# Austria women's national handball team

The Austria women's national handball team is the national team of Austria. It is governed by the Austrian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.

## Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

### Olympic Games

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1976 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1980 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1984 | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 117 | −26 |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1992 | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 79 | +11 |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2000 | 5th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 220 | 173 | +47 |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2032 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 3/15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 401 | 369 | +32 |

### World Championship

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1957 | 6th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 42 | −18 |
| 1962 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1965 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1971 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1973 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1975 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 1986 | 12th | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 133 | 155 | −22 |
| 1990 | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 111 | −10 |
| 1993 | 8th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 115 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 162 | +34 |
| 1997 | 11th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 139 | +11 |
| 1999 | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 223 | +22 |
| 2001 | 7th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 264 | 244 | +20 |
| 2003 | 11th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 254 | 212 | +42 |
| 2005 | 13th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 147 | +11 |
| 2007 | 16th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 141 | 173 | −32 |
| 2009 | 10th | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 273 | 241 | +32 |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | 16th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 174 | 182 | −8 |
| 2023 | 19th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 200 | −20 |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2027 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2029 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2031 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 14/30 | 96 | 45 | 1 | 50 | 2408 | 2346 | +62 |

### European Championship

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1994 | 9th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 122 | −2 |
| 1996 | 3rd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 175 | 150 | +25 |
| 1998 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 183 | −1 |
| 2000 | 12th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 111 | 179 | −68 |
| 2002 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 150 | +9 |
| 2004 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 164 | 170 | −6 |
| 2006 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 153 | 200 | −47 |
| 2008 | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 86 | −33 |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2020 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2022 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2024 | 14th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 87 | −2 |
| 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2028 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Total | 9/18 | 50 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 1202 | 1327 | −125 |

## Team
### Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Herbert Müller
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Lena Ivančok
* (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 23)
* 1.75 m
* 33
* 2
* Neckarsulmer SU
* 3
* LB
* Katarina Pandza
* (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 22)
* 1.79 m
* 27
* 94
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 5
* CB
* Sonja Frey
* (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31)
* 1.69 m
* 109
* 537
* Thüringer HC
* 6
* LW
* Mirela Dedic
* (1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 (age 32)
* 1.69 m
* 78
* 132
* Hypo Niederösterreich
* 9
* CB
* Patricia Kovács
* (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28)
* 1.78 m
* 74
* 278
* Hypo Niederösterreich
* 15
* RW
* Claudia Wess
* (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 29)
* 1.81 m
* 77
* 64
* Hypo Niederösterreich
* 16
* GK
* Petra Blazek
* (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 37)
* 1.82 m
* 221
* 3
* Hypo Niederösterreich
* 18
* RB
* Kristina Dramac
* (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22)
* 1.80 m
* 24
* 20
* RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
* 19
* RW
* Lilli Gschwentner
* (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21)
* 1.66 m
* 4
* 0
* WAT Atzgersdorf
* 22
* P
* Stefanie Kaiser
* (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 32)
* 1.81 m
* 90
* 131
* HSG Blomberg-Lippe
* 29
* LB
* Ines Ivančok
* (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 26)
* 1.80 m
* 57
* 173
* Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
* 44
* P
* Nora Leitner
* (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 22)
* 1.77 m
* 18
* 21
* Hypo Niederösterreich
* 54
* LW
* Santina Sabatnig
* (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20)
* 1.73 m
* 14
* 6
* HC Rödertal
* 57
* LB
* Josefine Huber
* (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28)
* 1.80 m
* 52
* 132
* Thüringer HC
* 64
* CB
* Ana Pandza
* (2003-12-24) 24 December 2003 (age 20)
* 1.68 m
* 15
* 10
* RK Podravka Koprivnica
* 67
* LB
* Johanna Reichert
* (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 22)
* 1.78 m
* 31
* 73
* Thüringer HC

### Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Monique Tijsterman |
| Assistant coach | Erwin Gierlinger |
| Team Manager | Isabel Mittmansgruber |
| Goalkeeping coach | Sabine Englert |
| Team Doctors | Steven Moayad |
| Physiotherapists | Sven Köhler |
| Physiotherapists | Christina Nikolov-Pires |

### Notable players

Several Austrian players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments.

#### MVP

* Ausra Fridrikas, 1999 World Championship

#### All-Star Team

* Marianna Racz, 1992 Summer Olympics
* Sorina Lefter, 1995 World Championship
* Ausra Fridrikas, 1999 World Championship, 2002 European Championship
* Tanja Logwin, 2004 European Championship

#### Top Scorer

* Ausra Fridrikas, 2001 World Championship (87 goals)
* Katrin Engel, 2009 World Championship (67 goals)

#### Others

* Gabriela Rotiș
* Jasna Kolar-Merdan
* Stanka Bozovic
* Iris Morhammer
* Natascha Rusnachenko
* Laura Fritz
* Monika Königshofer
* Stephanie Ofenböck
* Stephanie Subke
* Gabriela Rotiș-Nagy

### Records

Last updated: 5 February 2022 Source: Austrian Handball Federation