Austria women's national handball team

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.

Austria
Information
Association	Austrian Handball Federation
Coach	Monique Tijsterman
Assistant coach	Erwin Gierlinger
Most caps	Barbara Strass (272)[1]
Most goals	Jasna Kolar-Merdan (1,206)[1]
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 1984)
Best result	5th (1992, 2000)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1957)
Best result	3rd (1999)
European Women's Handball Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1994)
Best result	3rd (1996)
Last updated on Unknown.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1976	Did not qualify
1980
1984	6th	5	0	0	5	91	117	−26
1988	Did not qualify
1992	5th	4	2	1	1	90	79	+11
1996	Did not qualify
2000	5th	7	4	0	3	220	173	+47
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	TBD
2032
Total	3/15	16	6	1	9	401	369	+32

World Championship

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1957	6th	5	1	0	4	24	42	−18
1962	Did not qualify
1965
1971
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986	12th	7	1	0	6	133	155	−22
1990	5th	5	3	0	2	101	111	−10
1993	8th	7	4	0	3	115	115	0
1995	8th	8	5	0	3	196	162	+34
1997	11th	6	3	0	3	150	139	+11
1999	3rd	9	7	0	2	245	223	+22
2001	7th	9	5	1	3	264	244	+20
2003	11th	8	4	0	4	254	212	+42
2005	13th	5	3	0	2	158	147	+11
2007	16th	6	2	0	4	141	173	−32
2009	10th	9	3	0	6	273	241	+32
2011	Did not qualify
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	16th	6	2	0	4	174	182	−8
2023	19th	6	2	0	4	180	200	−20
2025	TBD
2027
2029
2031
Total	14/30	96	45	1	50	2408	2346	+62

European Championship

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1994	9th	6	2	0	4	120	122	−2
1996	3rd	7	5	0	2	175	150	+25
1998	4th	7	4	0	3	182	183	−1
2000	12th	6	0	0	6	111	179	−68
2002	9th	6	3	0	3	159	150	+9
2004	10th	6	2	0	4	164	170	−6
2006	10th	6	2	0	4	153	200	−47
2008	15th	3	0	0	3	53	86	−33
2010	Did not qualify
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024	14th	3	1	0	2	85	87	−2
2026	TBD
2028
Total	9/18	50	19	0	31	1202	1327	−125

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

Head coach: Herbert Müller

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Lena Ivančok (2001-03-29) 29 March 2001 (age 23) 1.75 m 33 2 Neckarsulmer SU 3 LB Katarina Pandza (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 22) 1.79 m 27 94 RK Podravka Koprivnica 5 CB Sonja Frey (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31) 1.69 m 109 537 Thüringer HC 6 LW Mirela Dedic (1991-12-15) 15 December 1991 (age 33) 1.69 m 78 132 Hypo Niederösterreich 9 CB Patricia Kovács (1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28) 1.78 m 74 278 Hypo Niederösterreich 15 RW Claudia Wess (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 29) 1.81 m 77 64 Hypo Niederösterreich 16 GK Petra Blazek (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 37) 1.82 m 221 3 Hypo Niederösterreich 18 RB Kristina Dramac (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 23) 1.80 m 24 20 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 19 RW Lilli Gschwentner (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21) 1.66 m 4 0 WAT Atzgersdorf 22 P Stefanie Kaiser (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 32) 1.81 m 90 131 HSG Blomberg-Lippe 29 LB Ines Ivančok (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 26) 1.80 m 57 173 Mosonmagyaróvári KC SE 44 P Nora Leitner (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 22) 1.77 m 18 21 Hypo Niederösterreich 54 LW Santina Sabatnig (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 21) 1.73 m 14 6 HC Rödertal 57 LB Josefine Huber (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 29) 1.80 m 52 132 Thüringer HC 64 CB Ana Pandza (2003-12-24) 24 December 2003 (age 21) 1.68 m 15 10 RK Podravka Koprivnica 67 LB Johanna Reichert (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 23) 1.78 m 31 73 Thüringer HC

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Monique Tijsterman
Assistant coach	Erwin Gierlinger
Team Manager	Isabel Mittmansgruber
Goalkeeping coach	Sabine Englert
Team Doctors	Steven Moayad
Physiotherapists	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

• Gabriela Rotiș
• Jasna Kolar-Merdan
• Stanka Bozovic
• Iris Morhammer
• Natascha Rusnachenko
• Laura Fritz
• Monika Königshofer
• Stephanie Ofenböck
• Stephanie Subke
• Gabriela Rotiș-Nagy

Records

  Still active players are highlighted.

Last updated: 5 February 2022
Source: Austrian Handball Federation

Most appearances Rank[1] Name Apps 1 Barbara Strass 272 2 Natascha Rusnachenko 255 3 Petra Blazek 238 4 Iris Morhammer 237 5 Karin Prokop 229 6 Stanka Bozovic 220 7 Katrin Engel 215 8 Stephanie Subke 200 9 Jadranka Jez 189 10 Susi Unger 174

Top goalscorers Rank[1] Name Goals 1 Jasna Kolar-Merdan 1206 2 Ausra Fridrikas 1059 3 Stanka Bozovic 910 4 Katrin Engel 892 5 Tanja Logwin 820 6 Stephanie Subke 701 7 Iris Morhammer 663 8 Sonja Frey 573 9 Barbara Strass 570 10 Gabriele Neudolt 520

References

1. "Rekordspielerinnen" (in German). Austrian Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
2. "Teamchef Müller nominiert WM-Kader". Österreichischer Handballbund (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2023.
3. "Team roster: Austria" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

• "Women's World Championships". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
• "Championship Guide". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 December 2008.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile