India women's national handball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see India men's national handball team.

India
Information
Association	Handball Association of India
Coach	Madanagurusami Karthikeyan
Colours
1st 2nd 3rd
Results
Asian Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1993 )
Best result	6th (2000, 2022)
Last updated on Unknown.

India women's national handball team

Medal record
South Asian Games
	2016 India	Team
	2019 Nepal	Team
South Asian Championship
	1996 Jaipur
	2000 Dhaka
	2008 Lucknow
	2013 Lucknow
	2018 Lucknow

The Indian women's national handball team is the national team for Handball in India. It is governed by the Handball Association of India. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Asian Championship

No	Year	Host	Rank	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	1993	Shantou, China	7th	3	0	0	3	29	126	-97
2	2000	Shanghai, China	6th	3	0	0	3	32	147	-115
3	2008	Bangkok, Thailand	8th	5	1	0	4	138	170	-32
4	2012	Almaty, Kazakhstan	8th	7	2	0	5	195	243	-48
5	2015	Jakarta, Indonesia	7th	5	1	0	4	92	210	-118
6	2018	Kumamoto, Japan	8th	6	1	0	5	127	175	-48
7	2021	Amman, Jordan	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	2022	Incheon and Seoul, South Korea	6th	6	3	0	3	181	200	-19
9	2024	New Delhi, India	6th	5	2	0	3	141	171	-30
Total			8/20	40	10	0	30	935	1442	-507

Asian Games

No	Year	Host	Rank	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	2006	Doha, Qatar	8th	4	0	0	4	80	166	-86
2	2010	Guangzhou, China	8th	4	0	0	4	57	142	-85
3	2014	Incheon, South Korea	8th	5	0	2	3	101	182	-81
4	2018	Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia	9th	5	1	0	4	131	185	-54
5	2022	Hangzhou, China	5th	4	1	1	2	113	123	-10
Total			5/9	22	2	3	17	482	798	-316

South Asian Games

No	Year	Host	Position
1	2016	Guwahati, India
1	2019	Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal

South Asian Championship

• 1996 –
• 2000 –
• 2008 –
• 2013 – ^[3]
• 2018 – ^{[4] [5]}

2023 Asian Games squad

As of 2023, the Indian team participated in the Asian Games in Group B. Earlier, India played the Asian President's Cup in February 2023 at Jordan. ^[1] Following is the Asian Games team: ^[6]

No.	Name	Date of birth	Pos	State
1	Bhawana Sharma	19 May 2003 [7]	Centre back	Himachal Pradesh
2	Diksha Kumari	16 March 1999 [8]		Uttar Pradesh
3	Monika	22 September 2003 [9]	Right back
4	Priyanka	20 May 2003 [10]	Pivot
5	Sonika	7 December 2001 [11]
6	Sushma	10 October 1999 [12]
7	Pooja Kanwar	15 April 2003 [13]	Right wing	Rajasthan
8	Asha Rani	16 September 2002 [14]		Haryana
9	Mitali Sharma	10 February 2001 [15]		Himachal Pradesh
10	Nidhi Sharma	19 August 1999 [16]		Himachal Pradesh
11	Nina Shil	8 January 1998 [17]	Goalkeeper
12	Jyoti Shukla (captain)	17 July 1996 [18]	Line player	Uttar Pradesh
13	Shiva Singh	19 September 1997 [19]
14	Tejaswani Singh	4 May 1995 [20]
15	Priyanka Thakur	14 May 2002 [21]	Right wing
16	Shalini Thakur	19 August 2000 [22]

Chief Coach: Sachin Chaudhary; Manager: Paramender Singh. ^[1]

2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship squad

The Indian team participated in the 2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from 3 to 10 December 2024. ^[23] The Indian women’s handball team was drawn in Group B with Japan, Iran and Hong Kong, China. India finished sixth, and equalled their best ever finish. ^[24]

No.	Name	Date of birth	Pos	State
1	Diksha Kumari (captain)	16 March 1999 [8]	Centre back	Uttar Pradesh
2	Menika	22 September 2003 [9]	Centre back
3	Mamta		Centre back
4	Bhawana Sharma	19 May 2003 [7]	Centre back	Himachal Pradesh
5	Manindar Kaur		Left back
6	Varsha Jhakhar		Left back
7	Tejaswani Singh	4 May 1995 [20]	Left back
8	Priyanka Thakur	14 May 2002 [21]	Left back
9	Nikki		Right back
10	Aarti		Right back
11	Binapreet Kaur		Right back
12	Parvesh		Right back
13	Mitali Sharma	10 February 2001 [15]	Pivot	Himachal Pradesh
14	Sujata		Pivot
15	Sapna Kashyap		Pivot
16	Pavitra		Pivot
17	Priyanka	20 May 2003 [10]	Left wing
18	Khushboo Kumari		Right wing
19	Rimjhim Kumari		Right wing
20	Gulshan Sharma		Goalkeeper
21	Nina Shil	8 January 1998 [17]	Goalkeeper
22	Sushma	10 October 1999 [12]	Goalkeeper
23	Shalini Thakur		Goalkeeper
24	Manika Pal

Chief Coach: Sachin Chaudhary; Coaches: Karthikeyan M; Manisha Rathore; Snehalatha; Mohd. Tauhid; Physio: Mithali Tiwari. ^[25]

Notable former players

• Renu Goswami
• Mamta Sodha
• Sachin Chaudhary
• Snehalatha Chaudhary ^[26]

External links

• IHF profile

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