Romania women's national handball team

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Romania
Information
AssociationRomanian Handball Federation
Coach
Assistant coachIldiko Barbu
Bent Dahl
Most capsMariana Tîrcă (335)
Most goalsMariana Tîrcă (2043)
Colours
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Home
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1976)
Best result4th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances25 (First in 1957)
Best result1st (1962)
European Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1994)
Best result3rd (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.
Romania women's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1962 Romania
Silver medal – second place 1973 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 2005 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Denmark
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Denmark/Norway
The team in 2015, under Tomas Ryde.
The team in 2017, under Ambros Martín.

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 24 tournaments to date.[1]

They were crowned winners in the IHF World Championship one time: 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

EHF European Championship

  • Bronze medalists: 2010

Other awards[]

GF World Cup

  • Gold medalists: 2009, 2010
  • Silver medalists: 2006

Competitions[]

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 0 0 0 0
World Championship 1 2 1 4
European Championship 0 0 1 1
Total 1 2 2 5

Olympic Games[]

Year Pos. Pld W D L
Canada 1976 4th 5 2 0 3
Soviet Union 1980 Did not qualify
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000 7th 6 2 1 3
Greece 2004 Did not qualify
China 2008 7th 8 5 0 3
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016 9th 5 2 0 3
Japan 2020 Did not qualify
Total 4/12 24 11 1 12

World Championship[]

European Championship[]

Year Pos. Pld W D L
Germany 1994 10th 7 2 0 5
Denmark 1996 5th 6 4 1 1
Netherlands 1998 11th 6 1 0 5
Romania 2000 4th 7 2 3 2
Denmark 2002 7th 7 4 0 3
Hungary 2004 7th 7 5 0 2
Sweden 2006 Did not qualify
North Macedonia 2008 5th 7 5 0 2
Denmark Norway 2010 3rd Bronze 8 5 0 3
Serbia 2012 10th 6 2 1 3
Croatia Hungary 2014 9th 6 3 1 2
Sweden 2016 5th 7 5 0 2
France 2018 4th 8 4 0 4
DenmarkNorway 2020 12th 6 1 0 5
SloveniaNorth MacedoniaMontenegro 2022 TBD
AustriaHungarySwitzerland 2024
Russia 2026
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2028
Total 13/18 88 43 6 39

GF World Cup[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach:

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Nicoleta Dincă (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 33) 1.73 m 35 27 Romania Gloria Bistrița
3 CB Mădălina Zamfirescu (1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 27) 1.80 m 42 35 Romania Gloria Buzău
6 P Alexandra Subțirică (1987-12-08) 8 December 1987 (age 34) 1.70 m 8 4 Romania Gloria Buzău
9 LW Ana Maria Tănăsie (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 27) 1.72 m 9 8 Romania Minaur Baia Mare
12 GK Diana Ciucă (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 (age 21) 1.80 m 14 0 Romania Rapid București
13 CB Cristina Laslo (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 25) 1.76 m 52 71 Romania Minaur Baia Mare
14 LB Bianca Bazaliu (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 24) 1.83 m 4 6 Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
20 GK Iulia Dumanska (1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 25) 1.78 m 55 0 Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
21 P Crina Pintea (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 31) 1.92 m 95 139 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
26 LB Anca Polocoșer (1997-05-01) 1 May 1997 (age 24) 1.80 m 23 21 Romania Minaur Baia Mare
27 P Lorena Ostase (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 24) 1.79 m 20 17 Romania CSM Slatina
29 CB Andreea Rotaru (1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 27) 1.75 m 19 11 Romania SCM Craiova
31 LB Bianca Harabagiu (1995-05-31) 31 May 1995 (age 26) 1.82 m 17 9 Romania Gloria Buzău
37 RW Alexandra Badea (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 23) 1.75 m 0 0 Romania Rapid București
55 RW (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 18) 1.71 m 2 0 Romania Minaur Baia Mare
89 RW Laura Moisă (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 32) 1.73 m 84 42 Romania Gloria Bistrița
96 RB Alina Ilie (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 25) 1.77 m 4 3 Romania Gloria Buzău
97 LW Alexandra Dindiligan (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 24) 1.70 m 6 1 Romania CSM București
98 GK Daciana Hosu (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 24) 1.82 m 9 0 Romania SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea

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
Other notable players
Medal leaders
World Championship
Player Gold
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Ana Starck-Stănișel Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg
Iozefina Ștefănescu Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg
Victoria Dumitrescu Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg
Maria Constantinescu Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg
Aurelia Szőke-Tudor Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg Gold medal world centered-2.svg

Coaching history[]

Period Head Coach
1953–1965 Romania Constantin Popescu
1965–1969 Romania Francisc Spier
1969 Romania Valeriu Gogâltan
1969–1970 Romania Pompiliu Simion
1971–1973 Romania Gabriel Zugrăvescu
1973–1976 Romania Constantin Popescu
1976–1978 Romania Francisc Spier
1978–1982 Romania Constantin Lache
1982–1986 Romania Eugen Bartha
1986–1993 Romania Bogdan Macovei
1993–1994 Romania Gheorghe Sbora
1994–1995 Romania Gheorghe Tadici
1995–1996 Romania Gheorghe Ionescu
1996–1999 Romania Cornel Bădulescu
1999–2000 Romania Bogdan Macovei
2000–2002 Romania Dumitru Muși
2002–2005 Romania Cornel Oțelea
2005–2008 Romania Gheorghe Tadici
2008–2012 Romania Radu Voina
2012–2015 Romania Gheorghe Tadici
2015–2016 Sweden Tomas Ryde
2016–2019 Spain Ambros Martín
2019–2020 Sweden Tomas Ryde
2020–2021 Romania Bogdan Burcea
2021- Romania

Individual all-time records[]

Most matches played[]

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

# Player Matches
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

Most goals scored[]

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

# Player Goals Matches Average
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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Echipa României de handbal feminin, singura echipă din lume calificată la toate edițiile Campionatelor Mondiale" (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Azi începe Mondialul fetelor! » Totul despre turneu: analiza celor 32 de echipe, favoritele la pariuri, programul României în Grupa C". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Team Roster Romania" (PDF). ihf.info. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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