Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.
Katrine Lunde is a Norwegian professional handball goalkeeper for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team.
Érika Cristiano dos Santos, commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's youth teams, but mainly as a central defender or "volante" for the senior national team. She was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and also played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Cléopatre Darleux is a French handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the French national team.
Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team.
Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amorim also played for Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years, winning the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.
Bárbara Elisabeth Arenhart is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for RK Krim and the Brazilian national team.
Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo is a Brazilian female handball player for Italian team Handball Erice and the Brazilian national team.
Jéssica Da Silva Quintino is a Brazilian handball player for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Brazilian national team.
Valentina Kogan is an Argentine handball goalkeeper. She plays for Vilo and the Argentina national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil.
Samira Pereira da Silva Rocha is a Brazilian handball player for Kisvárdai KC and the Brazilian national team.
Morten Soubak is a Danish handball coach for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angola women's national team. He coached the Brazilian national team between 2009 and 2016 and lead them to a historic title at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.
Mayssa Raquel de Oliveira Pessoa, also known as Mayssa Pessoa or simply Mayssa is a Brazilian female handball goalkeeper for Dunărea Brăila and the Brazilian national team.
Brazil competes at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
The women's handball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Exhibition Centre from July 16 to 24.
Bruna Aparecida Almeida de Paula is a Brazilian professional handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Brazilian national team. She previously played for Metz.
The 2016 Pan American Women's Youth Handball Championship was held in the city of Santiago, Chile from 12 to 16 April 2016. It acts as the American qualifying tournament for the 2016 Women's Youth World Handball Championship.
Gabriela Bitolo is a Brazilian handballer for the spanish team Málaga Costa del Sol and the Brazilian national team.
The South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC) (Spanish: Confederación Sur y Centro Americana de Balonmano (COSCABAL)) is the governing body of the Olympic sport of Handball and Beach handball in South America and Central America. It is affiliated to the International Handball Federation (IHF).
The Brazil women's youth national handball team is the national under-17 handball team of Brazil. Controlled by the Brazilian Handball Confederation that is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF and also a part of the South and Central America Handball Confederation SCAHC. The team represents the country in international matches.
