Argentina national handball team

Argentina
Information
Association	Confederacion Argentina de Handball
Coach	Eduardo Gallardo
Colours
Home Away
Results
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1997)
Best result	12th (2011, 2015)
Pan American Handball Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1979)
Best result	1st (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Argentina national handball team is the national handball team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentina Handball Association.

Tournament results

Summer Olympics

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 Berlin	Did not enter
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	preliminary round	10th of 12	5	1	0	4	113	138	-25
2016 Rio de Janeiro	qualified
Total	1/12		5	1	0	4	113	138	-25

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not enter
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	preliminary round	22	5	0	0	5	96	140
1999	preliminary round	21	5	0	1	4	96	129
2001	round of 16	15	6	2	1	3	117	150
2003	preliminary round	17	5	1	1	3	127	156
2005	preliminary Round	18	5	1	0	4	133	141
2007	presidents cup	16	6	2	0	4	146	172
2009	presidents cup	18	9	3	0	6	231	245
2011	main round	12	9	3	1	5	235	247
2013	presidents cup	18	7	2	0	5	169	183
2015	round of 16	12	6	2	1	3	152	156
Total	10/24		63	16	5	42	1504	1719

Pan American Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1987 Indianapolis	group round	5th	4	0	0	4	56	100	-44
1991 Havana	group round	5th	4	1	0	3	72	96	-24
1995 Mar del Plata	bronze medal match	3rd	6	4	0	2	131	96	35
1999 Winnipeg	bronze medal match	3rd	5	4	0	1	135	84	51
2003 Santo Domingo	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	175	98	77
2007 Rio de Janeiro	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	170	116	54
2011 Guadalajara	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	147	103	44
2015 Toronto	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	150	104	46
Total	7/7	1 Title	39	26	0	13	1036	797	239

Pan American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1979	round robin	5	5	1	0	4	75	99
1981	3rd place match	4	5	3	0	2	137	111
1983	Did not enter
1985	round robin	4	5	1	0	4	86	122
1989	Did not enter
1994	round robin	4	6	3	0	3	151	104
1996	final	2	5	3	0	2	119	100
1998	final	2	6	5	0	1	162	105
2000	final	1	5	5	0	0	123	93
2002	final	1	5	5	0	0	139	70
2004	final	1	5	5	0	0	153	87
2006	final	2	5	4	0	1	162	100
2008	final	2	5	4	0	1	150	121
2010	final	1	5	5	0	0	142	79
2012	final	1	6	5	1	0	177	103
2014	final	1	5	5	0	0	160	90
Total	14/16	6 titles	73	54	1	18	1936	1384

Other Competitions

South American Games
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2002 São Bernardo do Campo	Gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	139	69	70
2006 Mar del Plata	Gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	168	76	92
2010 Medellin	round robin	2nd	4	3	0	1	133	94	39
2014 Santiago	gold medal match	2nd	4	3	0	1	111	78	33
Total	4/4	2 Titles	18	16	0	2	551	317	234

• 2014 Four Nations Tournament - 3rd
• 2015 Provident Cup - 2nd
• 2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four - 3rd
• 2016 Qatar International Handball Tournament - 4th

Juniors Team

World Juniors Championship

• 1991: 11th
• 1995: 17th
• 2001: 20th
• 2003: 16th
• 2005: 11th
• 2007: 13th

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	placement matches	6th	9	5	1	3	237	217
2011	placement matches	20th	7	2	0	5	186	216
2013	placement matches	16th	9	2	0	7	220	274
2015	placement matches	13th	7	3	0	4	162	176

Pan American Junior Championship

• 1993:
• 1997:
• 1999:
• 2001:
• 2002:
• 2005:
• 2007:

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	163	81
2011	round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	132	70
2013	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	140	93
2015	round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	169	97

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2015 Pan American Games.

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Matías Schulz (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 1.90 m 107 3 Nantes 2 LW Federico Fernández (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 1.87 m 94 302 UNLu 3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-07-06) 6 July 1986 1.83 m 67 232 UNLu 4 CB Sebastián Simonet (c) (1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 1.90 m 130 394 US Ivry 5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21) 21 June 1980 1.90 m 129 60 River Plate 6 CB Diego Esteban Simonet (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 1.89 m 74 320 Montpellier 8 LB Pablo Simonet (1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 1.89 m 41 75 US Ivry 9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17) 17 April 1982 1.97 m 152 230 Billère 10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21) 21 July 1988 1.92 m 94 203 Istres 12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31) 31 August 1981 1.90 m 186 5 Vernon 13 LB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 1.90 m 103 154 UNLu 15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15) 15 August 1979 1.94 m 174 353 Istres 17 RB Damian Migueles (1983-11-24) 24 November 1983 1.92 m 91 River Plate 18 LW Adrián Portela (1986-03-08) 8 March 1986 1.83 m 30 104 River Plate 20 P Sergio Crevatin (1980-05-28) 28 May 1980 1.87 m 112 153 SAG LOMAS

Player statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches	Position	Years
1	Fernando Gabriel García	186	GK
	Gonzalo Carou	174	P
	Leonardo Facundo Querín	152	OB
	Sebastián Simonet	130	CB
	Pablo Sebastián Portela	129	P
	Eric Gull	115	OB
	Sergio Crevatin	112	P
	Matías Schulz	107	GK
	Juan Pablo Fernández	103	OB
	Federico Fernández	94	W
	Federico Matías Vieyra	94	OB
	Damian Migueles	91	OB

Top scorers

#	Name	Goals	Average	Position	Years
1	Sebastián Simonet	394		CB
	Gonzalo Carou	353		P
	Diego Esteban Simonet	320		CB
	Federico Fernández	302		W
	Federico Pizarro	232		W
	Leonardo Facundo Querín	230		OB
	Federico Matías Vieyra	203		OB
	Eric Gull	200+		OB

Notable players

• Eric Gull
• Andrés Kogovsek

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile