Romania women's national handball team

The Romanian women's national team represents Romania in senior women's international handball and is controlled by the Romanian Handball Federation, the governing body for handball in Romania. It competes in the three major international tournaments; the Olympic Games, the IHF World Championship and the EHF European Championship.

Romania
Information
Association	Romanian Handball Federation
Coach	Florentin Pera
Assistant coach	Bogdan Burcea
Most caps	Mariana Tîrcă (335)
Most goals	Mariana Tîrcă (2043)
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1976)
Best result	4th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	26 (First in 1957)
Best result	1st (1962)
European Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1994)
Best result	3rd (2010)
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Romania women's national handball team

Medal record
World Championship
	1962 Romania
	1973 Yugoslavia
	2005 Russia
	2015 Denmark
European Championship
	2010 Denmark/Norway

The team in 2015, under Tomas Ryde

The team in 2017, under Ambros Martín

Since first entering World Championship, Romania are the only team to have appeared in all 25 tournaments to date.^[1]

They were crowned winners in the IHF World Championship three times: 1956, 1960 and 1962, and finished as runners-up in 1973 and 2005 and also finished third in 2015. Since first entering in 1994, Romania have never won the EHF European Championship, with their best performances being a third-place finish in 2010.

Honors

IHF World Championship

• Gold medalists:1962
• Silver medalists: 1973, 2005
• Bronze medalists: 2015

EHF European Championship

• Bronze medalists: 2010

Other awards

GF World Cup

• Gold medalists: 2009, 2010
• Silver medalists: 2006

Competitions

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	1	2	1	4
European Championship	0	0	1	1
Total	1	2	2	5

Olympic Games

Year	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L
1976	4th	5	2	0	3
1980	did not qualify
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000	7th	6	2	1	3
2004	did not qualify
2008	7th	8	5	0	3
2012	did not qualify
2016	9th	5	2	0	3
2020	did not qualify
2024
Total	4/12	24	11	1	12

World Championship

Since their first appearance in 1957, Romania has participated in 25 World Championships. They were crowned world champions for the first time in 1962 after beating Denmark (8–5) in the final.

Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1957	9th	2	0	0	2	2	9	-7
1962	1st	5	4	1	0	41	17	+24
1965	6th	3	0	2	1	18	21	-3
1971	4th	5	2	1	2	51	51	0
1973	2nd	5	4	0	1	67	52	+15
1975	4th	7	4	0	3	102	83	+19
1978	7th	5	3	0	2	78	67	+11
1982	8th	7	3	3	1	159	122	+37
1986	5th	7	5	1	1	151	129	+22
1990	7th	5	1	1	3	90	100	-10
1993	4th	7	4	0	3	156	129	+27
1995	7th	8	6	0	2	232	175	+57
1997	12th	6	3	0	3	186	161	+25
1999	4th	9	5	0	4	250	196	+54
2001	17th	5	1	0	4	129	135	-6
2003	10th	8	4	1	3	244	206	+38
2005	2nd	10	9	0	1	322	249	+73
2007	4th	10	7	0	3	323	284	+39
2009	8th	9	5	1	3	306	231	+75
2011	13th	6	2	1	3	166	183	-17
2013	10th	6	4	0	2	161	127	+34
2015	3rd	9	5	0	4	270	225	+45
2017	10th	6	4	0	2	150	140	+10
2019	12th	8	3	0	5	181	227	-46
2021	13th	6	3	0	3	202	146	+56
2023	12th	6	4	0	2	185	164	+21
2025	Qualified
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	27/30	170	95	12	63	4222	3629	+593

European Championship

Year	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1994	10th	6	2	0	4	112	124	-12
1996	5th	6	4	1	1	155	139	+16
1998	11th	6	1	0	5	148	168	-20
2000	4th	7	3	1	3	168	164	+4
2002	7th	7	4	0	3	169	166	+3
2004	7th	7	5	0	2	206	187	+19
2006	did not qualify
2008	5th	7	5	0	2	209	199	+10
2010	3rd	8	5	0	3	205	197	+8
2012	10th	6	2	1	3	136	139	-3
2014	9th	6	3	1	2	136	137	-1
2016	5th	7	5	0	2	173	158	+15
2018	4th	8	4	0	4	213	212	+1
2020	12th	6	1	0	5	135	160	-25
2022	12th	6	3	0	3	184	181	-11
2024	11th	7	2	0	5	184	199	-15
2026	Quaified as co-host
2028	TBD
Total	15/18	93	46	4	43	2335	2331	+4

GF World Cup

• GF World Cup '05 – 4th
• GF World Cup '06 – 2nd
• GF World Cup '07 – 5th
• GF World Cup '08 – 8th
• GF World Cup '09 – Winner
• GF World Cup '10 – Winner

