Spain women's national handball team

Spain
Information
Nickname	Las Guerreras
Association	Royal Spanish Handball Federation
Coach	Jorge Dueñas
Captain	Marta Mangué
Most caps	Cristina Gómez Arquer (277)[1]
Most goals	Marta Mangué (909)[2]
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 1992)
Best result	3rd (2012)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1993)
Best result	3rd (2011)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1998)
Best result	2nd (2008, 2014)
Last updated on Unknown.

Spain women's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	2012 London	Team
World Championship
	2011 Brasil
European Championship
	2008 Macedonia
	2014 Croatia/Hungary
Mediterranean Games
	2005 Almería	Team
	1979 Split
	2001 Tunis	Team

National team in 2013

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.

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 Position Pld W D L 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 Q Total 3/10 19 7 4 8 European Championship Year Position 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 Total 8/11 50 19 6 25

World Championship Year Position Pld W D L 1993 15th 6 1 0 5 1995 Did not qualify 1997 Did not qualify 1999 Did not qualify 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 Total 8 apps 60 33 3 24

Performance in Mediterranean Games

• 1979: Runners-up
• 1987: 3rd place
• 1991: 3rd place
• 1993: 3rd place
• 1997: 5th place
• 2001: Runners-up
• 2005: Champions ^[3]
• 2009: 4th place
• 2013: 5th place

Performance in other tournaments

• Carpathian Trophy 2001: Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 2007: Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 2013: Third place

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship.^[4]

Head coach: Jorge Dueñas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RW Marta López 4 February 1990 (aged 25) 1.68 m 67 140 Fleury Loiret HB 4 RW Carmen Martín 29 May 1988 (aged 27) 1.72 m 158 528 CSM Bucuresti 5 P Maria Núñez 27 November 1988 (aged 27) 1.70 m 31 15 ESBM Handball de Besançon 6 LB Nely Carla Alberto 2 July 1983 (aged 32) 1.79 m 105 296 UB Mios Biganos 9 RB Marta Mangué 23 April 1983 (aged 32) 1.70 m 271 978 Fleury Loiret HB 10 CB Macarena Aguilar 12 March 1985 (aged 30) 1.70 m 202 557 Győri Audi ETO KC 12 GK Silvia Navarro 20 March 1979 (aged 36) 1.69 m 128 2 BM Remudas 14 P Elisabeth Chávez 17 November 1990 (aged 25) 1.92 m 138 77 Fleury Loiret HB 17 LW Elisabeth Pinedo 13 May 1981 (aged 34) 1.75 m 178 393 BM Bera Bera 25 LB Nerea Pena 13 December 1989 (aged 25) 1.75 m 85 246 Ferencvárosi TC 27 LB Lara González Ortega 22 February 1992 (aged 23) 1.84 m 38 50 Metz Handball 30 P Patricia Elorza 8 April 1984 (aged 31) 1.80 m 106 67 ESBM Handball de Besançon 35 LW Naiara Egozkue 21 October 1983 (aged 32) 1.73 m 46 63 Mecalia Guardes 44 P Ainhoa Hernández 27 April 1994 (aged 21) 1.80 m 13 10 BM Zuazo 48 GK Darly de Paula 25 August 1982 (aged 33) 1.78 m 7 0 Fleury Loiret HB 86 LB Alexandrina Barbosa 5 May 1986 (aged 29) 1.75 m 52 256 Fleury Loiret HB

Coaches

• Jorge Dueñas
• Juan Carlos Solar

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,^[5] 2011 World Championship, 2014 European Championship
• Begoña Fernández, 2008 European Championship, 2009 World Championship^[6]
• Marta Mangué, 2009 World Championship,^[6] 2012 Summer Olympics
• Nerea Pena, 2010 European 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 Cristina Gómez Arquer 277 897 2 Marta Mangué 271 978 3 Macarena Aguilar 202 557 4 Montserrat Puche Díaz 196 736 5 María Eugenia Sánchez Bravo 195 0 6 Begoña Fernández 181 395 7 Verónica Cuadrado 180 228 8 Elisabeth Pinedo 178 393 9 Beatriz Fernández 177 371 10 Amaia Ugartemendia 175 382 Last updated: 29 Novemver 2015 Source: rfebm.com

Most goals scored Total number of goals scored in official matches only.[2] # Player Goals Matches Average 1 Marta Mangué 978 271 3.61 2 Cristina Gómez Arquer 897 277 3.24 3 Montserrat Puche Díaz 736 196 3.75 4 Macarena Aguilar 557 202 2.76 5 Carmen Martín 528 158 3.34 6 Susana Fraile Celaya 411 131 3.14 7 Noelia Oncina 406 174 2.33 8 Natalya Morskova 396 49 8.08 9 Begoña Fernández 395 181 2.18 10 Elisabeth Pinedo 393 178 2.21 Last updated: 29 November 2015 Source: rfebm.com

References

1. "Máximas Alineaciones" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
2. "Máximas Goleradoras" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
3. "2005 Almería" (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
4. 2015 Roster
5. "All Star Team". IHF Macedonia. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
6. "All Star Team awarded – Postnova Most Valuable Player". IHF. 20 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile