Argentina men's national handball team

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

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

4 (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.

Tournament results

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Olympic Games

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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	preliminary round	12th of 12	5	0	0	5	131	171	−40
Total	4/15		20	2	0	18	479	589	-110

World Championship

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Buenos Aires	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 –
2024 Yellow Cup - 3rd

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A 17-player roster was announced on 7 June 2024.^[2]

Head coach: Guillermo Milano^[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	LW	Federico Gastón Fernández	17 October 1989 (aged 34)	1.87 m	218	790	San Fernando
3	RB	Federico Pizarro	7 September 1986 (aged 37)	1.85 m	252	825	BM Ciudad Encantada
4	CB	Nicolás Bono	16 August 1997 (aged 26)	1.79 m	24	43	Istres Provence
6	CB	Diego Simonet	26 December 1989 (aged 34)	1.89 m	137	429	Montpellier Handball
7	LW	Ignacio Pizarro	8 February 1990 (aged 34)	1.78 m	94	307	BM Ciudad Encantada
8	CB	Pablo Simonet	4 May 1992 (aged 32)	1.85 m	150	332	BM Puente Genil
11	P	Lucas Moscariello	19 February 1992 (aged 32)	1.90 m	106	223	BM Benidorm
14	RB	Andrés Moyano	28 July 1996 (aged 27)	1.92 m	27	57	BM Granollers
18	LB	Guillermo Fischer	18 July 1996 (aged 28)	2.00 m	57	51	BM Villa de Aranda
19	CB	Pedro Martínez Cami	20 December 1999 (aged 24)	1.90 m	59	127	Benfica
22	P	Gastón Mouriño	12 October 1994 (aged 29)	1.92 m	69	118	CSM Constanța
23	LB	James Parker	9 June 1994 (aged 30)	1.87 m	41	75	Balonmano Alicante
40	GK	Leonel Maciel	4 January 1989 (aged 35)	1.92 m	131	17	CD Bidasoa
77	LB	Nicolás Bonanno	18 November 1991 (aged 32)	1.98 m	93	67	Club Balonmano Nava
87	GK	Juan Bar	29 June 1987 (aged 37)	1.90 m	85	5	BM Valladolid

Statistics

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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

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^ "Manolo Cadenas dirigirá a Argentina hasta 2020". Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "La lista de Los Gladiadores para París 2024". handballargentina.org (in Spanish). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Team roster: Argentina" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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