Hungary women's national handball team

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Association Hungarian Handball Federation
Coach András Németh
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Summer Olympics
Appearances 6 (first in 1976)
Best result 2nd (2000)
World Championship
Appearances 19 (first in 1957)
Best result 1st (1965)
European Championship
Appearances 11 (first in 1994)
Best result 1st (2000)
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Hungary women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze 1976 Montreal Team
Bronze 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Gold 1965 West Germany Team
Silver 1957 Yugoslavia Team
Silver 1982 Hungary Team
Silver 1995 Austria/Hungary Team
Silver 2003 Croatia Team
Bronze 1971 Netherlands Team
Bronze 1975 USSR Team
Bronze 1978 Czechoslovakia Team
Bronze 2005 Russia Team
European Championship
Gold 2000 Romania Team
Bronze 1998 Netherlands Team
Bronze 2004 Hungary Team
Bronze 2012 Serbia Team

The Hungary women's national handball team is the national team of Hungary. It is governed by the Hungarian Handball Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség) 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 Place  

Olympic Games

Since their debut in 1976, Hungary has participated in six Olympic Games. They received a silver medal in Sydney 2000.

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Canada 1976 Montreal Third Place 3rd of 6 5 3 1 1 85 55 +30
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Fourth Place 4th of 6 5 1 1 3 80 74 +6
United States 1984 Los Angeles Did not participate
South Korea 1988 Seoul Did not qualify
Spain 1992 Barcelona
United States 1996 Atlanta Third Place 3rd of 8 5 3 0 2 126 127 −1
Australia 2000 Sydney Runners-up 2nd of 10 7 4 1 2 202 187 +15
Greece 2004 Athens Match for 5th place 5th of 10 7 5 1 1 215 178 +37
China 2008 Beijing Fourth Place 4th of 12 8 3 1 4 211 227 −16
United Kingdom 2012 London Did not qualify
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Not yet qualified
Total 6/10 0 Titles 37 19 5 13 919 848 +71

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.[1]

Year Position
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1957 2nd
Romania 1962 5th
Germany 1965 1st
Netherlands 1971 3rd
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973 4th
Soviet Union 1975 3rd
Czech Republic 1978 3rd
Hungary 1982 2nd
Netherlands 1986 8th
South Korea 1990 Didn't participate
Norway 1993 7th
Austria / Hungary 1995 2nd
Germany 1997 9th
Denmark / Norway 1999 5th
Italy 2001 6th
France 2003 2nd
Russia 2005 3rd
France 2007 8th
China 2009 9th
Brazil 2011 Didn't participate
Serbia 2013 8th

European Championship

As of 2009, 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.[2]

Year Position
Germany 1994 4th
Denmark 1996 10th
Netherlands 1998 3rd
Romania 2000 1st
Denmark 2002 5th
Hungary 2004 3rd
Sweden 2006 5th
Republic of Macedonia 2008 8th
Denmark / Norway 2010 10th
Serbia 2012 3rd
Hungary / Croatia 2014 6th

