Austria women's national handball team

Austria
Information
Association	Austrian Handball Federation
Coach	Herbert Müller
Most caps	Barbara Strass (272)
Most goals	Jasna Kolar-Merdan (1,206)
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 1984)
Best result	5th 1992 and 2000
World Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1957)
Best result	3rd, 1999
European Women's Handball Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1994)
Best result	3rd, 1996
Last updated on 31 December 2008.

The Austria women's national handball team is the national team of Austria. It is governed by the Austrian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions.

Results

Performance in Olympic Games

• 1984: 6th place
• 1988: Did not qualify
• 1992: 5th place
• 1996: Did not qualify
• 2000: 5th place
• 2004: Did not qualify
• 2008: Did not qualify

Performance in World Championship

• 1957: 6th
• 1986: 12th
• 1990: 5th
• 1993: 8th
• 1995: 8th
• 1997: 11th
• 1999: Third place
• 2001: 7th
• 2003: 11th
• 2005: 13th
• 2007: 16th
• 2009: 10th

Performance in European Championship

• 1994: 9th place
• 1996: Third place
• 1998: 4th place
• 2000: 12th place
• 2002: 9th place
• 2004: 10th place
• 2006: 10th place
• 2008: 11th place

Current squad

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Natascha Schilk (1989-07-06) 6 July 1989 1.66 m 31 0 Hypo Niederösterreich 3 Gabriele Grossberger (1983-07-30) 30 July 1983 1.73 m 6 0 UHC Goldmanndruck Tulln 4 Beate Scheffknecht (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 1.76 m 21 68 1. FC Nuremberg 5 RW Tamara Bösch (1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 1.72 m 27 23 LC Brühl Handball 8 Corinna Flandorfer (1985-05-31) 31 May 1985 1.65 m 31 33 UHC Goldmanndruck Tulln 9 CB Laura Magelinskas (1989-09-23) 23 September 1989 1.78 m 49 92 TV Nellingen 10 Marina Budecevic (1982-11-25) 25 November 1982 1.77 m 51 78 Hypo Niederösterreich 11 Sabrina Thurner (1987-03-06) 6 March 1987 1.75 m 60 66 Hypo Niederösterreich 12 GK Elisabeth Herbst (1985-12-30) 30 December 1985 1.76 m 56 0 TUS Weibern 13 Sabrina Hödl (1990-12-30) 30 December 1990 1.65 m 6 4 Hypo Niederösterreich 14 CB Nina Stumvoll (1989-06-16) 16 June 1989 1.74 m 37 38 Hypo Niederösterreich 15 LP Sabrina Stumvoll (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 1.75 m 4 0 Hypo Niederösterreich 16 GK Petra Blazek (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 1.82 m 75 0 Thüringer HC 17 Isabel Plach (1987-04-19) 19 April 1987 1.67 m 67 74 Hypo Niederösterreich 19 RB Katrin Engel (1984-05-02) 2 May 1984 1.72 m 127 384 Thüringer HC 77 LB Gorica Acimovic (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985 1.85 m 7 39 Hypo Niederösterreich

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Herbert Müller
Assistant Coach	Mihály Gódor
Team Manager	Bernd Rabenseifner
Team Doctors	Marcus Hofbauer
	Steven Moayad
Physiotherapists	Jürgen Nagl
	Christina Nikolov-Pires
	Philipp Blaich
Press Secretary	Sabine Blattner

Player

• Tatjana Logwin
• Gabriela Rotiș
• Stephanie Subke
• Ausra Fridrikas
• Jasna Kolar-Merdan
• Stanka Bozovic
• Iris Morhammer
• Laura Fritz (handballer)
• Natascha Rusnachenko
• Monika Königshofer
• Stephanie Ofenböck
• Jasna Merdan-Kolar

Records

Most international appearances

Rank	Name	Apps
1	Barbara Strass	272
2	Natasha Rusnachenko	255
3	Iris Morhammer	237
4	Karin Prokop	229
5	Stanka Bozovic	220
6	Stephanie Subke	200
7	Jandranka Jez	189
8	Susi Unger	174
9	Sylvia Steinbauer	166
10	Jasna Kolar-Merdan	163

Top international goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Jasna Kolar-Merdan	1206
2	Ausra Fridrikas	1059
3	Stanka Bozovic	910
4	Tanja Logvin	820
5	Stephanie Subke	700
6	Iris Morhammer	663
7	Katrin Engel	603
8	Barbara Strass	570
9	Sorina Teodorovic	501
10	Milena Gschiessl-Foltýnová	476

References

• "Women's World Championships". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
• "Championship Guide". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2008.