National team
National handball team
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
IHF World Championship
EHF European Championship
Other awards
GF World Cup
Gold medalists : 2009, 2010
Silver medalists: 2006
Competitions
Olympic Games
World Championship
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
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
Year
Pos.
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
3
1
3
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
46
4
43
2335
2331
+4
GF World Cup
Team
Current squad
Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship .[ 2] [ 3]
Head coach: Florentin Pera
Notable players
IHF World Player of the Year
EHF Player of the Year
MVP
All-Star Team members
Irina Klimovschi (goalkeeper), 1956 World Championship, 1960 World Championship
Doina Furcoi-Solomonov (pivot), 1975 World Championship
Mariana Tîrcă (right back), 1995 World Championship
Luminiţa Dinu (goalkeeper), 2000 European Championship, 2005 World Championship
Valentina Ardean-Elisei (left wing), 2005 World Championship, 2008 European Championship, 2015 World Championship
Ionela Stanca (pivot), 2007 World Championship
Ramona Farcău (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics
Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010 European Championship, 2014 European Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2015 World Championship
Crina Pintea (pivot), 2018 European Championship
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
Coaching history
Individual all-time records
Most matches played
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.
Last updated: 29 September 2019
Most goals scored
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.
Last updated: 29 September 2019
See also
References
External links
Current teams Defunct teams