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Portugal will host the European Masters Handball Championship for the third time, highlighting its ongoing role as a key venue for major European sporting events. The article emphasizes Portugal's experience and capability in organizing such tournaments, contributing to its reputation in the handball community.
At the European Handball Championship, three individual awards reflect a single message: Portugal are playing as a united team.
The Danes won 34-27 on home soil to claim their third European title. In the all-time rankings they sit behind France (four titles) and Sweden (five). Portugal finished fifth.
Portuguese right back Francisco Costa, 20, was today voted the best young player at the 2026 European Handball Championship, while his Sporting team-mate Salvador Salvador was named best defender.
The two Portuguese players have been added to the competition's roll of honour.
The next European Championship will be held from 13 to 30 January 2028 in four cities across three countries: Valencia, Madrid, Lisbon and Zurich.
The 2028 European Handball Championship is organised by Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Lisbon will stage two matches in the preliminary phase and one in the main round.
The Portuguese celebration took place in Herning, Denmark, filled with emotion and pride. The Portuguese handball team had just secured a historic fifth place in the competition — their best-ever finish in the final stages of a European Handball Championship.
The Portuguese celebrations took place in Herning, Denmark, marked by much emotion and pride. Portugal's handball team had just secured a historic fifth place in the competition, their best-ever finish in the final stages of a European Handball Championship.
Portugal made history at the European Handball Championship by beating Sweden 36-35 to claim fifth place in the competition. It was their best-ever finish after an exciting match decided in the final moments.
Portugal finished fifth, for the first time, at a European Handball Championship.
The national handball team finished in fifth place.
Portugal's national handball team beat Sweden on Friday (36–35) and finished the European Championship in a brilliant 5th place, the best-ever finish for Portugal in this competition. See Diogo Jesus's analysis, deputy editor of Record, of the historic achievement by the 'Heroes of the Sea'.
Portugal secured a historic fifth place — their best-ever finish at the European Handball Championship finals — after beating Sweden 36-35 with a last-second goal.
This is their best-ever finish in the final stages of a European Championship.
Portugal beat Sweden to claim a historic fifth-place finish at the European Handball Championship, marking the nation's best result in the tournament's history.
The national team defeated the Swedes with a goal from Martim Costa in the final second, finishing fifth at the 2026 European Handball Championship — their best finish ever.
On Friday, Portugal secured fifth place — their best-ever finish in the final stages of a European Handball Championship — after beating Sweden 36-35 with a goal in the final second.
Portugal secured fifth place on Friday — its best-ever finish at the finals of a European Handball Championship — after beating Sweden 36–35 with a goal in the final second.
Portugal will try today to achieve its best-ever placing in the final stages of the European Handball Championship, but must beat Sweden, the competition's most successful team in terms of trophies, in the match for fifth place.
Wingers Diogo Branquinho and António Areia hope to finish the European Championship… in fifth place and 'make history' for the Portuguese national handball team, which finished Group I of the Main Round in third place.
Head coach Paulo Jorge Pereira said today that the Portuguese handball team “has the profile to fight for fifth place” at the European Championship, now hoping his players have the “strength and energy” to achieve that objective.
Portugal will compete for fifth place at the European Handball Championship after Norway's defeat to Denmark in the Main Round, with Germany's victory over France also affecting Group I standings. The result secures Portugal a spot at the next World Championship and gives the national team an opportunity to better its best-ever finish, a target the coach says he is determined to pursue as he seeks further progress at the tournament.
Portugal, nicknamed the 'Heroes of the Sea', begin the Main Round of the 2026 European Handball Championship against Germany after topping Group B with five points. Both sides carry two bonus points into Group I, but the match pits Portugal’s momentum and compact defence against Germany’s pedigree (European champions in 2004 and 2016) and likely vocal home support. The result will shape qualification dynamics in the Main Round, with tactical discipline and game management expected to decide a tight contest.
