Serbia women's national handball team

Serbia
Information
AssociationHandball Federation of Serbia
CoachJosé Ignacio Prades
Most capsKatarina Krpež Slezak (146)
Most goalsAndrea Lekić (517)
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances9 (First in 2001)
Best result Silver: (2013)
European Championship
Appearances12 (First in 2000)
Best result4th (2012)
Last updated on Unknown.
Serbia women's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
2013 Serbia
2001 Italy
Mediterranean Games
2013 Mersin Team
2005 Almería Team
2022 Oran Team
Summer Universiade
2015 Gwangju Team
Carpathian Trophy
2004 Cluj-Napoca
2011 Drobeta-Turnu Severin
2022 Bistrita
2000 Cluj-Napoca/Zalău
2001 Cluj-Napoca
Intersport Cup
2010 Tromsø/Bodø

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

The Olympic Committee of Serbia has declared the women's national handball team the best female team of the years 2001 and 2013.

Results

The Serbian Handball Federation is considered the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

Summer Olympics

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1976–1988 part of Yugoslavia
1992 qualified and later suspended
1996 suspended from playing qualification tournaments
2000 did not qualify
2004
Since 2007 Serbia
2008 did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028 future events
2032
Total 0/8 – 0 0 0 0 0 0

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1957–1990 part of Yugoslavia
1993 qualified and later suspended
/ 1995 suspended from playing qualification tournament
1997 did not qualify
/ 1999
2001 Third place 3rd 9 6 1 2 313 236
2003 Main group stage 9th 8 5 0 3 258 241
2005 did not qualify
2007
Since 2007 Serbia
2009 did not qualify
2011
2013 Runner-up 2nd 9 7 0 2 240 197
2015 Round of 16 15th 6 2 1 3 164 168
2017 9th 6 3 2 1 188 152
2019 Main round 6th 9 5 1 3 272 258
2021 12th 6 4 0 2 167 143
// 2023 21st 6 1 0 5 141 153
/ 2025 12th 6 3 1 2 157 169
2027 future events
2029
/ 2031
Total 9/17 – 65 36 7 23 1900 1717

Record against other teams at the world championship

European Championship

Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1994 part of Yugoslavia
suspended from playing qualification tournament
1996 did not qualify
1998
2000 Main group stage 7th 6 3 1 2 178 176
2002 6th 7 4 0 3 223 200
2004 12th 6 1 0 5 165 200
2006 Preliminary round 14th 3 0 0 3 77 92
Since 2007 Serbia
2008 Preliminary round 13th 3 0 0 3 87 93
/ 2010 14th 3 0 0 3 71 91
2012 Semi-finals 4th 8 4 1 3 213 209
/ 2014 Preliminary round 15th 3 0 0 3 56 72
2016 Main group stage 9th 6 2 1 3 158 176
2018 11th 6 2 0 4 164 168
/ 2020 Preliminary round 13th 3 1 0 2 79 88
// 2022 15th 3 0 0 3 66 88
2024 21st 3 0 0 3 67 78
2026 future event
2028
Total 13/17 – 60 17 3 40 1604 1731

Record against other teams at the European Championship

** Red border color indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Mediterranean Games

Other tournaments

Carpathian Trophy

  • Carpathian Trophy 1999 – 5th place
  • Carpathian Trophy 2000 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2001 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2002 – 4th
  • Carpathian Trophy 2004 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2006 – 5th
  • Carpathian Trophy 2011 –
  • Carpathian Trophy 2018 – 4th
  • Carpathian Trophy 2022 –

Møbelringen Cup/Intersport Cup

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: José Ignacio Prades

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Marijana Ilić (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 1.84 m 3 0 SV Union Halle-Neustadt
2 LW Sanja Radosavljević (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 1.71 m 103 286 CS Măgura Cisnădie
3 RW Katarina Krpež Šlezak (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 1.67 m 164 413 CSM Corona Brașov
5 CB Emilija Lazić (2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 1.78 m 25 47 Alba Fehérvár KC
8 CB Tamara Mandić (2005-08-28) 28 August 2005 1.75 m 5 5 ŽRK Medicinar
9 LB Dunja Tabak (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 1.79 m 12 12 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
15 RB Anđela Janjušević (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 1.81 m 74 197 CS Rapid Bucuresti
16 GK Jovana Risović (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 1.71 m 86 5 RK Krim
19 LP Vladana Mitrović (2004-05-25) 25 May 2004 1.80 m 2 3 ŽORK Jagodina
22 LB Jovana Jovović (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 1.81 m 38 129 Debreceni VSC
24 LB Jovana Skrobić (1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 1.81 m 30 84 ŽRK Crvena zvezda
25 LW Aleksandra Stamenić (1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 1.67 m 33 56 ŽRK Crvena zvezda
27 GK Gordana Petković (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 1.78 m 0 0 ŽRK Crvena zvezda
31 P Katarina Bojičić (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 1.79 m 27 43 SCM Craiova
34 RW Dunja Radević (2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 1.69 m 21 39 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
72 LP Dragana Cvijić (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 1.83 m 110 333 Ferencvárosi TC
77 CB Aleksandra Vukajlović (1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 1.71 m 47 65 CS Minaur Baia Mare
96 RB Sara Garović (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 1.75 m 4 11 ŽRK Crvena zvezda


Famous players

Statistics

Coaching history

References

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