Argentina women's national handball team

The Argentina women's national handball team is the national team of Argentina. It is governed by the Confederacion Argentina de Handball and takes part in international handball competitions.

Argentina
Information
Nickname	La Garra
Association	Confederación Argentina de Handball
Coach	Eduardo Gallardo
Assistant coach	Hernán Siso
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2016)
Best result	12th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1999)
Best result	16th (2019)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1986)
Best result	1st (2009)
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Argentina women's national handball team

Medal record
Pan American Championship
	2009 Chile
	2003 Brazil
	2005 Brazil
	2007 Dominican Republic
	2011 Brazil
	2013 Dominican Republic
	2017 Argentina
	1999 Argentina
	2015 Cuba
Pan American Games
	2003 Dominican Republic	Team
	2011 Mexico	Team
	2015 Canada	Team
	2007 Brazil	Team

Results

Olympic Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1976 Montreal	did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Group stage	12th of 12	5	0	0	5	101	145
2020 Tokyo	did not qualify
2024 Paris
Total	1/13		5	0	0	5	101	145

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1957	did not qualify
1962
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999	preliminary round	24th	5	0	0	5	52	180
2001	did not qualify
2003	preliminary round	22nd	5	0	0	5	74	171
2005		20th	5	1	0	4	79	150
2007	President's Cup	20th	6	2	0	4	124	157
2009		19th	9	3	1	5	192	240
2011		23rd	7	1	0	6	127	172
2013		19th	7	2	0	5	154	187
2015		18th	7	2	0	5	144	169
2017		23rd	7	1	0	6	156	220
2019		16th	7	2	0	5	177	197
2021	main round	21st	6	2	0	4	148	165
2023		20th	6	2	0	4	146	181
2025	qualified
2027	To be determined
2029
2031
Total	13/30		77	18	1	58	1473	2189

Pan American Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1987 Indianapolis	preliminary round	5th	4	0	0	4	28	93
1991 Havana	women's competitions not held
1995 Mar del Plata	preliminary round	5th	4	0	0	4	61	90
1999 Winnipeg	preliminary round	6th	6	1	0	5	120	138
2003 Santo Domingo	gold medal match	2nd	7	4	1	2	170	179
2007 Rio de Janeiro	bronze medal match	3rd	5	4	0	1	144	109
2011 Guadalajara	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	121	111
2015 Toronto	gold medal match	2nd	5	3	0	2	122	101
2019 Lima	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	157	90
2023 Santiago	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	151	90
Total	9/9		46	24	1	21	1074	1004

Pan American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1986	round robin	4th	5	2	0	3	51	106
1989	did not enter
1991	round robin	4th	4	1	0	3	54	119
1997	bronze medal match	4th	6	2	0	4	85	100
1999	round robin	3rd	5	3	1	1	126	96
2000	round robin	4th	5	2	1	2	119	117
2003	gold medal match	2nd	4	2	0	2	71	85
2005	round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	122	103
2007	gold medal match	2nd	5	3	0	2	103	105
2009	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	113	74
2011	gold medal match	2nd	5	3	1	1	159	125
2013	gold medal match	2nd	6	5	0	1	178	118
2015	bronze medal match	3rd	7	5	0	2	220	130
2017	gold medal match	2nd	6	5	0	1	190	116
Total	13/14	1 title	69	42	3	24	1591	1394

South and Central American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2018	Round robin	2nd	4	3	0	1	108	92
2021	Round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	167	78
2022	Round robin	2nd	4	3	0	1	99	78
2024	Round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	165	107
Total	4/4		18	14	0	4	539	355

Performance in other tournaments

South American Games
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002 São Bernardo do Campo	round robin	2nd	4	2	0	2	71	81
2006 Mar del Plata	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	150	93
2010 Medellin	round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	171	95
2014 Santiago	round robin	2nd	4	3	1	0	95	72
2018 Cochabamba	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	163	79
2022 Asunción	Round robin	3rd	5	3	0	2	136	95
Total	6/6	2 Titles	28	22	1	5	786	525

Olympic qualification tournament
Tournament	Outcome	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2012	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	57	91
2021	not qualified	3rd	2	0	0	2	34	65
2024	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	78	101

• 2016 Women's International Tournament of Spain – 4th
• 2017 Women's International Tournament of Spain – 3rd
• 2019 Baltic Handball Cup – 4th
• 2019 Intersport Cup – 4th

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marisol Carratú (1986-07-15) 15 July 1986 (age 39) 1.76 m 115 4 CB Elche 2 RB Sofia Rivadeneira (2003-03-12) 12 March 2003 (age 22) 1.73 m 35 0 CBF Elda 3 CB Martina Romero (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 23) 1.72 m 30 0 BM Aula Cultural 5 LB Manuela Pizzo (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 33) 1.80 m 151 366 Mariano Acosta Handball 6 RW Ayelén García (1999-12-13) 13 December 1999 (age 25) 1.68 m 22 28 CD Beti Onak 7 P Rocío Campigli (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 31) 1.71 m 71 150 CBF Málaga 9 RB Luciana Mendoza (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990 (age 35) 1.70 m 184 598 Pessac Handball 12 GK Ayelén Rosalez (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 30) 1.81 m 11 0 BM Porriño 13 P Giuliana Gavilan (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 29) 1.76 m 43 54 BM Bera Bera 16 GK Leila Niño (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32) 1.68 m 31 2 River Plate 17 RB Malena Cavo (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 26) 1.69 m 27 79 BM Bera Bera 18 P Valentina Brodsky (1999-10-09) 9 October 1999 (age 25) 1.76 m 4 0 River Plate 19 LW Valentina Learreta (2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 25) 1.69 m 4 0 CB Pozuelo de Calatrava 21 LB Macarena Gandulfo (1993-11-03) 3 November 1993 (age 31) 1.75 m 102 91 CSM Corona Brașov 22 LB Elke Karsten (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 30) 1.77 m 105 330 BM Bera Bera 24 CB Carolina Bono (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 25) 1.67 m 0 0 BM Porriño 25 CB Micaela Casasola (1997-03-17) 17 March 1997 (age 28) 1.75 m 70 116 BM Porriño 26 LW Lucia Dalle (1998-12-04) 4 December 1998 (age 26) 1.62 m 38 9 Estudiantes de La Plata