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Serbia women's national handball team
Medal record
World Championship
Mediterranean Games
Summer Universiade
Carpathian Trophy
Intersport Cup

Serbia
Serbia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Serbia
Coach	vacant
Assistant coach	Dragan Markov
Most caps	Katarina Krpež Slezak (146)
Most goals	Andrea Lekić (517)
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 2001)
Best result	Silver: (2013)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2012)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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	did not qualify
Since 2007	Serbia
2008	did not qualify
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	future events
2032	future events
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	did not qualify
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	did not qualify
Since 2007	Serbia
2009	did not qualify
2011	did not qualify
2013	Runner-up	2nd	9	7	0	2	240	197
2015	Round of 16	15th	6	2	1	3	164	168
2017	Round of 16	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	future events
2027
2029
/ 2031
Total	8/17	–	59	33	6	21	1743	1548

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	did not qualify
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	Preliminary round	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	Main group stage	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	future event
Total	13/17	–	60	17	3	40	1604	1731

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

Mediterranean Games

1993 – Suspended
1997 – 4th
2001 – 4th
2005 – Runners-up
2009 – 5th
2013 – Champions
2018 – 8th
2022 – 3rd

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

Møbelringen Cup 2001 – 4th place
Møbelringen Cup 2010 –
Møbelringen Cup 2014 – 4th

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Uroš Bregar

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Marija Simić	(2000-02-21) 21 February 2000 (age 24)	1.77 m	5	0	ŽORK Jagodina
2	LW	Sanja Radosavljević	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)	1.72 m	90	244	Kristianstad Handboll
3	LB	Teodora Veličković	(2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23)	1.75 m	5	6	ŽRK Naisa
4	CB	Teodora Majkić	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24)	1.70 m	3	2	RK Crvena zvezda
7	CB	Aleksandra Vukajlović	(1997-06-07) 7 June 1997 (age 27)	1.74 m	41	54	CS Minaur Baia Mare
11	RB	Marija Laništanin	(1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 29)	1.78 m	19	31	Békéscsabai Előre NKSE
14	P	Edita Nuković	(1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)	1.80 m	8	15	SV Union Halle-Neustadt
15	RB	Anđela Janjušević	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)	1.81 m	66	158	CS Rapid București
22	LB	Jovana Jovović	(2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 23)	1.81 m	23	49	Debreceni VSC
25	LW	Aleksandra Stamenić	(1998-07-12) 12 July 1998 (age 26)	1.67 m	14	12	RK Crvena zvezda
27	GK	Molli Kubina	(2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 (age 22)	1.78 m	0	0	Alba Fehérvár KC
29	RW	Nataša Lovrić	(2000-10-02) 2 October 2000 (age 24)	1.74 m	13	17	ŽRK Zelezničar
31	P	Katarina Bojicić	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26)	1.79 m	12	18	SCM Craiova
34	RW	Dunja Radević	(2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 (age 19)	1.69 m	5	8	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
36	LB	Emilija Lazić	(2000-08-04) 4 August 2000 (age 24)	1.78 m	0	0	HC Zalău
92	P	Jovana Milojević	(1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 32)	1.76 m	39	32	MKS Zagłębie Lubin
99	GK	Marija Čolić	(1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)	1.73 m	29	1	OGC Nice

Famous players

Dragana Cvijić
Sanja Damnjanović
Kristina Liščević
Svetlana Kitić^[3] – 1988 IHF World Player of the Year
Andrea Lekić – 2013 IHF World Player of the Year
Katarina Tomašević

Statistics

Most appearances

Name	Matches	Position	Years
Katarina Krpež	146	W	2008-2021
Tatjana Medved	120	OB
Sanja Damnjanović	119	OB	2006-2019
Andrea Lekić	113	CB	2006-2020
Svetlana Ognjenović	113	W
Jelena Nišavić	111	W
Jelena Popović	109	OB
Bojana Popović	100+	OB	−2005
Maja Savić	100+	W	−2005
Jovana Stoiljković	100+	OB
Slađana Pop-Lazić	100+	P
Kristina Liščević	100+	CB
Katarina Tomašević	100+	GK
Tanja Milanović		OB

Top scorers

Name	Goals	Position	Years
Andrea Lekić	517	CB
Katarina Krpež	467	W
Sanja Damnjanović	463	OB
Jelena Erić	250+	OB
Dragana Cvijić	201	P
Svetlana Ognjenović	200+	W
Jelena Popović	177	OB
Bojana Popović		OB	−2005
Sandra Kolaković		CB
Bojana Radulović		OB	−1999

Coaching history

Saša Bošković (2011–2016)^[4]
Dragica Đurić (2016–2017)^[5]^[6]
Ljubomir Obradović (2017–2021)
Uroš Bregar (2021–2024)^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Завршне припреме за СП - окупљају се најбоље српске рукометашице" (in Serbian). rss.org.rs. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Team roster: Serbia" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "NAJBOLJA RUKOMETAŠICA SVIH VREMENA U VREMENU KORONE NA USLUZI JE SVOJIM RODITELJIMA 'Tu smo gdje jesmo, starijima treba pomoći, izolacija nije lagana'" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr.
^ "Serbia sack Saša Bošković!". Handball Planet. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
^ "Djuric takes Serbia hot seat". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
^ "The professor found a new job: He will lead the female handball players of Serbia".
^ "IHF | New-look Serbia to try and improve at Denmark/Sweden/Norway 2023". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
^ STA (4 December 2024). "Uroš Bregar zapustil srbsko klop". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.

External links

[1] "Завршне припреме за СП - окупљају се најбоље српске рукометашице" (in Serbian). rss.org.rs. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[2] "Team roster: Serbia" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[3] "NAJBOLJA RUKOMETAŠICA SVIH VREMENA U VREMENU KORONE NA USLUZI JE SVOJIM RODITELJIMA 'Tu smo gdje jesmo, starijima treba pomoći, izolacija nije lagana'" (in Croatian). jutarnji.hr.

[4] "Serbia sack Saša Bošković!". Handball Planet. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

[5] "Djuric takes Serbia hot seat". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

[6] "The professor found a new job: He will lead the female handball players of Serbia".

[7] "IHF | New-look Serbia to try and improve at Denmark/Sweden/Norway 2023". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

[8] STA (4 December 2024). "Uroš Bregar zapustil srbsko klop". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 6 December 2024.

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