Montenegrin women's national handball team
| Association | RSCG |
| confederacy | EHF |
| Trainer | Per Johansson |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 2 of 11 (First: 2012 ) |
| best result | 2nd place (2012) |
| Handball world championship | |
| Participation | 5 of 24 (First: 2011 ) |
| best result | 5th place (2019) |
| European handball championship | |
| Participation | 5 (first: 2010 ) |
| best result | 1st place (2012) |
| (As of December 13, 2019) | |
The Montenegrin national women's handball team represents Montenegro at international tournaments in women's handball . The association has been a member of the IHF since 2007 and the first qualification for a major tournament was the women's selection for the 2007 World Cup . This and the two following qualifications were unsuccessful when they failed twice in the playoffs.
In qualifying for the European Championship 2010 , Montenegro prevailed as group winners ahead of Russia. At this tournament, the selection won again in their first European Championship game against Russia. In the end, Montenegro took 6th place. A year later, Montenegro finished 10th at the World Cup . At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , the team won the silver medal. In December 2012, Montenegro won the European Championship . In the final, the Montenegrins successfully beat defending champions Norway 34:31 .
Placements at championships
World Championships (hall)
- 2007 : not qualified
- 2009 : not qualified
- 2011 : 10th place
- 2013 : 11th place
- 2015 : 8th place
- 2017 : 6th place
- 2019 : 5th place
European championships
- 2008 : not qualified
- 2010 : 6th place
- 2012 : 1st place
- 2014 : 4th place
- 2016 : 13th place
- 2018 : 9th place
Olympic games
Squad: World Cup 2019
Marina Rajčić ( ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica ), Marta Batinovic ( SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea ) Ljubica Nenezić ( CS Gloria 2018 Bistriţa-Năsăud ), Majda Mehmedović (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Dijana Mugoša ( RK Podravka Koprivnica ) jovanka radičević (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica) , Dijana Ujkić ( CS Măgura Cisnădie ), Ema Ramusović (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Tatiana Brnović (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Đurđina Jauković (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Elena Despotović ( Debreceni VSC ), Milena Raičević (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Itana Grbić ( CSM Bucharest ), Katarina Bulatović ( Győri ETO KC ), Andrea Klikovac (CSM Bucharest), Sanja Premović (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica), Nikolina Knežević (ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)
Well-known former national players
Web links
- Handball Federation of Montenegro
- Montenegrin national team on eurohandball.com
- Official EHF EURO Channel: EHF EURO 2012 Final: Norway - Montenegro on YouTube , December 16, 2012, accessed on January 7, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ noa: World Cup participant Montenegro with coach change before title fights. In: handball-world.com. November 22, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Handball Federation of Montenegro. In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ 2007 Women's World Championship - Qualification Europe. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation, accessed January 6, 2019 .
- ↑ 23rd Women's World Championship 2017 - Tournament Summary. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 17, 2017, accessed on December 17, 2018 .
- ↑ 2018 Women's EHF EURO - Final Tournament. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation, accessed December 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Tournament Summary. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, August 20, 2016, accessed December 17, 2018 .