Hungary women's national handball team
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. They won the World Championship in 1965 and the European Championship in 2000.
Results
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth placeOlympic Games
Since their debut in 1976, Hungary has participated in six Olympic Games. They received a silver medal in Sydney 2000.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.European Championship
As of 2018, 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.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
Squad for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.Caps and goals correct as of 9 December 2019
Head Coach: Kim Rasmussen
Back up players
Technical staff
- Head Coach: Kim Rasmussen
- Assistant Coach: Beáta Siti
- Doctor: Gyula Szikora
- Masseur: Csaba Tímár
- Physiotherapist: Csaba Szikra-Mezey
Retired numbers
Notable players
;IHF World Player of the Year- Erzsébet Kocsis, 1995
- Bojana Radulović, 2000 and 2003
- Anita Kulcsár, 2004
- Anita Görbicz, 2005
- Beáta Siti, 2000 European Championship
- Katalin Szilágyi, 1995 World Championship
- Erzsébet Kocsis, 1996 Summer Olympics
- Dóra Lőwy, 1999 World Championship
- Bojana Radulović, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2003 World Championship
- Beatrix Balogh, 2001 World Championship
- Anita Görbicz, 2003 World Championship, 2005 World Championship, 2007 World Championship, 2013 World Championship
- Ibolya Mehlmann, 2006 European Championship
- Orsolya Vérten, 2008 Summer Olympics
- Noémi Háfra, 2018 European Championship
- Ágnes Farkas, 2002 European Championship
- Bojana Radulović, 2003 World Championship, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 European Championship
- Katalin Pálinger
- Magda Jóna
- Ildikó Pádár
- Marianna Gódorné Nagy
- Amália Sterbinszky
- Beatrix Kökény
- Beáta Hoffmann
- Krisztina Pigniczki
- Marianna Racz
- 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
Past squads
1957 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1962 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1965 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1971 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1973 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1975 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1976 Summer Olympics
Coach: Bódog Török
1978 World Championship
Coach: Bódog Török
1980 Summer Olympics
Coach: Mihály Lele
1982 World Championship
Coach: János Csík
1986 World Championship
Coach: Zsolt Barabás
1993 World Championship
Coach: László Laurencz
1994 European Championship
Coach: László Laurencz
1995 World Championship
Coach: László Laurencz
1996 Summer Olympics
Coach: László Laurencz
1996 European Championship
Coach: László Laurencz
1997 World Championship
Coach: János Csík
1998 European Championship
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
1999 World Championship
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2000 Summer Olympics
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2000 European Championship
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2001 World Championship
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2002 European Championship
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2003 World Championship
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2004 Summer Olympics
Coach: Lajos Mocsai
2004 European Championship
Coach: Szilárd Kiss
2005 World Championship
Coach: András Németh
2006 European Championship
Coach: András Németh
2007 World Championship
Coach: András Németh
2008 Summer Olympics
Coach: János Hajdu
2008 European Championship
Coach: Vilmos Imre
2009 World Championship
Coach: Eszter Mátéfi
2010 European Championship
Coach: Eszter Mátéfi
2012 European Championship
Coach: Karl Erik Bøhn
2013 World Championship
Coach: János Hajdu
2014 European Championship
Coach: András Németh
2015 World Championship
Coach: András Németh
2016 European Championship
Coach: Kim Rasmussen
2017 World Championship
Coach: Kim Rasmussen
2018 European Championship
Coach: Kim Rasmussen
2019 World Championship
Coach: Kim Rasmussen
Coaching history
Individual all-time records
Most matches played
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.| # | Player | Matches | Goals |
| 1 | Mariann Gódorné Nagy | 281 | |
| 2 | Éva Erdős | 270 | 711 |
| 3 | Katalin Pálinger | 254 | 1 |
| 4 | Beatrix Kökény | 245 | 542 |
| 5 | Éva Angyal | 242 | |
| 5 | Anna György | 242 | |
| 7 | Amália Sterbinszky | 239 | |
| 8 | Anita Görbicz | 233 | 1,111 |
| 9 | Sándorné Csajbók | 230 | |
| 9 | Józsefné Vadász | 230 |
Last updated: 5 June 2019
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Most goals scored
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.| # | Player | Goals | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Anita Görbicz | 1,111 | 233 | 4.76 |
| 2 | Ágnes Farkas | 944 | 206 | 4.58 |
| 3 | Éva Erdős | 711 | 270 | 2.63 |
| 4 | Katalin Szilágyi | 627 | 179 | 3.50 |
| 5 | Beatrix Kökény | 542 | 245 | 2.12 |
| 6 | Helga Németh | 490 | 142 | 3.45 |
| 7 | Tímea Tóth | 488 | 155 | 3.14 |
| 8 | Bojana Radulovics | 463 | 69 | 6.71 |
| 9 | Zsuzsanna Tomori | 444 | 167 | 2.65 |
| 10 | Orsolya Vérten | 418 | 147 | 2.84 |
Last updated: 10 December 2019
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