Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters

This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the women's handball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Age, caps and goals as of the start of the tournament, 6 August 2016.

Group A

Angola

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

Head coach: Filipe Cruz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Neyde Barbosa (1980-09-23)23 September 1980 (aged 35) 1.77 m 38 1 Progresso do Sambizanga 6 RW Juliana Machado (1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 21) 1.70 m 25 48 Primeiro de Agosto 8 CB Lurdes Monteiro (1984-07-11)11 July 1984 (aged 32) 1.70 m 32 49 Primeiro de Agosto 9 CB Natália Bernardo (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 29) 1.70 m 73 192 Primeiro de Agosto 10 P Albertina Kassoma (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 20) 1.90 m 14 39 Primeiro de Agosto 11 LB Luísa Kiala (1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 34) 1.72 m 104 194 Petro de Luanda 12 GK Cristina Branco (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 31) 1.70 m 59 0 Primeiro de Agosto 15 RB Azenaide Carlos (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.75 m 50 150 Petro de Luanda 16 GK Teresa Almeida (1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 32 0 Petro de Luanda 17 RB Wuta Dombaxe (1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 30) 1.73 m 32 64 Primeiro de Agosto 21 LB Magda Cazanga (1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.84 m 21 28 Petro de Luanda 25 P Liliana Venâncio (1995-09-19)19 September 1995 (aged 20) 1.86 m 6 3 Primeiro de Agosto 31 LW Janete dos Santos (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 25) 1.75 m 10 0 Progresso do Sambizanga 90 CB Isabel Guialo (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.72 m 33 60 Primeiro de Agosto

Brazil

The following is the Brazilian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Morten Soubak

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Fabiana Diniz (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 35) 1.83 m 205 347 SG BBM Bietigheim 3 RW Alexandra do Nascimento (1981-09-16)16 September 1981 (aged 34) 1.77 m 178 703 Vác 4 LW Samira Rocha (1989-01-26)26 January 1989 (aged 27) 1.70 m 94 224 Kisvárda 5 P Daniela Piedade (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 37) 1.73 m 186 336 Alba Fehérvár 7 P Tamires Morena Lima (1994-05-16)16 May 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 38 20 Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 8 LW Fernanda da Silva (1989-09-25)25 September 1989 (aged 26) 1.76 m 98 281 SG BBM Bietigheim 9 CB Ana Paula Belo (1987-10-18)18 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.72 m 141 517 Rostov-Don 10 RW Jéssica Quintino (1991-04-17)17 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.76 m 89 189 HC Odense 12 GK Bárbara Arenhart (1986-10-04)4 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.82 m 104 4 Vác 15 CB Francielle da Rocha (1992-10-06)6 October 1992 (aged 23) 1.64 m 58 74 Vegus/Guarulhos 18 LB Eduarda Amorim (1986-09-23)23 September 1986 (aged 29) 1.86 m 145 480 Győri ETO 22 RB Mayara Moura (1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 29) 1.70 m 93 146 EC Pinheiros 81 RB Deonise Cavaleiro (1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 33) 1.80 m 150 331 HC Odense 84 GK Mayssa Pessoa (1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 31) 1.80 m 77 0 Vardar

Montenegro

The following is the Montenegrin roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Head coach: Dragan Adžić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marina Vukčević (1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 22) 1.78 m 90 0 Metz Handball 2 RW Radmila Miljanić-Petrović (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 28) 1.57 m 127 180 Budućnost 4 RW Jovanka Radičević (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.69 m 134 709 Vardar 8 RW Marija Jovanović (1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 30) 1.82 m 132 507 Issy-Paris Hand 9 LB Djurdjina Jauković (1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 19) 1.85 m 31 67 Budućnost 10 CB Anđela Bulatović (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 29) 1.75 m 117 176 Érd 15 RB Andrea Klikovac (1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 25) 1.74 m 50 20 Vardar 17 LB Bojana Popović (1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 36) 1.85 m 49 311 Budućnost 22 GK Sonja Barjaktarović (1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 29) 1.80 m 129 0 Bursa Osmangazi Bld. SK 32 RB Katarina Bulatović (1984-11-15)15 November 1984 (aged 31) 1.86 m 69 397 Budućnost 66 P Ema Ramusović (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.82 m 29 20 Budućnost 77 LW Majda Mehmedović (1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.69 m 95 213 CSM București 88 LW Biljana Pavićević (1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.70 m 51 71 Budućnost 90 LB Milena Knežević (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.78 m 122 350 Budućnost 92 P Suzana Lazović (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24) 1.76 m 92 105 Budućnost

