Argentina men's national handball team

Argentina
Argentina
Information
Nickname	Los Gladiadores (The Gladiators)
Association	Confederación Argentina de Handball
Coach	Guillermo Milano
Assistant coach	Guillermo Cazon; Gonzalo Carou
Captain	Diego Simonet
Most caps	Gonzalo Carou (240)
Most goals	Federico Pizarro (610)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 2012 )
Best result	10th (2012, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1997 )
Best result	11th (2021)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1980 )
Best result	1st (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
	Last updated on Unknown.

Last updated May 01, 2024

The Argentina national handball team is the national handball team of Argentina and is controlled by the Argentina Handball Association.^[1]

Tournament results

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936 Berlin	did not enter
1948–1968	Not held
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
2020 Tokyo	preliminary round	12th of 12	5	0	0	5	125	154	−29
2024 Paris	qualified
Total	4/15		15	2	0	13	348	418	-70

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	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	presidents cup	18	7	2	0	5	154	183
/ 2019	presidents cup	17	7	3	1	3	173	180
2021	main round	11	6	4	0	2	148	143
2023	main round	19	6	2	0	4	142	176
2025	Qualified
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	15/32		89	27	6	56	2121	2401

Pan American Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1987 Indianapolis	group round	5th	4	0	4	56	100	−44
1991 Havana	group round	5th	4	1	3	72	96	−24
1995 Mar del Plata	bronze medal match	3rd	6	4	2	131	96	35
1999 Winnipeg	bronze medal match	3rd	5	4	1	135	84	51
2003 Santo Domingo	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	1	185	98	87
2007 Rio de Janeiro	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	1	170	116	54
2011 Guadalajara	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	147	103	44
2015 Toronto	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	1	150	104	46
2019 Lima	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	157	116	41
2023 Santiago	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	158	101	57
Total	10/10	3 Titles	49	36	13	1361	1014	347

Pan American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1980	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
2018	final	1	6	6	0	0	236	195
Total	16/18	7 titles	86	65	1	20	2489	1873

South and Central American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2020	final	1	5	5	0	0	220	91
2022	final	2	4	3	0	1	166	70
2024	final	2	5	3	1	1	173	101
Total	3/3	1 title	14	11	1	2	559	262

Other competitions

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South American Games
2002 São Paulo	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
2018 Cochabamba	gold medal match	2nd	4	3	0	1	118	79	39
2022 Asunción	round robin	1st	4	4	0	0	151	79	72
Total	6/6	3 Titles	26	23	0	3	820	475	345

2014 Four Nations Tournament – 3rd
2015 Provident Kupa – 2nd
2016 Christmas Handball Tournament of Four – 3rd
2016 Qatar International Handball Tournament – 4th
2017 International Tournament of Spain – 4th
2017 Four Nations Tournament – 2nd
2018 International Tournament of Spain – 3rd
2019 Four Nations Handball Tournament –
2023 International Tournament of Spain – 3rd
2023 Four Nations Handball Tournament –

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Guillermo Milano

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	RB	Federico Pizarro	(1986-09-07) 7 September 1986 (age 37)	1.85 m	222	735	BM Ciudad Encantada
5	RB	Pablo Vainstein	(1989-07-18) 18 July 1989 (age 34)	1.85 m	114	117	BM Benidorm
6	CB	Diego Simonet	(1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 34)	1.90 m	116	356	Montpellier Handball
7	LW	Ignacio Pizarro	(1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 (age 34)	1.78 m	68	205	BM Ciudad Encantada
8	CB	Pablo Simonet	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 31)	1.85 m	117	252	BM Ciudad Encantada
11	P	Lucas Moscariello	(1992-02-19) 19 February 1992 (age 32)	1.90 m	76	162	Montpellier Handball
14	P	Franco Gavidia	(1991-09-25) 25 September 1991 (age 32)	1.97 m	92	3	KH Besa Famgas
15	LW	Francisco Lombardi	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 28)	1.75 m	7	13	AD Ciudad de Guadalajara
17	P	Gonzalo Carró Castro	(1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 29)	1.93 m	20	11	Club Balonmano Nava
19	CB	Pedro Martínez Cami	(1999-12-20) 20 December 1999 (age 24)	1.91 m	24	49	Colegio Ward
20	RW	Ramiro Martínez	(1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 28)	1.80 m	45	110	BM Benidorm
22	RW	Facundo Cangiani	(1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 33)	1.82 m	41	49	BM Torrelavega
23	LB	James Parker	(1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 29)	1.87 m	20	25	Zamalek
30	LB	Fabrizio Casanova	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 30)	1.90 m	4	4	BM Torrelavega
31	LB	Santiago Barceló	(2002-09-05) 5 September 2002 (age 21)	1.90 m	2	5	BM Benidorm
40	GK	Leonel Maciel	(1989-01-04) 4 January 1989 (age 35)	1.92 m	98	12	Sporting
77	LB	Nicolás Bonanno	(1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32)	1.98 m	66	60	SCDR Anaitasuna
87	GK	Juan Bar	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 36)	1.90 m	51	2	SCDR Anaitasuna

Statistics

Most Appearances
Name	Matches	Position
Gonzalo Carou	240	P
Matías Schulz	203	GK
Andrés Kogovsek	196	W
Federico Matías Vieyra	190	OB
Fernando Gabriel García	186	GK
Sebastián Simonet	162	CB
Leonardo Facundo Querín	152	OB
Federico Fernández	151	W
Pablo Sebastián Portela	129	P
Juan Pablo Fernández	121	CB
Eric Gull	115	OB
Sergio Crevatin	112	P
Damián Migueles	91	OB
Diego Simonet	90	CB
Pablo Simonet	90	OB

Top Scorers
Name	Goals	Position
Federico Pizarro	610	OB
Federico Fernández	551	W
Gonzalo Carou	513	P
Diego Simonet	458	CB
Federico Matías Vieyra	407	OB
Sebastián Simonet	361	CB
Leonardo Facundo Querín	230	OB
Pablo Simonet	203	OB
Eric Gull	200+	OB

Notable players

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References

↑ "Manolo Cadenas dirigirá a Argentina hasta 2020". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
↑ "La selección argentina de handball ultima los detalles para el Mundial en Polonia-Suecia" (in Spanish). sitioandino.com.ar. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
↑ "Team Roster Argentina" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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[1] "Manolo Cadenas dirigirá a Argentina hasta 2020". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2019.

[2] "La selección argentina de handball ultima los detalles para el Mundial en Polonia-Suecia" (in Spanish). sitioandino.com.ar. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[3] "Team Roster Argentina" (PDF). ihf.info. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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v t e Men's national handball teams of the Americas (NACHC and SACHC)
North America	Canada Greenland Mexico United States
Caribbean	Barbados Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago
Central America	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela