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Romania women's national handball team

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Romania
Information
AssociationRomanian Handball Federation
CoachFlorentin Pera
Assistant coachBogdan Burcea
Most capsMariana Tîrcă (335)
Most goalsMariana Tîrcă (2043)
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1976)
Best result4th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances26 (First in 1957)
Best result1st (1962)
European Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1994)
Best result3rd (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Romania women's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1962 Romania
Silver medal – second place 1973 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 2005 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Denmark
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Denmark/Norway
The team in 2015, under Tomas Ryde
The team in 2017, under Ambros Martín

The Romanian women's national team represents Romania in senior women's international handball and is controlled by the Romanian Handball Federation, the governing body for handball in Romania. It competes in the three major international tournaments; the Olympic Games, the IHF World Championship and the EHF European Championship.

Since first entering World Championship, Romania are the only team to have appeared in all 25 tournaments to date.[1]

They were crowned winners in the IHF World Championship three times: 1956, 1960 and 1962, and finished as runners-up in 1973 and 2005 and also finished third in 2015. Since first entering in 1994, Romania have never won the EHF European Championship, with their best performances being a third-place finish in 2010.

Honors

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IHF World Championship

EHF European Championship

  • Bronze medalists: 2010

Other awards

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GF World Cup

  • Gold medalists: 2009, 2010
  • Silver medalists: 2006

Competitions

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Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championship 1 2 1 4
European Championship 0 0 1 1
Total 1 2 2 5

Olympic Games

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Year Pos. Pld W D L
Canada 1976 4th 5 2 0 3
Soviet Union 1980 did not qualify
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000 7th 6 2 1 3
Greece 2004 did not qualify
China 2008 7th 8 5 0 3
United Kingdom 2012 did not qualify
Brazil 2016 9th 5 2 0 3
Japan 2020 did not qualify
France 2024
Total 4/12 24 11 1 12

World Championship

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Since their first appearance in 1957, Romania has participated in 25 World Championships. They were crowned world champions for the first time in 1962 after beating Denmark (8–5) in the final.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA GD
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 9th 2 0 0 2 2 9 -7
Romania 1962 1st 5 4 1 0 41 17 +24
West Germany 1965 6th 3 0 2 1 18 21 -3
Netherlands 1971 4th 5 2 1 2 51 51 0
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973 2nd 5 4 0 1 67 52 +15
Soviet Union 1975 4th 7 4 0 3 102 83 +19
Czechoslovakia 1978 7th 5 3 0 2 78 67 +11
Hungary 1982 8th 7 3 3 1 159 122 +37
Netherlands 1986 5th 7 5 1 1 151 129 +22
South Korea 1990 7th 5 1 1 3 90 100 -10
Norway 1993 4th 7 4 0 3 156 129 +27
Austria Hungary 1995 7th 8 6 0 2 232 175 +57
Germany 1997 12th 6 3 0 3 186 161 +25
Denmark Norway 1999 4th 9 5 0 4 250 196 +54
Italy 2001 17th 5 1 0 4 129 135 -6
Croatia 2003 10th 8 4 1 3 244 206 +38
Russia 2005 2nd 10 9 0 1 322 249 +73
France 2007 4th 10 7 0 3 323 284 +39
China 2009 8th 9 5 1 3 306 231 +75
Brazil 2011 13th 6 2 1 3 166 183 -17
Serbia 2013 10th 6 4 0 2 161 127 +34
Denmark 2015 3rd 9 5 0 4 270 225 +45
Germany 2017 10th 6 4 0 2 150 140 +10
Japan 2019 12th 8 3 0 5 181 227 -46
Spain 2021 13th 6 3 0 3 202 146 +56
Denmark Norway Sweden 2023 12th 6 4 0 2 185 164 +21
Germany Netherlands 2025 TBD
Hungary 2027
Spain 2029
Czech Republic Poland 2031
Total 26/30 170 95 12 63 4222 3629 +593

European Championship

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Year Pos. Pld W D L GS GA GD
Germany 1994 10th 6 2 0 4 112 124 -12
Denmark 1996 5th 6 4 1 1 155 139 +16
Netherlands 1998 11th 6 1 0 5 148 168 -20
Romania 2000 4th 7 3 1 3 168 164 +4
Denmark 2002 7th 7 4 0 3 169 166 +3
Hungary 2004 7th 7 5 0 2 206 187 +19
Sweden 2006 did not qualify
North Macedonia 2008 5th 7 5 0 2 209 199 +10
Denmark Norway 2010 3rd Bronze 8 5 0 3 205 197 +8
Serbia 2012 10th 6 2 1 3 136 139 -3
Croatia Hungary 2014 9th 6 3 1 2 136 137 -1
Sweden 2016 5th 7 5 0 2 173 158 +15
France 2018 4th 8 4 0 4 213 212 +1
DenmarkNorway 2020 12th 6 1 0 5 135 160 -25
SloveniaNorth MacedoniaMontenegro 2022 12th 6 2 0 4 170 181 -11
AustriaHungarySwitzerland 2024 Qualified
Czech RepublicPolandRomaniaSlovakiaTurkey 2026 Quaified as co-host
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2028 TBD
Total 15/18 93 46 4 43 2335 2331 +4

