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The Romanian women's national team represents

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in senior women's international

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and is controlled by the

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, 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:

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and

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, and finished as runners-up in 1973 and

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and also finished third in

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. Since first entering in 1994, Romania have never won the EHF European Championship, with their best performances being a third-place finish in

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Honors

IHF World Championship * Gold medalists:

* Silver medalists: 1973,

* Bronze medalists:

EHF European Championship * Bronze medalists:

Other awards

GF World Cup * Gold medalists: 2009,

* Silver medalists:

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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

after beating

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(8–5) in the final.

European Championship

GF World Cup

* GF World Cup '05 – 4th *

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– 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 The 2022 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from 4 to 20 November 2022. It showed an impressive action by the norwegian right-back Nora Mørk, who was the top scorer of the EHF EURO 2022, a ...

. Head coach: Florentin Pera

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 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 (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 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 (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 (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, 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
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