Cuba men's national handball team

Summer Olympics

• 1980 – 11th
• 2000 – 11th

World Championship

• 1982 – 13th
• 1986 – 15th
• 1990 – 14th
• 1995 – 13th
• 1997 – 14th
• 1999 – 8th
• 2009 – 20th
• 2025 – 32nd

Pan American Games

More information Games, Round ...

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2015 Toronto	5th place match	6th	5	2	1	2	165	152	13

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Pan American Championship

• 1980 – 1st
• 1981 – 1st
• 1983 – 1st
• 1985 – 1st
• 1989 – 1st
• 1994 – 1st
• 1996 – 1st
• 1998 – 1st
• 2000 – 2nd
• 2008 – 3rd
• 2010 – 4th

Central American and Caribbean Games

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Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2018 Barranquilla	Gold medal game	1st	5	5	0	0	172	85	87

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Caribbean Handball Cup

• 2013: 2nd

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2017	Final	2	6	5	0	1	196	150

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Nor.Ca Championship

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2014	Round robin	2	5	3	0	1	109	93
2018	Round robin	1	5	4	1	0	172	125
2022	Bronze medal game	3	4	1	1	2	119	127
2024	Final	1	6	6	0	0	211	131

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IHF Emerging Nations Championship

• 2019 – 2nd
• 2023 – 1st

Other Competitions

• 2015 Four Nations Tournament – 3rd
• 2016 Four Nations Tournament – 3rd
• Torneo Cuatro Naciones de Handball 2023 – 2nd

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Luis Martínez

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No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Adan Calzada (1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 27) 1.94 m 15 3 MRK Čakovec 2 RB Ronaldo Almeida (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 23) 1.94 m 35 85 US Ivry Handball 7 LW Frank Cordies (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 25) 1.93 m 27 105 BM Huesca 9 RW Osmani Miniet (2006-09-05) 5 September 2006 (age 19) 1.81 m 0 0 Club Artemisa 10 LW Hanser Rodríguez (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 25) 1.88 m 36 74 RK Vardar 11 CB Christopher Martinez (2000-11-24) 24 November 2000 (age 25) 1.82 m 15 28 ABC/UMinho 12 GK Esniel Negret (2003-01-28) 28 January 2003 (age 23) 1.93 m 0 0 Santiago De Cuba 13 RW Victor Dawkins (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 25) 1.86 m 10 21 C.S. Marítimo 14 LB Maiko Vázquez (2003-09-03) 3 September 2003 (age 22) 1.94 m 20 61 Sporting CP 16 GK Magnol Suárez (1994-08-10) 10 August 1994 (age 31) 2.00 m 32 6 L'Arancina Handbol Mallorca 19 CB Samuel Cordies (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 23) 1.91 m 25 77 BM Huesca 21 P Claudio Ramos (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998 (age 27) 1.95 m 15 38 BM Puente Genil 23 LW Lafontan Freddy (2005-05-12) 12 May 2005 (age 20) 1.95 m 5 5 FC Porto 27 P Eduardo Valiente (1991-08-15) 15 August 1991 (age 34) 1.97 m 20 31 Erromoko Eskubaloia 32 LW Dariel García (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 29) 1.97 m 21 36 CD Bidasoa 91 RB Adonis García (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 32) 1.89 m 33 66 CB Alarcos Ciudad Real

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Player statistics

Amongst most capped players, there is :

• Roberto Julián Duranona (OB): 270 caps until 1994
• Vladimir Rivero [fr] (GK): 191^[4] caps until 1999
• Carlos Pérez (OB): 171 caps until 1997

Amongst top scorers, there is :

• Roberto Julián Duranona (OB): at least 700 goals until 1994
• Carlos Pérez (OB): at least 600 goals until 1997

Notable players

• Rafael Capote ? caps → Qatar
• Frankis Carol ? caps → Qatar
• Ivo Díaz 83 caps → Hungary
• Roberto Julián Duranona → Iceland
• Julio Fis 28 caps → Spain
• Jalesky Garcia 11 caps → Iceland
• Carlos Pérez → Hungary
• Alfredo Quintana : 23 caps → Portugal
• Vladimir Rivero [fr] → Hungary
• Rolando Uríos 79 caps → Spain