Argentina national handball team

Argentina
Information
Nickname	Los Gladiadores (The Gladiators)
Association	Confederacion Argentina de Handball
Coach	Eduardo Gallardo
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 2012)
Best result	10th (2012, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1997)
Best result	12th (2011, 2015)
Pan American Handball Championship
Appearances	15 (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	preliminary round	10th of 12	5	1	0	4	110	126	-16
Total	2/13		10	2	0	8	223	264	-41

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
2017	Qualified
Total	11/25		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
2016	3rd place match	3	7	5	0	2	210	124
Total	15/17	6 titles	80	59	1	20	2146	1508

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

The following is the Argentine roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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 (aged 34) 1.90 m 172 0 Pfadi Winterthur 2 LW Federico Fernández (1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 26) 1.87 m 94 335 UNLu 3 RW Federico Pizarro (1986-07-06)6 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.83 m 127 568 UNLu 4 CB Sebastián Simonet (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.90 m 76 328 Ademar León 5 P Pablo Sebastián Portela (1980-06-21)21 June 1980 (aged 36) 1.90 m 127 62 Colegio Ward 8 LB Pablo Simonet (1992-05-04)4 May 1992 (aged 24) 1.89 m 48 98 Benidorm 9 RB Leonardo Facundo Querín (1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 34) 1.97 m 159 238 Billère 10 RB Federico Matías Vieyra (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 28) 1.92 m 101 235 Ademar León 12 GK Fernando Gabriel García (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 34) 1.90 m 193 5 Vernon 13 LB Juan Pablo Fernández (1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 27) 1.90 m 101 303 UNLu 14 LB Agustín Vidal (1987-07-08)8 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.94 m 80 162 Ciudad Encantada 15 P Gonzalo Carou (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 36) 1.94 m 202 450 Istres 18 LW Adrián Portela (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 30) 1.83 m 37 112 River Plate 23 RW Pablo Vainstein (1987-07-18)18 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.83 m 35 45 Colegio Ward

Player statistics

Notable players

• Eric Gull
• Andrés Kogovsek

References

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile

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