The Montenegro women's national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. The national team was formed in 2006 after the Montenegrin independence.
The team made their debut match in the November 2006. Except for qualifying matches, Montenegro played on World Championship, European Championship and Olympic Games.
The women's handball team is among most successful national teams of Montenegro. They won Montenegro's first ever Olympic medal in 2012 by reaching the final. The same year, Montenegro was a champion of Europe. Honours Below are major achievements of Montenegro women's national handball team in international competitions. Olympic Games: Silver (2nd): 2012 European Championship: Winners: 2012 Third place: 2022 Semifinalists: 2014
Tournaments The Montenegrin national team has participated in many international competitions, including the Summer Olympics, World Championship and European Championship. Tournament Matches Wins Draws Loss Olympic Games 19 6 1 12 World Championship 52 28 2 22 European Championship 46 27 1 18 Qualifying matches EC/WC/OG 70 56 5 9 OVERALL 187 117 9 61
Records
Biggest victory 42:15, – , 7 December 2011, Santos
Biggest defeat 25:42, – , 16 November 2022, Skopje
Longest unbeaten streak 9 matches, (14 June 2009 - 11 December 2010)
Longest losing streak 6 matches, (6 August 2016 - 6 December 2016)
Most scored goals in a match 42, – 42:15, – 26:42
Most goals against in a match 42, – 25:42
Results Below is the list of all official matches of Montenegro national handball team. Date Opponent Result Venue Att Competition28/11/2006 32–28 Cheb 300 WCQ29/11/2006 30–28 Cheb 250 WCQ01/12/2006 23–24 Cheb 2,000 WCQ02/12/2006 31–27 Cheb 200 WCQ03/12/2006 35–24 Cheb 200 WCQ27/11/2007 31–21 Michalovce 500 ECQ28/11/2007 34–26 Michalovce 200 ECQ01/12/2007 30–34 Michalovce 1,200 ECQ02/12/2007 33–26 Michalovce 300 ECQ31/05/2008 40–35 Podgorica 4,000 ECQ07/06/2008 23–31 Kutina 2,000 ECQ25/11/2008 32–22 Pljevlja 2,000 WCQ26/11/2008 37–24 Pljevlja 2,000 WCQ28/11/2008 40–21 Pljevlja 2,000 WCQ29/11/2008 41–20 Pljevlja 2,000 WCQ30/11/2008 32–28 Pljevlja 1,500 WCQ07/06/2009 17–24 Skövde 1,700 WCQ14/06/2009 28–28 Pljevlja 2,500 WCQ14/10/2009 31–21 Lublin 1,800 ECQ17/10/2009 28–28 Podgorica 4,000 ECQ31/03/2010 39–24 Pljevlja 2,500 ECQ04/04/2010 32–27 Hlohovec 500 ECQ26/05/2010 35–32 Pljevlja 2,500 ECQ30/05/2010 31–28 Chekhov 500 ECQ07/12/2010 24–22 Aarhus 600 European Championship 201009/12/2010 26–23 Aarhus 1,200 European Championship 201011/12/2010 28–29 Aarhus 1,000 European Championship 201013/12/2010 22–20 Herning 3,000 European Championship 201014/12/2010 21–23 Herning 3,420 European Championship 201016/12/2010 30–29 Herning 11,461 European Championship 201018/12/2010 19–23 Herning 3,320 European Championship 201003/06/2011 42–26 Olomuc 1,000 WCQ10/06/2011 33–26 Pljevlja 2,000 WCQ19/10/2011 34–18 Herceg Novi 1,000 ECQ22/10/2011 31–27 Chorzów 1,000 ECQ03/12/2011 21–22 Santos 1,200 World Championship 201104/12/2011 25–24 Santos 500 World Championship 201106/12/2011 28–26 Santos 350 World Championship 201107/12/2011 42–15 Santos 200 World Championship 201109/12/2011 27–28 Santos 1,000 World Championship 201111/12/2011 19–23 Barueri 700 World Championship 201121/03/2012 23–22 Podgorica 4,000 ECQ25/03/2012 23–24 Rostov-Don 2,500 ECQ25/05/2012 30–24 Lyon 1,500 OGQ26/05/2012 34–23 Lyon 3,200 OGQ27/05/2012 22–20 Lyon 4,500 OGQ30/05/2012 37–22 London 500 ECQ03/06/2012 32–23 Podgorica 3,000 ECQ28/07/2012 31–19 London 3,941 Olympic Games 201230/07/2012 25–27 