Other tournaments

Team

Current squad

The squad for the friendly game against Spain

Head coach: András Németh

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 LB Krisztina Triscsuk 17 July 1985 1.76 m 19 25 Hungary Dunaújvárosi KKA
7 CB Zita Szucsánszki 22 May 1987 1.72 m 105 321 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
8 CB Anikó Kovacsics 29 August 1991 1.70 m 60 97 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
10 LB Anita Bulath 20 September 1983 1.77 m 85 195 Hungary Dunaújvárosi KKA
12 GK Orsolya Herr 23 November 1984 1.76 m 142 0 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
15 LB Kinga Klivinyi 31 March 1992 1.78 m 24 44 Hungary ÉRD Handball
16 GK Blanka Bíró 22 September 1994 1.85 m 6 1 Hungary Ipress Center Vác
18 P Piroska Szamoránsky 9 July 1986 1.71 m 122 254 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
21 GK Éva Kiss 10 July 1987 1.89 m 43 0 Hungary Fehérvár KC
22 RW Bernadett Bódi 9 March 1986 1.75 m 99 173 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
24 P Szabina Mayer 24 March 1988 1.70 m 15 12 Hungary Fehérvár KC
30 RB Szimonetta Planéta 12 December 1993 1.98 m 16 15 Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
34 P Rea Mészáros 14 April 1994 1.72 m 5 1 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
44 LW Ildikó Erdősi 14 September 1989 1.71 m 5 11 Hungary Siófok KC
83 RW Mónika Kovacsicz 20 November 1983 1.71 m 133 309 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
87 RB Zsuzsanna Tomori 18 June 1987 1.86 m 126 342 Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
96 CB Gabriella Tóth 23 September 1996 1.75 m 4 7 Hungary Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE
LW Nadine Schatzl 19 November 1993 1.73 m Hungary ÉRD Handball
LW Dorina Korsos 3 September 1995 1.67 m Hungary Győri Audi ETO KC
RW Lukács Viktória 31 October 1995 1.65 m Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
P Bernadett Horváth 10 May 1990 1.73 m Hungary Fehérvár KC

Technical staff

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)[3]

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)[4]

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)[5]

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)[6]

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)[7]

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)[6]

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)[6]

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)[8]

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)[6]

Nikolett Brigovácz, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Gabriella Kindl, Erika Kirsner, Beatrix Kökény, Anita Kulcsár, Krisztina Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2001 World Championship (Sixth placed)

Beatrix Balogh, Rita Borók, Rita Deli, Andrea Farkas, Ágnes Farkas, Gabriella Kindl, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Ildikó Pádár, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Bojana Radulovics, Beáta Siti, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2002 European Championship (Fifth placed)[6]

Beatrix Balogh, Ágnes Farkas, Anita Görbicz, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Zsuzsanna Lovász, Ibolya Mehlmann, Helga Németh, Ildikó Pádár, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár, Hortenzia Szrnka, Tímea Tóth, Orsolya Vérten.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2003 World Championship (Second placed)

Beáta Bohus, Ágnes Farkas, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Zsuzsanna Lovász, Ibolya Mehlmann, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Bojana Radulovics, Eszter Siti, Irina Sirina, Tímea Sugár, Hortenzia Szrnka, Tímea Tóth.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2004 Summer Olympics (Fifth placed)[9]

Beáta Bohus, Ágnes Farkas, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Zsuzsanna Lovász, Ibolya Mehlmann, Katalin Pálinger, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Krisztina Pigniczki, Bojana Radulovics, Irina Sirina, Eszter Siti, Tímea Tóth.

Coach: Lajos Mocsai

2004 European Championship (Third placed)[6]

Beatrix Balogh, Beáta Bohus, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Gabriella Kindl, Anita Kulcsár, Zsuzsanna Lovász, Ibolya Mehlmann, Ivett Nagy, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Bojana Radulovics, Irina Sirina, Eszter Siti, Gabriella Szűcs, Tímea Tóth.

Coach: Szilárd Kiss

2005 World Championship (Third placed)

Beatrix Balogh, Rita Borbás, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Ágnes Hornyák, Fanni Kenyeres, Gabriella Kindl, Mónika Kovacsicz, Ibolya Mehlmann, Cecília Őri, Katalin Pálinger, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár, Gabriella Szűcs, Tímea Tóth, Orsolya Vérten.

Coach: András Németh

2006 European Championship (Fifth placed)[6]

Beatrix Balogh, Rita Borbás, Zsanett Borbély, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Orsolya Herr, Ágnes Hornyák, Erika Kirsner, Mónika Kovacsicz, Ibolya Mehlmann, Katalin Pálinger, Eszter Siti, Piroska Szamoránsky, Gabriella Szűcs, Tímea Tóth, Orsolya Vérten.

