The North Macedonia women's national handball team is the women's national

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

team of North Macedonia. It is governed by the

Macedonian Handball Federation The Macedonian Handball Federation ( Macedonian: Ракометна федерација на Македонија) commonly known by its acronym, RFM, is the national governing body of handball in North Macedonia. Its headquarters are in Skopje ...

and takes part in international team handball competitions.

History

First Women's Handball teams in Macedonia emerged in the second half of the 1940s. Soon Macedonian Handball federation started to organize national championships in big handball -11 players on a soccer field size. By the '60s it was transformed into small handball or indoor handball. Macedonian champions were qualified for federal Yugoslav Championship instead of European cup competitions. The best Macedonian players played for the Federal team of Yugoslavia. In the time of the federation 6 of the constitutional republics were sending one federal team to compete at the Olympics and World cup. Macedonia was participating within the federal team from 1950 till 1991. After the split of the federation, as a single republic from 1992 till 1994 Macedonia didn't manage to enter the qualifications for EC, WC and OG. From 1995 Macedonia participates as a single Republic to all qualifications and Championship tournaments. At the 1992 Olympics Yugoslavia team was banned to participate. At the World cup 1993 only teams from the Olympics qualified so the Macedonian team did not have a chance to qualify. For the first European Championship 1994 team Macedonia didn't enter the qualifications. For the World Cup 1995 only teams from EURO 1994 qualified so again team Macedonian didn't get a chance to participate. Since EURO 1996 team Macedonia is regular in the qualifications. It entered 5 European Championships first one in 1998 then in 2000, 2006, 2008 and 2012. Most successful was the 2008 when they finished 7th as a host. The Macedonia team qualified for the Euro 2022 as a host nation again. For the World Cup's they entered five times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2007). The most successful was in 1997 when they've finished 7th. For the Olympic tournament, they had the best chance in 1999 World Cup when first they lost the 1/4 final game. Then after in the classification games for the 5 th place – last spot that qualifies for the Olympics finished 8th and did not qualify.

Home ground

The BTSC - Boris Trajkovski Sports Center ( mk, Спортски центар Борис Трајковски, ''Sportski centar Boris Trajkovski'') in Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the

Karpoš Municipality Karpoš Municipality ( mk, ) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the city of Skopje, the capital of the Republic of North Macedonia. Geography Karpoš borders * Saraj Municipality and Ǵorče Petrov Municipality to the west, * Čuč ...

of Skopje,

Macedonia Macedonia most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...

. It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000. There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex. Additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it. The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian handball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar. It was one of two venues for the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for th ...

.It was a Venue again 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 ...

Results

During the period 1957 till 1991 Macedonia was within the Federation of SFRJ. It was represented internationally within the team Yugoslavia as part of the Federation of 6 Republics. Macedonia is not a successor of the results of team Yugoslavia it was just part of it. During that time was present at the 3 Olympics and 10 World cup tournaments within the successful team Yugoslavia. After the split Macedonian team started to compete representing the single independent Republic.

World Championship

European Championship

Summer Olympics

Performance in other tournaments

* Carpathian Trophy 1993 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 2000 – 4th * Carpathian Trophy 2001 – 6th * Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 2010 – 4th * Carpathian Trophy 2011 – 4th * Carpathian Trophy 2017 – 4th :Mediterranean Games * 2013: 9th * 2018: 4th * 2022: 7th

Team

Current squad

Roster fot the

. Head coach:

Ljubomir Savevski Ljubomir Savevski (born 1 January 1957) in Skopje is a Macedonian former handball player and a current head coach of the North Macedonia women's national handball team. He has coached Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje and the Macedonian national wo ...

Technical staff

Notable players

;All-Star Team * Indira Kastratovic,

1999 World Women's Handball Championship The 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, the 14th of its kind, was held between November 29 and December 12, 1999, and was jointly hosted by Denmark and Norway, with the finals being played in Lillehammer, Norway. Group stage Group A --- ...

* Larisa Ferzalieva,

2000 European Women's Handball Championship The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8 to 17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating Ukraine 32–30 after extra time in the final match. Venues The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. ...

;Top scorer * Indira Kastratovic,

1997 World Women's Handball Championship The 1997 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Germany 30 November – 14 December 1997. It was the first tournament with 24 teams. Denmark won its first title. Denmark's only defeat in the championship was by Macedonia. Host Cities T ...

;Others * Gordana Naceva * Marina Abramova * Biljana Naumovska *

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* Klara Boeva * Dana Filipovska *

Natalija Todorovska Natalija Todorovska, née Natalia Malakhova (born 7 July 1974) is a Russian and then Macedonian team handball, handball player. After playing many years for the Dinamo Volgograd, Volgograd Akva, she went to the Macedonian Champions club Kometal G ...

, she scored 21 goals against Cameroon at the 2005 World Championship which is still a record in 2021 * Mileva Velkova * Anzela Platon * Mirjana Cupic * Dragana Pecevska * Olga Bujanova * Julija Nikolić *

Mirjeta Bajramoska Mirjeta Bajramoska ( mk, Мирјета Бајрамоска; born 22 November 1984 in Bitola, Socialist Republic of Macedonia) is a retired Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian Team handball, handball player that played for ŽRK Vardar and fo ...

References

External links

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