Chile men's national handball team

Chile
Chile
Information
Nickname	La Roja
Association	Federación Chilena de Balónmano
Coach	Aitor Etxaburu
Assistant coach	Roberto Garcés; Claudio Lira; Pablo Nuñez
Captain	Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 2011)
Best result	16th (2019)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1981)
Best result	2nd (2016)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Chile national handball team is controlled by the Chilean Handball Federation, and takes part in international team handball competitions. It is affiliated to the IHF and the PATHF.

Honours[edit]

Pan American Games

Runners-up: 2019
3rd place: 2011, 2015

Pan American Championship

Runners-up: 2016
Third place: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018

Participation in 2011 World Championship[edit]

The Chile national handball team participated in the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Group D. On 13 January they played their first match against Sweden, losing 18–28. Against South Korea they lost 22–37, versus Poland 23–38, but against Slovakia they tied the game 29–29, obtaining a historic result in this competition. Finally they lost against Argentina 25–35, remaining in the last place the group with only one point.

Competitions records[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Olympic Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1936 to 1976	did not enter
1980 to 2020	did not qualify

World Championship[edit]

World Championship
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1938 to 1978	did not enter
1982 to 2009	did not qualify
Sweden 2011	President's Cup	22nd	7	1	1	5	164	216
Spain 2013	President's Cup	23rd	7	1	0	6	184	236
Qatar 2015	President's Cup	23rd	7	1	0	6	165	224
France 2017	President's Cup	21st	7	3	0	4	192	219
Germany/Denmark 2019	President's Cup	16th	7	2	0	5	187	236
Egypt 2021	President's Cup	27th	7	3	0	4	222	221
Poland/Sweden 2023	President's Cup	26th	7	3	0	4	202	205
Croatia/Denmark/Norway 2025	Qualified
Germany 2027	To be determined
Framce/Germany 2029	To be determined
Denmark/Iceland/Norway 2031	To be determined
Total	8/32		49	14	1	34	1316	1557

Record against other teams at the World Championship[edit]

National team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	1	1	0	0	30	28	+2
Argentina	1	0	0	1	25	35	−10
Australia	2	2	0	0	61	44	+17
Austria	2	1	0	1	63	57	+6
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5
Belarus	2	1	0	1	55	62	−7
Brazil	2	0	0	2	40	58	−18
Croatia	1	0	0	1	22	37	−15
Denmark	2	0	0	2	40	82	−42
DR Congo	1	1	0	0	35	30	+5
Egypt	1	0	0	1	29	35	–6
Germany	1	0	0	1	14	35	−21
Hungary	1	0	0	1	29	34	−5
Iceland	1	0	0	1	22	38	−16
Iran	2	0	0	2	55	57	−2
Japan	1	1	0	0	35	29	+6
Macedonia	3	0	0	3	87	94	−7
Montenegro	2	0	0	2	64	70	−6
Morocco	1	1	0	0	28	17	+11
Norway	1	0	0	1	20	41	−21
Poland	1	0	0	1	23	38	−15
Qatar	3	0	0	3	70	95	−25
Russia	1	0	0	1	24	36	−12
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	83	76	+7
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	29	29	0
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	23	36	−13
South Korea	3	2	0	1	99	96	+3
Spain	2	0	0	2	42	71	−29
Sweden	2	0	0	2	44	69	−25
Tunisia	1	0	0	2	56	74	−18
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	34	24	+10
Total	48	14	1	33	1290	1519	−229

Pan American Games[edit]

Pan American Games
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1987 to 1999	did not qualify
2003	Group stage	5th place	5	2	0	3	114	127
2007	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	123	147
2011	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	153	139
2015	Semi-final	3rd place	5	2	1	2	134	135
2019	Final	2nd place	5	3	0	2	160	145
2023	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	144	132

Record against other teams at the Pan American Games[edit]

