# 1997 World Women's Handball Championship squads

The following squads and players competed in the World Women's Handball Championship in 1997 in Germany.

## Algeria

* Houda Benachi
* Samia Saidji
* Samia Boukais
* Dahbia Mehanek
* Nbila Chibani
* Lynda Cherik
* Nadjia Attafene
* Feriel Amoura
* Aicha Kouta
* Nadre Aouka
* Karima Toudjine
* Ouafa Mekaissi
* Feriel Choukri
* Fathia Neggazi

## Angola

* Maria Vanga
* Justina Jose Joaquim Lopez Praca
* Anica Miguel Joao Neto
* Ilda Maria Bengue
* Felisbela Teixeira
* Filomena Jose Trindade
* Maria Teresa Neto Joaquim
* Teresa Ulundo
* Elisa Webba
* Ivone Mufuca
* Maria Cordeiro
* Teresa Moco
* Palmira Barbosa
* Maria Ines Jololo
* Domingas Cordeiro

## Austria

* Sylvia Kundt
* Tatjana Dschandschgawa
* Rima Sypkus
* Stephanie Ofenböck
* Doris Meltzer
* Sorina Lefter
* Barbara Strass
* Magda Materzok
* Edith Mika
* Sylvia Strass
* Laura Fritz
* Stanka Božović
* Iris Morhammer
* Renata Cieloch

## Belarus

* Natallia Petrakova
* Marina Bratenkova
* Raissa Tikhonovich
* Alla Vaskova
* Natallia Sysoyeva
* Larysa Mezhinskaya
* Antonia Tchibangou
* Irina Tchernevskaia
* Tatjana Doudkina
* Natallia Tsvirko
* Tatsiana Silitch
* Tatjana Karovina
* Elena Korzun
* Svetlana Minevskaia

## Brazil

* Cristina Silva
* Nivia Da Cruz
* Rose Silva
* Soraya Da Silva
* Maria De Sales
* Margarete Lobo Montao
* Dilane Azambuja Roese
* Veronica Gomes
* Vanessa Veiga
* Valeria De Oliveira
* Idalina Borges Mesquita
* Sandra De Oliveira

## Canada

* Marie-Claude Gibeau
* Sharon Deir
* France Brunet
* Fabienne Raphael
* Cyndie Drolet
* Nancy Karpinsky
* Héléne Gravel
* Amélie Champagne
* Dominique Boivin
* Julie Hébert
* Caroline Pilon
* Véronique Mongrain
* Mirjana Jurcic
* Nathalie Brochu
* Caroline Coté

## China

* Xiajiong Wang
* Ge Li Yu
* Bing Li
* Li Zhang
* Lie Chen
* Zhihong Che
* Yan Xia Cong
* Chao Zhai
* Cailing Xu
* Jianfang Li
* Wei Shi
* Hai Yun Chen
* Geng Zhang
* Ji Chen

## Croatia

* Ana Maljko
* Barbara Jovicic
* Moira Botica
* Klaudija Klikovac-Bubalo
* Marija Celina
* Samira Hasagic
* Renata Pavlacic
* Natasa Kolega
* Helena Lulic
* Vesna Horacek
* Vlatka Mihoci
* Djana Ivandija
* Renata Damjanic
* Snjezana Petika
* Bozica Greguric

## Czech Republic

* Lenka Cerna
* Marketa Myslivcova
* Zuzana Pospisilova
* Erika Koberova
* Renata Cileckova
* Monika Ludmilova
* Lenka Romanova
* Jarmila Majickova
* Gabriela Korandova
* Petra Valova
* Marie Libanska
* Nadezda Krejcirikova
* Petra Cumplova
* Gabriela Bartuskova
* Jana Arnosova

## Denmark

* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Lene Rantala
* (1968-08-10)10 August 1968 (aged 29)
* 2
* Anne Dorthe Tanderup (captain)
* (1972-04-24)24 April 1972 (aged 25)
* 3
* Helle Simonsen
* (1976-08-27)27 August 1976 (aged 21)
* 4
* CB
* Camilla Andersen
* (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 24)
* 5
* Tina Böttzau
* (1971-08-29)29 August 1971 (aged 26)
* 6
* LW
* Anette Hoffmann-Möberg
* (1971-05-05)5 May 1971 (aged 26)
* 8
* Lone Mathiesen
* (1972-01-28)28 January 1972 (aged 25)
* 9
* RW
* Janne Kolling
* (1968-07-12)12 July 1968 (aged 29)
* 10
* Merete Möller
* (1978-05-07)7 May 1978 (aged 19)
* 11
* LB
* Anja Andersen
* (1969-02-15)15 February 1969 (aged 28)
* 12
* GK
* Gitte Sunesen
* (1971-12-11)11 December 1971 (aged 25)
* 13
* Gitte Madsen
* (1969-03-24)24 March 1969 (aged 28)
* 15
* P
* Tonje Kjaergaard
* (1975-06-11)11 June 1975 (aged 22)
* 16
* GK
* Susanne Munk Lauritsen
* (1967-10-12)12 October 1967 (aged 30)
* 18
* P
* Maybrit Nielsen
* (1968-11-30)30 November 1968 (aged 29)
* 19
* Karina B. Jespersen
* (1975-03-20)20 March 1975 (aged 22)

## France

* Valérie Nicolas (GK)
* Irina Popova [fr] (GK)
* Catherine Pibarot [fr]
* Florence Sauval [fr]
* Sandrine Mariot Delerce
* Anne Loaëc [fr] (GK)
* Véronique Pecqueux
* Nathalie Selambarom
* Leila Duchemann
* Nodjialem Myaro
* Myriam Korfanty
* Stéphanie Cano
* Isabelle Wendling
* Chantal Maio
* Stéphanie Ludwig
* Véronique Demonière [fr]

