United States women's national handball team

The United States women's national handball team is the national team of the United States. It takes part in international handball competitions.

United States
Information
AssociationUSA Team Handball
CoachEdina Szabo
CaptainJulia Taylor
Colours
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1st
Team colours
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1984)
Best result5th place (1984)
World Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1975)
Best result11th place (1975, 1982)
Pan American Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1986)
Best result Champions (1986, 1991)
Last updated on Unknown.
United States women's national handball team
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 United States Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Argentina Team
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 1991 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 1989 United States
Nor.Ca Handball Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Puerto Rico

At the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship in Hungary the U.S. team placed 11th.[1] They also participated in the 1975, 1986, 1993 and 1995 IHF World Women's Handball Championship and the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

Results edit

Olympic Games edit

 
The US Women's handball team during a match against Ivory Coast at the 1988 Summer Olympics
 
USA women's handball team against South Korea in the 1988 Summer Olympics

Since their first appearance in 1984, the U.S. has participated in four Olympic Games.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
  1976 did not qualify, 1980 boycott
  1980
  1984 5th[2] 5 2 0 3 114 123 −9
  1988 7th[3] 6 1 0 5 123 156 −33
  1992 6th[4] 4 1 0 3 72 102 −30
  1996 8th[5] 4 0 0 4 87 114 −27
  2000 did not qualify
  2004
  2008
  2012
  2016
  2020
  2024 to be determined
  2028 qualified
Total 4/12 19 4 0 15 396 495 –99

World Championship edit

Since their first appearance in 1975, the U.S. has participated in five World Championships.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
  1957 did not qualify
  1962
  1965
  1971
  1973
  1975 11th 5 1 0 4 42 113 −71
  1978 did not qualify
  1982 11th 8 1 0 7 99 173 −74
  1986 16th 6 0 0 6 84 139 −55
  1990 did not qualify
  1993 12th 7 0 0 7 117 189 −72
   1995 17th 5 1 0 4 95 121 −26
  1997 did not qualify
   1999
  2001
  2003
  2005
  2007
  2009
  2011
  2013
  2015
  2017
  2019
  2021
    2023
   2025 Qualified as wild card
  2027
  2029 To be determined
   2031
Total 5/30 31 3 0 28 437 735 –298

Pan American Championships edit

From their first appearance in 1986 to their last in 2017, the U.S. participated in eight Pan American Championships.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
  1986 1st 4 4 0 0 62 22 +40
  1989 2nd 3 2 1 0 71 38 +33
  1991 1st 6 6 0 0 228 82 +146
  1997 did not qualify
  1999
  2000
  2003 4th 5 2 0 3 91 104 −13
  2005 6th 5 0 0 5 91 138 −47
  2007 7th 5 1 0 4 100 126 −26
  2009 did not qualify
  2011
  2013 8th 6 1 0 5 120 180 −60
  2015 10th 7 2 0 5 161 168 −7
  2017 5th 6 3 0 3 145 163 −18
Total 9/14 46 21 0 25 1069 1021 +48

Pan American Games edit

 
Kathy Callaghan stands on a bench and cheers as she and her teammates learn that they have clinched the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Since their first appearance in 1987, the U.S. has participated in six Pan American Games.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
  1987 1st 5 5 0 0 134 68 +66
  1995 1st 5 5 0 0 122 98 +24
  1999 4th 7 2 1 4 154 155 −1
  2003 4th 7 3 0 4 156 187 −31
  2007 did not qualify
  2011 8th 5 0 0 5 110 178 −68
  2015 did not qualify
  2019 4th 5 2 0 3 102 117 −15
Total 6/8 34 17 1 16 778 803 –25

Nor.Ca. Handball Championship edit

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
  2015 3rd 6 3 1 2 151 165 –14
  2017 2nd 5 4 0 1 122 112 +10
  2019 5th 4 2 1 1 118 97 +21
  2021 4th 4 0 0 4 73 109 –36
  2023 5th 4 0 0 4 57 119 –62
Total 5/5 23 9 2 12 521 602 –81

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Previous Women's World Champions. Indoor/en salle/Halle – 1982 – HUN. 2.-12.12-1982" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.

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