The Hungary women's national handball team () is the national team of Hungary. It is governed by the Hungarian Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competitions. The team won the World Championship in 1965 and the European Championship in 2000.
Results Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games Since their debut in 1976, the team has participated in seven Olympic Games. Hungary won a silver medal in Sydney 2000.
GamesRoundPosition 1976 MontrealThird place3rd of 653118555 +30 1980 MoscowFourth place4th of 651138074 +6 1984 Los Angelesdid not participate 1988 Seouldid not qualify 1992 Barcelona 1996 AtlantaThird place3rd of 85302126127 −1 2000 SydneyRunners-up2nd of 107412202187 +15 2004 AthensMatch for 5th place5th of 107511215178 +37 2008 BeijingFourth place4th of 128314211227 −16 2012 Londondid not qualify 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 TokyoQuarterfinal7th of 126204164175–11 2024 ParisQuarterfinal6th of 126213169176–7 2028 Los Angeles TBDTotal8/140 Titles492362013521199+53
World Championship Hungary is regularly present at World Championships, having missed only 1990 and recently 2011. They won the tournament once in 1965 and have also received four silver and four bronze medals. In 2003, Hungary lost the final match against France 32–29 after one overtime.
YearPosition± 1957 2nd 5 2 1 2 29 26 +3 1962 5th 5 2 0 3 45 41 +4 1965 1st 4 4 0 0 36 18 +18 1971 3rd 5 3 0 2 50 45 +5 1973 4th 5 3 0 2 67 49 +18 1975 3rd 7 5 0 2 97 61 +36 1978 3rd 7 5 0 2 108 95 +13 1982 2nd 7 5 1 1 145 111 +34 1986 8th 7 3 1 3 140 123 +17 1990 did not qualify 1993 7th 7 3 1 3 158 157 +1 / 1995 2nd 8 7 0 1 196 153 +43 1997 9th 6 4 0 2 181 132 +44 / 1999 5th 9 8 0 1 296 203 +93 2001 6th 9 6 0 3 255 234 +21 2003 2nd 10 7 1 2 329 273 +56 2005 3rd 10 7 1 2 328 254 +74 2007 8th 10 4 2 4 310 300 +10 2009 9th 9 5 2 2 275 225 +50 2011 did not qualify 2013 8th 7 4 0 3 192 166 +26 2015 11th 6 4 0 2 165 152 +13 2017 15th 6 3 0 3 164 156 +8 2019 14th 7 3 0 4 200 169 +31 2021 10th 6 4 0 2 175 162 +13 / / 2023 10th 6 4 0 2 167 124 +43 / 2025 7th 7 4 1 2 215 166 +49 2027Qualified as host 2029TBD / 2031Total175109115543233594+726
European Championship As of 2026, the Hungarian team has participated in every European Championship that has taken place. They won the tournament in 2000, after beating Ukraine 32–30 in the final.
YearPosition± 1994 4th 7313163160+3 1996 10th6105131154−23 1998 3rd7502175161+14 2000 1st7610216169+47 2002 5th7502223204+19 2004 3rd8602236217+19 2006 5th7502234186+48 2008 8th6213143160−17 / 2010 10th6303126147−21 2012 3rd8404219226−7 / 2014 6th7313178172+6 2016 12th6114132143−11 2018 7th 6402163164−1 / 2020 10th 6204156166−10 / / 2022 11th 6204154165−11 / / 2024 3rd 9 7 0 2 259 222 +37 / / / / 2026 Qualified / / 2028 TBD 2030 2032Total1095954529082816+92
Other tournaments Carpathian Trophy 1970 – Third place Carpathian Trophy 1971 – Second place Carpathian Trophy 1981 – Third place Carpathian Trophy 1984 – Second place Møbelringen Cup 2003 – Second place Carpathian Trophy 2011 – Third place Carpathian Trophy 2012 – Second place Carpathian Trophy 2016 – Winner Møbelringen Cup 2017 – Third place Møbelringen Cup 2018 – Fourth place
Team Current squad The squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Vladimir Golovin
Caps and goals correct as of 10 December 2025
Extended squad / Recent call ups
Technical staff Head coach: Vladimir Golovin Assistant coach: Krisztina Pigniczki Goalkeeping coach: Norbert Duleba Doctor: Balázs Lohner Masseur: Csaba Tímár Physiotherapist: Csaba Szikra-Mezey Fitness coach: Zoltán Holanek
Retired numbers Hungary women's national handball team No.PlayerPositionYearsAppearancesGoals 13 Anita Görbicz Centre Back 2002–2017 232 1111
Notable players IHF World Player of the Year Erzsébet Kocsis (right back), 1995 Bojana Radulović (right back), 2000 and 2003 Anita Kulcsár (line player), 2004 Anita Görbicz (centre back), 2005
MVP Beáta Siti (centre back), 2000 European Championship
