World Championship

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1957	Seventh place game	7th	4	2	0	2	14	19
1962	Seventh place Game	7th	4	2	0	2	27	28
1965	Seventh place game	8th	4	0	1	3	21	40
1971	did not qualify
1973	Placement round	5th	4	3	0	2	59	56
1975	Placement round	7th	5	3	0	2	65	65
1978	Final round	6th	8	2	0	6	108	55
1982	did not qualify
1986	Preliminary round	13th	3	0	0	3	45	67
1990	Preliminary round	9th	5	2	0	3	117	103
1993	Main round	10th	8	2	2	4	178	203
/ 1995	Fifth place game	did not qualify
1997	Quarter-finals	8th	7	5	0	2	178	158
/ 1999	Round of 16	11th	6	3	1	3	147	142
2001	did not qualify
2003
2005	Preliminary round	19th	5	1	0	4	136	154
2007	Eleventh place game	11th	9	4	1	1	279	289
2009	did not qualify
2011
2013	Third place game	4th	9	5	0	4	238	193
2015	Third place game	4th	9	5	0	4	227	239
2017	Seventh place march	17th	7	4	0	3	207	205
2019	did not qualify
2021	Main round	15th	8	3	0	5	197	201
// 2023	Main round	16th	8	4	0	4	203	216
/ 2025	TBD
2027
2029
/ 2031	Qualified as co-host
Total	19/30	4th place	113	61	5	57	2446	2433

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European Championship

More information Year, Round ...

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Eleventh place game	11th	6	1	0	5	137	159
1998	Fifth place game	5th	6	4	0	2	138	133
2000	Did not qualify
2002
2004
2006	Main round	8th	8	3	0	5	205	248
2008	Did not qualify
/ 2010
2012
/ 2014	Main round	11th	8	3	0	5	181	220
2016	Preliminary round	15th	3	0	0	3	65	84
2018	Preliminary round	14th	3	3	0	3	69	84
/ 2020	Preliminary round	14th	3	0	1	2	67	84
2022	Preliminary round	13th	3	1	0	2	68	72
2024	Qualified
2026	Qualified as co-host
2028	TBD
Total	10/18		40	15	1	27	937	1084

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** Red border colour indicates that tournament was held on home soil.

Performance in other tournaments

• Carpathian Trophy 1984 – Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 1985 – Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 1988 – Second place
• GF World Cup 2006 – Seventh place
• Carpathian Trophy 2010 – Second place
• Carpathian Trophy 2017 – Winner

Current squad

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

Head coach: Arne Senstad

More information No., Pos. ...

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Aleksandra Zimny (1996-03-21) 21 March 1996 (age 28) 1.90 m 25 26 SCM Gloria Buzău 6 CB Emilia Galińska (1992-12-26) 26 December 1992 (age 31) 1.75 m 31 27 CS Măgura Cisnădie 8 RB Monika Kobylińska (1995-04-09) 9 April 1995 (age 29) 1.77 m 97 329 CSM București 9 RW Magda Balsam (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 27) 1.72 m 35 87 MKS Lublin 11 LW Mariola Wiertelak (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32) 1.63 m 15 33 KPR Kobierzyce 13 P Sylwia Matuszczyk (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 31) 1.72 m 45 79 Eurobud JKS Jarosław 16 GK Adrianna Płaczek (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30) 1.74 m 85 0 Paris 92 17 RW Adrianna Górna (1996-03-22) 22 March 1996 (age 28) 1.71 m 48 49 MKS Zagłębie Lubin 18 CB Aleksandra Tomczyk (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994 (age 29) 1.71 m 9 8 MKS Lublin 21 GK Barbara Zima (2000-01-14) 14 January 2000 (age 24) 1.89 m 28 3 MKS Zagłębie Lubin 22 LB Aleksandra Rosiak (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 26) 1.82 m 57 122 RK Krim 31 P Nikola Głębocka (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 22) 1.80 m 2 2 EKS Start Elbląg 34 P Marlena Urbańska (1998-01-11) 11 January 1998 (age 26) 1.86 m 6 2 Frisch Auf Göppingen 40 LW Daria Michalak (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995 (age 28) 1.71 m 39 59 MKS Zagłębie Lubin 49 CB Karolina Kochaniak (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 28) 1.75 m 31 61 MKS Zagłębie Lubin 78 LB Paulina Uścinowicz (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24) 1.83 m 5 1 HSV Solingen-Gräfrath 79 RB Paulina Masna (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32) 1.75 m 5 6 MKS Lublin 96 LW Dagmara Nocuń (1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 28) 1.60 m 44 76 TuS Metzingen

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Coaches

• Antoni Szymański (1951–1953)
• Tadeusz Breguła (1953–1956)
• Władysław Stawiarski (1956–1959)
• Edward Surdyka (1960–1965)
• Józef Zając (1966–1969)
• Paweł Wiśniowski (1969–1971)
• Leon Nosila (1971–1973)
• Zygmunt Jakubik (1973–1977)
• Mieczysław Kiegiel (1977–1979)
• Tadeusz Wadych (1980–1982)
• Bogdan Cybulski (1982–1986)
• Jerzy Noszczak (1987–1994)
• Jerzy Ciepliński (1994–2000)
• Marek Karpiński (2000–2003)
• Zygfryd Kuchta (2003–2006)
• Jerzy Ciepliński (2006)
• Zenon Łakomy (2006–2008)
• Krzysztof Przybylski (2008–2010)
• Kim Rasmussen (2010–2016)
• Leszek Krowicki (2016–2019)
• Arne Senstad (2019–)