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Montenegro Women's National Handball Team
The Montenegro women's national handball team is the national team of Montenegro. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Montenegro and takes part in international handball competitions. History Montenegro's women's national handball team was formed in 2006, shortly after Montenegro gained 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, independence. It was founded upon ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica, a club with numerous European trophies, which produced many famous Montenegrin players. 2006–2011 Montenegro has been playing in official competitions since 2006. They played for the first time during the qualifying tournament for the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship in Cheb, where they finished second with four wins and one defeat. A year later, Montenegro did not qualify for the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship after a defeat in the playoffs against Croatia women's national handball team, Croatia. The same result occurred at qualifiers for the 2009 Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball Federation Of Montenegro
The Handball Federation of Montenegro (RSCG) (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin: Rukometni savez Crne Gore) is the governing body of team handball in Montenegro. It is based in Podgorica. It organizes the handball leagues: * Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball * Montenegrin Second League of Men's Handball * Montenegrin First League of Women's Handball * Montenegrin Second League of Women's Handball It also organizes the Montenegro men's national handball team, Montenegrin national handball team and the Montenegro women's national handball team, Montenegrin women's national handball team as well as the Montenegro men's national junior handball team, Montenegrin national under-21 handball team and Montenegro women's national junior handball team, Montenegrin women's national under-21 handball team. History The Handball Federation of Montenegro was founded on 26 January 1958, while under the Yugoslav Handball Federation. Upon Montenegro's independence from Serbia and Monteneg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montenegro
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Bojana Popović
Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the 2000's, despite not being given any official recognition. After winning the Women's EHF Champions League with Budućnost and a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games with the Montenegro national team, Bojana Popović decided to retire from handball. However, in June 2016 Popović announced she would come out of retirement and make herself available for selection by the Montenegro national handball team to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career Bojana Popović started playing handball at Serbian club HC Naisa Niš when she was eleven years old. She later played for Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for four seasons. In 2002, Popović signed a contract with Danish team Slagelse DT, at that time coached by Anja Andersen. With Slagelse, she experienced great success: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Women's National Handball Team
The Sweden women's national handball team () is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competitions. Honours Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Results Olympic Games World championship Competitive record at the World championship Record against other teams at the world championship ''*Results against the Czech republic also include Czechoslovakia (−1993) and the combined team of the Czech republic and Slovakia (1993).'' Results updated 16 June 2014. European championship Competitive record at the European championship Record against other teams at the European Championship Performance in other tournaments * Carpathian Trophy 1994 – Third place * GF World Cup 2006 – Fifth place * Møbelringen Cup 2001 – Third place * Møbelringen Cup 2011 – Third place * Carpathian Trophy 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). People's Republic of China, China hosted the event from 5-20 December 2009. Russia women's national handball team, Russia successfully contested France women's national handball team, France in the World Women's Handball Championship#final, final, their fourth title. Venues The competition took place in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first was in South Korea 1990. Six cities were on the short list to host the matches: Qualification Host Nation * ;Defending Champions * ;Qualified from the 2008 Asian Women's Handball Championship, 2008 Asian Championship * * * * ;Qualified from the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, 2008 European Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia Women's National Handball Team
The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia. Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Mediterranean Games * 1993 Mediterranean Games, 1993 – Champions * 1997 Mediterranean Games, 1997 – Runners-up * Handball at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, 2005 – 3rd place * Handball at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, 2009 – 6th place * Handball at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, 2013 – 3rd place * Handball at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, 2018 – ''Did not participate'' * Handball at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, 2022 – Runners-up * Handball at the 2026 Mediterranean Games, 2026 – ''TBD'' * Handball at the 2030 Mediterranean Games, 2030 – ''TBD'' Other competitions * Carpathian Trophy (women's handball), Carpathian Trophy 1996 – 2nd * Carpathian Trophy (women's handball), Carpathian Trophy 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the 2008 Championship: Qualification In total, 16 national teams qualified for the final tournament: ;Host Country # (3) :1998,2000,2006 ;Qualified from the 2006 European Championship # (7) :1994,1996,1998,2000,2002,2004,2006 (''Defending Champions'') # (7) :1994,1996,1998,2000,2002,2004,2006 # (4) :2000,2002,2004,2006 # (7) :1994,1996,1998,2000,2002,2004,2006 # (7) :1994,1996,1998,2000,2002,2004,2006 ;Qualified from play-offs: Squads Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players, 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 1 December 2008. Seeding The draw for the preliminary round groups took place on 20 July 2008, in Ohrid. Format * Preliminary Round: 16 teams a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheb
Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the German-speaking region known as Egerland. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reservation. Administrative division Cheb consists of 19 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Cheb (26,768) *Bříza (47) *Cetnov (104) *Chvoječná (28) *Dolní Dvory (49) *Dřenice (50) *Háje (1,082) *Horní Dvory (57) *Hradiště (206) *Hrozňatov (209) *Jindřichov (86) *Klest (41) *Loužek (23) *Pelhřimov (95) *Podhoří (142) *Podhrad (665) *Skalka (228) *Střížov (172) *Tršnice (109) Etymology The first name of the town, documented in 1061, was ''Egire''. It was a Latin name, which was derived from the Celtic nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2007 World Women's Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). France hosted the event from 2–16 December 2007. A total of 24 teams participated in the tournament. Russia successfully contested Norway in the final, regaining the title after having lost it at the 2005 final. Venues SourceIHF.info/small> Qualification Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round took place in Paris on 20 June 2007. Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Group E ---- ---- Group F ---- ---- President's Cup Group I ---- ---- Group II ---- ---- Group III ---- ---- Group IV ---- ---- 23rd place game 21st place game 19th place game 17th place game 15th place game 13th place game Main round Group M I ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
