Switzerland women's national handball team

Switzerland
Switzerland
Information
Association	Swiss Handball Association
Coach	Knut Ove Joa
Most caps	Manuela Brütsch (173)
Most goals	Vroni Keller (474)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	1 (First in 2025)
Best result	19 (2025)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2022)
Best result	14th (2022)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Switzerland women's national handball team is the national team of Switzerland. It takes part in international handball competitions.

The will participate in a world championship for the first time in 2025, they also participated in a European championship for the first time in 2022.^[1] Switzerland co-hosted in 2024 along with Hungary and Austria.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Switzerland has never appeared at the Olympic Games and has yet to qualify.

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1976	Did not qualify
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	TBD
2032	TBD
Total	0/15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

World Championship

Switzerland has never appeared at the World Championship and has yet to qualify.

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1957	Did not qualify
1962
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025	19th	6	2	0	4	152	164	−12
2027	TBD
2029
2031
Total	1/30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Record against other teams at the world championship

European Championship

Switzerland never competed in the European Championship before. It participated for the first time in 2022 and will co-host in 2024 on home soil with Hungary and Austria.

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022	14th	3	0	1	2	75	97	−22
2024	12th	7	2	0	5	189	229	−40
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
Total	2/18	10	2	1	7	264	326	−62

Record against other teams at the European Championship

Current squad

The squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Knut Ove Joa

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Lea Schüpbach	(1997-09-10)10 September 1997 (aged 28)	1.78 m	60	0	Handball Plan-de-Cuques
3	CB	Kerstin Kündig	(1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 32)	1.74 m	105	275	GC Amicitia Zürich
4	CB	Laurentia Wolff	(2003-08-19)19 August 2003 (aged 22)	1.73 m	27	8	VfL Oldenburg
7	P	Tabea Schmid	(2003-08-14)14 August 2003 (aged 22)	1.80 m	49	251	Team Esbjerg
8	RW	Mia Emmenegger	(2005-01-17)17 January 2005 (aged 20)	1.61 m	45	222	Team Esbjerg
10	LB	Daphne Gautschi	(2000-07-09)9 July 2000 (aged 25)	1.73 m	67	250	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
11	LB	Clairebel Coker	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 20)	1.79 m	1	1	LC Brühl Handball
13	LW	Era Baumann	(2007-04-10)10 April 2007 (aged 18)	1.69 m	21	30	Viborg HK
14	CB	Nuria Bucher	(2005-03-21)21 March 2005 (aged 20)	1.79 m	34	64	HSG Blomberg-Lippe
15	LB	Norma Goldmann	(2003-10-06)6 October 2003 (aged 22)	1.72 m	33	29	Bergischer HC
17	LB	Charlotte Kähr	(2001-06-27)27 June 2001 (aged 24)	1.72 m	61	63	BSV Sachsen Zwickau
18	LW	Melanie Felber	(1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 34)	1.63 m	14	19	Skara HF
21	RB	Malin Altherr	(2003-02-14)14 February 2003 (aged 22)	1.79 m	47	65	LC Brühl Handball
27	LB	Yara Brunett	(2007-06-22)22 June 2007 (aged 18)	1.74 m	0	0	LK Zug
30	GK	Claire Hartz	(2005-09-02)2 September 2005 (aged 20)	1.79 m	6	0	Spono Eagles
32	GK	Seraina Kuratli	(2007-04-18)18 April 2007 (aged 18)	1.79 m	11	1	GC Amicitia Zürich
33	P	Nora Snedkerud	(2005-01-21)21 January 2005 (aged 20)	1.82 m	18	9	Strassbourg ATH
35	RW	Louise Truchot	(2001-01-12)12 January 2001 (aged 24)	1.65 m	1	1	LC Brühl Handball
44	LP	Joline Erni	(2006-04-18)18 April 2006 (aged 19)	1.75 m	1	0	GC Amicitia Zürich

References

^ "Switzerland qualify for their first-ever EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ "Schweizer Frauen-Nationalteam startet in Schaffhausen in die finale WM-Vorbereitung - Handball Schweiz". www.handball.ch (in German). Retrieved 2025-11-05.

External links

[1] "Switzerland qualify for their first-ever EHF EURO". eurohandball.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[2] "Schweizer Frauen-Nationalteam startet in Schaffhausen in die finale WM-Vorbereitung - Handball Schweiz". www.handball.ch (in German). Retrieved 2025-11-05.

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