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Florentin Pera

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Bianca Curmenț (1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 28) 1.82 m 5 0 CSM Corona Brașov 10 LB Ștefania Stoica (2003-08-24) 24 August 2003 (age 22) 1.86 m 6 14 Rapid București 11 P Mirabela Coteț (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 24) 1.77 m 0 0 HC Dunărea Brăila 14 LB Bianca Bazaliu (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 28) 1.82 m 37 53 Gloria Bistrița 15 P Ștefania Jipa (2000-03-01) 1 March 2000 (age 25) 1.77 m 0 0 SCM Gloria Buzău 16 GK Raluca Kelemen (1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 27) 1.80 m 0 0 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 17 CB Rebeca Necula (2003-05-17) 17 May 2003 (age 22) 1.68 m 4 2 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 18 RB Daria Bucur (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 26) 1.80 m 24 19 SCM Gloria Buzău 21 LW Alexandra Dindiligan (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 28) 1.74 m 21 35 CSM București 24 CB Alisia Boicuic (2005-07-20) 20 July 2005 (age 20) 1.77 m 3 4 CSM Corona Brașov 27 P Lorena Ostase (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 28) 1.79 m 45 89 Rapid București 30 RW Sonia Seraficeanu (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 28) 1.76 m 49 95 Gloria Bistrița 55 RB Oana Borș (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 21) 1.79 m 4 7 HC Dunărea Brăila 70 CB Andreea Popa (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 25) 1.77 m 19 37 HC Dunărea Brăila 71 RB Alicia Gogîrlă (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 22) 1.83 m 9 11 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 89 LW Corina Lupei (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 23) 1.75 m 6 9 HC Dunărea Brăila 98 GK Daciana Hosu (1998-01-16) 16 January 1998 (age 27) 1.82 m 35 0 CSM București 99 LB Sorina Grozav (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 26) 1.75 m 11 27 Rapid București

Notable players

IHF World Player of the Year

• Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018

EHF Player of the Year

• Cristina Neagu (left back), 2017, 2018

MVP

• Cristina Neagu (left back), 2015 World Championship

All-Star Team members

• Irina Klimovschi (goalkeeper), 1956 World Championship, 1960 World Championship
• Doina Furcoi-Solomonov (pivot), 1975 World Championship
• Mariana Tîrcă (right back), 1995 World Championship
• Luminiţa Dinu (goalkeeper), 2000 European Championship, 2005 World Championship
• Valentina Ardean-Elisei (left wing), 2005 World Championship, 2008 European Championship, 2015 World Championship
• Ionela Stanca (pivot), 2007 World Championship
• Ramona Farcău (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics
• Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010 European Championship, 2014 European Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2015 World Championship
• Crina Pintea (pivot), 2018 European Championship

Top scorers

• Victoria Dumitrescu (left back), 1956 World Championship
• Carmen Amariei (left back), 1999 World Championship
• Simona Gogîrlă (left back), 2000 European Championship
• Ramona Farcău (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics
• Cristina Vărzaru (right wing), 2009–2010 EHF Champions League
• Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010 European Championship, 2015 World Championship, 2014–2015 EHF Champions League, 2017–2018 EHF Champions League, 2019-2020 EHF Champions League, 2020-2021 EHF Champions League, 2021-2022 EHF Champions League

Other notable players

• Cristina Petrovici
• Simona Arghir-Sandu
• Maria Török-Duca
• Valentina Cozma
• Steluța Luca

Medal leaders

World Championship

Player	Gold
Irina Klimovschi
Ana Starck-Stănișel
Iozefina Ștefănescu
Victoria Dumitrescu
Maria Constantinescu
Aurelia Szőke-Tudor

Coaching history

Period	Head Coach
1953–1965	Constantin Popescu
1965–1969	Francisc Spier
1969	Valeriu Gogâltan
1969–1970	Pompiliu Simion
1971–1973	Gabriel Zugrăvescu
1973–1976	Constantin Popescu
1976–1978	Francisc Spier
1978–1982	Constantin Lache
1982–1986	Eugen Bartha
1986–1993	Bogdan Macovei
1993–1994	Gheorghe Sbora
1994–1995	Gheorghe Tadici
1995–1996	Gheorghe Ionescu
1996–1999	Cornel Bădulescu
1999–2000	Bogdan Macovei
2000–2002	Dumitru Muși
2002–2005	Cornel Oțelea
2005–2008	Gheorghe Tadici
2008–2012	Radu Voina
2012–2015	Gheorghe Tadici
2015–2016	Tomas Ryde
2016–2019	Ambros Martín
2019–2020	Tomas Ryde
2020–2021	Bogdan Burcea
2021–2022	Adrian Vasile
2022–present	Florentin Pera[3]

Individual all-time records

Most matches played

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

#	Player	Matches
1	Mariana Tîrcă	335
2	Valentina Cozma	322
3	Aurelia Brădeanu	273
4	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	256
5	Marilena Doiciu	237
6	Maria Török-Duca	226
7	Steluța Luca	223
8	Ramona Farcău	214
9	Simona Arghir-Sandu	206
	Lidia Drăgănescu	206

Last updated: 29 September 2019

Most goals scored

Total number of goals scored in official matches only.

#	Player	Goals	Matches	Average
1	Mariana Tîrcă	2043	335	6.09
2	Steluța Luca	1013	223	4.54
3	Valentina Cozma	980	322	3.04
4	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	915	256	3.57
5	Carmen Amariei	855	182	4.69
6	Cristina Neagu	830	198	4.12
7	Ramona Farcău	689	214	3.21
8	Aurelia Brădeanu	685	273	2.50
9	Lidia Drăgănescu	658	206	3.19
10	Maria Török-Duca	626	226	2.76

Last updated: 29 September 2019

See also

• Romania women's national youth handball team
• Romania women's national junior handball team
• Romania men's national handball team