Brazil women's national handball team

Brazil women's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Pan American Championship
Pan American Games
Youth Olympic Games

Brazil women's national handball team
Brazil women's national handball team
Information
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Handebol
Coach	Cristiano Silva
Assistant coach	Maurizio Antonucci; Álvaro Herdeiro; Gabriel Maroja
Most caps	Ana Paula Belo (230)
Most goals	Ana Paula Belo (806)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 2000)
Best result	5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1995)
Best result	1st (2013)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1986)
Best result	1st (1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Brazil women's national handball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Handebol and takes part in international handball competitions.

History[edit]

In December 2013, the team won the World Championship for the first time in history after defeating Serbia 22–20 in the final. The Brazilian team won all nine games played in the tournament and became the first nation from Americas, Southern Hemisphere and only the second non-European country (after South Korea) to win the title.

Results[edit]

Olympic Games[edit]

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1976 Montreal	did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney	Match for 7th place	8th of 10	7	1	0	6	180	238
2004 Athens	Match for 7th place	7th of 10	7	2	0	5	178	192
2008 Beijing	Preliminary round	9th of 12	5	1	1	3	124	137
2012 London	Quarter-finals	6th of 12	6	4	0	2	156	143
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Quarter-finals	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	161	149
2020 Tokyo	Preliminary round	11th of 12	5	1	1	3	133	141
2024 Paris	Qualified
Total	6/13		36	13	2	21	932	1000

World Championships[edit]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1957	did not enter
1962
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995	Preliminary round	17th–20th	4	0	0	4	63	109
1997	Preliminary round	23rd	5	0	0	5	104	155
1999	Round of 16	16th	6	1	1	4	127	153
2001	Round of 16	12th	6	3	0	3	155	168
2003	Preliminary round	20th	5	1	0	4	136	155
2005	Placement matches	7th	8	5	0	3	240	244
2007	Placement matches	14th	6	3	1	2	184	128
2009	Placement matches	15th	9	6	0	3	288	224
2011	Quarter-finals	5th	9	8	0	1	291	228
2013	Final	1st	9	9	0	0	253	197
2015	Round of 16	10th	6	4	1	1	140	120
2017	Placement matches	18th	7	2	2	3	165	172
2019	Placement matches	17th	7	3	1	3	173	152
2021	Quarter-finals	6th	7	5	0	2	201	176
// 2023	Main round	9th	6	4	0	2	196	143
/ 2025	to be determined
2027
2029
/ 2031
Total	15/28	1 title	100	54	6	40	2716	2524

Pan American Games[edit]

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1987 Indianapolis	Bronze medal match	3rd	5	3	0	2	112	95
1991 Havana	Women's competitions not held
1995 Mar del Plata	Bronze medal match	3rd	5	3	0	2	126	110
1999 Winnipeg	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	217	154
2003 Santo Domingo	Final	1st	7	7	0	0	186	97
2007 Rio de Janeiro	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	183	83
2011 Guadalajara	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	201	70
2015 Toronto	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	185	92
2019 Lima	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	174	78
2023 Santiago	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	164	63
Total	9/9	7 titles	49	44	1	4	1548	842

Pan American Championship[edit]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1986	Round robin	3rd
1989	Round robin	3rd	3	1	0	2	72	53
1991	Round robin	3rd	5	3	0	2	178	73
1997	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	179	65
1999	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	148	80
2000	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	210	81
2003	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	199	60
2005	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	166	56
2007	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	188	60
2009	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	173	84
2011	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	179	83
2013	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	269	89
2015	Final	1st	7	7	0	0	208	116
2017	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	237	95
Total	14/14	10 titles	68	63	0	5	2406	995

South and Central American Championship[edit]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	GS	GA
2018	Round robin	1st	4	4	131	54
2021	Round robin	1st	5	5	159	79
2022	Round robin	1st	4	4	139	72
Total	3/3	1 titles	13	13	429	205

South American Games[edit]

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2002 São Bernardo do Campo	Round robin	1st	4	4	0	0	130	58
2006 Mar del Plata	did not enter
2010 Medellin	Round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	195	89
2014 Santiago	Round robin	1st	4	3	1	0	133	66
2018 Cochabamba	Final	1st	4	4	0	0	114	59
2022 Asunción	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	176	73
Total	5/6	4 titles	22	20	1	1	748	345

Other tournaments[edit]

GF World Cup 2006 – Seventh place
2014 International Tournament of Spain –
2015 Angola 40 Years Tournament – Third place
2015 Carpathian Trophy – Fourth place
2016 Firenasjonersturneringer – Fourth place
2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament –
2017 Women's Four Nations Tournament –
2017 Carpathian Trophy – Third place

2018 World University Handball Championship –
2018 Women's International Tournament of Spain – Second place
2019 Women's International Tournament of Spain – Third place
2019 Intersport Cup – Third place
2019 Japan Cup – Third place
2021 HEP Croatia Cup - Second place
2022 Intersport Cup – Fourth place

