Brazil and Portugal face each other this Friday (17/01), at 2pm (Brasília time), in the second round of the group stage of the Men’s World Handball Championship. The game will be at the Unity Arena, in Norway.
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In their debut in the tournament, Brazil beat Norway, the home team, 29 to 26. The highlights of the game were Habiel Langaro, with eight goals, and Hugo Bryan, with six goals.
Portugal also started the tournament on the right foot, beating the United States 30 to 21. The Portuguese highlights were Pedro Portella and Martim Costa, both with seven goals.
Men’s World Handball Championship: where to watch
The game between Brazil x Portugal, for the Men’s World Handball Championship, will be broadcast on sportv (closed TV) and Cazé TV (Youtube).
- Date: January 17th, Friday
- Time: 2pm (Brasília time)
- Where to watch: sportv (closed TV) and Cazé TV (Youtube).
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How does the Men’s World Handball Championship work?
32 teams are divided into eight groups of four teams. The top three in each group advance to the second phase, which will have four groups with six teams. The best two in each group go to the quarterfinals, where the knockout stage for the title begins.
Who are the players called up by Brazil at the Handball World Cup?
Coach Marcos Tatá called up 18 athletes for the world tournament: two goalkeepers, three central defenders, six full-backs, four wingers and three pivots. Only four athletes play in Brazil. See the list:
Goalkeepers
- Mateus Cristian – Pinheiros
- Rangel Luan – Saint-Raphaël (FRA)
Centrals
- Acácio Marques – Shabab Al Ahli Dubai (UAE)
- Denys Alessandro – Valinox Novas (ESP)
- Tarcísio Freitas – Granollers (ESP)
Sides
- Bryan Monte – Montpellier (FRA)
- Gustavo César – Chambéry (FRA)
- Haniel Langaro – Dinamo Bucharest (ROM)
- Leandro Alves – Mudhar Club (KSA)
- Thiagus Petrus – Barcelona (ESP)
- Vinícios Ângelo – Chartres Metrópole (FRA)
Tips
- Jean-Pierre Dupoux – Tremblay (FRA)
- Joel Felipe – Praia Clube
- Marcos Antônio – Pinheiros
- Rudolph Hackbarth – Enchanted City (ESP)
Pivots
- Edy Silva – Sporting Lisbon (POR)
- Guilherme Borges – Ademar León (ESP)
- Renan Iziquiel – Pinheiros
Led by coach Marcos Tatá, the Brazil is part of Group E, which also has Portugal, Norway and the United States. The group’s headquarters city is Oslo, capital of Norway.
Brazil’s best position in the Men’s Handball World Cup came in 2019, when the team came in 9th place. In the last edition, in 2023, the Brazilians finished 17th. The goal for this year’s World Cup is to reach at least the quarterfinals.
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Men’s Handball World Cup 2025: Brazil games
- Brazil x Norway – January 15th (Wednesday) – 16:30 (Brasília time)
- Brazil x Portugal – January 17th (Friday) – 2:00 pm (Brasília time)
- Brazil x United States – January 19th (Sunday) – 2:00 pm (Brasília time)
Men’s Handball World Cup 2025: groups
- Group A, Herning (DIN): Germany, Czechia, Poland and Switzerland
- Group B, Herning (DIN): Denmark, Italy, Algeria and Tunisia
- Group C, Porec (CRO): France, Austria, Qatar and Kuwait
- Group D, Varazdin (CRO): Hungary, Netherlands, North Macedonia and Guinea
- Group E, Oslo (NOR): Brazil, Portugal, Norway and the United States
- Group F, Oslo (NOR): Chile, Sweden, Spain and Japan
- Group G, Zagreb (CRO): Cape Verde, Cuba, Iceland and Slovenia
- Group H, Zagreb (CRO): Argentina, Egypt, Croatia and Bahrain
Men’s Handball World Cup: where to watch
The Men’s Handball World Cup will be broadcast in Brazil on SporTV (closed TV) and CazéTV (YouTube).
Men’s Handball World Cup: greatest champions
- France – 6 titles
- Sweden and Romania – 4 titles
- Germany – 3 titles
- Russia and Spain – 2 titles
- Croatia, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia – 1 title
Men’s Handball World Cup: all the champions
- 1938 – champion: Germany / runner-up: Austria
- 1954 – champion: Sweden / runner-up: Germany
- 1958 – champion: Sweden / runner-up: Czechoslovakia
- 1961 – champion: Romania / runner-up: Czechoslovakia
- 1964 – champion: Romania / runner-up: Sweden
- 1967 – champion: Czechoslovakia / runner-up: Denmark
- 1970 – champion: Romania / runner-up: East Germany
- 1974 – champion: Romania / runner-up: East Germany
- 1978 – champion: West Germany / runners-up: Soviet Union
- 1982 – champion: Soviet Union / runner-up: Yugoslavia
- 1986 – champion: Yugoslavia / runner-up: Hungary
- 1990 – champion: Sweden / runner-up: Soviet Union
- 1993 – champion: Russia / runner-up: France
- 1995 – champion: France / runner-up: Croatia
- 1997 – champion: Russia / runner-up: Sweden
- 1999 – champion: Sweden / runner-up: Russia
- 2001 – champion: France / runner-up: Sweden
- 2003 – champion: Croatia / runner-up: Germany
- 2005 – champion: Spain / runner-up: Croatia
- 2007 – champion: Germany / runner-up: Poland
- 2009 – champion: France / runner-up: Croatia
- 2011 – champion: France / runner-up: Denmark
- 2013 – champion: Spain / runner-up: Denmark
- 2015 – champion: France / runner-up: Qatar
- 2017 – champion: France / runner-up: Norway
- 2019 – champion: Denmark / runner-up: Norway
- 2021 – champion: Denmark / runner-up: Sweden
- 2023 – champion: Denmark / runner-up: France
