4
2018	12th	6	1	0	5
/ 2020	9th	6	1	2	4
2022	9th	6	1	1	4
2024	Qualified
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
Total	13/18	68	22	9	38

World Championship

Year	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L
1957	did not qualify
1962
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993	15th	6	1	0	5
1995	did not qualify
1997
1999
2001	10th	6	3	0	3
2003	5th	9	6	1	2
2005	did not qualify
2007	10th	8	3	1	4
2009	4th	10	6	1	3
2011	3rd	9	7	0	2
2013	9th	6	4	0	2
2015	12th	6	3	0	3
2017	11th	6	3	1	2
2019	2nd	10	7	1	2
2021	4th	9	7	0	2
// 2023	13th	6	4	0	2
/ 2025	to be determined
2027	to be determined
2029	Qualified as host
/ 2031	to be determined
Total	12/30	91	54	5	32

Mediterranean Games

1979 – Runners-up
1987 – 3rd place
1991 – 3rd place
1993 – 3rd place
1997 – 5th place
2001 – Runners-up
2005 – Champions[2]
2009 – 4th place
2013 – 5th place
2018 – Champions
2022 – Champions

Performance in other tournaments

Carpathian Trophy 2001 – Second place
Carpathian Trophy 2007 – Second place
Carpathian Trophy 2013 – Third place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.[3][4]

Head coach: Ambros Martín

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
6	LB	Carmen Campos	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995	1.71 m	53	142	Borussia Dortmund
8	CB	Silvia Arderíus	(1990-07-11) 11 July 1990	1.69 m	78	81	CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
16	GK	Mercedes Castellanos	(1988-07-21) 21 July 1988	1.84 m	82	4	CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
18	RW	Maitane Etxeberria	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997	1.69 m	74	127	BM Bera Bera
19	LB	Ester Somaza	(2004-06-03) 3 June 2004	1.78 m	4	9	KH-7 BM Granollers
20	LW	Amaia González de Garibay	(1994-02-27) 27 February 1994	1.68 m	47	79	BM Aula Cultural
22	LB	Lara González Ortega	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992	1.85 m	160	177	CS Rapid București
27	LB	Danila So Delgado	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001	1.73 m	2	6	CB Elche
30	LW	Soledad López	(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992	1.62 m	78	169	CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
33	P	Kaba Gassama	(1997-08-16) 16 August 1997	1.84 m	51	70	SG BBM Bietigheim
34	CB	Alicia Fernández	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992	1.73 m	85	186	CS Rapid București
48	GK	Darly Zoqbi de Paula	(1982-08-25) 25 August 1982	1.78 m	71	0	SCM Craiova
52	RW	Paulina Pérez	(1997-01-25) 25 January 1997	1.68 m	4	0	BM Porriño
58	RB	María Prieto O'Mullony	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997	1.72 m	10	30	BM Aula Cultural
61	P	Lysa Tchaptchet	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001	1.86 m	34	36	Vipers Kristiansand
62	RB	Paula Arcos	(2001-12-21) 21 December 2001	1.68 m	44	99	Vipers Kristiansand
99	RB	Mireya González	(1991-07-18) 18 July 1991	1.77 m	106	205	HC Dunărea Brăila

Coaching history


Period	Coach
2002–2004	José Francisco Aldeguer[5]
2007–2017	Jorge Dueñas
2017–2021	Carlos Viver[6]
2021–2023	José Ignacio Prades Pons
2023–present	Ambros Martín

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

Most matches played

Total number of matches played for the senior national team.[1]

#	Player	Matches	Goals
1	Marta Mangué	301	1034
2	Cristina Gómez Arquer	277	897
3	Macarena Aguilar	240	638
4	Carmen Martín	238	820
5	Silvia Navarro	227	10
6	Elisabeth Pinedo	201	441
7	María Eugenia Sánchez Bravo	195	0
8	Montserrat Puche Díaz	196	736
9	Elisabeth Chávez	185	130
10	Beatriz Fernández	182	380

Last updated: 4 November 2021

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.[9]

#	Player	Goals	Matches	Average
1	Marta Mangué	1034	301	3.44
2	Cristina Gómez Arquer	897	277	3.24
3	Carmen Martín	820	238	3.44
4	Montserrat Puche Díaz	736	196	3.76
5	Macarena Aguilar	638	240	2.66
6	Nerea Pena	596	176	3.34
7	Alexandrina Cabral	589	127	4.63
8	Elisabeth Pinedo	441	201	2.19
9	Susana Fraile Celaya	411	131	3.14
10	Noelia Oncina	406	174	2.33

Last updated: 4 November 2021

References

"Máximas Alineaciones" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
"2005 Almería" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
"Shandy Barbosa, baja en las Guerreras". Real Federación Española de Balonmano (in Spanish). 24 November 2023.
"Team roster: Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
Kft, New Wave Media Group. "Visszavonult a franciák világbajnok magyar kézise". origo.hu/ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
"Carlos Viver, dismissed as coach of the Guerreras". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
"All Star Team". IHF Macedonia. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
"All Star Team awarded – Postnova Most Valuable Player". IHF. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
"Máximas Goleradoras" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.

External links

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[rfebm-stat-apps-1] "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] "Shandy Barbosa, baja en las Guerreras". Real Federación Española de Balonmano (in Spanish). 24 November 2023.

[4] "Team roster: Spain" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[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.

[wch09-all-star-team-8] "All Star Team awarded – Postnova Most Valuable Player". IHF. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

[rfebm-stat-goals-9] "Máximas Goleradoras" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2009.