Coach: András Németh

2007 World Championship (Eighth placed)

Beatrix Balogh, Rita Borbás, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Orsolya Herr, Ágnes Hornyák, Erika Kirsner, Mónika Kovacsicz, Ibolya Mehlmann, Katalin Pálinger, Piroska Szamoránsky, Gabriella Szűcs, Zita Szucsánszki, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Tímea Tóth, Orsolya Vérten.

Coach: András Németh

2008 Summer Olympics (Fourth placed)[10]

Bernadett Bódi, Rita Borbás, Bernadett Ferling, Anita Görbicz, Orsolya Herr, Ágnes Hornyák, Mónika Kovacsicz, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Piroska Szamoránsky, Gabriella Szűcs, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Tímea Tóth, Orsolya Vérten.

Coach: János Hajdu

2008 European Championship (Eighth placed)[11]

Barbara Balogh, Bernadett Bódi, Anita Bulath, Anita Görbicz, Orsolya Herr, Ágnes Hornyák, Mónika Kovacsicz, Katalin Pálinger, Melinda Pastrovics, Anett Sopronyi, Piroska Szamoránsky, Gabriella Szűcs, Zita Szucsánszki, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Orsolya Vérten, Melinda Vincze.

Coach: Vilmos Imre

2009 World Championship (Ninth placed)

Bernadett Bódi, Anita Bulath, Orsolya Herr, Gabriella Juhász, Anikó Kovacsics, Adrienn Orbán, Melinda Pastrovics, Valéria Szabó, Klára Szekeres, Zita Szucsánszki, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Katalin Tóth, Tímea Tóth, Ágnes Triffa, Orsolya Vérten, Szandra Zácsik.

Coach: Eszter Mátéfi

2010 European Championship (Tenth placed)[6]

Szilvia Ábrahám, Bernadett Bódi, Anita Bulath, Orsolya Herr, Anikó Kovacsics, Mónika Kovacsicz, Katalin Pálinger, Anett Sopronyi, Valéria Szabó, Piroska Szamoránsky, Klára Szekeres, Zita Szucsánszki, Bernadett Temes, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Tímea Tóth, Orsolya Vérten, Melinda Vincze.

Coach: Eszter Mátéfi

2012 European Championship (Third placed)

Bernadett Bódi, Anita Bulath, Anita Görbicz, Orsolya Herr, Éva Kiss, Kinga Klivinyi, Anikó Kovacsics, Mónika Kovacsicz, Viktória Rédei Soós, Valéria Szabó, Piroska Szamoránsky, Klára Szekeres, Zita Szucsánszki, Zsuzsanna Tomori, Krisztina Triscsuk, Orsolya Vérten, Melinda Vincze.

Coach: Karl Erik Bøhn

Notable players

Coaching history

Period Head Coach
1956–1978 Hungary Bódog Török
1979–1980 Hungary Mihály Lele
1980–1985 Hungary János Csík
1986–1987 Hungary Zsolt Barabás
1988–1989 Hungary István Szabó
1990–1996 Hungary László Laurencz
1997 Hungary János Csík
1998 Hungary András Németh / Hungary Gyula Zsiga
1998–2004 Hungary Lajos Mocsai
2004 Hungary Szilárd Kiss
2005–2008 Hungary András Németh
2008 Hungary János Hajdu
2008–2009 Hungary Vilmos Imre
2009–2011 Hungary Eszter Mátéfi
2011–2013 Norway Karl Erik Bøhn
2013– Hungary János Hajdu

References

  1. "World Championship 2003 official report" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. "2000 Women's European Championship – Match Details". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  3. "A 45 éve vb-aranyat nyert csapatot ünnepelték" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  4. "Hungary Handball at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. "Hungary Handball at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 "Magyarok a női kézilabda Európa-bajnokságokon, érmesek" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  7. "Hungary Handball at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. "Hungary Handball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  9. "Hungary Handball at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  10. "Hungary Handball at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  11. "Euro 2008 Team Roster – HUN" (PDF). European Handball Federation. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-25.

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