All-Star Team members Katalin Szilágyi (right wing), 1995 World Championship Erzsébet Kocsis (line player), 1996 Summer Olympics Dóra Lőwy (left wing), 1999 World Championship Bojana Radulović (right back), 2000 Summer Olympics, 2003 World Championship Beáta Siti (centre back), 2000 European Championship Beatrix Balogh (right wing), 2001 World Championship Anita Görbicz (centre back), 2003 World Championship, 2005 World Championship, 2007 World Championship, 2013 World Championship Ibolya Mehlmann (right back), 2006 European Championship Orsolya Vérten (left wing), 2008 Summer Olympics Noémi Háfra (left back), 2018 European Championship Katrin Klujber (right back), 2022 European Championship, 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 European Championship Viktória Győri-Lukács (right wing), 2024 EHF Excellence Award All-Star, 2024 European Championship Petra Simon (centre back), 2024 European Championship (best young player)
Top Scorers Ágnes Farkas (left back), 2002 European Championship (58 goals) Bojana Radulović (right back), 2003 World Championship (97 goals), 2004 Summer Olympics (54 goals), 2004 European Championship (72 goals) Katrin Klujber (right back), 2024 European Championship (60 goals)
Other notable players Katalin Pálinger Magda Jóna Ildikó Pádár Marianna Gódorné Nagy Amália Sterbinszky Beatrix Kökény Beáta Hoffmann Krisztina Pigniczki Marianna Racz
Captains Katalin Pálinger – 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 European Championship, 2010 European Championship Orsolya Vérten – 2009 World Championship Anita Görbicz – 2012 European Championship, 2013 World Championship, 2015 World Championship, 2016 European Championship, 2017 World Championship Zsuzsanna Tomori – 2014 European Championship Anikó Kovacsics – 2018 European Championship, 2019 World Championship, 2020 European Championship, 2020 Summer Olympics Blanka Bíró – 2021 World Championship, 2023 World Championship, 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 European Championship Dóra Hornyák – 2022 European Championship
Past squads 1957 World Championship (Second placed) Éva Arany, Zsuzsa Béres, Borbála Cselőtei, Árpádné Csicsmányi, Katalin Gardó, Ferencné Geszti, Gyuláné Hanczmann, Magda Jóna, Magda Kiss, Aranka Rachel-Segal, Lídia Simonek, Éva Szendi, Mária Vályi, Erika Wéser. Coach: Bódog Török
1962 World Championship (Fifth placed) Éva Arany, Elemérné Bakó, Márta Balogh, Lajosné Cserháti, Béláné Fodor, Ágnes Hanus, Klára Höbenreich, Magda Jóna, Erzsébet Pásztor, Anna Rothermel, Éva Szendi, Judit Szűcs, Mária Tóth, Ilona Urbán, Zsuzsa Varga, Ágnes Végh. Coach: Bódog Török
1965 World Championship (Winner) Ágnes Babos, Márta Balogh, Erzsébet Bognár, Márta Giba, Ágnes Hanus, Mária Holub, Ilona Ignácz, Magda Jóna, Erzsébet Lengyel, Erzsébet Pásztor, Anna Rothermel, Mária Tóth, Zsuzsanna Varga, Ágnes Végh. Coach: Bódog Török
1971 World Championship (Third placed) Ágnes Babos, Erzsébet Bognár, Ágota Bujdosó, Erzsébet Drozdik, Márta Giba, Klára Horváth, Éva Kovács, Erzsébet Nyári, Mária Polszter, Anna Rothermel, Amália Sterbinszky, Ilona Szabó, Rozália Tomann, Borbála Tóth Harsányi, Katalin Tóth Harsányi. Coach: Bódog Török
1973 World Championship (Fourth placed) Mária Berzsenyi, Ágota Bujdosó, Márta Giba, Klára Horváth, Piroska Németh, Erzsébet Nyári, Márta Pacsai, Anna Rothermel, Amália Sterbinszky, Katalin Tavaszi, Rozália Tomann, Borbála Tóth Harsányi, Katalin Tóth Harsányi, Mária Vanya. Coach: Bódog Török
1975 World Championship (Third placed) Éva Angyal, Mária Berzsenyi, Ágota Bujdosó, Klára Horváth, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Márta Pacsai, Zsuzsanna Pethő, Ilona Samus, Amália Sterbinszky, Katalin Tavaszi, Rozália Tomann, Katalin Tóth Harsányi, Mária Vanya, Krisztina Wohner. Coach: Bódog Török
1976 Summer Olympics (Third placed) Éva Angyal, Mária Berzsenyi, Ágota Bujdosó, Klára Horváth, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Márta Pacsai, Zsuzsanna Pethő, Amália Sterbinszky, Rozália Tomann, Borbála Tóth Harsányi, Katalin Tóth Harsányi, Mária Vanya. Coach: Bódog Török
