# Brazil women's national handball team

The Brazil women's national handball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Handebol and takes part in international handball competitions.

## History

In December 2013, the team won the World Championship for the first time in history after defeating Serbia 22–20 in the final. The Brazilian team won all nine games played in the tournament and became the first nation from Americas, Southern Hemisphere and only the second non-European country (after South Korea) to win the title.

## Results
### Olympic Games

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1976 Montreal | 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 Moscow | 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 Los Angeles | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1988 Seoul | 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 Barcelona | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1996 Atlanta | 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 Sydney | Match for 7th place | 8th of 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 180 | 238 |
| 2004 Athens | Match for 7th place | 7th of 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 178 | 192 |
| 2008 Beijing | Preliminary round | 9th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 124 | 137 |
| 2012 London | Quarter-finals | 6th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 143 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Quarter-finals | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 149 |
| 2020 Tokyo | Preliminary round | 11th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 133 | 141 |
| 2024 Paris | Quarterfinals | 7th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 142 | 151 |
| Total | 6/13 | | 42 | 15 | 2 | 25 | 1074 | 1151 |

### World Championships

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1957 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1962 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1965 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1971 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1973 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1975 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1978 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1982 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1986 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1990 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1993 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 1995 | Preliminary round | 17th–20th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 109 |
| 1997 | Preliminary round | 23rd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 155 |
| 1999 | Round of 16 | 16th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 127 | 153 |
| 2001 | Round of 16 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 155 | 168 |
| 2003 | Preliminary round | 20th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 155 |
| 2005 | Placement matches | 7th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 240 | 244 |
| 2007 | Placement matches | 14th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 184 | 128 |
| 2009 | Placement matches | 15th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 288 | 224 |
| 2011 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 291 | 228 |
| 2013 | Final | 1st | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 197 |
| 2015 | Round of 16 | 10th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 140 | 120 |
| 2017 | Placement matches | 18th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 165 | 172 |
| 2019 | Placement matches | 17th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 173 | 152 |
| 2021 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 201 | 176 |
| // 2023 | Main round | 9th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 143 |
| / 2025 | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified | qualified |
| 2027 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| 2029 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| / 2031 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 16/28 | 1 title | 100 | 54 | 6 | 40 | 2716 | 2524 |

### Pan American Games

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1987 Indianapolis | Bronze medal match | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 95 |
| 1991 Havana | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held | Women's competitions not held |
| 1995 Mar del Plata | Bronze medal match | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 110 |
| 1999 Winnipeg | Final | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 217 | 154 |
| 2003 Santo Domingo | Final | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 97 |
| 2007 Rio de Janeiro | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 83 |
| 2011 Guadalajara | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 70 |
| 2015 Toronto | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 92 |
| 2019 Lima | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 78 |
| 2023 Santiago | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 63 |
| Total | 9/9 | 7 titles | 49 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 1548 | 842 |

### Pan American Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 1986 | Round robin | 3rd | | | | | | |
| 1989 | Round robin | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 53 |
| 1991 | Round robin | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178 | 73 |
| 1997 | Final | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 65 |
| 1999 | Round robin | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 80 |
| 2000 | Round robin | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 81 |
| 2003 | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 60 |
| 2005 | Round robin | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 56 |
| 2007 | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 60 |
| 2009 | Final | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 84 |
| 2011 | Final | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 83 |
| 2013 | Final | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 89 |
| 2015 | Final | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 116 |
| 2017 | Final | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 95 |
| Total | 14/14 | 10 titles | 68 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 2406 | 995 |

### South and Central American Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 2018 | Round robin | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 54 |
| 2021 | Round robin | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 79 |
| 2022 | Round robin | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 72 |
| 2024 | Round robin | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 195 | 69 |
| Total | 4/4 | 3 titles | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 624 | 274 |

### South American Games

| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2002 São Bernardo do Campo | Round robin | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 58 |
| 2006 Mar del Plata | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2010 Medellin | Round robin | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 89 |
| 2014 Santiago | Round robin | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 66 |
| 2018 Cochabamba | Final | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 59 |
| 2022 Asunción | Round robin | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 73 |
| Total | 5/6 | 4 titles | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 748 | 345 |

### Other tournaments
## Team
### Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
A 21-player squad was announced on 14 June 2024. The final squad was revealed on 4 July 2024.
Head coach: Cristiano Rocha
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Gabriela Moreschi
* (1994-07-08)8 July 1994 (aged 30)
* 1.90 m
* 79
* 0
* CSM București
* 2
* LB
* Bruna de Paula
* (1996-09-26)26 September 1996 (aged 27)
* 1.70 m
* 102
* 332
* Győri ETO KC
* 6
* LB
* Mariane Fernándes
* (1996-01-04)4 January 1996 (aged 28)
* 1.65 m
* 49
* 113
* Zagłębie Lubin
* 7
* P
* Tamires Morena Lima
* (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 30)
* 1.83 m
* 157
* 260
* Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
* 10
* RW
* Jéssica Quintino
* (1991-04-17)17 April 1991 (aged 33)
* 1.72 m
* 145
* 396
* Minaur Baia Mare
* 14
* LW
* Ana Cláudia Bolzan
* (1996-07-15)15 July 1996 (aged 28)
* 1.77 m
* 29
* 49
* Benfica
* 20
* LW
* Larissa Araújo
* (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 32)
* 1.67 m
* 107
* 230
* CSM Corona Brașov
* 21
* RW
* Adriana Cardoso de Castro
* (1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 33)
* 1.67 m
* 85
* 360
* Unknown
* 22
* LB
* Samara Vieira
* (1991-10-07)7 October 1991 (aged 32)
* 1.83 m
* 49
* 85
* Konyaaltı Bld. SK
* 23
* RB
* Giulia Guarieiro
* (1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 29)
* 1.74 m
* 55
* 84
* BM Granollers
* 30
* RB
* Gabriela Bitolo
* (1999-04-01)1 April 1999 (aged 25)
* 1.80 m
* 27
* 35
* CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
* 36
* P
* Marcela Arounian
* (2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 24)
* 1.89 m
* 31
* 43
* BM Aula Cultural
* 42
* CB
* Jhennifer Lopes
* (2000-07-28)28 July 2000 (aged 23)
* 1.76 m
* 26
* 15
* BM Remudas
* 49
* CB
* Patrícia Matieli
* (1988-11-08)8 November 1988 (aged 35)
* 1.68 m
* 100
* 144
* Zagłębie Lubin
* 77
* LB
* Kelly Rosa
* (2004-01-25)25 January 2004 (aged 20)
* 1.80 m
* 10
* 24
* CB Elche
* 87
* GK
* Renata Arruda
* (1999-02-18)18 February 1999 (aged 25)
* 1.78 m
* 59
* 7
* Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud

### Head coach history

| Period | Coach |
| 0000 | Alexandre Trevisan Schneider |
| 2009–2016 | Morten Soubak |
| 2017–2021 | Jorge Dueñas |
| 2021–present | Cristiano Silva |