Cuba women's national handball team

Cuba
Information
AssociationFederación Cubana de Balonmano
CoachOsvaldo Hernández
Assistant coachJorge Coll
Juan Conde
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances5 (First in 1999)
Best result21st (1999, 2019)
Pan American Championship
Appearances3 (First in 1999)
Best result2nd (1999, 2015)
Last updated on Unknown.
Cuba women's national handball team
Medal record
Pan American Championship
1999 Argentina
2015 Cuba
2011 Brazil
Pan American Games
2007 Brazil Team
1999 Canada Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
1993 Puerto Rico Team
2006 Dominican Republic Team
2014 Mexico Team
2023 El Salvador Team
Nor.Ca. Handball Championship
2015 Puerto Rico
2019 Mexico
2025 Mexico

The Cuba women's national handball team represents Cuba in international handball competitions, and is controlled by the Federación Cubana de Balonmano.[1]

The team participated in their first world cup the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship[2] and then again at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship. At the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship they managed to get their first ever World Cup win after 18 losses in a row, after they beat Kazakhstan 29-28.[3]

Results

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1999 preliminary round 21st 5 0 0 5 103 181
2011 President's Cup 23rd 7 1 0 6 174 221
2015 President's Cup 23rd 7 1 0 6 176 245
2019 President's Cup 21st 7 2 0 5 200 279
2025 President's Cup 30th 7 1 1 5 143 229
Total 5/27 33 5 1 27 796 1155

Pan American Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1999 round robin 2nd 5 3 1 1 140 93
2011 3rd place match 3rd 5 3 0 2 174 143
2015 Final 2nd 7 6 0 1 246 152
Total 3/14 17 12 1 4 560 388

Pan American Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2007 Rio de Janeiro gold medal match 2nd place 5 3 0 2 151 127
2015 Toronto 5th place match 5th place 5 4 0 1 153 130

Central American and Caribbean Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2018 Barranquilla Bronze medal game 3rd 5 3 0 2 148 99
2023 San Salvador Gold medal game 1st 5 4 0 1 173 122

Nor.Ca. Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2015 Final 1st 6 6 0 0 215 115
2017 Did not participate
2019 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 139 102
2021 Did not participate
2023 Bronze medal game 4th 5 1 0 4 132 125
2025 Final 1st 5 5 0 0 157 100
Total 4/6 21 17 0 4 643 442

Caribbean Handball Cup

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2017 bronze medal match 4 6 2 1 3 175 161

Other tournaments

Current squad

Squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.[4]

Head coach: Osvaldo Hernández

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Niurkis Mora (1994-10-06) 6 October 1994 1.83 m 36 4 Rouen Handball
2 RW Zajaris Hernández (2006-01-26) 26 January 2006 1.83 m 15 31 Santiago de Cuba
4 RW Liliamnis Rosabal (1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 1.73 m 29 31 Granma
6 P Dianny González (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 1.81 m 18 31 Matanzas Handball
10 RW Gleinys Reyes (1989-07-31) 31 July 1989 1.78 m 35 62 CB Zonzamas
11 CB Diancy González (1998-09-19) 19 September 1998 1.70 m 10 8 Matanzas Handball
15 RW Odalys Escalona (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 1.74 m 24 10 CB Bolaños
16 GK Danielys Herranz (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 1.78 m 35 2 HAC Nuoro
17 CB Angela Amoros (1992-05-11) 11 May 1992 1.68 m 24 28 Matanzas Handball
18 RB Lorena Téllez (1996-11-26) 26 November 1996 1.82 m 25 49 CB Atlético Guardés
24 LB Schakira Robert (1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 1.75 m 25 17 Ciudad Real
26 RW Anna Sardiñas (2007-10-27) 27 October 2007 1.85 m 5 21 La Habana
30 CB Adriana Arencibia (2003-03-03) 3 March 2003 1.72 m 0 0 Villa Clara
34 LW Yennifer Toledo (2000-10-01) 1 October 2000 1.83 m 22 58 KHF Samadrexha
55 CB Yarumy Céspedes (1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 1.70 m 28 45 CB T-Maravilla
80 P Melissa Chala (2004-04-27) 27 April 2004 1.82 m 24 21 Pinar del Río

References

  1. ^ "Cuba Handball Federation – GTP". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Previous Women's World Champions. Indoor/en salle/Halle – 1999 – NOR/DEN. 29.11–12.12-1999" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Store følelser efter første VM-sejr nogensinde" [Big emotion after first ever win] (in Danish). TV2 Denmark. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Team roster: Cuba" (PDF). ihf.info. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
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