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.

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
 * Gold medalists: 1956, 1960, 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

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.

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

Current squad
Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Florentin Pera

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

Most matches played
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

Last updated: 29 September 2019

Most goals scored
Total number of goals scored in official matches only. Last updated: 29 September 2019