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Uruguay women's national handball team

The Uruguay women's national handball team is the national team of Uruguay. It takes part in international handball competitions.

Uruguay Uruguay
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Information
NicknameLa Celeste (The Sky Blue [One]), Los Charrúas
AssociationFederacion Uruguaya de Handball
CoachLeo Puñales
CaptainSoledad Faedo
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1997)
Best result20th 2011
Pan American Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1986)
Best result2nd (2000)
Last updated on Unknown.

History edit

The team participated in the 1997,[1] 2001,[2] 2003, 2005 and 2011 editions of the World Championship.

In 2003 and 2015 they won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games.

Results edit

World Championship edit

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1997 preliminary round 24rd 5 0 0 5 74 163
  2001 preliminary round 23rd 5 0 0 5 90 155
  2003 preliminary round 24rd 5 0 0 5 77 211
  2005 preliminary round 23rd 5 0 0 5 73 205
  2011 president's cup 20th 7 1 0 6 121 224
Total 5/28 27 1 0 26 435 958

Pan American Games edit

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1999 Winnipeg placement round 6th 4 1 0 3 68 112
  2003 Santo Domingo Bronze Medal Match 4th 5 2 0 3 113 147
  2011 Guadalajara 7th place match 7th 5 2 1 2 135 146
  2015 Toronto Bronze Medal Match 3rd 5 3 0 2 131 135
  2023 Santiago 7th place match 7th 5 2 0 3 98 124
Total 5/9 24 10 1 13 545 664

Pan American Championship edit

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  1986 round robin 6th 5 0 0 5 37 139
  1991 5th place game 6th 4 1 0 3 45 84
  1997 3rd place game 3rd 6 4 0 2 122 95
  1999 round robin 4th 5 2 0 3 114 86
  2000 round robin 2nd 5 2 2 1 108 118
  2003 3rd place match 3rd 4 2 0 2 75 95
  2005 round robin 3rd 5 3 0 2 118 139
  2007 5th place match 5th 5 3 1 1 114 94
  2009 5th place match 6th 4 1 2 1 93 97
  2011 3rd place match 4th 5 1 1 3 118 145
  2013 5th place match 5th 6 4 0 2 166 153
  2015 5th place match 5th 7 4 1 2 197 200
  2017 3rd place match 4th 6 3 0 3 159 128

South and Central American Championship edit

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  2018 Round robin 5th 4 1 0 3 80 109
  2021 Round robin 4th 5 1 2 2 145 128
  2022 Round robin 4th 4 1 0 3 87 111
Total 3/3 13 3 2 8 312 348

South American Games edit

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
  2010 Medellin Round robin 3rd 5 3 0 2 130 128
  2014 Santiago Round robin 4th 4 1 0 3 85 123
  2018 Cochabamba Consolation robin 5th 4 2 0 2 128 67
  2022 Asunción Round robin 4th 5 2 0 3 134 102

Other Tournaments edit

Olympic qualification tournament
Tournament Outcome Position Pld W D L GF GA
  2016 not qualified 4th 3 0 0 3 55 108

Team edit

Current squad edit

The following players were named in the squad for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship:[3][4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Noelia Artigas (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 (aged 22) 1.64 m   Hebraica y Macabi
2 P Eliana Falco (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 24) 1.80 m   Layva
3 LW Soledad Faedo (1987-12-17)17 December 1987 (aged 23) 1.70 m   Layva
5 RB Mercedes Saiz (1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 19) 1.73 m   Malvin
6 LW Mariana Gomez (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 21) 1.60 m   Scuola Italiana
8 LB Ornella Palla (1990-03-30)30 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m   Scuola Italiana
9 LB Alesandra Ferrari (1987-01-06)6 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m   Layva
10 RB Mariana Fleitas (1981-03-06)6 March 1981 (aged 30) 1.67 m   Layva
11 RW Paula Fynn (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 23) 1.64 m   Layva
12 GK Rossina Soca (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 23) 1.68 m   Layva
13 CB Jussara Castro (1982-01-21)21 January 1982 (aged 29) 1.75 m   Scuola Italiana
15 LB Fernanda Marrochi (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 23) 1.70 m   Nautico
17 CB Paula Basaistegui (1988-11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.61 m   Layva
18 P Joaquina Rosillo (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 (aged 18) 1.75 m   Malvin
19 LW Sofia Cherone (1988-05-21)21 May 1988 (aged 23)   Scuola Italiana
20 RW Viviana Ferrari (1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 19) 1.70 m   Goes

Technical staff edit

  • Head coach: Leonardo Puñales
  • Assistant coach: Daniela Mata
  • Manager: Graciela Martínez
  • Doctor: Sofía González

References edit

  1. ^ "Previous Women's World Champions. Indoor/en salle/Halle – 1997 — GER. 30.11-14.12-1997" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Previous Women's World Champions. Indoor/en salle/Halle – 2001 — ITA. 4.12-16.12-2001" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011 Brasil: Uruguay team roster" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 3 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  4. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011 Brasil: Cumulative Statistics Uruguay" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

External links edit

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