​The 2023 Women’s Handball World Cup kicks off on Wednesday, November 29, with Romania the only country to have competed in all 25 events held so far.

Briefly about Romania at the 2023 World Cup

• Romania’s women’s handball matches in 2023 will be held at LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro and live on Digisport.

• The Romanian women’s national handball team is in Group E along with Denmark (one of the host countries), Serbia and Chile. The first three will go to the main groups.

Romania – Chile / December 1, 19:00 / LiveBLOG HotNews.ro and live on Digisport / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Romania – Serbia / December 3, 19:00 / LiveBLOG HotNews.ro and live on Digisport / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Romania – Denmark / December 5, 21:30 / LiveBLOG HotNews.ro and live on Digisport / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

>> Here you can read a comprehensive presentation of the 2023 Women’s Handball World Cup

Romania is the only country present at all editions of the Women’s World Handball Championship

Some time has passed since the first Women’s Handball World Cup (Yugoslavia – 1957), and since then the tricolors have remained the only constant presence at the final world tournament.

Out of 25 participants, Romania collected four medals: one gold (world champion in 1962 — the second World Cup hosted by Romania itself: 8-5 in the grand final with Denmark), two silver (1973, 2005) and a bronze (2015).

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Romania’s record at each World Handball Championship in which it participated

World Cup 2021 in Spain – 13th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 202-146 (goal difference +56)

2019 FIFA World Cup in Japan – 12th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 5 losses / 181-227 (-46)

World Cup 2017 in Germany – 10th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 150-140 (+10)

2015 FIFA World Cup in Denmark – 3rd place: 5 wins / 0 draws / 4 losses / 270-225 (+45)

2013 FIFA World Cup in Serbia – 10th place: 4 wins / one draw / two losses / 161-127 (+34)

2011 FIFA World Cup in Brazil – 13th place: two wins / one draw / 3 losses / 166-183 (-17)

World Championship 2009 in China – 8th place: 5 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 306-231 (+75)

World Cup 2007 in France – 4th place: 7 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 323-284 (+39)

2005 World Cup in Russia – 2nd place: 9 wins / 0 draws / 1 loss / 322-249 (+73)

2003 World Cup in Croatia – 10th place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 3 losses / 244-206 (+38)

World Championship 2001 in Italy – 17th place: one win / 0 draws / 4 losses / 129-135 (-6)

1999 World Championship in Denmark and Norway – 4th place: 5 wins / 0 draws / 4 losses / 250-196 (+54)

1997 World Cup in Germany – 12th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 186-161 (+25)

1995 World Championship in Austria and Hungary – 7th place: 6 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 232-175 (+57)

1993 World Championship in Norway – 4th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 156-129 (+27)

1990 World Cup in South Korea – 7th place: one win / one draw / 3 losses / 90-100 (-10)

1986 World Championship in Holland – 5th place: 5 wins / one draw / one loss / 151-129 (+22)

World Championship 1982 in Hungary – 8th place: 3 wins / 3 draws / one loss / 159-122 (+37)

World Cup 1978 from Czechoslovakia – 7th place: 3 wins / 0 draws / two losses / 78-67 (+11)

USSR World Cup 1975 – 4th place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 3 losses / 102-83 (+19)

World Cup 1973 from Yugoslavia – 2nd place: 4 wins / 0 draws / 1 loss / 67-52 (+15)

World Cup 1971 from the Netherlands – 4th place: 2 wins / one draw / two losses / 51-51 (0)

World Cup 1965 from Germany – 6th place: 0 wins / two draws / one loss / 18-21 (-3)

CM 1962 from Romania – 1st place: 4 wins / 1 draw / 0 losses / 41-17 (+24)

World Cup 1957 from Yugoslavia – 9th place: 0 wins / 0 draws / two losses / goal difference 2-9

Total: 164 matches / 91 wins / 12 draws / 61 losses / 4037-3465 (+572) goal difference.

Photo source: PanoramiC / imago sportfotodienst / Profimedia

Know:

• In the historical ranking of the Women’s World Handball Championship, Romania is in 9th place, having 4 medals: one gold, two silver and one bronze.

• The hierarchy is dominated by Norway (4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze), followed by the Nordic countries Russia (4 gold and one bronze), the USSR (3 gold, two silver, one bronze) and West Germany (3 gold and one bronze). one bronze).

• Romania has been the top scorer of the Women’s World Handball Championship three times: Ana Stanisel (1962 – 14 goals), Carmen Amariei (1999 – 67 goals) and Cristina Nhaga (2015 – 63 goals – she was also named player of the tournament).

Photo source: Claus Fisker / AFP / Profimedia

Teams with the most participation in the history of the Women’s World Handball Championship

1 Romania 25

2 Hungary 23

3 Denmark, Norway 21

4 Japan 20

5 South Korea 19 etc.

Romania’s best result in the entire history of participation in the Women’s Handball World Cup

Romania’s best results were: the gold won at the 1962 tournament held in our country. 9 teams took part in the competition, and in the grand final, Romania beat Denmark 8-5.

This team included: Liliana Borcha, Ana Starck, Edeltraut Franz, Juliana Nako, Aurelia Soke-Selagianu, Constanta Dumitrascu, Antoineta Ocelea-Vasilie, Felicia Giorgitse, Iryna Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Josefina Ugron, Martina Constantinescu -Shape, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Ana Nemets. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Nikulae Nedeff.

Romania later won three more medals: silver in 1973 (defeated 16-11 in the final against host nation Yugoslavia), also silver in 2005 (lost in the grand final 28-23 to Russia) and bronze in 2015 ( 31-22 against Poland in the minor final).

All selectors who have been with the Romanian women’s handball team for a long time

2022 is the present time of Florentin Pera

2021-2022 Adrian Vasile

2020-2021 Bohdan Burtsia

2019-2020 Thomas Ride

2016-2019 Ambrose Martin

2015-2016 Thomas Ride

2012-2015 Gheorghe Tadici

2008-2012 War Council

2005-2008 Gheorghe Tadici

2002-2005 Cornel Ocelea

2000-2002 Dumitru Musi

1999-2000 Bohdan Makovey

1996-1999 Cornel Badulescu

1995-1996 Gheorghe Ionescu

1994-1995 Gheorghe Tadici

1993-1994 Gheorghe Sbora

1986-1993 Bohdan Makovey

1982-1986 Yevhen Barta

1978-1982 Konstantin Lashe

1976-1978 Frances Spear

1973-1976 Konstantin Popescu

1971-1973 Gabriel Zugravescu

1969-1970 Pompiliu Simion

1969 Valeriu Gogaltan

1965-1969 Frances Spear

1953-1965 Konstantin Popescu

Florentin Pera, the current coach of Romania

Photo source: Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP / Profimedia.