Norway

The following is the Norwegian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kari Aalvik Grimsbø (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 31) 1.80 m 137 0 Győri ETO 2 LB Mari Molid (1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.78 m 92 56 Randers HK 3 CB Emilie Hegh Arntzen (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 22) 1.83 m 32 18 Byåsen HE 4 LB Veronica Kristiansen (1990-07-10)10 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.75 m 70 189 FC Midtjylland 5 LB Ida Alstad (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 31) 1.72 m 135 308 Byåsen HE 6 P Heidi Løke (1982-12-12)12 December 1982 (aged 33) 1.73 m 166 619 Győri ETO 9 RB Nora Mørk (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 25) 1.69 m 77 329 Győri ETO 10 CB Stine Bredal Oftedal (1991-09-25)25 September 1991 (aged 24) 1.68 m 115 228 Issy-Paris Hand 14 P Marit Malm Frafjord (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 30) 1.82 m 175 357 Larvik HK 16 GK Katrine Lunde (1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 36) 1.80 m 253 3 Rostov-Don 18 RW Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32) 1.75 m 271 967 Larvik HK 22 RW Amanda Kurtović (1991-07-25)25 July 1991 (aged 25) 1.75 m 73 183 Larvik HK 23 LW Camilla Herrem (1986-10-08)8 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.67 m 184 483 Vardar 24 LW Sanna Solberg (1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.78 m 76 137 Larvik HK

Romania

The following is the Romanian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Tomas Ryde

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 LB Gabriella Szűcs (1984-08-31)31 August 1984 (aged 31) 1.79 m 5 3 Dunărea Brăila 5 RB Melinda Geiger (1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 29) 1.77 m 70 165 Brest Bretagne Handball 7 CB Eliza Buceschi (1993-08-31)31 August 1993 (aged 22) 1.75 m 26 54 FC Midtjylland 8 LB Cristina Neagu (1988-08-26)26 August 1988 (aged 27) 1.80 m 128 521 Budućnost 9 CB Aurelia Brădeanu (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 37) 1.79 m 253 637 CSM București 11 LB Gabriela Perianu (1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 22) 1.87 m 23 45 Dunărea Brăila 12 GK Ionica Munteanu (1979-01-07)7 January 1979 (aged 37) 1.75 m 17 0 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 15 LW Valentina Ardean-Elisei (1982-06-05)5 June 1982 (aged 34) 1.75 m 205 807 S.C.M. Craiova 22 P Oana Manea (1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 31) 1.75 m 274 355 CSM București 25 LW Camelia Hotea (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.74 m 38 60 Corona Brașov 30 GK Paula Ungureanu (1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 36) 1.80 m 140 2 CSM București 85 P Florina Chintoan (1985-12-06)6 December 1985 (aged 30) 1.78 m 106 140 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 88 RB Patricia Vizitiu (1988-10-15)15 October 1988 (aged 27) 1.77 m 35 48 HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 89 RW Laura Chiper (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 (aged 26) 1.73 m 15 30 Corona Brașov

Spain

The following is the Spanish roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

Head coach: Jorge Dueñas

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 RW Marta López (1990-02-04)4 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.68 m 80 171 Bera Bera 4 RW Carmen Martín (1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.72 m 171 564 CSM București 6 RB Nely Carla Alberto (1983-07-02)2 July 1983 (aged 33) 1.79 m 118 325 Chambray Touraine Handball 9 RB Marta Mangué (1983-04-23)23 April 1983 (aged 33) 1.70 m 284 1001 Brest Bretagne Handball 10 CB Macarena Aguilar (1985-03-12)12 March 1985 (aged 31) 1.70 m 215 580 Unattached 12 GK Silvia Navarro (1979-03-20)20 March 1979 (aged 36) 1.69 m 142 3 Remudas 14 P Elisabeth Chávez (1990-11-17)17 November 1990 (aged 25) 1.92 m 151 97 Fleury Loiret HB 17 LW Elisabeth Pinedo (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 35) 1.75 m 191 417 Bera Bera 25 CB Nerea Pena (1989-12-13)13 December 1989 (aged 26) 1.75 m 98 306 Ferencváros 27 LB Lara González Ortega (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.84 m 51 60 Team Esbjerg 30 P Patricia Elorza (1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 32) 1.80 m 112 71 Bera Bera 35 LW Naiara Egozkue (1983-10-21)21 October 1983 (aged 32) 1.73 m 54 79 Zuazo Barakaldo 44 P Ainhoa Hernández (1994-04-27)27 April 1994 (aged 22) 1.80 m 26 24 Zuazo Barakaldo 48 GK Darly de Paula (1982-08-25)25 August 1982 (aged 33) 1.78 m 20 0 Budućnost 86 LB Alexandrina Barbosa (1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.75 m 65 312 Rostov-Don

