The Brazil women's national handball team is the national team of

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. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Handebol and takes part in international handball competitions.

History

In December 2013, the team won the

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for the first time in history after defeating

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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, Southern Hemisphere and only the second non-European country (after

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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

* GF World Cup 2006 – Seventh place *

2014 International Tournament of Spain The 2014 International Tournament of Spain was the 18th edition of the International Tournament of Spain held in Fuengirola, Spain, between 28 and 30 November as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Royal Spanish Handball Fed ...

– *2015

Angola 40 Years Tournament The Angola 40 years Tournament was a women's friendly handball competition held in Luanda, Angola between February 27–1 March 2015, involving the teams of Angola, Brazil, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, Repúbli ...

– Third place *

2015 Carpathian Trophy The 2015 Carpathian Trophy was the 47th edition of the Carpathian Trophy held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania between 20–21 March as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. The most recent winners of the ...

– Fourth place *

2016 Firenasjonersturneringer The 2016 Firenasjonersturneringer (translated from the Norwegian ''Four Nations Tournament'') was a friendly women's team handball, handball tournament organized by the Norwegian Handball Federation held at the city of Langhus as a preparation of ...

– Fourth place *

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 th ...

– *

2017 Women's Four Nations Tournament The 2017 Women's Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Nações) in Portuguese, was the 2nd edition of the Four Nations Tournament (handball), Women's Four Nations Tournament held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil between 9–11 June as a Women' ...

– *

2017 Carpathian Trophy The 2017 Carpathian Trophy was the 49th edition of the Carpathian Trophy held in Craiova, Romania between 24 and 26 November as a women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation. Results Round robin ''All t ...

– Third place * 2018 World University Handball Championship – *

2018 Women's International Tournament of Spain The 2018 Women's International Tournament of Spain was the 22nd edition of the Women's International Tournament Of Spain, held in Alicante, Spain between 23–25 November as a friendly handball tournament organised by the Royal Spanish Handball Fe ...

– Second place * 2019 Women's International Tournament of Spain – Third place *

2019 Intersport Cup The Intersport Cup 2019 was a friendly women's handball tournament held in Stavanger, Norway at the DBN Arena between 23–29 September, organised by the Norwegian Handball Federation as preparation for the home team for the 2019 World Women's Ha ...

– Third place * 2019 Japan Cup – Third place *2021 HEP Croatia Cup - Second place * 2022 Intersport Cup – Fourth place

Current squad

Squad for the

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. Head coach:

Cristiano Silva Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward and Captain (association football), captains the Portugal nat ...

Head coach history

References

External links

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IHF profile
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