Japanese national women's handball team
| Association | Japan Handball Association |
| confederacy | AHF |
| Trainer | Ulrik Kirkely |
| Olympic games | |
| Participation | 1 of 11 (First: 1976 ) |
| best result | 5th place |
| Handball world championship | |
| Participation | 19 of 24 (First: 1962 ) |
| best result | 7th (1965) |
| Handball Asian Championship | |
| Participation | 17 (first: 1987 ) |
| best result | 1st place (2004) |
| (As of December 13, 2019) | |
The Japanese national women's handball team represents Japan in international matches and tournaments in women's handball .
Japan has participated in every Asian Cup so far . In 2004 Japan recorded its only title win. The women's national team qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1962 and has been participating in the tournament regularly since 1995. 7th place at the 1965 World Cup is the best so far. The only participation in the Olympic Games so far was in 1976 .
Participation in international tournaments
Handball world championship
- 1962 World Cup : 9th place
- WM 1965 : 7th place
- WM 1971 : 9th place
- 1973 World Cup : 10th place
- WM 1975 : 10th place
- 1986 World Cup : 14th place
- World Cup 1995 : 13-16 space
- World Cup 1997 : 17th place
- World Cup 1999 : 17th place
- World Cup 2001 : 20th place
- World Cup 2003 : 16th place
- World Cup 2005 : 18th place
- World Cup 2007 : 19th place
- World Cup 2009 : 16th place
- World Cup 2011 : 14th place
- World Cup 2013 : 14th place
- World Cup 2015 : 19th place
- World Cup 2017 : 16th place
- World Cup 2019 : 10th place
Asian Championship
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Gold: 2004
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Silver: 1991 , 2000 II , 2015 , 2017 , 2018
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Bronze: 1986 , 1989 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 *, 2006 , 2008 , 2012
- further participation: 1993 , 2002 , 2010 (each 4th place)
* Note: The competition was held in January 2000.
Olympic games
- Olympic Games 1976 : 5th place
Squad: World Cup 2019
Mika Nagata (Hokkoku Bank), Kaho Sunami (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing), Yui Sunami (Hokkoku Bank), Sayo Shiota (Hokkoku Bank), Asuka Fujita ( Borussia Dortmund ), Chie Katsuren (Omron), Hitomi Tada (Mie Violet Iris), Yumi Miyakawa (Omron), Yuki Tanabe (Hokkoku Bank), Natsumi Akiyama (Hokkoku Bank), Mana Ohyama (Hokkoku Bank), Haruno Sasaki (Hokkoku Bank), Shiori Nagata (Omron), Sakura Kametani ( Entente Sportive Bisontine Féminin ), Tomomi Kawata (Hokkoku Bank), Mayuko Ishitate (Mie Violet Iris)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ todor66.com: Women Handball Asia Championships Archive , accessed October 29, 2017
- ↑ todor66.com: Women Handball World Championship , accessed October 29, 2017
- ↑ todor66.com: Women Handball Olympic Games , accessed October 29, 2017