When the Spain men’s national team finished runners-up to Germany at the EHF Beach Handball EURO 2025 in July, it marked the first European championship medal for the three-time champions in eight years. The architect of this success? Juan Antonio Vázquez Diz who, as a player, was a three-time EURO top scorer and, in 2015, the MVP; as a coach, he is a meticulous thinker and strategist with a clear vision.