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Austria women's national handball team

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Information
AssociationAustrian Handball Federation
CoachMonique Tijsterman
Assistant coachErwin Gierlinger
Most capsBarbara Strass (272)[1]
Most goalsJasna Kolar-Merdan (1,206)[1]
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 1984)
Best result5th (1992, 2000)
World Championship
Appearances14 (First in 1957)
Best result3rd (1999)
European Women's Handball Championship
Appearances8 (First in 1994)
Best result3rd (1996)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Austria women's national handball team is the national team of Austria. It is governed by the Austrian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Games Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Canada 1976 Montreal did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles 6th 5 0 0 5 91 117 −26
South Korea 1988 Seoul did not qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona 5th 4 2 1 1 90 79 +11
United States 1996 Atlanta did not qualify
Australia 2000 Sydney 5th 7 4 0 3 220 173 +47
Greece 2004 Athens did not qualify
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo
France 2024 Paris
United States 2028 Los Angeles TBD
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 3/13 16 6 1 9 401 369 +32

World Championship

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/-
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 6th 5 1 0 4 24 42 −18
Romania 1962 did not qualify
West Germany 1965
Netherlands 1971
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973
Soviet Union 1975
Czechoslovakia 1978
Hungary 1982
Netherlands 1986 12th 7 1 0 6 133 155 −22
South Korea 1990 5th 5 3 0 2 101 111 −10
Norway 1993 8th 7 4 0 3 115 115 0
AustriaHungary 1995 8th 8 5 0 3 196 162 +34
Germany 1997 11th 6 3 0 3 150 139 +11
DenmarkNorway 1999 3rd 9 7 0 2 245 223 +22
Italy 2001 7th 9 5 1 3 264 244 +20
Croatia 2003 11th 8 4 0 4 254 212 +42
Russia 2005 13th 5 3 0 2 158 147 +11
France 2007 16th 6 2 0 4 141 173 −32
China 2009 10th 9 3 0 6 273 241 +32
Brazil 2011 did not qualify
Serbia 2013
Denmark 2015
Germany 2017
Japan 2019
Spain 2021 16th 6 2 0 4 174 182 −8
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2023 19th 6 2 0 4 180 200 −20
GermanyNetherlands 2025 TBD
Hungary 2027
Spain 2029
Czech RepublicPoland 2031
Total 14/30 96 45 1 50 2408 2346 +62

European Championship

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/-
Germany 1994 9th 6 2 0 4 120 122 −2
Denmark 1996 3rd 7 5 0 2 175 150 +25
Netherlands 1998 4th 7 4 0 3 182 183 −1
Romania 2000 12th 6 0 0 6 111 179 −68
Denmark 2002 9th 6 3 0 3 159 150 +9
Hungary 2004 10th 6 2 0 4 164 170 −6
Sweden 2006 10th 6 2 0 4 153 200 −47
North Macedonia 2008 15th 3 0 0 3 53 86 −33
DenmarkNorway 2010 did not qualify
Serbia 2012
HungaryCroatia 2014
Sweden 2016
France 2018
Denmark 2020
SloveniaNorth MacedoniaMontenegro 2022
AustriaHungarySwitzerland 2024 Qualified as co-host
Czech RepublicPolandRomaniaSlovakiaTurkey 2026 TBD
DenmarkSwedenNorway 2028
Total 9/18 47 18 0 29 1117 1240 −123

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.[2][3]

Head coach: Germany Herbert Müller

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Lena Ivančok (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 23) 1.75 m 33 2 Germany Neckarsulmer SU
3 LB Katarina Pandza (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 22) 1.79 m 27 94 Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
5 CB Sonja Frey (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31) 1.69 m 109 537 Germany Thüringer HC
6 LW Mirela Dedic (1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 (age 32) 1.69 m 78 132 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
9 CB Patricia Kovács (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28) 1.78 m 74 278 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
15 RW Claudia Wess (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 29) 1.81 m 77 64 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
16 GK Petra Blazek (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 37) 1.82 m 221 3 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
18 RB Kristina Dramac (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 22) 1.80 m 24 20 Croatia RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
19 RW Lilli Gschwentner (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21) 1.66 m 4 0 Austria WAT Atzgersdorf
22 P Stefanie Kaiser (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 32) 1.81 m 90 131 Germany HSG Blomberg-Lippe
29 LB Ines Ivančok (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 26) 1.80 m 57 173 Hungary Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
44 P Nora Leitner (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 22) 1.77 m 18 21 Austria Hypo Niederösterreich
54 LW Santina Sabatnig (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20) 1.73 m 14 6 Germany HC Rödertal
57 LB Josefine Huber (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) 1.80 m 52 132 Germany Thüringer HC
64 CB Ana Pandza (2003-12-24) 24 December 2003 (age 20) 1.68 m 15 10 Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica
67 LB Johanna Reichert (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 22) 1.78 m 31 73 Germany Thüringer HC

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Netherlands Monique Tijsterman
Assistant coach Austria Erwin Gierlinger
Team Manager Austria Isabel Mittmansgruber
Goalkeeping coach Germany Sabine Englert
Team Doctors Austria Steven Moayad
Physiotherapists Austria Sven Köhler
Austria Christina Nikolov-Pires

Notable players

Several Austrian players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments.

MVP
All-Star Team
Top Scorer
Others

Records

  Still active players are highlighted.

Last updated: 5 February 2022
Source: Austrian Handball Federation

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rekordspielerinnen" (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Teamchef Müller nominiert WM-Kader". Österreichischer Handballbund (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Austria" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria_women%27s_national_handball_team