1978 World Championship (Third placed) Éva Angyal, Mária Berzsenyi, Éva Bozó, Klára Éliás, Györgyi Győrvári, Mária Hajós, Erika Magyar, Ilona Nagy, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Ilona Samus, Amália Sterbinszky, Anikó Szabadfi, Rozália Tomann, Mária Vanya, Krisztina Wohner. Coach: Bódog Török
1980 Summer Olympics (Fourth placed) Éva Angyal, Mária Berzsenyi, Klára Bonyhádi, Éva Bozó, Piroska Budai, Györgyi Győrvári, Klára Horváth, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Erzsébet Nyári, Ilona Samus, Amália Sterbinszky, Rozália Tomann, Mária Vanya. Coach: Mihály Lele
1982 World Championship (Second placed) Valéria Agocs, Éva Angyal, Ildikó Barna, Klára Bonyhádi, Katalin Gombai, Anna György, Györgyi Győrvári, Klára Horváth, Gabriella Jakab, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Erzsébet Nyári, Zsuzsa Nyári, Mariann Rácz, Amália Sterbinszky, Mária Vanya. Coach: János Csík
1986 World Championship (Eighth placed) Mária Ácsbog, Ildikó Barna, Erika Csapó, Csilla Elekes, Éva Erdős, Marianna Nagy, Erzsébet Németh, Anna György, Éva Kiss, Éva Kovács, Katalin Major, Zsuzsa Nyári, Csilla Orbán, Mariann Rácz, Katalin Szilágyi, Ágota Utasi, Márta Varga. Coach: Zsolt Barabás
1993 World Championship (Seventh placed) Erika Csapó, Edit Csendes, Éva Erdős, Ágnes Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Anikó Meksz, Helga Németh, Erika Oravecz, Melinda Szabó, Katalin Szilágyi, Brigitta Szopóczy, Ágota Utasi, Márta Varga. Coach: László Laurencz
1994 European Championship (Fourth placed) Beatrix Balogh, Edit Csendes, Rita Deli, Ágnes Farkas, Rita Hochrajter, Beáta Hoffmann, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Anikó Meksz, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Anna Szántó, Brigitta Szopóczy, Beatrix Tóth, Ágota Utasi. Coach: László Laurencz
1995 World Championship (Second placed) Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Ágnes Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beáta Siti, Anna Szántó, Katalin Szilágyi, Beatrix Tóth. Coach: László Laurencz
1996 Summer Olympics (Third placed) Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Anikó Kántor, Erzsébet Kocsis, Beatrix Kökény, Eszter Mátéfi, Auguszta Mátyás, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Beáta Siti, Anna Szántó, Katalin Szilágyi, Beatrix Tóth. Coach: László Laurencz
1996 European Championship (Tenth placed) Beatrix Balogh, Rita Borók, Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Beáta Hoffmann, Klára Kertész, Erzsébet Kocsis, Anita Kulcsár, Eszter Mátéfi, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Beáta Siti, Éva Szarka, Gabriella Takács, Beatrix Tóth, Anasztázia Virincsik. Coach: László Laurencz
1997 World Championship (Ninth placed) Beatrix Balogh, Rita Borók, Rita Deli, Éva Erdős, Andrea Farkas, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Fanni Kenyeres, Anita Kulcsár, Anikó Meksz, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Zsófia Pásztor, Melinda Szabó, Gabriella Takács. Coach: János Csík
1998 European Championship (Third placed) Beatrix Balogh, Rita Deli, Ágnes Farkas, Andrea Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Beatrix Kökény, Anita Kulcsár, Anikó Meksz, Anikó Nagy, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Gabriella Takács. Coach: Lajos Mocsai
1999 World Championship (Fifth placed) Beatrix Balogh, Nikolett Brigovácz, Rita Deli, Andrea Farkas, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Beatrix Kökény, Anita Kulcsár, Dóra Lőwy, Anikó Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Gabriella Takács. Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2000 Summer Olympics (Second placed) Beatrix Balogh, Rita Deli, Ágnes Farkas, Andrea Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Beatrix Kökény, Anita Kulcsár, Dóra Lőwy, Anikó Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Bojana Radulovics, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti. Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2000 European Championship (Winner)