Belarus women's national handball team

The Belarus women's national handball team is the national team of Belarus. It is governed by the Belarusian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.

Belarus
Information
Association	Belarus Handball Association
Coach	Leanid Brazinski
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 1997)
Best result	14th (1999)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2000)
Best result	11th (2000)
Last updated on 14 December 2011.

In light of the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Handball Federation in February 2022 temporarily suspended Belarus both in competitions for national teams and on the club level.^[1] The International Handball Federation banned Belarus athletes and officials.^[2] Referees, officials, and commission members from Belarus will not be called upon for future activities.^[3]

Results

World Championship

• 1997 – 16th
• 1999 – 14th

European Championship

• 2000 – 11th
• 2002 – 16th
• 2004 – 16th
• 2008 – 12th

Current squad

The squad chosen for two qualification matches against Wales for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.^[4]

Head Coach: Leanid Brazinski

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Volha Nikitsina (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 29) 0.00 m 0 0 BNTU Minsk 2 P Iryna Tryzno (1994-04-23) 23 April 1994 (age 31) 1.78 m 0 0 Molde Elite 3 CB Valiantsina Nestsiaruk (1988-05-30) 30 May 1988 (age 37) 1.70 m 0 0 MKS Selgros Lublin 4 LB Anastasiya Mazgo (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 30) 1.82 m 0 0 BNTU Minsk 5 LW Iryna Dronova (1981-02-09) 9 February 1981 (age 44) 1.86 m 0 0 HC Gomel 6 RW Yana Yemelyanenka (1992-01-02) 2 January 1992 (age 33) 0.00 m 0 0 HC Astrakhanochka 7 RW Natallia Vasileuskaya (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 34) 1.75 m 0 0 HC Gorodnichanka 8 CB Dziyana Ilyina (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 29) 0.00 m 0 0 HC Dunărea Brăila 9 LW Nataliya Kotsina (1991-09-07) 7 September 1991 (age 33) 1.75 m 0 0 Muratpaşa Bld. SK 11 LB Liliya Artsiukhovich (1987-08-21) 21 August 1987 (age 37) 1.80 m 0 0 BNTU Minsk 12 GK Valiantsina Kumpel (1989-11-11) 11 November 1989 (age 35) 1.80 m 0 0 HC Gomel 13 RW Khrystyna Azolina (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 34) 0.00 m 0 0 BNTU Minsk 17 P Anastasia Lobach (1997-06-25) 25 June 1997 (age 28) 1.78 m 0 0 CSM București 21 RB Karyna Yezhykava (1990-07-08) 8 July 1990 (age 35) 1.80 m 0 0 Debreceni VSC 22 RB Katsiaryna Silitskaya (1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 32) 0.00 m 0 0 Molde Elite 23 P Viktoriya Shamanouskaya (1993-08-08) 8 August 1993 (age 32) 0.00 m 0 0 HC Gomel