Cuba men's national handball team

Cuba
Information
Nickname	Titans
Association	Federación Cubana de Balonmano
Coach	Luis Martínez
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 1980)
Best result	11th (1980, 2000)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1982)
Best result	8th (1999)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1980)
Best result	1st (1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Cuba men's national handball team represents Cuba in international handball competitions and is controlled by the Cuban Handball Association.^[1]

• 1980 – 11th
• 2000 – 11th

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

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

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

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

• 2013: 2nd

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

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

• 2019 – 2nd
• 2023 – 1st

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

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

Head coach: Luis Martínez

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

Amongst most capped players, there is :

• Roberto Julián Duranona (OB): 270 caps until 1994
• Vladimir Rivero (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

• 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 → Hungary
• Rolando Uríos 79 caps → Spain

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