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.
History Austria played at the inaugural 1957 World Women's Handball Championship, but after that did not manage to qualify for neither a world championship or olympics for more than 25 years.
The best period in Austrian women's handball was the late 1990's, where the team won bronze at both the 1996 European Championship and at the 1999 World Championship, as well as finishing 5th at the 2000 Olympics. The team featured many players who had migrated to Austria from the former Soviet Union, who had moved to Austria to play for the top team Hypo Niederösterreich and then later optained Austrian citizenship, including IHF 1999 World player of the year Ausra Fridrikas, as well as Rima Sypkus, Tatyana Dzhandzhgava and Tanja Logwin among others.
Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games YearPosition 1976Did not qualify 1980 19846th500591117−26 1988Did not qualify 19925th42119079+11 1996Did not qualify 20005th7403220173+47 2004Did not qualify 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028TBD 2032Total3/1516619401369+32
World Championship YearPosition 19576th51042442−18 1962Did not qualify 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 198612th7106133155−22 19905th5302101111−10 19938th74031151150 19958th8503196162+34 199711th6303150139+11 19993rd9702245223+22 20017th9513264244+20 200311th8404254212+42 200513th5302158147+11 200716th6204141173−32 200910th9306273241+32 2011Did not qualify 2013 2015 2017 2019 202116th6204174182−8 202319th6204180200−20 202516th6204150168−18 2027TBD 2029 2031Total15/301024715425582514+44
European Championship YearPosition 1994 9th 6 2 0 4 120 122 −2 19963rd 7 5 0 2 175 150 +25 19984th 7 4 0 3 182 183 −1 200012th 6 0 0 6 111 179 −68 20029th 6 3 0 3 159 150 +9 200410th 6 2 0 4 164 170 −6 200610th 6 2 0 4 153 200 −47 2008 15th 3 0 0 3 53 86 −33 2010Did not qualify 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 14th 3 1 0 2 85 87 −2 2026Qualified 2028TBD 2030 2032Total501903112021327−125
Team Current squad Roster for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Monique Tijsterman
Technical staff PositionName Head coach Monique Tijsterman Assistant coach Erwin Gierlinger Team Manager Isabel Mittmansgruber Goalkeeping coach Sabine Englert Team Doctors Steven MoayadPhysiotherapists Sven Köhler Christina Nikolov-Pires
Notable players Several Austrian players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments. MVP Ausra Fridrikas, 1999 World Championship All-Star Team Marianna Racz, 1992 Summer Olympics Sorina Lefter, 1995 World Championship Ausra Fridrikas, 1999 World Championship, 2002 European Championship Tanja Logwin, 2004 European Championship Top Scorer Ausra Fridrikas, 2001 World Championship (87 goals) Katrin Engel, 2009 World Championship (67 goals) Others Tatyana Dzhandzhagava Barbara Strass Gabriela Rotiș Jasna Kolar-Merdan Stanka Bozovic Iris Morhammer Natascha Rusnachenko Laura Fritz Rima Sypkus Monika Königshofer Stephanie Ofenböck Stephanie Subke Simona Spiridon
Records Last updated: 5 February 2022Source: Austrian Handball Federation
Most appearances RankNameApps1Barbara Strass2722Natascha Rusnachenko2553Petra Blazek2384Iris Morhammer2375Karin Prokop2296Stanka Bozovic2207Katrin Engel2158Stephanie Subke2009Jadranka Jez18910Susi Unger174
Top goalscorers RankNameGoals1Jasna Kolar-Merdan12062Ausra Fridrikas10593Stanka Bozovic9104Katrin Engel8925Tanja Logwin8206Stephanie Subke7017Iris Morhammer6638Sonja Frey5739Barbara Strass57010Gabriele Neudolt520
References
External links
IHF profile