Romania women's national handball team

Romania women's national handball team
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.
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
Gold medalists: 1956, 1960, 1962
Silver medalists: 1973, 2005
Bronze medalists: 2015
EHF European Championship
Bronze medalists: 2010
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.
European Championship
GF World Cup
GF World Cup '05 – 4th
GF World Cup '06 – 2nd
GF World Cup '07 – 5th
GF World Cup '08 – 8th
GF World Cup '09 – Winner
GF World Cup '10 – Winner
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Florentin Pera
Notable players
IHF World Player of the Year
Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018
EHF Player of the Year
Cristina Neagu (left back), 2017, 2018
MVP
Cristina Neagu (left back), 2015 World Championship
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
Cristina Petrovici
Simona Arghir-Sandu
Maria Török-Duca
Valentina Cozma
Steluța Luca
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
Romania women's national youth handball team
Romania women's national junior handball team
Romania men's national handball team
References
External links
IHF profile
National team
Women's national handball teams
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