Paraguay women's national handball team

Paraguay
Information
AssociationConfederación Paraguaya de Handball
CoachMarizza Faría
Assistant coachCarlos Giménez
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2007)
Best result21st (2013, 2017)
Pan American Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1986)
Best result3rd (2017)
Last updated on Unknown.
Paraguay women's national handball team
Medal record
Pan American Championship
Argentina 2017

The Paraguay women's national handball team is the team that represents Paraguay in international handball competitions and is governed by the Confederación Paraguaya de Handball.

Results

World Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1957 to 2005 Did not enter
2007 Placement matches 23rd 6 1 0 5 79 211
2009 Did not qualify
2011
2013 Placement matches 21st 7 2 0 5 107 205
2015 Did not qualify
2017 Placement matches 21st 7 2 0 5 146 202
2019 Did not qualify
2021 Placement matches 29th 7 2 0 5 158 201
// 2023 Placement matches 29th 7 2 0 5 157 199
/ 2025 Placement matches 27th 7 3 0 4 170 194
2027 To be determined
2029
/ 2031
Total 6/30 41 12 0 29 817 1212

Pan American Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1986 Round robin 5th 5 1 0 4 70 142
1991 5th place game 5th 4 2 0 2 63 105
2007 3rd place match 4th 5 1 1 3 101 139
2009 5th place match 7th 4 0 0 4 80 124
2013 3rd place match 4th 6 3 0 3 133 179
2015 7th place match 7th 7 4 0 3 185 181
2017 Third place game 3rd 6 4 0 2 150 146

South and Central American Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2018 Round robin 3rd 4 1 0 3 97 116
2021 Round robin 3rd 5 2 1 2 152 128
2022 Round robin 5th 4 0 0 4 85 127
2024 Round robin 4th 5 2 0 3 136 132
Total 4/4 18 5 1 12 470 503

Central American Championship

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
2014 Did not enter
2016
2021
2023 round robin 1st 5 5 0 0 202 91
Total 1/4 5 5 0 0 202 91

Pan American Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2007 Rio de Janeiro 7th place game 7th 5 2 0 3 127 136
2023 Santiago Bronze medal game 3rd 5 2 0 3 109 124
2031 Asunción Qualified as host

Junior Pan American Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2021 Cali Gold medal game 2nd 5 3 0 2 156 124

South American Games

Games Round Position4 Pld W D L GF GA
2010 Santiago Round robin 5th 5 1 0 4 112 154
2014 Santiago Round robin 5th 4 1 0 3 74 115
2018 Cochabamba Bronze medal game 4th 4 1 0 3 89 109
2022 Asunción Round robin 2nd 5 3 0 2 135 105

Bolivarian Games

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2017 Santa Marta round robin 1st 5 5 0 0 233 82
2022 Valledupar/Chía gold medal match 1st 3 3 0 0 120 52

Olympic qualification tournament

Tournament Outcome Position Pld W D L GF GA
2024 not qualified 4th 3 0 0 3 59 99

World Championship qualification tournament

Tournament Outcome Position Pld W D L GF GA
2025 Qualified 1st 2 2 0 0 74 34

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Marizza Faría

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 LW Fátima Acuña (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 1.78 m 122 187 Club Adesal Córdoba
4 RB Fernanda Insfrán (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 1.58 m 115 407 CB Sporting La Rioja
6 P Sabrina Fiore (1996-04-17) 17 April 1996 1.76 m 122 100 WHC Chair
10 P Gisela González (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 1.71 m 75 83 BM Gijón
11 CB Delyne Leiva (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 1.59 m 115 155 Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen
12 GK Fátima Ocampos (2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 1.80 m 52 12 Ariosto 2023
14 LB María Paula Fernández (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 1.54 m 115 214 CB Zonzamas
16 LB Jessica Fleitas (1997-08-22) 22 August 1997 1.63 m 100 104 Club Juventud Ypanense
18 P Maggie Lugo (1994-04-08) 8 April 1994 1.73 m 52 39 Club Deportivo Internacional
24 LW Ariana Portillo (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 1.66 m 77 97 CB Atlético Guardés
25 GK María Machucha (1994-10-23) 23 October 1994 1.76 m 115 12 CB Caniza
26 RW Jazmín Mendoza (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 1.64 m 60 95 CB Atlético Guardés
27 LW Brenda Torres (2002-10-26) 26 October 2002 1.62 m 4 2 Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen
28 LB Milagros Samaniego (2006-03-18) 18 March 2006 1.78 m 27 15 Cerro Porteño
35 CB Fiorella Enríquez (2006-04-20) 20 April 2006 1.63 m 7 0 Club Deportivo Internacional
39 RW Valheria Valdovinos (2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 1.63 m 0 0 Cerro Porteño

References

  1. ^ "Team roster: Paraguay" (PDF). ihf.info. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.