## Germany

* Michaela Schanze
* Emilia Luca
* Manuela Fiedel
* Anna Osiakowska
* Sandra Polchow
* Christine Lindemann
* Miroslava Ritskiavitchius
* Grit Jurack
* Annika Schafferus
* Silvia Schmitt
* Michaela Erler
* Kathrin Blacha
* Franziska Heinz
* Yvonne Karrasch
* Heike Schmidt
* Agnieszka Tobiasz

## Hungary

* Andrea Farkas
* Anikó Meksz
* Melinda Tóth-Szabó
* Anita Kulcsár
* Ildikó Pádár
* Gabriella Takács
* Helga Németh
* Beatrix Balogh
* Ágnes Farkas
* Éva Erdős
* Rita Borók
* Zsófia Pásztor
* Fanni Kenyeres
* Rita Deli
* Katalin Pálinger
* Anikó Kántor

## Ivory Coast

* Elisabeth Kouassi
* Emma Marcelle Negle
* Alimata Dosso
* Aimée Candide Zanzan
* Adéline Koudou
* Elizabeth Fawon Sokouri
* Tapé Catherine Sery
* Laurette Bodoua
* Sidonie Lourougnon
* Etche Philomène Koko
* Marie-Ange Gogbe
* Wandou Guchi
* Adélaide Tibe
* Paula Arlette Gondo
* Alice Koudougnon
* Celine Affoua Dongo

## Japan

* Michiko Yamashita
* Ayako Yamaguchi
* Keiko Tamura
* Akane Aoto
* Emiko Kamide
* Emi Matsumoto
* Nana Sugihara
* Mineko Tanaka
* Miyoko Tanaka
* Kanako Tsuji
* Yumiko Tanaka
* Mie Fujiura
* Hitomi Sakugawa

## Macedonia

* Gordana Naceva
* Oksana Maslova
* Ljubica Georgievska
* Biljana Naumoska
* Marina Abramova
* Mileva Velkova
* Mirjana Čupić
* Nadja Tasci
* Indira Kastratović
* Dana Filipovska
* Valentina Radulović [fr]
* Larisa Kiselyova
* Klara Boeva

## Norway

* Heidi Tjugum
* Jeanette Nilsen
* Tonje Larsen
* Janne Tuven
* Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim
* Kari Solem Aune
* Sahra Hausmann
* Hege Kvitsand
* Mette Davidsen
* Trine Haltvik
* Ellen Mitchell
* Annette Tveter
* Lise Kristiansen
* Tonje Sagstuen
* Monica Vik Gabrielsen

## Poland

* Iwona Pabich
* Izabela Czapko
* Monika Studzinska
* Agata Szukielowicz
* Monika Wicha
* Aleksandra Pawelska
* Anna Garwacka
* Katarzyna Szklarczuk
* Sabina Soja
* Agnieszka Beata Matuszewska
* Joanna Jurkiewicz
* Renata Zukiel
* Justyna Sebrala
* Sylwia Pociecha

## Romania

* Carmen Petca
* Mihaela Ciobanu
* Valeria Motogna
* Simona Gogirla
* Olimpia Veres
* Elena Iorgu
* Mariana Tirca
* Luminita Stroe
* Mihaela Apostol
* Alina-Ileana Jula
* Alina Nicoleta Dobrin
* Lacramioara Lazar
* Roxana Stanisor
* Steluta Lazar
* Magdalena Urdea

## Russia

* Stella Vartanian
* Natalia Gritsenko
* Tatiana Berezniak
* Natalya Deriouguina
* Liudmila Bodnieva
* Irina Akhromeeva
* Raissa Verakso
* Olga Evtcherenko
* Ludmila Chevtchenko
* Irina Kalinitchenko
* Zhanna Sabadash
* Natalia Malakhova
* Svetlana Smirnova

## Slovenia

* Mojca Brezovar
* Sergeja Stefanisin
* Mojca Dercar
* Natasa Mezek
* Marjeta Marton
* Darja Skopelja
* Sonia Zidar
* Branka Mijatovic
* Deja Doler
* Anja Freser
* Tatjana Oder
* Simona Sturm
* Katja Kurent
* Irma Kapidzic
* Tina Randl
* Andreja Verbinc

## South Korea

* Young-Ran Oh
* Nam-Soo Lee
* Hye-Jeong Kwag
* Soung-Yeol Oh
* Soon-Ja Cho
* Rang Kim
* Eun-Gyung Kim
* Eun-Mi Kim
* Hyun-Ok Kim
* Hyang-Ok Kim
* Choeng-Shim Kim
* Jeong-Ho Hong
* Sun-Hee Han
* Soon-Young Huh
* Sang-Eun Lee

## Uruguay

* Elena Salgado
* Alejandra Varela
* Silvana Renom
* Marcela Schelotto
* Isabel Crocci
* Maria Cecilia Del Campo
* Silvana De Armas
* Gabriela Sebasti
* Mercedes Amor
* M. Jose Del Campo
* Sabrina Mujica
* Cecilia Lapetina
* Lorena Estefanell
* Lucia Curbello
* Sofia Griot

## Uzbekistan

* Irina Skulkova
* Olga Suslina
* Anna Zikova
* Nadezhda Kelasyeva
* Tatjana Firsova
* Aziza Abzalova
* Irina Voronova
* Olga Atilina
* Elena Vasilenko
* Viktoria Jorjoladze
* Olga Adjiderskaya