Assistant coach Milorad Davidović Appearances 1 (First in 2013) Appearances 3 (First in 2008) Location Montenegro | Most caps Igor Marković (50) Best result 22nd (2013) Coach Dragan Đukić | |
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Nickname Zlatni lavovi
(The Golden Lions) Association Handball Federation of Montenegro | ||
Montenegro national handball team woman s
The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 shortly after Montenegro became independent.
Contents
- Montenegro national handball team woman s
- History and records
- National team matches
- Records
- World Championship
- European Championship
- List of official matches
- Current squad
- Technical staff
- Head coaches
- References
Montenegro played their first official match on 3 January 2007 in Vantaa and beat Finland (28:26).
Since then, Montenegro have qualified for four big competitions – once for the World Cup (2013) and for the European Championship in 2008, 2014 and 2016.
The head coach is Ljubomir Obradović.
History and records
The national side first appeared in the Euro 2008 Qualifiers, which started in January 2007. After the great success in the qualifying matches, Montenegro participated at the European Championship 2008, where they finished in the second group phase.
A year later, Montenegro failed to qualify for the World Championship 2009 and after that, there was a crisis in the results of national team.
From 2012, results improved. After a surprise win against Sweden in the qualifiers, Montenegro qualified for the World Championship 2013.
In June 2013, Montenegro eliminated Germany in the final round of qualifiers for the European Championship 2014. At the Championship, Montenegro was eliminated in the first phase.
Two years later, the Montenegrin team appeared at the European Championship 2016, but was eliminated after the first phase of the competition, without any win in three matches.
National team matches
Updated: November 24, 2016
Records
World Championship
The national team of Montenegro made their first appearance at the World Cup in 2013, from their 3rd qualifying attempt. Their first World Cup match was played on 12 January 2013 against Argentina in Granollers, Spain.
European Championship
Debut on the European Championship, Montenegrin national team made after first attempt.
They participated at the Euro 2008 and made successful appearance in their first match against Russia (25:25). They qualified for the Main Phase of the European Championship.
Their second appearance was in 2014, after Montenegro sensational eliminated Germany during the qualifiers. At the tournament, Montenegro lost all three games, with elimination after the first phase.
Montenegro hoped for a better result in 2016, but it was pretty much deja vu from two years ago as they once again lost all three games and finished in last place in their group, as well as last place in the tournament claiming 16th place out of 16 teams.
List of official matches
During its history, Montenegrin national handball team played against 31 various countries.
Most matches, Montenegro played against Sweden (7), Israel (6), Romania (4), Russia (4), Germany (3) and Poland (3).
Updated till 24 November 2016
Current squad
This is the squad for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Ljubomir Obradović
1st: red/red (GK: yellow)
2nd: white/white (GK: red)
3rd: black/black (GK: blue)
Technical staff
Head coaches
Since independence, Montenegro was led by six different coaches.
* Data is only for official matches (qualifiers, European Championship, World Championship).