Andorra men's national handball team

The Andorra national handball team is the national handball team of Andorra, representing the country in international matches. It is controlled by the Andorran Handball Federation (Federació Andorrana d'Handbol).

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Information
AssociationAndorra Handball Federation
CoachÀlex Weikert
Assistant coachEdgar Serra
CaptainAdrià Pifarré
Most capsKevin Mascaró (12)
Most goalsPol Soto (56)
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1st
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2nd
Results
IHF Emerging Nations Championship
Appearances3 (First in 2015)
Best result8th (2023)
Last updated on 2023.

History

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Andorra gained full membership to the European Handball Federation in the 11th Extraordinary EHF Congress on 29 May 2011.[1] The men's national team played its first official match, a friendly, on 7 October 2011, hosting Ireland. 350 fans gathered together to witness the game, which was won by the visitors in the dying seconds to 30–29.[2]

In 2015, Andorra played the IHF Emerging Nations Championship in Kosovo, where it only could win one of the six games played.

In 2023, Andorra reached their best result in the IHF Emerging Nations Championship in Varna, Bulgaria, by finishing 8th in the standings. The team managed to finish 2nd in their group after winning against Malta with an outstanding performance from Unai Ruiz, who scored 21 goals during the group stage games. After that, Andorra played for the 5th-8th position of the tournament but lost against Australia and Nigeria. Furthermore, Andorra accomplished advancing to the EURO 2026 Qualification Relegation Round by being the 3rd European nation in the tournament, as Great Britain was already qualified for the EURO 2026 Qualification Relegation Round.

Tournament record

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Emerging Nations Championship

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Year Position Pld W D L
  2015 15th 6 1 0 5
  2017 14th 6 1 0 5
  2019 Did not qualify
  2023 8th 4 1 0 3
Total 16 3 0 13

IHF/EHF Trophy

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Year Position Pld W D L
  2021 5th 2 0 0 2
Total 2 0 0 2

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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Goals scored in official international matches held between 2017 and 2023 [3][4][5]
Rank Player Games played Goals
1 Unai Ruiz 6 37
2 Alex Toha 6 30
3 Daniel Jimenez 12 23
4 Alex Bernabe 8 22
5 Hector Rodriguez 6 17
6 Adrià Pifarre 12 16
7 Joel Brard 6 13
8 Joan Travesset 8 13
9 Aitor Pascual 3 12
10 Alex Ros 4 12

References

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  1. ^ "Andorra new member federation of the EHF". European Handball Federation. Eurohandball.com. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Andorra's first international game". European Handball Federation. Eurohandball.com. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Andorra / Men (Adults) - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
  4. ^ "IHF | Team Details Page".
  5. ^ "Team Info".
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