- Portugal national handball team
Infobox National handball team
Name = Portugal
Badge = Portugal_national_handball_team_logo.gif
Nickname = - | Association = Associação Portuguesa de Andebol
Coach = flagicon|SWE Mats Olsson
Most caps =Carlos Resende (250)| Most goals =Ricardo Andorinho (258)
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leftarm2=ffffff|body2=ffffff|rightarm2=ffffff|shorts2=ffffff|socks2=ffffffWorld cup apps = 3
World cup first = 1997
World cup best = 12th, 2003
Regional name = European Championship
Regional cup apps = 5
Regional cup first = 1994
Regional cup best = 7th, 2000The Portugal national handball team is the national
handball team ofPortugal . The Portuguese squad achieved minor results at international level, but as qualified twice for theWorld Men's Handball Championship , and reached the 12 th place in the2003 edition, when they hosted the competition.World Men's Handball Championship record* Germany 1938 : didn't qualified
* Sweden 1954 : didn't qualified
* East Germany 1958 : didn't qualified
* West Germany 1961 : didn't qualified
* Czechoslovakia 1964 : didn't qualified
* Sweden 1967 : didn't qualified
* France 1970 : didn't qualified
* East Germany 1974 : didn't qualified
* Denmark 1978 : didn't qualified
* West Germany 1982 : didn't qualified
* Switzerland 1986 : didn't qualified
* Czechoslovakia 1990 : didn't qualified
* Sweden 1993 : didn't qualified
* Iceland 1995 : didn't qualified
* Japan 1997 : 19th
* Egypt 1999 : didn't qualified
* France 2001 : 16th
* Portugal 2003 : 12th
* Tunisia 2005 : didn't qualified
* Germany 2007 : didn't qualified
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