Group B

Argentina

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

Head coach: Eduardo Peruchena

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marisol Carratu (1986-07-15)15 July 1986 (aged 30) 1.79 m 93 0 Atlético Guardés 3 RW Xoana Iacoi (1992-06-03)3 June 1992 (aged 24) 1.62 m 15 27 Cideco Handball 4 RW Lucía Haro (1986-08-21)21 August 1986 (aged 29) 1.79 m 98 204 Unión Eléctrica 5 LW Manuela Pizzo (1992-11-13)13 November 1992 (aged 23) 1.73 m 80 238 Estudiantes 6 LB Luciana Salvadó (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 26) 1.69 m 97 296 Club Oeste 7 P Rocio Campigli (1994-08-06)6 August 1994 (aged 22) 1.73 m 45 48 Estudiantes 8 LW Amelia Belotti (1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (aged 27) 1.79 m 83 256 Vilo 9 RB Luciana Mendoza (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.70 m 96 382 Atlético Guardés 10 CB Victoria Crivelli (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 25) 1.75 m 85 150 Ferro Carril Oeste 12 GK Valentina Kogan (1980-03-19)19 March 1980 (aged 36) 1.78 m 170 3 Vilo 15 P Antonela Mena (1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 28) 1.82 m 124 380 Cideco Handball 18 CB Macarena Sans (1996-11-20)20 November 1996 (aged 19) 1.64 m 38 73 Vilo 21 LB Macarena Gandulfo (1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 22) 1.76 m 63 149 Alcobendas 22 CB Elke Karsten (1995-05-15)15 May 1995 (aged 21) 1.77 m 32 122 Quilmes

France

The following is the French roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Laura Glauser (1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 22) 1.78 m 38 0 Metz Handball 3 RW Blandine Dancette (1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 28) 1.69 m 80 103 Chambray Touraine 5 RB Camille Ayglon (1985-05-21)21 May 1985 (aged 31) 1.80 m 207 378 CSM București 7 CB Allison Pineau (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 27) 1.81 m 182 475 Brest Bretagne Handball 8 P Laurisa Landre (1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 30) 1.74 m 38 58 S.C.M. Craiova 10 CB Grace Zaadi (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.71 m 48 65 Metz Handball 12 GK Amandine Leynaud (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.78 m 177 1 Vardar 13 LW Manon Houette (1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 24) 1.68 m 26 49 Thüringer HC 17 LW Siraba Dembélé (1986-06-28)28 June 1986 (aged 30) 1.72 m 211 681 Rostov-Don 18 RW Chloé Bulleux (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 24) 1.72 m 26 45 Siófok 24 P Béatrice Edwige (1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 27) 1.82 m 28 13 Metz Handball 27 LB Estelle Nze Minko (1991-08-11)11 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.76 m 38 61 Siófok 29 LB Gnonsiane Niombla (1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 26) 1.72 m 47 138 CSM București 64 RB Alexandra Lacrabère (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.72 m 173 541 Vardar

Netherlands

The following is the Dutch roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[8]

