The Romanian women’s national handball team will make its debut at the World Cup on Friday, the meeting of the tricolors, from 19:00 at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, representing the state of Chile.

>> Women’s Handball World Cup: Dramatic victories for France and Germany – today’s results

Most important in our camp will be Christina Nyagu: she is still injured and there is hope that she will be able to return to the field after the matches in the main groups of the competition.

>> The section where Romania authoritatively dominates the Women’s World Handball Championship

• The match between Romania and Chile will be broadcast on LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro and live on Digisport 2, Prima Sport 2 and Orange Sport 2 channels.

At the World Handball Championship, Romania is in Group E along with Denmark, Serbia and Chile. The first three places qualify for the main competition group.

• Romania – Chile / December 1 / 19:00 / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

• Romania – Serbia / December 3 / 19:00 / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

• Denmark – Romania / December 5 / 21:30 / Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning.

The big goal of our girls at the final world tournament is to get into the top 7 places: they would get the right to participate in pre-Olympic tournaments, and selection for the 2024 Olympics in Paris is the big dream of our camp.

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

Know:

• Romania is the only nation in the world to have participated in all editions of the World Cup, and in 2023 it will be held for the 26th time.

• The World Cup is being held for the first time in three countries, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, from November 29 to December 17, with 32 national teams taking part.

• Europe has 16 places at the World Cup, and three of them have been taken directly by the host teams. They were joined by Montenegro, France and the Netherlands according to the EC 2022 rating.

>> Handball World Cup (f): Why Norway’s star went home after the first match

Romania’s national team at the 2023 Women’s World Handball Championship

Goalkeepers: Diana Chuke (CS Rapid Bucharest), Yulia Dumanska (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Daciana Hosu (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea);

Far left: Nicoleta Dinka (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Oleksandra Dindiligan (CSM Bucharest);

Left integers: Bianca Bazaliu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Cristina Nyagu (CSM Bucharest), Claudia Pascan (SCM “U” Craiova), Diana Lixendrau (CSM Slatina);

Centers: Eliza Buceski (CS Rapid Bucharest), Cristina Laslo (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud), Andreea Popa (Brăila Danube);

Right: Daria Bukur (Gloria Buzeu), Alicia Gohirle (SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea);

Far right: Alexandra Badia (CS Rapid Bucharest), Sonia Seraficanu (CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud);

Turns: Nicoleta Balogh (Brăila Danube), Lorena Ostase (CS Rapid Bucharest), Crina Pintea (CSM Bucharest).

Briefly about the 2023 Women’s Handball World Cup

• It takes place from November 29 to December 17.

• Host countries: Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

• This is the first ever edition organized by three countries.

• The WC is held in 6 cities: Herning, Frederikshavn (Denmark), Stavanger, Trondheim (Norway), Helsingborg and Gothenburg (Sweden).

• 32 national teams from 5 confederations participate in the World Cup.

• The official anthem is called “Aiming for number one” and was created by Swedish DJ Wahlstedt.

>> CM Handball (f): The Romanian coach has announced when Cristina Nyagu can return to the field

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 / goal difference 4037-3465 (+572).

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 in the final 16-11 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).