Argentina women's national handball team

Argentina
Information
Nickname	La Garra (The Spirit)
Association	Confederacion Argentina de Handball
Coach	Eduardo Peruchena
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 2016)
Best result	12th (2016)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1999)
Best result	18th (2015)
Pan American Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1986)
Best result	1st (2009)
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Argentina women's national handball team

Medal record
Pan American Championship
	2009 Chile
	2003 Brazil
	2005 Brazil
	2007 Dominican Republic
	2011 Brazil
	2013 Dominican Republic
	1999 Argentina
	2015 Cuba
Pan American Games
	2003 Dominican Republic	Team
	2011 Mexico	Team
	2015 Canada	Team
	2007 Brazil	Team

The Argentina women's national handball team is the national team of Argentina. It is governed by the Confederacion Argentina de Handball and takes part in international handball competitions.

Results

Olympics Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1972 Munich	Did not qualify
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Group stage	12th of 12	5	0	0	5	101	145	-44
Total	1/12		5	0	0	5	101	145	-44

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1999	preiminary round	24th	5	0	0	5	52	180
2001	Did not qualify
2003	preliminary round	22nd	5	0	0	5	74	171
2005	preliminary round	20th	5	1	0	4	79	150
2007	presidents cup	20th	6	2	0	4	124	157
2009	presidents cup	19th	9	3	1	5	192	240
2011	presidents cup	23rd	7	1	0	6	127	172
2013	presidents cup	19th	7	2	0	5	154	187
2015	presidents cup	18th	7	2	0	5	144	169
Total	8/21		51	11	1	39	846	1426

Pan-American Games

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1987 Indianapolis	preliminary round	5th	4	0	0	4	28	93	-65
1991 Havana	women's competitions not held
1995 Mar del Plata	preliminary round	5th	4	0	0	4	61	90	-29
1999 Winnipeg	preliminary round	6th	6	1	0	5	120	138	-18
2003 Santo Domingo	gold medal match	2nd	7	4	1	2	170	179	-9
2007 Rio de Janeiro	bronze medal match	3rd	5	4	0	1	144	109	35
2011 Guadalajara	gold medal match	2nd	5	4	0	1	121	111	10
2015 Toronto	gold medal match	2nd	5	3	0	2	122	101	21
Total	7/7		36	16	1	19	766	824	-58

Pan-American Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1986	round robin	4th	5	2	0	3	51	106
1989	Did not enter
1991	round robin	4th	4	1	0	3	54	119
1997	bronze medal match	4th	6	2	0	4	85	100
1999	round robin	3rd	5	3	1	1	126	96
2000	round robin	4th	5	2	1	2	119	117
2003	gold medal match	2nd	4	2	0	2	71	85
2005	round robin	2nd	5	4	0	1	122	103
2007	gold medal match	2nd	5	3	0	2	103	105
2009	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	113	74
2011	gold medal match	2nd	5	3	1	1	159	125
2013	gold medal match	2nd	6	5	0	1	178	118
2015	bronze medal match	3rd	7	5	0	2	220	130
Total	12/13	1 title	63	37	3	23	1401	1278

Performance in other tournaments

South American Games
Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2002 São Bernardo do Campo	round robin	2nd	4	2	0	2	71	81	-10
2006 Mar del Plata	gold medal match	1st	5	5	0	0	150	93	57
2010 Medellin	round robin	1st	5	5	0	0	171	95	76
2014 Santiago	round robin	2nd	4	3	1	0	95	72	23
Total	4/4	2 Titles	18	15	1	2	487	351	136

• 2016 Women's International Tournament of Spain: 4th

Current squad

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Head coach: Eduardo Peruchena

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marisol Carratu 15 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.79 m 93 0 Atlético Guardés 3 RW Xoana Iacoi 3 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.62 m 15 27 Cideco Handball 4 RW Lucía Haro 21 August 1986 (aged 29) 1.79 m 98 204 Unión Eléctrica 5 LW Manuela Pizzo 13 November 1992 (aged 23) 1.73 m 80 238 Estudiantes 6 LB Luciana Salvadó 3 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.69 m 97 296 Club Oeste 7 P Rocio Campigli 6 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.73 m 45 48 Estudiantes 8 LW Amelia Belotti 17 November 1988 (aged 27) 1.79 m 83 256 Vilo 9 RB Luciana Mendoza 14 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.70 m 96 382 Atlético Guardés 10 CB Victoria Crivelli 30 September 1990 (aged 25) 1.75 m 85 150 Ferro Carril Oeste 12 GK Valentina Kogan 19 March 1980 (aged 36) 1.78 m 170 3 Vilo 15 P Antonela Mena 28 March 1988 (aged 28) 1.82 m 124 380 Cideco Handball 18 CB Macarena Sans 20 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.64 m 38 73 Vilo 21 LB Macarena Gandulfo 3 November 1993 (aged 22) 1.76 m 63 149 Alcobendas 22 CB Elke Karsten 15 May 1995 (aged 21) 1.77 m 32 122 Quilmes

References

1. "La lista de la Selección Femenina para Río 2016" [The list of the selected female players for Rio 2016] (in Spanish). Argentina Handball Association. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile