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.
Since first entering World Championship, Romania are the only team to have appeared in all 25 tournaments to date.
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
EHF European Championship
Other awards
GF World Cup
- Gold medalists: 2009, 2010
- Silver medalists: 2006
Competitions
Olympic Games
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 (8âÂÂ5) in the final.
Record against other teams at the world championship
European Championship
Record against other teams at the European Championship
GF World Cup
Team
Current squad
Roster for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Ovidiu Mihai Mihaila
Notable players
IHF World Player of the Year
EHF Player of the Year
MVP
All-Star Team members
- Irina Klimovschi (goalkeeper), 1956 World Championship, 1960 World Championship
- Doina Furcoi-Solomonov (pivot), 1975 World Championship
- Mariana Tîrcà(right back), 1995 World Championship
- LuminiÃ
£a 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 FarcÃÂu (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 Gogîrlà(left back), 2000 European Championship
- Ramona FarcÃÂu (right wing), 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cristina VÃÂrzaru (right wing), 2009âÂÂ2010 EHF Champions League
- Cristina Neagu (left back), 2010 European Championship, 2015 World Championship, 2014âÂÂ2015 EHF Champions League, 2017âÂÂ2018 EHF Champions League, 2019-2020 EHF Champions League, 2020-2021 EHF Champions League, 2021-2022 EHF Champions League
Other notable players
Medal leaders
World Championship
Coaching history
Individual all-time records
Most matches played
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.
<small>Last updated: 29 September 2019</small>
Most goals scored
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.
<small>Last updated: 29 September 2019</small>
See also
References
External links