Serbia women's national handball team

Serbia
Information
Association	Handball Federation of Serbia
Coach	Ljubomir Obradović
Ranking	#7 (165 points)
Colours
Results
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 2001)
Best result	Silver: 2013
European Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 2000)
Best result	4th (2012)
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Serbia women's national handball team

Medal record
World Championship
	2013 Serbia
	2001 Italy
Mediterranean Games
	2013 Mersin	Team
	2005 Almería	Team

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

Olympic Committee of Serbia declared women's national handball team for the best female team of the year in 2001 and 2013.

Results

The Serbian Handball Federation is deemed the direct successor to Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro by EHF.

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Qualified and later suspended
1996	Suspended from playing qualification tournaments
2000	Did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Total	5/13	-	38	23	5	11	1163	994

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

European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	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	Main group stage	6th	7	4	0	3	223	200
2004	Main group stage	12th	6	1	0	5	165	200
2006	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	0	3	77	92
2008	Preliminary round	13th	3	0	0	3	87	93
/ 2010	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	0	3	71	91
2012	Semifinals	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	Qualified
Total	10/13		45	14	3	28	1228	1309

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

Performance in other tournaments

• Carpathian Trophy 2000: Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 2001: Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 2004: Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 2011: Second place
• Møbelringen Cup 2010: Third place

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.

Head coach: Ljubomir Obradović

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LW Sanja Radosavljević (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 1.70 m 38 54 Váci NKSE 3 RW Katarina Krpež Slezak (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 1.68 m 120 301 Erd HC 7 CB Andrea Lekić (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 1.78 m 96 481 HC Vardar 8 RB Dijana Števin (1986-10-23) 23 October 1986 1.78 m 66 128 Celles Sur Belle 9 RB Jelena Živković (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 1.84 m 79 150 Alba Fehérvár KC 11 LB Sanja Damnjanović (1987-05-25) 25 May 1987 1.81 m 111 440 Siófok KC 14 RW Željka Nikolić (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 1.68 m 15 9 SCM Craiova 18 CB Tamara Georgijev (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 1.72 m 29 39 Kisvárdai KC 20 P Slađana Pop-Lazić (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 1.78 m 71 122 Brest Bretagne 21 LW Dijana Radojević (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 1.70 m 12 12 Ankara Yenimahalle BSK 23 LB Marija Obradović (1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 1.82 m 9 12 TuS Metzingen 27 GK Katarina Tomašević (1984-02-06) 6 February 1984 1.77 m 73 0 DKKA Dunaujvaros KA 33 LB Jovana Stoiljković (1988-09-30) 30 September 1988 1.82 m 70 153 Brest Bretagne 72 P Dragana Cvijić (1990-03-15) 15 March 1990 1.84 m 72 205 HC Vardar 90 GK Marija Čolić (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 1.73 m 11 0 OGC Nice 99 RB Marina Dmitrović (1985-03-23) 23 March 1985 1.85 m 99 152 Kisvárdai KC

Famous players

• Dragana Cvijić
• Sanja Damnjanović
• Svetlana Kitić - 1988 IHF World Player of the Year
• Andrea Lekić - 2013 IHF World Player of the Year
• Katarina Tomašević

Several players born in Serbia played for foreign national teams:

• Katarina Bulatović
• Milica Danilović
• Ana Đokić
• Dragica Kresoja
• Mirjana Milenković
• Bojana Popović
• Ana Radović
• Bojana Radulović - 2000 and 2003 IHF World Player of the Year

Statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches	Position	Years
	Tatjana Medved	120	OB
	Svetlana Ognjenović	113	W
	Jelena Nišavić	111	W
	Jelena Popović	109	OB
	Sanja Damnjanović	106	OB
	Katarina Krpež	103	W
	Bojana Popović	100+	OB	-2005
	Maja Savić	100+	W	-2005
	Andrea Lekić	96	CB
	Tanja Milanović		OB

Top scorers

#	Name	Goals	Average	Position	Years
	Andrea Lekić	464		CB
	Sanja Damnjanović	426		OB
	Jelena Erić	250+		OB
	Katarina Krpež	211		W
	Dragana Cvijić	201		P
	Svetlana Ognjenović	200+		W
	Jelena Popović	177		OB
	Bojana Popović			OB	-2005
	Sandra Kolaković			CB
	Bojana Radulović			OB	-1999

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile