Romania | |||
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Information | |||
Association | Romanian Handball Federation | ||
Coach | Florentin Pera | ||
Assistant coach | Bogdan Burcea | ||
Most caps | Mariana Tîrcă (335) | ||
Most goals | Mariana Tîrcă (2043) | ||
Colours | |||
Results | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 4 (First in 1976 ) | ||
Best result | 4th (1976) | ||
World Championship | |||
Appearances | 26 (First in 1957 ) | ||
Best result | 1st (1962) | ||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | 14 (First in 1994 ) | ||
Best result | 3rd (2010) | ||
Last updated on Unknown. |
Medal record | ||
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World Championship | ||
1962 Romania | ||
1973 Yugoslavia | ||
2005 Russia | ||
2015 Denmark | ||
European Championship | ||
2010 Denmark/Norway |
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. [1]
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.
GF World Cup
Competition | Total | |||
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Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
World Championship | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
European Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Year | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L |
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1976 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
1980 | did not qualify | ||||
1984 | |||||
1988 | |||||
1992 | |||||
1996 | |||||
2000 | 7th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2004 | did not qualify | ||||
2008 | 7th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
2012 | did not qualify | ||||
2016 | 9th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | did not qualify | ||||
2024 | |||||
Total | 4/12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
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.
Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
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1957 | 9th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -7 |
1962 | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 17 | +24 |
1965 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 21 | -3 |
1971 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 51 | 0 |
1973 | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 52 | +15 |
1975 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 83 | +19 |
1978 | 7th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 67 | +11 |
1982 | 8th | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 159 | 122 | +37 |
1986 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 129 | +22 |
1990 | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 100 | -10 |
1993 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 156 | 129 | +27 |
1995 | 7th | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 232 | 175 | +57 |
1997 | 12th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 161 | +25 |
1999 | 4th | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 250 | 196 | +54 |
2001 | 17th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 135 | -6 |
2003 | 10th | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 244 | 206 | +38 |
2005 | 2nd | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 322 | 249 | +73 |
2007 | 4th | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 323 | 284 | +39 |
2009 | 8th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 306 | 231 | +75 |
2011 | 13th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 166 | 183 | -17 |
2013 | 10th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 127 | +34 |
2015 | 3rd | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 270 | 225 | +45 |
2017 | 10th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 140 | +10 |
2019 | 12th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 181 | 227 | -46 |
2021 | 13th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 146 | +56 |
2023 | 12th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 185 | 164 | +21 |
2025 | TBD | |||||||
2027 | ||||||||
2029 | ||||||||
2031 | ||||||||
Total | 26/30 | 170 | 95 | 12 | 63 | 4222 | 3629 | +593 |
Year | Pos. | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
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1994 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 124 | -12 |
1996 | 5th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 139 | +16 |
1998 | 11th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 168 | -20 |
2000 | 4th | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 168 | 164 | +4 |
2002 | 7th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 166 | +3 |
2004 | 7th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 187 | +19 |
2006 | did not qualify | |||||||
2008 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 209 | 199 | +10 |
2010 | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 205 | 197 | +8 |
2012 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 136 | 139 | -3 |
2014 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 137 | -1 |
2016 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 158 | +15 |
2018 | 4th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 213 | 212 | +1 |
2020 | 12th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 135 | 160 | -25 |
2022 | 12th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 170 | 181 | -11 |
2024 | Qualified | |||||||
2026 | Quaified as co-host | |||||||
2028 | TBD | |||||||
Total | 15/18 | 93 | 45 | 6 | 42 | 2335 | 2331 | +4 |
Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship. [2] [3]
Head coach: Florentin Pera
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Player | Gold |
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Irina Klimovschi | |
Ana Starck-Stănișel | |
Iozefina Ștefănescu | |
Victoria Dumitrescu | |
Maria Constantinescu | |
Aurelia Szőke-Tudor |
Period | Head Coach |
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1953–1965 | Constantin Popescu |
1965–1969 | Francisc Spier |
1969 | Valeriu Gogâltan |
1969–1970 | Pompiliu Simion |
1971–1973 | Gabriel Zugrăvescu |
1973–1976 | Constantin Popescu |
1976–1978 | Francisc Spier |
1978–1982 | Constantin Lache |
1982–1986 | Eugen Bartha |
1986–1993 | Bogdan Macovei |
1993–1994 | Gheorghe Sbora |
1994–1995 | Gheorghe Tadici |
1995–1996 | Gheorghe Ionescu |
1996–1999 | Cornel Bădulescu |
1999–2000 | Bogdan Macovei |
2000–2002 | Dumitru Muși |
2002–2005 | Cornel Oțelea |
2005–2008 | Gheorghe Tadici |
2008–2012 | Radu Voina |
2012–2015 | Gheorghe Tadici |
2015–2016 | Tomas Ryde |
2016–2019 | Ambros Martín |
2019–2020 | Tomas Ryde |
2020–2021 | Bogdan Burcea |
2021–2022 | Adrian Vasile |
2022–present | Florentin Pera [4] |
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.
# | Player | Matches |
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1 | Mariana Tîrcă | 335 |
2 | Valentina Cozma | 322 |
3 | Aurelia Brădeanu | 273 |
4 | Valentina Ardean-Elisei | 256 |
5 | Marilena Doiciu | 237 |
6 | Maria Török-Duca | 226 |
7 | Steluța Luca | 223 |
8 | Ramona Farcău | 214 |
9 | Simona Arghir-Sandu | 206 |
Lidia Drăgănescu | 206 |
Last updated: 29 September 2019
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.
# | Player | Goals | Matches | Average |
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1 | Mariana Tîrcă | 2043 | 335 | 6.09 |
2 | Steluța Luca | 1013 | 223 | 4.54 |
3 | Valentina Cozma | 980 | 322 | 3.04 |
4 | Valentina Ardean-Elisei | 915 | 256 | 3.57 |
5 | Carmen Amariei | 855 | 182 | 4.69 |
6 | Cristina Neagu | 830 | 198 | 4.12 |
7 | Ramona Farcău | 689 | 214 | 3.21 |
8 | Aurelia Brădeanu | 685 | 273 | 2.50 |
9 | Lidia Drăgănescu | 658 | 206 | 3.19 |
10 | Maria Török-Duca | 626 | 226 | 2.76 |
Last updated: 29 September 2019
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