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Romania women's national handball team

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.

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

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 edit

IHF World Championship

EHF European Championship

  • Bronze medalists: 2010

Other awards edit

GF World Cup

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

Competitions edit

Competition       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 edit

Year Pos. Pld W D L
  1976 4th 5 2 0 3
  1980 did not qualify
  1984
  1988
  1992
  1996
  2000 7th 6 2 1 3
  2004 did not qualify
  2008 7th 8 5 0 3
  2012 did not qualify
  2016 9th 5 2 0 3
  2020 did not qualify
  2024
Total 4/12 24 11 1 12

World Championship edit

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
  1957 9th 2 0 0 2 2 9 -7
  1962 1st   5 4 1 0 41 17 +24
  1965 6th 3 0 2 1 18 21 -3
  1971 4th 5 2 1 2 51 51 0
  1973 2nd   5 4 0 1 67 52 +15
  1975 4th 7 4 0 3 102 83 +19
  1978 7th 5 3 0 2 78 67 +11
  1982 8th 7 3 3 1 159 122 +37
  1986 5th 7 5 1 1 151 129 +22
  1990 7th 5 1 1 3 90 100 -10
  1993 4th 7 4 0 3 156 129 +27
    1995 7th 8 6 0 2 232 175 +57
  1997 12th 6 3 0 3 186 161 +25
    1999 4th 9 5 0 4 250 196 +54
  2001 17th 5 1 0 4 129 135 -6
  2003 10th 8 4 1 3 244 206 +38
  2005 2nd   10 9 0 1 322 249 +73
  2007 4th 10 7 0 3 323 284 +39
  2009 8th 9 5 1 3 306 231 +75
  2011 13th 6 2 1 3 166 183 -17
  2013 10th 6 4 0 2 161 127 +34
  2015 3rd   9 5 0 4 270 225 +45
  2017 10th 6 4 0 2 150 140 +10
  2019 12th 8 3 0 5 181 227 -46
  2021 13th 6 3 0 3 202 146 +56
      2023 12th 6 4 0 2 185 164 +21
    2025 TBD
  2027
  2029
    2031
Total 26/30 170 95 12 63 4222 3629 +593

European Championship edit

Year Pos. Pld W D L GS GA GD
  1994 10th 6 2 0 4 112 124 -12
  1996 5th 6 4 1 1 155 139 +16
  1998 11th 6 1 0 5 148 168 -20
  2000 4th 7 2 3 2 168 164 +4
  2002 7th 7 4 0 3 169 166 +3
  2004 7th 7 5 0 2 206 187 +19
  2006 did not qualify
  2008 5th 7 5 0 2 209 199 +10
    2010 3rd   8 5 0 3 205 197 +8
  2012 10th 6 2 1 3 136 139 -3
    2014 9th 6 3 1 2 136 137 -1
  2016 5th 7 5 0 2 173 158 +15
  2018 4th 8 4 0 4 213 212 +1
   2020 12th 6 1 0 5 135 160 -25
    2022 12th 6 2 0 4 170 181 -11
    2024 Qualified
      2026 Quaified as co-host
    2028 TBD
Total 15/18 93 45 6 42 2335 2331 +4

GF World Cup edit

Team edit

Current squad edit

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 35) 1.73 m 49 63   Gloria Bistrița
4 LB Claudia Paşcan (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 29) 1.76 m 2 3   SCM Craiova
7 CB Eliza Buceschi (1993-08-01) 1 August 1993 (age 30) 1.77 m 103 244   Rapid București
8 LB Cristina Neagu (1988-08-26) 26 August 1988 (age 35) 1.80 m 221 972   CSM București
12 GK Diana Ciucă (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 23) 1.80 m 18 1   Rapid București
13 CB Cristina Laslo (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28) 1.76 m 79 137   Gloria Bistrița
14 LB Bianca Bazaliu (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 26) 1.83 m 23 29   Gloria Bistrița
18 RB Daria Bucur (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 24) 1.81 m 14 9   SCM Gloria Buzău
20 GK Iulia Dumanska (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 27) 1.78 m 69 0   Gloria Bistrița
21 LW Alexandra Dindiligan (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) 1.70 m 19 14   CSM București
22 RW Alexandra Badea (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 25) 1.75 m 14 12   Rapid București
27 P Lorena Ostase (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 26) 1.79 m 35 51   Rapid București
28 LB Diana Lixăndroiu (2005-08-14) 14 August 2005 (age 18) 1.79 m 9 3   CSM Slatina
30 RW Sonia Seraficeanu (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 26) 1.74 m 39 63   Gloria Bistrița
33 P Nicoleta Balog (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 29) 1.76 m 2 0   HC Dunărea Brăila
70 CB Andreea Popa (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 23) 1.77 m 9 9   HC Dunărea Brăila
71 RB Alicia Gogîrlă (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21) 1.82 m 2 0   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
77 P Crina Pintea (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34) 1.92 m 112 183   CSM București
98 GK Daciana Hosu (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 26) 1.82 m 23 0   SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Notable players edit

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 edit

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

Individual all-time records edit

Most matches played edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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