# Serbia women's national handball team

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The Serbia women's national handball team represents Serbia in international women's handball. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international handball competitions.
The Olympic Committee of Serbia has declared the women's national handball team the best female team of the years 2001 and 2013.

## Results

The Serbian Handball Federation is considered the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

### Summer Olympics

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1976–1988 | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia |
| 1992 | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended |
| 1996 | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments | suspended from playing qualification tournaments |
| 2000 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 |
| Since 2007 | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia |
| 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 | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events |
| 2032 | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events |
| Total | 0/8 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### World Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1957–1990 | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia | part of Yugoslavia |
| 1993 | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended | qualified and later suspended |
| / 1995 | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament | suspended from playing qualification tournament |
| 1997 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| / 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | Third place | 3rd | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 313 | 236 |
| 2003 | Main group stage | 9th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 258 | 241 |
| 2005 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Since 2007 | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 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 | Runner-up | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 240 | 197 |
| 2015 | Round of 16 | 15th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 164 | 168 |
| 2017 | Round of 16 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 188 | 152 |
| 2019 | Main round | 6th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 272 | 258 |
| 2021 | Main round | 12th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 143 |
| // 2023 | Main round | 21st | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 141 | 153 |
| / 2025 | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events |
| 2027 | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events |
| 2029 | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events |
| / 2031 | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events | future events |
| Total | 8/17 | – | 59 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 1743 | 1548 |

### European Championship

| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 1994 | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament | part of Yugoslavia suspended from playing qualification tournament |
| 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 |
| 1998 | 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 | Main group stage | 7th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 176 |
| 2002 | Main group stage | 6th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 223 | 200 |
| 2004 | Main group stage | 12th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 165 | 200 |
| 2006 | Preliminary round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 92 |
| Since 2007 | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia | Serbia |
| 2008 | Preliminary round | 13th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 93 |
| / 2010 | Preliminary round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 91 |
| 2012 | Semi-finals | 4th | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 213 | 209 |
| / 2014 | Preliminary round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 72 |
| 2016 | Main group stage | 9th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 158 | 176 |
| 2018 | Main group stage | 11th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 164 | 168 |
| / 2020 | Preliminary round | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 88 |
| // 2022 | Preliminary round | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 88 |
| 2024 | Preliminary round | 21st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 78 |
| 2026 | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event |
| 2028 | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event | future event |
| Total | 13/17 | – | 60 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 1604 | 1731 |
    ** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

### Mediterranean Games

* 1993 – Suspended
* 1997 – 4th
* 2001 – 4th
* 2005 – Runners-up
* 2009 – 5th
* 2013 – Champions
* 2018 – 8th
* 2022 – 3rd

### Other tournaments

Carpathian Trophy
* Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 5th place
* Carpathian Trophy 2000 –
* Carpathian Trophy 2001 –
* Carpathian Trophy 2002 – 4th
* Carpathian Trophy 2004 –
* Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 5th
* Carpathian Trophy 2011 –
* Carpathian Trophy 2018 – 4th
* Carpathian Trophy 2022 –
Møbelringen Cup/Intersport Cup
* Møbelringen Cup 2001 – 4th place
* Møbelringen Cup 2010 –
* Møbelringen Cup 2014 – 4th

## Team
### Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Uroš Bregar
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Marija Simić
* (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000 (age 24)
* 1.77 m
* 5
* 0
* ŽORK Jagodina
* 2
* LW
* Sanja Radosavljević
* (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31)
* 1.72 m
* 90
* 244
* Kristianstad Handboll
* 3
* LB
* Teodora Veličković
* (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23)
* 1.75 m
* 5
* 6
* ŽRK Naisa
* 4
* CB
* Teodora Majkić
* (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24)
* 1.70 m
* 3
* 2
* RK Crvena zvezda
* 7
* CB
* Aleksandra Vukajlović
* (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27)
* 1.74 m
* 41
* 54
* CS Minaur Baia Mare
* 11
* RB
* Marija Laništanin
* (1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 29)
* 1.78 m
* 19
* 31
* Békéscsabai Előre NKSE
* 14
* P
* Edita Nuković
* (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)
* 1.80 m
* 8
* 15
* SV Union Halle-Neustadt
* 15
* RB
* Anđela Janjušević
* (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)
* 1.81 m
* 66
* 158
* CS Rapid București
* 22
* LB
* Jovana Jovović
* (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23)
* 1.81 m
* 23
* 49
* Debreceni VSC
* 25
* LW
* Aleksandra Stamenić
* (1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 26)
* 1.67 m
* 14
* 12
* RK Crvena zvezda
* 27
* GK
* Molli Kubina
* (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 22)
* 1.78 m
* 0
* 0
* Alba Fehérvár KC
* 29
* RW
* Nataša Lovrić
* (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 24)
* 1.74 m
* 13
* 17
* ŽRK Zelezničar
* 31
* P
* Katarina Bojicić
* (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)
* 1.79 m
* 12
* 18
* SCM Craiova
* 34
* RW
* Dunja Radević
* (2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 (age 19)
* 1.69 m
* 5
* 8
* ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
* 36
* LB
* Emilija Lazić
* (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 24)
* 1.78 m
* 0
* 0
* HC Zalău
* 92
* P
* Jovana Milojević
* (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 32)
* 1.76 m
* 39
* 32
* MKS Zagłębie Lubin
* 99
* GK
* Marija Čolić
* (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)
* 1.73 m
* 29
* 1
* OGC Nice

### Famous players

* Dragana Cvijić
* Sanja Damnjanović
* Kristina Liščević
* Svetlana Kitić – 1988 IHF World Player of the Year
* Andrea Lekić – 2013 IHF World Player of the Year
* Katarina Tomašević

### Statistics
## Coaching history

* Saša Bošković (2011–2016)
* Dragica Đurić (2016–2017)
* Ljubomir Obradović (2017–2021)
* Uroš Bregar (2021–2024)