London 3,974 Olympic Games 201201/08/2012 30–25 London 4,354 Olympic Games 201203/08/2012 26–27 London 4,541 Olympic Games 201205/08/2012 25–25 London 4,444 Olympic Games 201207/08/2012 23–22 London 4,559 Olympic Games 201209/08/2012 27–26 London 9,087 Olympic Games 201211/08/2012 23–26 London 9,739 FINAL04/12/2012 26–16 Vršac 2,800 European Championship 201205/12/2012 30–27 Vršac 1,500 European Championship 201207/12/2012 23–20 Vršac 4,000 European Championship 201209/12/2012 28–26 Novi Sad 1,500 European Championship 201211/12/2012 20–27 Novi Sad 1,000 European Championship 201213/12/2012 27–23 Novi Sad 1,200 European Championship 201215/12/2012 27–26 Belgrade 13,000 European Championship 201216/12/2012 34–31 Belgrade 10,000 FINAL07/12/2013 23–22 Belgrade 1,100 World Championship 201308/12/2013 35–9 Belgrade 800 World Championship 201310/12/2013 33–19 Belgrade 300 World Championship 201311/12/2013 16–17 Belgrade 600 World Championship 201313/12/2013 27–25 Belgrade 600 World Championship 201315/12/2013 21–22 Belgrade 1,500 World Championship 201323/10/2013 25–21 Podgorica 3,500 ECQ27/10/2013 29–24 Coimbra 1,000 ECQ26/03/2014 24–23 Most 1,100 ECQ30/03/2014 25–22 Bijelo Polje 3,000 ECQ11/06/2014 25–22 Częstochowa 6,700 ECQ15/06/2014 22–22 Nikšić 1,000 ECQ08/12/2014 22–19 Osijek 2,200 European Championship 201410/12/2014 28–24 Osijek 2,000 European Championship 201412/12/2014 20–24 Osijek 2,000 European Championship 201414/12/2014 27–20 Zagreb 1,200 European Championship 201416/12/2014 31–27 Zagreb 1,500 European Championship 201417/12/2014 30–29 Zagreb 1,000 European Championship 201419/12/2014 18–19 Budapest 3,500 European Championship 201421/12/2014 23–25 Budapest 5,500 3rd place match07/06/2015 28–19 Podgorica 2,000 WCQ14/06/2015 19–19 Reykjavík 600 WCQ07/10/2015 21–14 Bar 2,200 ECQ11/10/2015 22–20 Ljubljana 1,000 ECQ05/12/2015 28–28 Herning 4,700 World Championship 201506/12/2015 29–23 Herning 2,500 World Championship 201508/12/2015 32–15 Herning 7,000 World Championship 201509/12/2015 37–26 Herning 1,700 World Championship 201511/12/2015 23–21 Herning 12,500 World Championship 201514/12/2015 38–28 Herning 1,500 World Championship 201516/12/2015 25–26 Kolding 2,800 World Championship 201518/12/2015 20–28 Herning 9,800 World Championship 201520/12/2015 23–34 Herning 1,000 World Championship 201510/03/2016 22–23 Split 4,500 ECQ12/03/2016 31–29 Bar 3,500 ECQ18/03/2016 34–19 Aarhus 1,100 OGQ19/03/2016 26–22 Aarhus 3,200 OGQ20/03/2016 23–23 Aarhus 1,200 OGQ02/06/2016 27–21 Skopje 600 ECQ05/06/2016 24–22 Bijelo Polje 2,000 ECQ06/08/2016 19–25 Rio de Janeiro 8,000 Olympic Games 201608/08/2016 25–27 Rio de Janeiro 2,000 Olympic Games 201610/08/2016 21–25 Rio de Janeiro 1,500 Olympic Games 201612/08/2016 19–28 Rio de Janeiro 3,000 Olympic Games 201614/08/2016 23–29 Rio de Janeiro 10,000 Olympic Games 201605/12/2016 21–22 Malmö 2,000 European Championship 201607/12/2016 28–27 Malmö 1,000 European Championship 201609/12/2016 14–21 Malmö 1,500 European Championship 201609/06/2017 33–26 Bar 2,000 WCQ15/06/2017 23–25 Minsk 1,800 WCQ28/09/2017 24–23 Bar 2,100 ECQ01/10/2017 23–16 Brescia 2,000 ECQ02/12/2017 31–24 Oldenburg 3,100 World Championship 201703/12/2017 24–28 Oldenburg 2,300 World Championship 201705/12/2017 28–29 Oldenburg 1,100 World Championship 201706/12/2017 29–23 Oldenburg 2,000 World Championship 201708/12/2017 23–23 Oldenburg 3,700 World Championship 201710/12/2017 31–29 Magdeburg 3,000 World Championship 201712/12/2017 22–25 Leipzig 2,100 World Championship 