Current squad[edit]

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Cristiano Silva

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Gabriela Moreschi	(1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 29)	1.90 m	64	0	SG BBM Bietigheim
2	LB	Bruna de Paula	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 27)	1.70 m	87	271	Győri ETO KC
6	LB	Mariane Fernándes	(1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 28)	1.65 m	33	75	BM Bera Bera
7	P	Tamires Morena Lima	(1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 (age 29)	1.83 m	141	231	Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud
9	CB	Ana Paula Belo	(1987-10-18) 18 October 1987 (age 36)	1.72 m	230	806	Handball Erice
11	LW	Fernanda Paulino	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23)	1.73 m	9	25	CBF Elda
12	GK	Bárbara Arenhart	(1986-10-04) 4 October 1986 (age 37)	1.81 m	200	18	RK Krim
13	P	Lígia Costa	(1996-03-14) 14 March 1996 (age 28)	1.94 m	21	17	HC DAC Dunajská Streda
20	LW	Larissa Araújo	(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 31)	1.67 m	90	189	HC Dunărea Brăila
21	RW	Adriana Cardoso de Castro	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 33)	1.67 m	71	294	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
23	RB	Giulia Guarieiro	(1995-07-24) 24 July 1995 (age 28)	1.74 m	38	48	BM Granollers
29	CB	Francielle da Rocha	(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992 (age 31)	1.66 m	98	122	HC Dunărea Brăila
30	RB	Gabriela Bitolo	(1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 25)	1.80 m	19	17	CBF Málaga Costa del Sol
36	P	Marcela Arounian	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24)	1.89 m	16	23	BM Aula Cultural
42	CB	Jhennifer Lopes	(2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 23)	1.76 m	9	8	BM Remudas
49	CB	Patrícia Matieli	(1988-11-08) 8 November 1988 (age 35)	1.68 m	83	114	MKS Zagłębie Lubin
77	LB	Kelly de Abreu Rosa	(2004-01-25) 25 January 2004 (age 20)	1.80 m	0	0	CB Elche
88	RW	Mariana Costa	(1992-10-14) 14 October 1992 (age 31)	1.66 m	76	193	Debreceni VSC

Head coach history[edit]


Period	Coach
0000	Alexandre Trevisan Schneider
2009–2016	Morten Soubak^[3]
2017–2021	Jorge Dueñas^[4]
2021–present	Cristiano Silva

References[edit]

^ "Convocação" (PDF). cbhb.org.br (in Portuguese). 13 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
^ "Team roster: Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "NEW ERA IN ANGOLA with Morten Soubak: It looks very exciting". Handball Planet. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ handball-world. "Jorge Duenas` Contract Not Extended - Brazil`s Women Need New National Coach". handball-world. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links[edit]

[1] "Convocação" (PDF). cbhb.org.br (in Portuguese). 13 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[2] "Team roster: Brazil" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[3] "NEW ERA IN ANGOLA with Morten Soubak: It looks very exciting". Handball Planet. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[4] -world. "Jorge Duenas` Contract Not Extended - Brazil`s Women Need New National Coach". handball-world. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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Medal record
World Championship
	2013 Serbia
Pan American Championship
	Brazil 1997
	Argentina 1999
	Brazil 2000
	Brazil 2003
	Brazil 2005
	Dominican Republic 2007
	Brazil 2011
	Dominican Republic 2013
	Cuba 2015
	Argentina 2017
	Chile 2009
	Brazil 1986
	United States 1989
	Brazil 1991
Pan American Games
	Winnipeg 1999	Team
	Santo Domingo 2003	Team
	Rio 2007	Team
	Guadalajara 2011	Team
	Toronto 2015	Team
	Lima 2019	Team
	Santiago 2023	Team
	Indianapolis 1987	Team
	Mar Del Plata 1995	Team
Youth Olympic Games
	Singapore 2010	Team

v t e Handball in Brazil
CBHB
League competitions
National teams	National team • ( U 18 · U 20 ) women team • ( U 17 · U 19 ) Beach • ( men · women )
Others	Brazilian Men's Players Brazilian Women's Players Brazilian Coaches Brazilian Clubs Main Arenas

v t e National women's handball teams of the Americas (NACHC and SCAHC)
North America	Canada Greenland Mexico United States
Caribbean	Barbados Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago
Central America	Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

v t e National sports teams of Brazil
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Female teams	Basketball Under-19 Under-17 3x3 Beach handball Cricket Field hockey Football Under-20 Under-17 Futsal Goalball Gymnastics Handball WJ WY Ice hockey Inline hockey Roller derby Rugby league Rugby union sevens Softball Under-19 Tennis Volleyball Under-23 Under-20 Under-18 Water polo
Mixed teams	Badminton
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