National team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Argentina	4	0	0	4	104	118	−14
Brazil	5	1	0	4	112	166	−54
Canada	2	2	0	0	71	45	+26
Cuba	3	1	1	1	87	99	−12
Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	79	76	+3
Mexico	2	2	0	0	53	46	+7
Puerto Rico	2	2	0	0	59	46	+13
United States	1	1	0	0	34	26	+8
Uruguay	2	1	0	1	48	43	+5
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	37	28	+9
Total	25	13	1	11	684	693	−9

Pan American Championship[edit]

Pan American Championship
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1981	Group stage	5th place	5	0	0	5	52	141
2002	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	109	117
2004	Semi-final	4th place	5	2	0	3	112	140
2006	Group stage	5th place	5	3	0	2	144	149
2008	Semi-final	4th place	5	2	0	3	136	150
2010	Semi-final	3rd place	5	2	1	2	136	142
2012	Semi-final	3rd place	6	4	1	1	193	157
2014	Semi-final	3rd place	5	3	0	2	135	136
2016	Final	2nd place	7	5	0	2	226	161
2018	Semi-final	3rd place	6	4	0	2	189	145

South and Central American Championship[edit]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2020	round robin	4th place	5	2	0	3	151	119
2022	third place game	3rd place	5	3	0	2	152	129
2024	round robin	3rd place	5	3	1	1	151	107
Total	3/3		15	8	1	6	454	355

Other competitions[edit]

Tournament	Outcome	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Olympic qualification tournament
2012	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	58	93
2016	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	83	100
2021	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	82	100

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Aitor Etxaburu

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Réne Oliva	(1987-07-03) 3 July 1987 (age 36)	1.96 m	0	0	Balonmano Ovalle
2	LW	Sebastián Ceballos	(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 31)	1.76 m	81	143	CD Balopal
4	LB	Erwin Feuchtmann	(1990-05-02) 2 May 1990 (age 33)	1.90 m	86	461	Fenix Toulouse Handball
6	CB	Arian Delgado	(2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 22)	1.80 m	5	9	Liceo Nacional de Maipu
9	P	Javier Frelijj	(1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33)	1.91 m	78	95	Balonmano Ovalle
10	CB	Emil Feuchtmann	(1983-06-01) 1 June 1983 (age 40)	1.78 m	157	431	CB Alicante
11	P	Esteban Salinas	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 32)	1.83 m	93	350	BM Granollers
12	GK	Felipe García	(1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 30)	1.90 m	66	4	Italiano BM
14	P	Benjamin Illesca	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)	1.96 m	7	4	Boa-Hora
17	RB	Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz	(1989-02-25) 25 February 1989 (age 35)	1.89 m	115	403	CD Bidasoa
22	CB	Matias Payá	(2000-03-31) 31 March 2000 (age 24)	1.76 m	0	0	Canteras U.D.
28	RW	Luciano Scaramelli	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002 (age 22)	1.82 m	0	0	CD Balonmano La Robla
32	LW	Danilo Salgado	(1998-06-01) 1 June 1998 (age 25)	1.79 m	9	12	DPV Kutral
44	LB	Aaron Codina	(1999-02-19) 19 February 1999 (age 25)	1.93 m	16	23	Polisportiva Cingoli
55	RW	Francisco Ahumada	(2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 22)	1.74 m	0	0	SSV Bozen Loacker
77	LB	Víctor Donoso	(1990-11-27) 27 November 1990 (age 33)	1.90 m	78	61	Club Balonmano Triana

Statistics[edit]

Most capped players
Player	Games	Position
Emil Feuchtmann	126	CB
Marco Oneto	115	P
Felipe Barrientos	97	GK
Rodrigo Salinas	85	OB
Patricio Martínez	80	W

Top scorers
Player	Goals	Position
Emil Feuchtmann	327	CB
Rodrigo Salinas	239	OB
Erwin Feuchtmann	236	OB, CB
Marco Oneto	195	P
Patricio Martínez	170	W

Youth teams[edit]

World Junior Championship[edit]

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1977	did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005	Group stage	20th	1	0	7	184	291	−107
2007	Group stage	20th	0	0	8	184	283	−99
2009	did not qualify
2011	Group stage	21st	2	0	5	147	238	−91
2013	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	162	226	−64
2015	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	159	219	−60
2017	Group stage	23rd	1	0	6	179	244	−65
2019	Group stage	20th	1	0	6	170	235	–65
Total			7	0	44	1185	1736	-551

Record against other teams at the World Junior Championship[edit]

National team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Algeria	2	1	1	50	56	−6
Angola	1	0	1	29	38	−9
Argentina	3	1	2	64	88	−24
Bahrain	1	0	1	29	30	−1
Brazil	2	0	2	41	54	−13
Burkina Faso	1	1	0	36	21	+15
Canada	1	1	0	27	26	+1
Congo	3	1	2	86	88	−2
Denmark	1	0	1	20	39	−19
Egypt	2	0	2	36	70	−34
Faroe Islands	1	0	1	28	31	−3
France	4	0	4	78	150	−72
Germany	4	0	4	80	171	−91
Hungary	1	0	1	23	39	−16
Iceland	1	0	2	42	69	−27
Kuwait	2	0	2	57	63	−6
Nigeria	1	0	1	26	34	−8
Norway	3	0	3	57	116	−59
Paraguay	1	1	0	37	27	+10
Portugal	1	0	1	31	33	−2
Qatar	1	0	1	22	29	−7
Serbia	1	0	1	19	35	−16
Slovakia	1	0	1	24	32	−8
Slovenia	1	0	1	23	42	−19
South Korea	2	0	2	51	67	−16
Spain	2	0	2	45	82	−37
Sweden	1	0	1	15	42	−27
Tunisia	2	0	2	39	71	−32
Uruguay	1	0	1	18	21	−3
Venezuela	1	1	0	28	24	+4
Total	51	7	44	1185	1736	−551

World Youth Championship[edit]

Year	Round	Position	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not qualify
2007
2009
2011	Group stage	16th	1	0	5	130	180	−50
2013	Group stage	24th	0	0	7	161	255	−94
2015	Group stage	24th	0	0	7	139	237	−98
2017	Round of 16	16th	1	0	6	183	235	−52
2019	Group Stage	22nd	1	0	6	188	230	–42
Total			3	0	31	801	1137	-336

Record against other teams at the World Youth Championship[edit]

National team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Algeria	2	0	2	56	66	−10
Argentina	1	0	1	22	30	−8
Belarus	1	0	1	23	27	−4
Brazil	1	0	1	22	30	−8
Canada	1	1	0	46	24	+22
Croatia	1	0	1	21	42	−22
Denmark	1	0	1	17	38	−21
Egypt	1	0	1	22	53	−31
France	1	0	1	21	43	−22
Gabon	2	1	1	47	39	+8
Georgia	1	1	0	29	24	+5
Germany	1	0	1	22	39	−17
Japan	2	0	2	51	72	−21
Hungary	1	0	1	17	37	−20
Iceland	1	0	1	22	27	−5
Norway	1	0	1	23	38	−15
Poland	2	0	2	46	62	−16
Qatar	1	0	1	24	35	−11
Russia	1	0	1	29	41	−12
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	25	29	−4
Serbia	2	0	2	38	68	−30
Slovenia	1	0	1	30	35	−5
South Korea	2	0	2	56	76	−20
Spain	2	0	2	36	59	−23
Sweden	1	0	1	17	39	−22
Switzerland	1	0	1	16	31	−15
Venezuela	1	0	1	27	32	−5
Total	34	3	31	801	1137	−336

Kit suppliers[edit]

Chile's kit are currently supplied by Select Sport.

References[edit]

^ "Conoce la nómina para la gira de la selección adulta de balonmano en Katowice, Polonia" (in Spanish). balonmanochile.cl. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "Team Roster Chile" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

External links[edit]

[1] "Conoce la nómina para la gira de la selección adulta de balonmano en Katowice, Polonia" (in Spanish). balonmanochile.cl. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[2] "Team Roster Chile" (PDF). ihf.info. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

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