201721/03/2018 26–20 Gdynia 2,000 ECQ24/03/2018 33–23 Pljevlja 4,000 ECQ31/05/2018 27–24 Michalovce 1,200 ECQ02/06/2018 28–22 Podgorica 1,500 ECQ30/11/2018 36–32 Nancy 2,000 European Championship 201802/12/2018 23–24 Nancy 3,500 European Championship 201804/12/2018 20–25 Nancy 5,300 European Championship 201806/12/2018 30–28 Nantes 2,800 European Championship 201810/12/2018 28–27 Nantes 2,500 European Championship 201812/12/2018 23–24 Nantes 4,000 European Championship 201831/05/2019 24–26 Most 800 WCQ02/06/2019 25–23 Nikšić 4,100 WCQ25/09/2019 41–17 Pljevlja 2,400 ECQ29/09/2019 32–24 Klaipėda 500 ECQ30/11/2019 29–24 Kumamoto 1,900 World Championship 201901/12/2019 30–21 Kumamoto 2,000 World Championship 201903/12/2019 25–24 Kumamoto 1,600 World Championship 201905/12/2019 27–26 Kumamoto 1,700 World Championship 201905/12/2019 26–27 Kumamoto 2,000 World Championship 201908/12/2019 30–26 Kumamoto 7,400 World Championship 201910/12/2019 28–35 Kumamoto 6,400 World Championship 201911/12/2019 26–23 Kumamoto 2,000 World Championship 201913/12/2019 28–26 Kumamoto 6,000 World Championship 201904/12/2020 23–24 Herning - European Championship 202006/12/2020 19–28 Herning - European Championship 202008/12/2020 26–25 Herning - European Championship 202010/12/2020 23–24 Herning - European Championship 202013/12/2020 31–25 Herning - European Championship 202015/12/2020 26–26 Herning - European Championship 202029/03/2021 28–23 Podgorica - OGQ29/03/2021 25–28 Podgorica - OGQ16/04/2021 29–23 Podgorica - WCQ20/04/2021 26–24 Minsk 600 WCQ25/07/2021 33–22 Tokyo - Olympic Games 202027/07/2021 26–29 Tokyo - Olympic Games 202029/07/2021 23–35 Tokyo - Olympic Games 202031/07/2021 28–26 Tokyo - Olympic Games 202002/08/2021 29–30 Tokyo - Olympic Games 202004/08/2021 26–32 Tokyo - Olympic Games 202003/12/2021 18–28 Granollers 1,000 World Championship 202105/12/2021 30–20 Granollers 1,300 World Championship 202107/12/2021 19–24 Granollers 2,500 World Championship 202109/12/2021 25–27 Granollers 800 World Championship 202111/12/2021 25–31 Granollers 800 World Championship 202113/12/2021 28–33 Granollers 400 World Championship 202105/11/2022 30–23 Podgorica 3,200 European Championship 202207/11/2022 29–25 Podgorica 3,600 European Championship 202209/11/2022 26–23 Podgorica 4,500 European Championship 202213/11/2022 19–27 Skopje 1,000 European Championship 202215/11/2022 35–34 Skopje 1,000 European Championship 202216/11/2022 25–42 Skopje 900 European Championship 202218/11/2022 23–27 Ljubljana 3,600 European Championship 202220/11/2022 27–25 Ljubljana 5,400 Third Place Game11/10/2023 39–23 Podgorica 1,500 ECQ11/10/2023 34–20 Shumen 1,000 ECQ30/11/2023 25–11 Helsingborgs 750 World Championship 202301/12/2023 41–26 Helsingborgs 1,000 World Championship 202303/12/2023 24–18 Helsingborgs 1,100 World Championship 202307/12/2023 25–26 Gothenburg 1,100 World Championship 202309/12/2023 29–21 Gothenburg 3,000 World Championship 202311/12/2023 25–32 Gothenburg 6,600 World Championship 202313/12/2023 24–26 Herning 11,000 World Championship 202315/12/2023 25–28 Herning 1,600 World Championship 202317/12/2023 28–24 Herning 500 World Championship 2023 WCQ - World Championship qualifiers; ECQ - European Championship qualifiers; OGQ - Olympic Games qualifiers
Montenegro vs. other countries Below is the list of performances of Montenegro national handball team against every single opponent. Opponents' country G W D L OVERALL
See also Handball Federation of Montenegro
External links Official website IHF profile