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

History

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

World Championship

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament – 3rd
• 2023 Pan American Games last chance qualification tournament –

Team

Current squad

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

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

References

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile