Brazil

Players

No. Name Position
89 Cesar Almeida Goalkeeper
89 Cesar Almeida Goalkeeper
34 Matheus Almeida Left Wing
11 Cleber Andrade Left Wing
18 Felipe Borges Left Wing
29 Lucas Candido Right Wing
98 Ronaldo Catarino Right Wing
97 Gabriel Ceretta Right Back
19 Fabio Chiuffa Right Wing
16 Rangel Da Rosa Goalkeeper
3 Leonardo Dutra Left Back
26 Oswaldo Guimaraes Right Back
77 Rudolph Hackbarth Right Wing
2 Teixeira Henrique Playmaker
37 Haniel Langaro Left Back
13 Rogerio Moraes Pivot
49 Raul Nantes Left Back
80 Edney Oliveira Pivot
9 Pedro Pacheco Playmaker
15 Arthur Patrianova Left Back
70 Arthur Peao Left Wing
20 Arthur Pereira Right Back
14 Thiagus Petrus Left Back
35 Thiago Ponciano Left Back
17 Alexandro Pozzer Pivot
95 Gustavo Rodrigues Right Back
1 Maik Santos Goalkeeper
12 Lucas Santos Goalkeeper
21 Thiago Roberto Santos Playmaker
28 Matheus Silva Pivot
99 Guilherme Silva Pivot
4 Joao Silva Playmaker
25 Vinicius Teixeira Pivot
62 Leonardo Tercariol Goalkeeper
10 Jose Toledo Right Back
5 Guilherme Torriani Left Wing

Road to Egypt 2021: Brazil booked their place in the 27th Men’s Handball World Championship after coming second at the 2020 Men’s South and Central American Championship.

History: Brazil achieved their best ranking in 2019 when they finished ninth in their 14th appearance in the World Championship.

Coach: Leonardo Portolini

Nickname: Samba Dancers

Brazil have always been an exciting team to watch but have seemed to lack the special ingredient that makes teams great. While they clinched a top 16 berth four times and they finished with their best result ever at the last IHF Men’s World Championship, they still never made it into the top eight as they placed ninth two years ago.  

Sometimes, it was the lack of experience, other times lack of concentration, but the team that have been dominating the sport in the Americas have not quite been able to get over that hurdle.

One thing is clear at Egypt 2021, though, Brazil have plenty of firepower and grit ready to better their previous results.

“Our goal is to be able to evolve on a game-by-game basis and be better than in the previous years, both technically and tactically. It is important to have results, but, in my view, we also must play well to achieve those results,” said Brazil’s coach, Marcus Oliveira.

There are only a handful of players still in the domestic league, as European teams have flocked to bring in Brazilian players in the past few years.

Therefore, the experience is there, with key Brazilians playing weekly in top leagues in Europe, several of them in France, Spain or Romania. 

Even though that could insulate a false sense of security, Oliveira is upbeat. Despite boasting players like Thiagus Petrus, who plays for Barça, or Rogerio Moraes, currently at Veszprém, the Brazilian coach underlines the strength of the core, not the individuals.

“Sure, we have good players, but handball is a team sport. It is true one can lead by example, but the collective wins games,” said the Brazilian coach, who also served as an interim coach at the end of 2019 and will break his duck in such an important tournament.

However, the odds were not in Brazil’s favour and they were drawn into a tough group – Oliveira has a mountain to climb if Brazil want to be successful at Egypt 2021.

Brazil will face Spain, Poland and Tunisia and their coach acknowledges that the task at hand will be tough.

“The group is complicated and the opponents are great. The greatest challenge will be to adapt to all the different styles provided by our opponents,” concluded Oliveira.

“Spain are the reigning European champions, with a good tactical nous and a versatile game, while Poland are a physical side. On the other hand, we have Tunisia, which play fast and very technical,” added the Brazilian coach.

The three different patterns could hamper any team, but Brazil stay upbeat and will try to take it one game at a time to proceed to the next phase.

Surely, the Brazilian side could prove to be a worthy challenge for any opponent, but their mettle will be tested at Egypt 2021. With key players gaining more experience in the past years, Brazil will try to apply the same recipe: a great team spirit that could propel them to being one of the best teams in the world. 

But with only little time to prepare, are they able to retain the same fighting spirit of the past?

Photo Credit: IHF

Team PLD W D L GF GA GD PTS
B1 Spain 3 2 1 0 92 85 7 5
B2 Poland 3 2 0 1 89 78 11 4
B3 Brazil 3 0 2 1 84 94 -10 2
B4 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 90 98 -8 1

(B) Brazil

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