Congo women's national handball team

Congo
Congo
Information
Association	Congolese Handball Federation
Coach	Younes Tatby
Assistant coach	Jean Malonga
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 1980)
Best result	6th (1980)
World Championship
Appearances	7 (First in 1982)
Best result	12th (1982)
African Championship
Appearances	25 (First in 1976)
Best result	1st (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985)
	Last updated on Unknown.

The Congo women's national handball team is the national team of Republic of the Congo (from 1970 to 1991 the People's Republic of the Congo). It takes part in international handball competitions.

The team participated at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where they placed sixth.^[1]

They participated at the World Women's Handball Championship in 1982, 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2009.

Results

Olympic Games

1980 – 6th place

World Championship

1982 – 12th place
1999 – 22nd place
2001 – 22nd place
2007 – 17th place
2009 – 20th place
2021 – 23rd place
2023 – 26th place

African Championship

1976 – 2nd place
1979 – 1st place
1981 – 1st place
1983 – 1st place
1985 – 1st place
1987 – 3rd place
1989 – 3rd place
1991 – 3rd place
1992 – 2nd place
1994 – 4th place
1996 – 4th place
1998 – 2nd place
2000 – 2nd place
2002 – 6th place
2004 – 5th place
2006 – 3rd place
2008 – 3rd place
2010 – 5th place
2012 – 6th place
2014 – 5th place
2016 – 4th place
2018 – 5th place
2021 – 4th place
2022 – 3rd place
2024 – 6th place

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Younes Tatby

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ruth Kodia	(1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 32)	1.73 m	18	0	Étoile du Congo
2	RB	Jonedie Olikaka	(2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 20)	1.71 m	7	5	Union Sportive Nouacer
5	LW	Kimberley Rutil	(1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 (age 28)	1.80 m	17	18	Stella Saint-Maur Handball
6	LW	Klenn Divoko	(1993-06-21) 21 June 1993 (age 31)	1.79 m	27	17	US Cagnes Handball
7	LB	Diane Yimga	(1992-04-27) 27 April 1992 (age 32)	1.83 m	21	25	Carros HBC
8	CB	Ruptia Mouele	(1991-06-29) 29 June 1991 (age 33)	1.61 m	17	6	DGSP
10	RB	Mercianne Hendo	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27)	1.63 m	4	3	DGSP
11	RW	Hermida Mongo	(1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 30)	1.67 m	16	6	DGSP
12	GK	Malvina Apendi	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)	1.72 m	12	0	Tournefeuille Handball
13	RW	Grace Zoubabela	(1993-03-17) 17 March 1993 (age 31)	1.73 m	19	11	DGSP
15	CB	Eugenia Domingos	(1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 (age 34)	1.75 m	0	0	Otoho Handball
20	GK	Alicia Ntessi	(2000-01-20) 20 January 2000 (age 24)	1.80 m	5	0	Reims Champagne Handball
23	LB	Betchaïdelle Ngombele	(2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 20)	1.90 m	28	36	RK Krim
45	LW	Joséphine Nkou	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 27)	1.65 m	14	17	ASD Handball Erice
61	P	Rita Saraiva	(1992-11-21) 21 November 1992 (age 32)	1.77 m	22	18	US Cagnes Handball
66	LW	Suzanne Mambou	(1992-04-25) 25 April 1992 (age 32)	1.73 m	29	18	DGSP
78	CB	Fanta Diagouraga	(2000-06-30) 30 June 2000 (age 24)	1.75 m	17	19	CSM Deva
79	P	Sharon Dorson	(1994-03-09) 9 March 1994 (age 30)	1.78 m	22	26	Noisy-le-Grand Handball
99	RB	Kassandra Jappont	(1994-10-21) 21 October 1994 (age 30)	1.78 m	21	19	HBC Thuir

References

^ "Congo (Brazzaville) Handball at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
^ "Team roster: Congo" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.