Head coach: Henk Groener

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 5 LB Jessy Kramer (1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.77 m 97 83 Toulon Handball 6 RB Laura van der Heijden (1990-06-27)27 June 1990 (aged 26) 1.72 m 148 477 Team Esbjerg 8 LB Lois Abbingh (1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 23) 1.77 m 92 405 Issy-Paris 9 RB Sanne van Olphen (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.77 m 65 110 Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball 10 P Danick Snelder (1990-05-22)22 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.78 m 120 297 Ferencváros 13 P Yvette Broch (1990-12-23)23 December 1990 (aged 25) 1.85 m 84 198 Győri ETO 17 CB Cornelia Groot (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 28) 1.75 m 96 291 Győri ETO 18 LB Kelly Dulfer (1994-03-21)21 March 1994 (aged 22) 1.86 m 50 39 VfL Oldenburg 21 LW Michelle Goos (1989-12-27)27 December 1989 (aged 26) 1.78 m 58 102 Buxtehuder SV 23 GK Jasmina Janković (1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 29) 1.68 m 56 0 TuS Metzingen 24 LW Martine Smeets (1990-05-05)5 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.72 m 58 105 SG BBM Bietigheim 26 RW Angela Malestein (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 23) 1.73 m 85 149 SG BBM Bietigheim 30 RW Jurswailly Luciano (1991-03-25)25 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.71 m 45 104 Metz Handball 33 GK Tess Wester (1993-05-19)19 May 1993 (aged 23) 1.78 m 43 2 SG BBM Bietigheim 79 CB Estavana Polman (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 24) 1.74 m 89 293 Team Esbjerg

Russia

The following is the Russian roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[9] On 12 August, Tatyana Yerokhina was added to the squad after Anna Sedoykina was ruled out for the test of the tournament due to an injury.[10]

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Anna Sedoykina (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 32) 1.81 m 128 4 Rostov-Don 2 LW Polina Kuznetsova (1987-06-10)10 June 1987 (aged 29) 1.70 m 119 322 Kuban Krasnodar 7 CB Daria Dmitrieva (1995-08-09)9 August 1995 (aged 20) 1.78 m 43 92 Lada Togliatti 8 LB Anna Sen (1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.85 m 93 222 Rostov-Don 10 LB Olga Akopyan (1985-03-04)4 March 1985 (aged 31) 1.76 m 133 367 Lada Togliatti 13 RW Anna Vyakhireva (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 21) 1.62 m 37 165 Rostov-Don 15 RW Marina Sudakova (1989-02-17)17 February 1989 (aged 27) 1.66 m 38 56 Kuban Krasnodar 17 LB Vladlena Bobrovnikova (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.80 m 36 69 Rostov-Don 21 LB Victoria Zhilinskayte (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.88 m 110 159 Kuban Krasnodar 22 LW Yekaterina Marennikova (1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 34) 1.79 m 120 260 Kuban Krasnodar 24 RB Irina Bliznova (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 29) 1.82 m 124 369 Lada Togliatti 33 CB Ekaterina Ilina (1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 25) 1.75 m 68 187 Rostov-Don 77 P Maya Petrova (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 34) 1.84 m 55 82 Rostov-Don 84 GK Tatyana Yerokhina (1984-09-07)7 September 1984 (aged 31) 1.85 m 21 0 Lada Togliatti 88 GK Victoriya Kalinina (1988-12-08)8 December 1988 (aged 27) 1.83 m 39 0 Kuban Krasnodar

South Korea

The following is the South Korean roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[11]

Head coach: Lim Young-chul

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Oh Yong-ran (1972-09-06)6 September 1972 (aged 43) 1.71 m 99 1 Incheon Sports Council 5 RW Jung Yu-ra (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 24) 1.70 m 59 317 Colorful Daegu 11 RB Ryu Eun-hee (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 26) 1.80 m 83 297 Incheon Sports Council 12 GK Park Mi-ra (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 29) 1.72 m 38 0 Wonderful Samcheok 13 P Yoo Hyun-ji (1984-07-16)16 July 1984 (aged 32) 1.75 m 89 111 Wonderful Samcheok 14 LB Kim Jin-yi (1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 23) 1.81 m 50 115 Colorful Daegu 15 LW Choi Su-min (1990-01-09)9 January 1990 (aged 26) 1.77 m 49 115 Seoul City 17 LB Sim Hae-in (1987-10-31)31 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.78 m 64 117 Wonderful Samcheok 21 LW Lee Eun-bi (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 25) 1.63 m 79 166 BISCO 22 RW Woo Sun-hee (1978-07-01)1 July 1978 (aged 38) 1.72 m 119 380 Wonderful Samcheok 23 CB Kim On-a (1988-09-06)6 September 1988 (aged 27) 1.69 m 96 332 SK Sugar Gliders 24 CB Gwon Han-na (1989-11-22)22 November 1989 (aged 26) 1.72 m 82 103 Seoul City 27 P Nam Yeong-sin (1990-08-27)27 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.75 m 25 3 BISCO 29 RB Yu So-jeong (1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (aged 20) 1.68 m 19 71 SK Sugar Gliders

