Serbia women's national handball team

Serbia Serbia
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Information
AssociationHandball Federation of Serbia
CoachUroš Bregar
Assistant coachDragan Markov
Most capsKatarina Krpež Slezak (146)
Most goalsAndrea Lekić (517)
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances8 (First in 2001)
Best result Silver: (2013)
European Championship
Appearances12 (First in 2000)
Best result4th (2012)
Last updated on Unknown.
Serbia women's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Italy
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almería Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran Team
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju Team
Carpathian Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2004 Cluj-Napoca
Silver medal – second place 2011 Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bistrita
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Cluj-Napoca
Intersport Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tromsø/Bodø

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

The Olympic Committee of Serbia has declared the women's national handball team the best female team of the years 2001 and 2013.

Results

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The Serbian Handball Federation is considered the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

Summer Olympics

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
19761988 part of Yugoslavia
Spain 1992 qualified and later suspended
United States 1996 suspended from playing qualification tournaments
Australia 2000 did not qualify
Greece 2004
Since 2007 Serbia Serbia
China 2008 did not qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 future events
Australia 2032
Total 0/8 0 0 0 0 0 0

World Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
19571990 part of Yugoslavia
Norway 1993 qualified and later suspended
Austria/Hungary 1995 suspended from playing qualification tournament
Germany 1997 did not qualify
Denmark/Norway 1999
Italy 2001 Third place 3rd 9 6 1 2 313 236
Croatia 2003 Main group stage 9th 8 5 0 3 258 241
Russia 2005 did not qualify
France 2007
Since 2007 Serbia Serbia
China 2009 did not qualify
Brazil 2011
Serbia 2013 Runner-up 2nd 9 7 0 2 240 197
Denmark 2015 Round of 16 15th 6 2 1 3 164 168
Germany 2017 Round of 16 9th 6 3 2 1 188 152
Japan 2019 Main round 6th 9 5 1 3 272 258
Spain 2021 Main round 12th 6 4 0 2 167 143
Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2023 Main round 21st 6 1 0 5 141 153
Germany/Netherlands 2025 future events
Hungary 2027
Spain 2029
Czech Republic/Poland 2031
Total 8/17 59 33 6 21 1743 1548

European Championship

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Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Germany 1994 part of Yugoslavia
suspended from playing qualification tournament
Denmark 1996 did not qualify
Netherlands 1998
Romania 2000 Main group stage 7th 6 3 1 2 178 176
Denmark 2002 Main group stage 6th 7 4 0 3 223 200
Hungary 2004 Main group stage 12th 6 1 0 5 165 200
Sweden 2006 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 0 3 77 92
Since 2007 Serbia Serbia
North Macedonia 2008 Preliminary round 13th 3 0 0 3 87 93
Denmark/Norway 2010 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 0 3 71 91
Serbia 2012 Semi-finals 4th 8 4 1 3 213 209
Hungary/Croatia 2014 Preliminary round 15th 3 0 0 3 56 72
Sweden 2016 Main group stage 9th 6 2 1 3 158 176
France 2018 Main group stage 11th 6 2 0 4 164 168
Denmark/Norway 2020 Preliminary round 13th 3 1 0 2 79 88
Slovenia/North Macedonia/Montenegro 2022 Preliminary round 15th 3 0 0 3 66 88
AustriaHungarySwitzerland 2024 qualified
Czech RepublicPolandRomaniaSlovakiaTurkey 2026 future event
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2028
Total 13/17 57 17 3 37 1537 1653
** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Mediterranean Games

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Other tournaments

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Carpathian Trophy

  • Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 5th place
  • Carpathian Trophy 2000 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2001 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2002 – 4th
  • Carpathian Trophy 2004 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 5th
  • Carpathian Trophy 2011 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2018 – 4th
  • Carpathian Trophy 2022 –

Møbelringen Cup/Intersport Cup

Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Uroš Bregar

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Marija Simić (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000 (age 24) 1.77 m 5 0 Serbia ŽORK Jagodina
2 LW Sanja Radosavljević (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30) 1.72 m 90 244 Sweden Kristianstad Handboll
3 LB Teodora Veličković (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23) 1.75 m 5 6 Serbia ŽRK Naisa
4 CB Teodora Majkić (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24) 1.70 m 3 2 Serbia RK Crvena zvezda
7 CB Aleksandra Vukajlović (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27) 1.74 m 41 54 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare
11 RB Marija Laništanin (1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 29) 1.78 m 19 31 Hungary Békéscsabai Előre NKSE
14 P Edita Nuković (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27) 1.80 m 8 15 Germany SV Union Halle-Neustadt
15 RB Anđela Janjušević (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29) 1.81 m 66 158 Romania CS Rapid București
22 LB Jovana Jovović (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 22) 1.81 m 23 49 Hungary Debreceni VSC
25 LW Aleksandra Stamenić (1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 26) 1.67 m 14 12 Serbia RK Crvena zvezda
27 GK Molli Kubina (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 22) 1.78 m 0 0 Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC
29 RW Nataša Lovrić (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 24) 1.74 m 13 17 Serbia ŽRK Zelezničar
31 P Katarina Bojicić (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26) 1.79 m 12 18 Romania SCM Craiova
34 RW Dunja Radević (2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 (age 18) 1.69 m 5 8 Montenegro ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
36 LB Emilija Lazić (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 24) 1.78 m 0 0 Romania HC Zalău
92 P Jovana Milojević (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 32) 1.76 m 39 32 Poland MKS Zagłębie Lubin
99 GK Marija Čolić (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34) 1.73 m 29 1 France OGC Nice

Famous players

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Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ "Завршне припреме за СП - окупљају се најбоље српске рукометашице" (in Serbian). rss.org.rs. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Team roster: Serbia" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "NAJBOLJA RUKOMETAŠICA SVIH VREMENA U VREMENU KORONE NA USLUZI JE SVOJIM RODITELJIMA 'Tu smo gdje jesmo, starijima treba pomoći, izolacija nije lagana'" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr.
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