The Portuguese men's national handball team is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and competes in international competitions such as the European Men's Handball Championship and the IHF World Men's Handball Championship. They have participated five times in the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2023), reaching an all-time best tenth place in 2021, and seven times in the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022), with a sixth place in 2020 as their best placing. They participated for the first time in the men's Olympic handball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, finishing in ninth place.

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Portugal
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Association	Portuguese Handball Federation
Coach	Paulo Pereira
Assistant coach	Paulo Fidalgo
Most caps	Carlos Resende (250)
Most goals	Carlos Resende (1444)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2020)
Best result	9th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1997)
Best result	10th (2021)
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1994)
Best result	6th (2020)
Last updated on 25 January 2021.

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Portugal has competed four times at the World Championship (1997, 2001, 2003 and 2021) and seven times at the European Championship (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020 and 2022). They qualified automatically for the final tournament of the World Championship in 2003 and of the inaugural edition European Championship in 1994 as the host team. Portugal's best results are a tenth place (main round) at the World Championship in 2021, and a sixth place (second round) at the European Championship in 2020.^[1]

Olympic Games

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Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1936 Berlin	Did not qualify
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
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo	Preliminary round	9	5	1	0	4	143	156
2024 Paris	Did not qualify
Total	1/15	–	5	1	0	4	143	156

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World Championship

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World Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1938	Did not qualify
1954
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997	Preliminary round	19	5	1	0	4	119	123
1999	Did not qualify
2001	Round of 16	16	6	2	0	4	140	145
2003	Second round	12	7	4	0	3	219	182
2005	Did not qualify
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
/ 2019
2021	Main round	10	6	4	0	2	168	152
/ 2023	Main round	13	6	3	1	2	178	157
// 2025	to be determined
2027
/ 2029
// 2031
Total	5/32	–	24	11	0	13	646	602

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European Championship

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Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Preliminary round	12	6	0	0	6	117	154
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000	Preliminary round	7	6	3	0	3	153	160
2002	Second round	9	7	3	0	4	173	174
2004	Preliminary round	14	3	0	1	2	91	101
2006	Preliminary round	15	3	0	0	3	80	96
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
// 2020	5th/6th place match	6	8	4	0	4	228	220
/ 2022	Preliminary round	19	3	0	0	3	85	91
2024	Main round	7	7	4	1	2	224	223
// 2026	To be determined
// 2028	Qualified as co-host
Total	9/18	–	43	14	2	27	1151	1219

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* Colored background indicates that medal was won on the tournament.

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.