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The Romanian women's national team represents

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in senior women's international handball and is controlled by the

Romanian Handball Federation The Romanian Handball Federation ( ro, Federaţia Română de Handbal) (FRH) is the governing body of handball in Romania. It is based in Bucharest. FRH is led by 6 departments. History * The official rules of the game are written and published by ...

, the governing body for handball in Romania. It competes in the three major international tournaments; the

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, 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. 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.

Honors

IHF World Championship * Gold medalists: 1956, 1960, 1962 * Silver medalists: 1973, 2005 * Bronze medalists: 2015 EHF European Championship * Bronze medalists: 2010

Other awards

GF World Cup * Gold medalists: 2009, 2010 * Silver medalists: 2006

Competitions

Olympic Games

World Championship

Since their first appearance in 1957, Romania has participated in 25

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. They were crowned world champions for the first time in 1962 after beating

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(8–5) in the final.

European Championship

GF World Cup

* GF World Cup '05 – 4th * GF World Cup '06 – 2nd * GF World Cup '07 – 5th * GF World Cup '08 – 8th * GF World Cup '09 – Winner * GF World Cup '10 – Winner

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship. Head coach: Florentin Pera

Notable players

;IHF World Player of the Year *

Cristina Neagu Cristina Georgiana Neagu (; born 26 August 1988) is a Romanian professional handballer who plays as a left back for CSM București (women's handball), CSM București and the Romania women's national handball team, Romanian national team. Often co ...

(left back), 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018 ;EHF Player of the Year *

(left back), 2017, 2018 ;MVP *

(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 Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962) is a retired Romanian handball player. She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century. She has played 335 games f ...

(right back), 1995 World Championship * Luminiţa Dinu (goalkeeper), 2000 European Championship, 2005 World Championship *

Valentina Ardean-Elisei Valentina-Neli Ardean-Elisei (born 5 June 1982) is a Romanian handballer for Gloria Bistrița. Since 26 September 2019, she is retired from the Romanian national team. She received a silver medal in the 2005 World Championship and was named l ...

(left wing), 2005 World Championship, 2008 European Championship, 2015 World Championship *

Ionela Stanca Ionela Stanca (née Gâlcă; born 9 January 1981) is a Romanian professional team handball, handballer who plays for Chambray Touraine Handball. She was voted into the ''All-Star Team'' in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.

(pivot), 2007 World Championship * Ramona Farcău (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics *

(left back), 2010 European Championship, 2014 European Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2015 World Championship *

Crina Pintea Crina Elena Pintea (née Ailincăi; born 3 April 1990) is a Romanian professional handballer who plays as a pivot for CSM București and the Romanian national team. Considered to be one of the best pivots in the world, in 2019 she was named to ...

(pivot), 2018 European Championship ;Top scorers *

Victoria Dumitrescu Victoria Dumitrescu (1 December 1935 – 22 December 2009), nicknamed Victorița, was a Romanian handballer who played for the Romanian national team. At club level, she played for Steagu Roșu București. Individual awards * World Champions ...

(left back), 1956 World Championship *

Carmen Amariei Carmen Andreea Amariei (formerly Lungu; born September 3rd 1978) was a retired Romanian handballer. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Romanian national team placed seventh. Personal life Amariei was born in Cluj ...

(left back), 1999 World Championship *

Simona Gogîrlă Simona Gogîrlă (born as Tutuianu; 11 April 1975) is a retired Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the nor ...

(left back), 2000 European Championship * Ramona Farcău (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics *

Cristina Vărzaru Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979) is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team. Biography Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olym ...

(right wing), 2009–2010 EHF Champions League *

(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, 2021-2022 EHF Champions League ;Other notable players * Cristina Petrovici * Simona Arghir-Sandu * Maria Török-Duca * Valentina Cozma * Steluța Luca ;Medal leaders ;World Championship

Coaching history

Individual all-time records

Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official competitions only. Last updated: 29 September 2019

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only. Last updated: 29 September 2019

References

External links

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IHF profile
{{IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship winners

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