The Brazil women's national handball team is the national team of
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
. It is governed by the
Confederação Brasileira de Handebol and takes part in international
handball competitions.
History
In December 2013, the team won the
World Championship
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for the first time
in history after defeating
Serbia
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22–20 in the final. The Brazilian team won all nine games played in the tournament and became the first nation from
Americas
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Along with th ...
,
Southern Hemisphere and only the second non-European country (after
South Korea
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) to win the title.
Results
Olympic Games
World Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Championship
South and Central American Championship
South American Games
Other tournaments
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GF World Cup 2006 – Seventh place
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2014 International Tournament of Spain –
*2015
Angola 40 Years Tournament – Third place
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2015 Carpathian Trophy – Fourth place
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2016 Firenasjonersturneringer – Fourth place
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2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament
The 2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Nações) in Portuguese, was the 1st edition of the Women's Four Nations Tournament held in Belém, Brazil between 1–3 December as a Women's friendly handball tournament organised by the ...
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2017 Women's Four Nations Tournament –
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2017 Carpathian Trophy – Third place
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2018 World University Handball Championship
The 2018 World University Handball Championship was the 24th edition of this Team Handball, Handball event organized by the International University Sports Federation, FISU. It was held in Rijeka, Croatia at the Centar Zamet, Zamet Hall, from 30 Ju ...
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2018 Women's International Tournament of Spain – Second place
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2019 Women's International Tournament of Spain
The 2019 Women's International Tournament of Spain was the 23nd edition of the Women's International Tournament Of Spain, held in Palencia, Spain between 21–23 March as a friendly team handball, handball tournament organised by the Royal Spanish ...
– Third place
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2019 Intersport Cup – Third place
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2019 Japan Cup – Third place
*2021 HEP Croatia Cup - Second place
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2022 Intersport Cup – Fourth place
Current squad
Squad for the
2021 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach:
Cristiano Silva
Head coach history
References
External links
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IHF profile
{{National sports teams of Brazil
National team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
Handball
Women's national handball teams