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United States women's national handball team

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United States
Information
AssociationUSA Team Handball
CoachEdina Szabo
CaptainJulia Taylor
Colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
1st
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1984)
Best result5th place (1984)
World Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1975)
Best result11th place (1975, 1982)
Pan American Championship
Appearances9 (First in 1986)
Best result Champions (1986, 1991)
Last updated on Unknown.
United States women's national handball team
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 United States Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Argentina Team
Pan American Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Brazil
Gold medal – first place 1991 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 1989 United States
Nor.Ca Handball Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Puerto Rico

The United States women's national handball team is the national team of the United States. It takes part in international handball competitions.

At the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship in Hungary the U.S. team placed 11th.[1] They also participated in the 1975, 1986, 1993 and 1995 IHF World Women's Handball Championship and the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

Results

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Olympic Games

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The US Women's handball team during a match against Ivory Coast at the 1988 Summer Olympics
USA women's handball team against South Korea in the 1988 Summer Olympics

Since their first appearance in 1984, the U.S. has participated in four Olympic Games.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
Canada 1976 did not qualify, 1980 boycott
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984 5th[2] 5 2 0 3 114 123 −9
South Korea 1988 7th[3] 6 1 0 5 123 156 −33
Spain 1992 6th[4] 4 1 0 3 72 102 −30
United States 1996 8th[5] 4 0 0 4 87 114 −27
Australia 2000 did not qualify
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
United States 2028 qualified
Total 4/12 19 4 0 15 396 495 –99

World Championship

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Since their first appearance in 1975, the U.S. has participated in five World Championships.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 did not qualify
Romania 1962
West Germany 1965
Netherlands 1971
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973
Soviet Union 1975 11th 5 1 0 4 42 113 −71
Czechoslovakia 1978 did not qualify
Hungary 1982 11th 8 1 0 7 99 173 −74
Netherlands 1986 16th 6 0 0 6 84 139 −55
South Korea 1990 did not qualify
Norway 1993 12th 7 0 0 7 117 189 −72
AustriaHungary 1995 17th 5 1 0 4 95 121 −26
Germany 1997 did not qualify
NorwayDenmark 1999
Italy 2001
Croatia 2003
Russia 2005
France 2007
China 2009
Brazil 2011
Serbia 2013
Denmark 2015
Germany 2017
Japan 2019
Spain 2021
DenmarkNorwaySweden 2023
GermanyNetherlands 2025 Qualified as wild card
Hungary 2027
Spain 2029 To be determined
Czech RepublicPoland 2031
Total 5/30 31 3 0 28 437 735 –298

Pan American Championships

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From their first appearance in 1986 to their last in 2017, the U.S. participated in eight Pan American Championships.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
Brazil 1986 1st 4 4 0 0 62 22 +40
United States 1989 2nd 3 2 1 0 71 38 +33
Brazil 1991 1st 6 6 0 0 228 82 +146
Brazil 1997 did not qualify
Argentina 1999
Brazil 2000
Brazil 2003 4th 5 2 0 3 91 104 −13
Brazil 2005 6th 5 0 0 5 91 138 −47
Dominican Republic 2007 7th 5 1 0 4 100 126 −26
Chile 2009 did not qualify
Brazil 2011
Dominican Republic 2013 8th 6 1 0 5 120 180 −60
Cuba 2015 10th 7 2 0 5 161 168 −7
Argentina 2017 5th 6 3 0 3 145 163 −18
Total 9/14 46 21 0 25 1069 1021 +48

Pan American Games

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Kathy Callaghan stands on a bench and cheers as she and her teammates learn that they have clinched the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Since their first appearance in 1987, the U.S. has participated in six Pan American Games.

Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
United States 1987 1st 5 5 0 0 134 68 +66
Argentina 1995 1st 5 5 0 0 122 98 +24
Canada 1999 4th 7 2 1 4 154 155 −1
Dominican Republic 2003 4th 7 3 0 4 156 187 −31
Brazil 2007 did not qualify
Mexico 2011 8th 5 0 0 5 110 178 −68
Canada 2015 did not qualify
Peru 2019 4th 5 2 0 3 102 117 −15
Chile 2023 did not qualify
Total 6/9 34 17 1 16 778 803 –25

Nor.Ca. Handball Championship

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Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/–
Puerto Rico 2015 3rd 6 3 1 2 151 165 –14
Puerto Rico 2017 2nd 5 4 0 1 122 112 +10
Mexico 2019 5th 4 2 1 1 118 97 +21
United States 2021 4th 4 0 0 4 73 109 –36
Greenland 2023 5th 4 0 0 4 57 119 –62
Total 5/5 23 9 2 12 521 602 –81

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Previous Women's World Champions. Indoor/en salle/Halle – 1982 – HUN. 2.-12.12-1982" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Handball at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Handball". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
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