Sweden

The following is the Swedish roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12][13] On 16 August, Hanna Blomstrand replaced Michaela Ek due to an injury.[14]

Head coach: Henrik Signell

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Johanna Bundsen (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 25) 1.85 m 35 0 IK Sävehof 3 P Frida Tegstedt (1987-07-17)17 July 1987 (aged 29) 1.80 m 40 37 Issy-Paris Hand 6 LB Carin Strömberg (1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 23) 1.83 m 17 16 Viborg HK 7 P Linn Blohm (1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 24) 1.80 m 52 117 FC Midtjylland 8 LB Jamina Roberts (1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 26) 1.75 m 102 174 Team Tvis Holstebro 9 LW Louise Sand (1992-12-27)27 December 1992 (aged 23) 1.64 m 59 120 IK Sävehof 10 RW Michaela Ek (1988-02-01)1 February 1988 (aged 28) 1.73 m 7 5 Ringkøbing 12 GK Filippa Idéhn (1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 25) 1.83 m 58 2 Team Esbjerg 17 CB Linnea Torstenson (1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 33) 1.80 m 169 637 CSM București 20 CB Isabelle Gulldén (1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 27) 1.79 m 154 568 CSM București 22 RB Hanna Blomstrand (1996-08-25)25 August 1996 (aged 19) 1.70 m 3 1 Lugi HF 24 RW Nathalie Hagman (1991-07-19)19 July 1991 (aged 25) 1.67 m 89 212 Nykøbing Falster 25 RB Angelica Wallén (1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 30) 1.78 m 72 93 Skuru IK 27 RB Sabina Jacobsen (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 27) 1.80 m 82 121 FC Midtjylland 29 LB Jenny Alm (1989-04-10)10 April 1989 (aged 27) 1.84 m 73 185 Team Esbjerg

Statistics

Player representation by club

Clubs with 6 or more players represented are listed.

Club	Players
Budućnost	11
Rostov-Don	10
CSM București	9
Primeiro de Agosto	8
Győri ETO	6
Vardar

Player representation by league

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad
Total	168
Romania	17	10%	7
Russia		10%	3
France	16	10%	11
Hungary		10%	16
Denmark	15	9%	15
Angola	14	8%	0
South Korea		8%	0
Montenegro	11	7%	9
Others	49	29%

The Greek, Japanese, Italian and Hungarian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Montenegrin squad was made up entirely of players employed by abroad country clubs.

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

Nº	Country	Coaches
2	Sweden	Tomas Ryde (Romania), Henrik Signell
1	Angola	Filipe Cruz
	Argentina	Eduardo Peruchena
	Denmark	Morten Soubak (Brazil)
	France	Olivier Krumbholz
	Iceland	Thorir Hergeirsson (Norway)
	Montenegro	Dragan Adžić
	Netherlands	Henk Groener
	Russia	Yevgeni Trefilov
	South Korea	Lim Young-chul
	Spain	Jorge Dueñas

See also

• Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

References

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2. "Morten Soubak divulga convocadas do handebol feminino para os Jogos Olímpicos" [Morten Soubak named the women's handball team to the Olympic Games]. Brazilian Handball Confederation (in Portuguese). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
3. "Bez iznenađenja, Mara kao rezerva čeka završnicu" [No surprises, as reserve Mara awaits the final] (in Montenegrin). Vijesti. 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
4. "OL-troppen". NHF. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
5. "Spain team roster" (PDF). www.coe.es. 20 July 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
6. "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. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
7. "Handball féminin : Pineau blessée mais sélectionnée pour les JO" [Women's handball: Pineau injured, but selected to the Olympics] (in French). L'Alsace-Le Pays. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
8. "Handbalkeepster Jankovic mee naar Rio" [Handball goalkeeper Jankovic off to Rio] (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
9. "Определен окончательный состав женской сборной России по гандболу на ОИ-2016" [The final composition of Russia women's handball team at the 2016 Olympics] (in Russian). Russian News Agency TASS. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
10. "Player Replacements". International Handball Federation. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
11. "South Korea team roster" (PDF). IHF. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
12. "Damernas handbollslag till Rio uttaget" [The Swedish handball roster for Rio selected]. sok.se (in Swedish). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
13. "Elva OS-debutanter i svenska truppen" [Eleven OG-debutants in the Swedish roster]. svenskhandboll.se (in Swedish). 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
14. "Blomstrand OS-debuterar mot Norge". sok.se (in Swedish). 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

External links

• Official website