GF World Cup

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Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Florentin Pera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Nicoleta Dincă (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 36) 1.73 m 49 63 Romania Gloria Bistrița
4 LB Claudia Paşcan (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30) 1.76 m 2 3 Romania SCM Craiova
7 CB Eliza Buceschi (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 31) 1.77 m 103 244 Romania Rapid București
8 LB Cristina Neagu (1988-08-26) 26 August 1988 (age 36) 1.80 m 221 972 Romania CSM București
12 GK Diana Ciucă (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 24) 1.80 m 18 1 Romania Rapid București
13 CB Cristina Laslo (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28) 1.76 m 79 137 Romania Gloria Bistrița
14 LB Bianca Bazaliu (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 27) 1.83 m 23 29 Romania Gloria Bistrița
18 RB Daria Bucur (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 25) 1.81 m 14 9 Romania SCM Gloria Buzău
20 GK Iulia Dumanska (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 28) 1.78 m 69 0 Romania Gloria Bistrița
21 LW Alexandra Dindiligan (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) 1.70 m 19 14 Romania CSM București
22 RW Alexandra Badea (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26) 1.75 m 14 12 Romania Rapid București
27 P Lorena Ostase (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27) 1.79 m 35 51 Romania Rapid București
28 LB Diana Lixăndroiu (2005-08-14) 14 August 2005 (age 19) 1.79 m 9 3 Romania CSM Slatina
30 RW Sonia Seraficeanu (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27) 1.74 m 39 63 Romania Gloria Bistrița
33 P Nicoleta Balog (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 29) 1.76 m 2 0 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila
70 CB Andreea Popa (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 24) 1.77 m 9 9 Romania HC Dunărea Brăila
71 RB Alicia Gogîrlă (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21) 1.82 m 2 0 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
77 P Crina Pintea (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34) 1.92 m 112 183 Romania CSM București
98 GK Daciana Hosu (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 26) 1.82 m 23 0 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Notable players

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IHF World Player of the Year
EHF Player of the Year
MVP
All-Star Team members
Top scorers
  • Victoria Dumitrescu (left back), 1956 World Championship
  • Carmen Amariei (left back), 1999 World Championship
  • Simona Gogîrlă (left back), 2000 European Championship
  • Ramona Farcău (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Cristina Vărzaru (right wing), 2009–2010 EHF Champions League
  • Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010 European Championship, 2015 World Championship, 2014–2015 EHF Champions League, 2017–2018 EHF Champions League, 2019-2020 EHF Champions League, 2020-2021 EHF Champions League, 2021-2022 EHF Champions League
Other notable players
Medal leaders
World Championship
Player Gold
Irina Klimovschi
Ana Starck-Stănișel
Iozefina Ștefănescu
Victoria Dumitrescu
Maria Constantinescu
Aurelia Szőke-Tudor

Coaching history

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Period Head Coach
1953–1965 Romania Constantin Popescu
1965–1969 Romania Francisc Spier
1969 Romania Valeriu Gogâltan
1969–1970 Romania Pompiliu Simion
1971–1973 Romania Gabriel Zugrăvescu
1973–1976 Romania Constantin Popescu
1976–1978 Romania Francisc Spier
1978–1982 Romania Constantin Lache
1982–1986 Romania Eugen Bartha
1986–1993 Romania Bogdan Macovei
1993–1994 Romania Gheorghe Sbora
1994–1995 Romania Gheorghe Tadici
1995–1996 Romania Gheorghe Ionescu
1996–1999 Romania Cornel Bădulescu
1999–2000 Romania Bogdan Macovei
2000–2002 Romania Dumitru Muși
2002–2005 Romania Cornel Oțelea
2005–2008 Romania Gheorghe Tadici
2008–2012 Romania Radu Voina
2012–2015 Romania Gheorghe Tadici
2015–2016 Sweden Tomas Ryde
2016–2019 Spain Ambros Martín
2019–2020 Sweden Tomas Ryde
2020–2021 Romania Bogdan Burcea
2021–2022 Romania Adrian Vasile
2022–present Romania Florentin Pera[4]

Individual all-time records

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Most matches played

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Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

# Player Matches
1 Mariana Tîrcă 335
2 Valentina Cozma 322
3 Aurelia Brădeanu 273
4 Valentina Ardean-Elisei 256
5 Marilena Doiciu 237
6 Maria Török-Duca 226
7 Steluța Luca 223
8 Ramona Farcău 214
9 Simona Arghir-Sandu 206
Lidia Drăgănescu 206

Last updated: 29 September 2019

Most goals scored

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Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

# Player Goals Matches Average
1 Mariana Tîrcă 2043 335 6.09
2 Steluța Luca 1013 223 4.54
3 Valentina Cozma 980 322 3.04
4 Valentina Ardean-Elisei 915 256 3.57
5 Carmen Amariei 855 182 4.69
6 Cristina Neagu 830 198 4.12
7 Ramona Farcău 689 214 3.21
8 Aurelia Brădeanu 685 273 2.50
9 Lidia Drăgănescu 658 206 3.19
10 Maria Török-Duca 626 226 2.76

Last updated: 29 September 2019

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Echipa României de handbal feminin, singura echipă din lume calificată la toate edițiile Campionatelor Mondiale" (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Florentin Pera, concluzii după Trofeul Carpați » Ce jucătoare a lăsat în afara lotului + Cristina Neagu este incertă pentru Campionatul Mondial". gsp.ro (in Romanian). 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Romania" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Florentin Pera este noul selecționer al naționalei feminine de handbal a României » Prima reacție a antrenorului: „Obiectivul este calificarea la Jocurile Olimpice de la Paris 2024"". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 9 August 2022.
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