North Macedonia women's national handball team

North Macedonia
North Macedonia
Information
Nickname	Lionesses
Association	Macedonian Handball Federation
Coach	Kristijan Grchevski
Assistant coach	Julijana Damchevska
Most caps	Valentina Radulovic (230)
Most goals	Valentina Radulovic (813)
Colours
Results
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1997 )
Best result	7th (1997)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 1998 )
Best result	7th (2008)
	Last updated on Unknown.

Last updated April 18, 2024

The North Macedonia women's national handball team is the women's national handball team of North Macedonia. It is governed by the Macedonian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.

History

First Women's Handball teams in Macedonia emerged in the second half of the 1940s. Soon Macedonian Handball federation started to organize national championships in big handball -11 players on a soccer field size. By the '60s it was transformed into small handball or indoor handball. Macedonian champions were qualified for federal Yugoslav Championship instead of European cup competitions. The best Macedonian players played for the Federal team of Yugoslavia. In the time of the federation 6 of the constitutional republics were sending one federal team to compete at the Olympics and World cup. Macedonia was participating within the federal team from 1950 till 1991. After the split of the federation, as a single republic from 1992 till 1994 Macedonia didn't manage to enter the qualifications for EC, WC and OG. From 1995 Macedonia participates as a single Republic to all qualifications and Championship tournaments. At the 1992 Olympics Yugoslavia team was banned to participate. At the World cup 1993 only teams from the Olympics qualified so the Macedonian team did not have a chance to qualify. For the first European Championship 1994 team Macedonia didn't enter the qualifications. For the World Cup 1995 only teams from EURO 1994 qualified so again team Macedonian didn't get a chance to participate. Since EURO 1996 team Macedonia is regular in the qualifications. It entered 5 European Championships first one in 1998 then in 2000, 2006, 2008 and 2012. Most successful was the 2008 when they finished 7th as a host. The Macedonia team qualified for the Euro 2022 as a host nation again. For the World Cup's they entered five times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2007). The most successful was in 1997 when they've finished 7th. For the Olympic tournament, they had the best chance in 1999 World Cup when first they lost the 1/4 final game. Then after in the classification games for the 5 th place – last spot that qualifies for the Olympics finished 8th and did not qualify.

Home ground

The BTSC - Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (Macedonian : Спортски центар Борис Трајковски, Sportski centar Boris Trajkovski) in Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the Karpoš Municipality of Skopje, North Macedonia. It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000. There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex. Additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it.

The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian handball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar. It was one of two venues for the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.It was a Venue again for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship

Home Ground TrajkovskiSportsArenaSkopjeMacedonia.JPG — Home Ground

Home ground Trajkovskiarena-side.JPG — Home ground

Results

During the period 1957 till 1991 Macedonia was within the Federation of SFRJ. It was represented internationally within the team Yugoslavia as part of the Federation of 6 Republics. Macedonia is not a successor of the results of team Yugoslavia it was just part of it. During that time was present at the 3 Olympics and 10 World cup tournaments within the successful team Yugoslavia. After the split Macedonian team started to compete representing the single independent Republic.

World Championship

Year	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L
1957 1993	1957,1962,1965,1971,1973 1975,1978,1982,1986,1990 Within Yugoslavia team 3,4,2,2,1,5,5,3,6,2
1995	Couldn't participate
1997	7th	9	5	1	3
1999	8th	9	4	0	5
2001	21st	5	0	1	4
2003	Did not qualify
2005	15th	5	2	1	2
2007	12th	8	2	1	5
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025	To be determined
2027
2029
2031
Total	5/18	36	13	4	19

European Championship

Year	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L
1994	couldn't participate
1996
1998	8th	6	2	0	4
2000	8th	6	1	3	2
2002
2004
2006	12th	6	1	0	5
2008	7th	6	3	0	3
2010
2012	16th	3	0	0	3
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022	16th	3	0	0	3
2024	Qualified
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
Total	7/15	30	7	3	20

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1976 1992	1980,1984,1988 Within Yugoslavia team 2,1,4
1996	Did not enter World Cup and European Championship served as qualifiers
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not Enter World Cup and European Championship served as qualifiers
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Did not enter World Cup and European Championship served as qualifiers
2016
2020
2024
Total	0/2	–	0	0	0	0	0	0

Performance in other tournaments

Mediterranean Games

2013: 9th
2018: 4th
2022: 7th

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Ljubomir Savevski

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Matea Churlinovska	(2005-12-06) 6 December 2005 (age 18)	1.73 m	0	0	WHC Despina
2	LW	Anastasija Nikolovska	(1998-08-12) 12 August 1998 (age 25)	1.67 m	0	0	ŽRK Vardar
10	CB	Monika Janeska	(1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 30)	1.73 m	19	41	Konyaaltı Belediyesi SK
11	RB	Marija Guguljanova	(1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 24)	1.73 m	1	0	ŽRK Metalurg
13	P	Aleksandra Kolovska	(2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20)	1.73 m	3	0	ŽRK Metalurg
14	P	Ivana Djatevska	(2003-04-13) 13 April 2003 (age 21)	1.79 m	13	2	ŽRK Vardar
16	GK	Marija Jovanovska	(2004-08-30) 30 August 2004 (age 19)	1.80 m	2	0	ŽRK Kumanovo
23	LB	Angela Jankulovska	(2002-07-27) 27 July 2002 (age 21)	1.76 m	8	12	ŽRK Vardar
26	GK	Jovana Micevska	(2000-07-26) 26 July 2000 (age 23)	1.76 m	11	1	OGC Nice
30	RB	Jovana Kiprijanovska	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 22)	1.84 m	9	5	Sambre-Avesnois Handball
32	CB	Ivana Arsenievska	(2003-12-08) 8 December 2003 (age 20)	1.75 m	3	0	ŽRK Metalurg
33	RW	Sara Ristovska	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 27)	1.69 m	46	223	CSKA Moscow
43	LW	Emilijana Rizoska	(2005-05-21) 21 May 2005 (age 18)	1.62 m	3	1	WHC Gjorche Petrov
58	LB	Simona Madjovska	(1993-11-02) 2 November 1993 (age 30)	1.81 m	30	51	BSV Sachsen Zwickau
71	LW	Jovana Sazdovska	(1993-06-27) 27 June 1993 (age 30)	1.77 m	36	93	HC Dunărea Brăila
77	P	Sanja Dabevska	(1996-03-04) 4 March 1996 (age 28)	1.85 m	11	15	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
88	CB	Leonida Gichevska	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25)	1.78 m	17	36	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
91	RB	Iva Mladenovska	(2007-01-14) 14 January 2007 (age 17)	1.80 m	2	0	ŽRK Metalurg

Notable players

All-Star Team

Top scorer

Indira Kastratović, 1997 World Women's Handball Championship

Others

Gordana Naceva
Marina Abramova
Biljana Naumovska
Valentina Radulovic
Klara Boeva
Dana Filipovska
Natalija Todorovska, she scored 21 goals against Cameroon^[3] at the 2005 World Championship which is still a record in 2021
Mileva Velkova
Anzela Platon
Mirjana Cupic
Dragana Pecevska
Olga Bujanova
Julija Nikolić
Mirjeta Bajramoska

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References

↑ "Селекторот на женската сениорска ракометна репрезентација Љубомир Савевски го објавува списокот на повикани ракометарки за собир и настап на WOMEN'S EHF EURO 2022" (in Macedonian). macedoniahandball.com.mk. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
↑ "Team Roster North Macedonia". eurohandball.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
↑ "2005 World Championship - Match report Cameroon-Macedonia" (PDF). European Handball Federation . Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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[1] "Селекторот на женската сениорска ракометна репрезентација Љубомир Савевски го објавува списокот на повикани ракометарки за собир и настап на WOMEN'S EHF EURO 2022" (in Macedonian). macedoniahandball.com.mk. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[2] "Team Roster North Macedonia". eurohandball.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.

[3] "2005 World Championship - Match report Cameroon-Macedonia" (PDF). European Handball Federation . Retrieved 2018-11-16.

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