Montenegro women's national handball team
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| Nickname | Zlatne lavice (Golden lionesses) | ||
| Association | Handball Federation of Montenegro | ||
| Coach | Dragan Adžić | ||
| Captain | Milena Raičević | ||
| Most caps | Jovanka Radičević (134) | ||
| Most goals | Jovanka Radičević (709) | ||
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| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2012) | ||
| Best result | 2nd (2012) | ||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2011) | ||
| Best result | 8th (2015) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 2010) | ||
| Best result | 1st (2012) | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2012 London | Team |
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2012 Serbia | |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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2009 Pescara | Team |
The Montenegro national handball team represents Montenegro in international handball competitions. Team was formed in 2006, and started playing in IHF and EHF competitions during the same year.
Montenegro played their first official match in November 2006 in Cheb and won against Bulgaria (32:28).
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. Same year, Montenegro was a champion of Europe.
With the strong tradition in women's handball, Montenegrin team is formed at 2006, soon after independence. Strong base of Montenegrin team was ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica, a club with numerous European trophies, which produced many famous Montenegrin players.
Montenegrin women's team started playing in official competitions since 2006. First games they played on qualifying tournament for World Championship 2007 in Cheb, but finished at the second place with four wins and one defeat. Year later, Montenegro didn't succeed to qualify for European Championship 2008, after defeat in playoffs against Croatia. Same result Montenegro made at qualifiers for World Championship 2009, with defeats in the playoff against Sweden.
First significant success, Montenegro made at 2010. After qualifiers without any defeat, the team participated on European Championship 2010. At the end, Montenegro finished as a sixt-placed team and Montenegrin-side Bojana Popović was the third scorer of Championship with 46 goals.
For the first time, Montenegro played on World Championship at 2011. After passed group stage, Montenegrin team was eliminated by Spain in Round of 16.
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