Brazil women's national handball team

Brazil women's national handball team
Information
Association	Confederação Brasileira de Handebol
Coach	Morten Soubak
Captain	Fabiana Diniz
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 2000)
Best result	5th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1995)
Best result	1st (2013)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1986)
Best result	1st (1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
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Brazil women's national handball team

Medal record
World Championship
	2013 Serbia
Pan American Championship
	Brazil 1997
	Argentina 1999
	Brazil 2000
	Brazil 2003
	Brazil 2005
	Dominican Republic 2007
	Brazil 2011
	Dominican Republic 2013
	Cuba 2015
	Chile 2009
	Brazil 1986
	United States 1989
	Brazil 1991
Pan American Games
	Winnipeg 1999	Team
	Santo Domingo 2003	Team
	Rio 2007	Team
	Guadalajara 2011	Team
	Toronto2015	Team
	Indianapolis 1987	Team
	Mar Del Plata 1995	Team
Youth Olympic Games
	Singapore 2010	Team

The Brazil women's national handball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Handebol and takes part in international handball competitions.

In December 2013, the team won the World Championship for the first time in history after defeating Serbia 22–20 in the final. The Brazilian team won all nine games played in the tournament and became the first nation from Americas, Southern Hemisphere and only the second non-European country (after South Korea) to win the title.

Brazil at 2013 World Championship

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	0	142	102	+40	10
Serbia	5	4	0	1	140	105	+35	8
Denmark	5	3	0	2	151	112	+39	6
Japan	5	2	0	3	136	131	+5	4
China	5	1	0	4	114	168	−54	2
Algeria	5	0	0	5	102	167	−65	0

7 December 2013 18:00	Brazil	36 – 20	Algeria	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
	da Silva 9	(21–7)	Tizi 6
	6× 3×	Report	3×

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8 December 2013 15:45	China	21 – 34	Brazil	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 200 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Wang Shuihui 5	(12–19)	da Silva 9
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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10 December 2013 18:00	Brazil	25 – 23	Serbia	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Amorim, do Nascimento 5	(14–11)	Krpež 5
	7× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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11 December 2013 15:45	Brazil	24 – 20	Japan	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	do Nascimento 5	(12–8)	Fujii, Tanabe 4
	5× 4×	Report	5× 3×

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13 December 2013 20:15	Denmark	18 – 23	Brazil	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Fisker 5	(9–14)	Cavaleiro 7
	6× 3×	Report	5× 4×

Round of 16

16 December 2013 18:00	Brazil	29 – 23	Netherlands	Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 300 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Rodrigues 7	(16–14)	Abbingh 7
	5× 3×	Report	7× 3×

Quarterfinals

18 December 2013 17:30	Brazil	33 – 31 (ET)	Hungary	Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić (SRB)
	do Nascimento 10	(12–11)	Tomori 7
	9× 2×	Report	4× 1×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 3–3, 4–2

Semifinals

20 December 2013 20:45	Brazil	27 – 21	Denmark	Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	do Nascimento 7	(14–10)	four players 3
	5× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final

22 December 2013 17:15	Brazil	22 – 20	Serbia	Kombank Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 19,467 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	do Nascimento 6	(13–11)	Cvijić 5
	5× 2×	Report	4× 4×

The final started with an early 3–1 lead for the Brazilians, but Serbia came from behind to level the result at 3–3. During the continuation of the first half the result was equal with slight leads on the both sides. Serbian players had the last lead in the match 10–9 before Brazil went on with a 4–0 run to take a three-goals lead 13–10. Serbian team scored before the halftime to make it 13–11. In the second half, Brazilian players maintained the lead over two thirds of the second half when the Serbians succeeded to tie with a 4–0 series. The final entered with a tied result at 19–19 in the last four minutes. Brazilians scored to take the lead, which was answered with an equaliser brought by Andrea Lekić to make it 20–20. However, the Brazilian team took the lead once again and after Dragana Cvijić missed to score for her team, Ana Rodriguez scored to finish the match and set the final result 22–20. Alexandra do Nascimento with six and Dragana Cvijić with five goals were the best scorers for the both finalists. Brazil became the first South American country to win the World Women's Handball Championship and only the second non-European (after South Korea) to do so. Eduarda "Duda" Amorim was elected the Most Valuable Player and Barbara "Babi" Arenhart the best Goalkeeper of the competition.

Results

Olympics Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1972 Munich	Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney	Match for 7th place	8th of 10	7	1	0	6	180	238	-58
2004 Athens	Match for 7th place	7th of 10	7	2	0	5	178	192	-14
2008 Beijing	Preliminary round	9th of 12	5	1	1	3	124	137	-13
2012 London	Quarter finals	6th of 12	6	4	0	2	156	143	13
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Quarter finals	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	161	149	12
Total	4/11		31	12	1	18	799	859	-60

World Championships

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1957	Did not enter
1962
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986
1990
1993
1995	Preliminary round	17th-20th	4	0	0	4	63	109
1997	Preliminary round	23rd	5	0	0	5	104	155
1999	Round of 16	16th	6	1	1	4	127	153
2001	Round of 16	12th	6	3	0	3	155	168
2003	Preliminary round	20th	5	1	0	4	136	155
2005	Placement matches	7th	8	5	0	3	240	244
2007	Placement matches	14th	6	3	1	2	184	128
2009	Placement matches	15th	9	6	0	3	288	224
2011	Quarter finals	5th	9	8	0	1	291	228
2013	Final	1st	9	9	0	0	253	197
2015	Round of 16	10th	6	4	1	1	140	120
Total	11/22	1 title	73	40	3	30	1981	1881

Pan American Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1987 Indianapolis	Bronze medal match	3rd	5	3	0	2	112	95	17
1991 Havana	Women's competitions not held
1995 Mar del Plata	Bronze medal match	3rd	5	3	0	2	126	110	16
1999 Winnipeg	Final	1st	7	6	1	0	217	154	63
2003 Santo Domingo	Final	1st	7	7	0	0	186	97	89
2007 Rio de Janeiro	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	183	83	100
2011 Guadalajara	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	201	70	131
2015 Toronto	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	185	92	93
Total	7/7	5 titles	39	34	1	4	1210	701	509

Pan-American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1986	Round robin	3rd
1989	Round robin	3rd	3	1	0	2	72	53
1991	Round robin	3rd	5	3	0	2	178	73
1997	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	179	65
1999	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	148	80
2000	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	210	81
2003	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	199	60
2005	Round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	166	56
2007	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	188	60
2009	Final	2nd	5	4	0	1	173	84
2011	Final	1st	5	5	0	0	179	83
2013	Final	1st	6	6	0	0	269	89
2015	Final	1st	7	7	0	0	208	116
Total	13/13	9 titles	62	57	0	5	2169	900

Youth Olympics Games

Year	Round	Position
2010	Bronze medal match	3rd Place
2014	Bronze medal match	4th Place
Total	2/2	0 title

Performance in other tournaments

South American Games
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2002 São Bernardo do Campo	Round robin	1st	4	4	0	0	130	58	72
2006 Mar del Plata	Did not enter
2010 Medellin	Round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	195	89	106
2014 Santiago	Round robin	1st	4	3	1	0	133	66	67
Total	3/4	2 titles	13	11	1	1	458	213	245

• GF World Cup 2006: Seventh
• 2014 International Tournament of Spain:
• 2015 Angola 40 Years Tournament: Third
• Carpathian Trophy 2015: Fourth
• 2016 Firenasjonersturneringer: Fourth
• 2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament:

Current squad

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Head coach: Morten Soubak

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Diniz, FabianaFabiana Diniz 13 May 1981 (aged 35) 1.83 m 205 347 SG BBM Bietigheim 3 RW do Nascimento, AlexandraAlexandra do Nascimento 16 September 1981 (aged 34) 1.77 m 178 703 Vác 4 LW Rocha, SamiraSamira Rocha 26 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.70 m 94 224 Kisvárda 5 P Piedade, DanielaDaniela Piedade 2 March 1979 (aged 37) 1.73 m 186 336 Alba Fehérvár 7 P Lima, Tamires MorenaTamires Morena Lima 16 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 38 20 Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 8 LW da Silva, FernandaFernanda da Silva 25 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.76 m 98 281 SG BBM Bietigheim 9 CB Rodrigues, Ana PaulaAna Paula Rodrigues 18 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.72 m 141 517 Rostov-Don 10 RW Quintino, JéssicaJéssica Quintino 17 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.76 m 89 189 HC Odense 12 GK Arenhart, BárbaraBárbara Arenhart 4 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.82 m 104 4 Vác 15 CB da Rocha, FrancielleFrancielle da Rocha 6 October 1992 (aged 23) 1.64 m 58 74 Vegus/Guarulhos 18 LB Amorim, EduardaEduarda Amorim 23 September 1986 (aged 29) 1.86 m 145 480 Győri ETO 22 RB Moura, MayaraMayara Moura 5 December 1986 (aged 29) 1.70 m 93 146 EC Pinheiros 81 RB Cavaleiro, DeoniseDeonise Cavaleiro 20 June 1983 (aged 33) 1.80 m 150 33 HC Odense 84 GK Pessoa, MayssaMayssa Pessoa 11 August 1984 (aged 31) 1.80 m 77 0 Vardar

References

1. "Morten Soubak divulga convocadas do handebol feminino para os Jogos Olímpicos" [Morten Soubak named the women's handball team to the Olympic Games]. Brazilian Handball Confederation (in Portuguese). 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile