Brazil women's national handball team

Updated on Dec 03, 2024

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Appearances 5 (First in 2000) Appearances 11 (First in 1995) Appearances 13 (First in 1986) Captain Fabiana Diniz		Best result 5th (2016) Best result 1st (2013) Coach Morten Soubak Location Brazil

Best result 1st (1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) Association Brazilian Handball Confederation

The Brazil women's national handball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Handebol and takes part in international handball competitions.

In December 2013, the team won the World Championship for the first time in history after defeating Serbia 22–20 in the final. The Brazilian team won all nine games played in the tournament and became the first nation from Americas, Southern Hemisphere and only the second non-European country (after South Korea) to win the title.

Final

The final started with an early 3–1 lead for the Brazilians, but Serbia came from behind to level the result at 3–3. During the continuation of the first half the result was equal with slight leads on the both sides. Serbian players had the last lead in the match 10–9 before Brazil went on with a 4–0 run to take a three-goals lead 13–10. Serbian team scored before the halftime to make it 13–11. In the second half, Brazilian players maintained the lead over two thirds of the second half when the Serbians succeeded to tie with a 4–0 series. The final entered with a tied result at 19–19 in the last four minutes. Brazilians scored to take the lead, which was answered with an equaliser brought by Andrea Lekić to make it 20–20. However, the Brazilian team took the lead once again and after Dragana Cvijić missed to score for her team, Ana Rodriguez scored to finish the match and set the final result 22–20. Alexandra do Nascimento with six and Dragana Cvijić with five goals were the best scorers for the both finalists. Brazil became the first South American country to win the World Women's Handball Championship and only the second non-European (after South Korea) to do so. Eduarda "Duda" Amorim was elected the Most Valuable Player and Barbara "Babi" Arenhart the best Goalkeeper of the competition.