Spain women's national handball team
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
European Championship
World Championship
Mediterranean Games
- 1979 – Runners-up
- 1987 – 3rd place
- 1991 – 3rd place
- 1993 – 3rd place
- 1997 – 5th place
- 2001 – Runners-up
- 2005 – Champions
- 2009 – 4th place
- 2013 – 5th place
- 2018 – Champions
Performance in other tournaments
- Carpathian Trophy 2001 – Second place
- Carpathian Trophy 2007 – Second place
- Carpathian Trophy 2013 – Third place
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.Head coach: Carlos Viver
Coaches
- Jorge Dueñas
- Juan Carlos Solar
Notable players
;All-Star Team
- Carmen Martín, 2008 Junior World Championship, 2011 World Championship, 2014 European Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2018 European Championship
- Begoña Fernández, 2008 European Championship, 2009 World Championship
- Marta Mangué, 2009 World Championship, 2012 Summer Olympics
- Nerea Pena, 2010 European Championship
- Alexandrina Cabral, 2019 World Championship
Individual all-time records
Most matches played
Total number of matches played for the senior national team.| # | Player | Matches | Goals |
| 1 | Marta Mangué | 301 | 1034 |
| 2 | Cristina Gómez Arquer | 277 | 897 |
| 3 | Macarena Aguilar | 240 | 638 |
| 4 | Carmen Martín | 216 | 740 |
| 5 | Elisabeth Pinedo | 201 | 441 |
| 6 | María Eugenia Sánchez Bravo | 195 | 0 |
| 7 | Montserrat Puche Díaz | 196 | 736 |
| 8 | Silvia Navarro | 191 | 5 |
| 9 | Elisabeth Chávez | 185 | 130 |
| 10 | Beatriz Fernández | 182 | 380 |
Last updated: 14 January 2019
Most goals scored
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.| # | Player | Goals | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Marta Mangué | 1034 | 301 | 3.44 |
| 2 | Cristina Gómez Arquer | 897 | 277 | 3.24 |
| 3 | Carmen Martín | 740 | 216 | 3.43 |
| 4 | Montserrat Puche Díaz | 736 | 196 | 3.76 |
| 5 | Macarena Aguilar | 638 | 240 | 2.66 |
| 6 | Alexandrina Cabral | 504 | 108 | 4.67 |
| 7 | Nerea Pena | 460 | 144 | 3.19 |
| 8 | Elisabeth Pinedo | 441 | 201 | 2.19 |
| 9 | Susana Fraile Celaya | 411 | 131 | 3.14 |
| 10 | Noelia Oncina | 406 | 174 | 2.33 |
Last updated: 14 January 2019