Angola women's national handball team

The Angola women's national handball team, nicknamed As Pérolas (The Pearls), represents Angola in international handball competitions.

Angola Angola
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NicknameAs Pérolas The Pearls
AssociationFederação Angolana de Andebol
CoachCarlos Viver
Assistant coachNelson Catito
José Pablo
CaptainAlbertina Kassoma
Colours
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1st
Team colours
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances8 (First in 1996)
Best result7th (1996)
World Championship
Appearances17 (First in 1990)
Best result7th (2007)
African Championship
Appearances23 (First in 1981)
Best result1st (1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Last updated on Unknown.

History

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Angola became a member of the African Handball Confederation in 1980.

Summer Olympics

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Angola participated in six editions of the olympic games since 1996, namely in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016, having ranked 7th in 1996.

World Championship

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Angola participated in 14 editions of the world cup since 1990, namely in 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. It has notably ranked 7th in 2007 and 8th in 2011.

Results

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Other competitions

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Team

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Current squad

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

An 18-player squad was announced on 17 June 2024.[1] It was reduced to 15 players on 7 July 2024.[2]

Head coach:   Carlos Viver[3]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Marta Alberto (1995-02-10)10 February 1995 (aged 29) 1.82 m 22 1   Petro de Luanda
2 LB Vilma Nenganga (1996-09-12)12 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.77 m 14 22   Petro de Luanda
5 P Liliane Mario (2004-11-16)16 November 2004 (aged 19) 1.77 m 20 57   Primeiro de Agosto
6 RB Juliana Machado (1994-11-06)6 November 1994 (aged 29) 1.72 m 74 137   Primeiro de Agosto
7 RW Dolores Rosário (2003-04-01)1 April 2003 (aged 21) 1.76 m 20 32   Primeiro de Agosto
8 CB Helena Paulo (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 26) 1.73 m 48 184   Târgu Jiu
9 LW Natália Santos (1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 37) 1.73 m 289 230   Primeiro de Agosto
10 P Albertina Kassoma (1996-06-12)12 June 1996 (aged 28) 1.85 m 86 243   Rapid București
11 LW Marília Quizelete (1997-06-03)3 June 1997 (aged 27) 1.73 m 23 45   Petro de Luanda
13 RW Natália Kamalandua Fonseca (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 (aged 25) 1.64 m 30 85   CSM Corona Brașov
18 CB Chelcia Gabriel (2000-09-24)24 September 2000 (aged 23) 1.70 m 11 25   Petro de Luanda
20 LB Stelvia Pascoal (2002-10-20)20 October 2002 (aged 21) 1.72 m 29 32   Saint-Amand Handball
30 GK Eliane Paulo (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.81 m 7 0   Târgu Jiu
35 RB Azenaide Carlos (1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 34) 1.73 m 96 116   CSM Corona Brașov

Angola all-time record against all nations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Andebol: Pérolas começam hoje projecção de Paris'2024". jornaldeangola.ao (in Portuguese). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Pérolas estão em Bilbao para teste com Guerreras". jornaldeangola.ao (in Portuguese). 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Team roster: Angola" (PDF). ihf.info. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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