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Uruguay
Information
Nickname	La Celeste (The Sky Blue [One]), Los Charrúas
Association	Federacion Uruguaya de Handball
Coach	Leo Puñales
Captain	Soledad Faedo
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
World Championship
Appearances	5 (First in 1997)
Best result	20th 2011
Pan American Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1986)
Best result	2nd (2000)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Uruguay women's national handball team is the national team of Uruguay. It takes part in international handball competitions.

The team participated in the 1997,^[1] 2001,^[2] 2003, 2005 and 2011 editions of the World Championship.

In 2003 and 2015 they won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games.

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1997	preliminary round	24rd	5	0	0	5	74	163
2001	preliminary round	23rd	5	0	0	5	90	155
2003	preliminary round	24rd	5	0	0	5	77	211
2005	preliminary round	23rd	5	0	0	5	73	205
2011	president's cup	20th	7	1	0	6	121	224
Total	5/28		27	1	0	26	435	958

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1999 Winnipeg	placement round	6th	4	1	0	3	68	112
2003 Santo Domingo	Bronze Medal Match	4th	5	2	0	3	113	147
2011 Guadalajara	7th place match	7th	5	2	1	2	135	146
2015 Toronto	Bronze Medal Match	3rd	5	3	0	2	131	135
2023 Santiago	7th place match	7th	5	2	0	3	98	124
Total	5/9		24	10	1	13	545	664

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1986	round robin	6th	5	0	0	5	37	139
1991	5th place game	6th	4	1	0	3	45	84
1997	3rd place game	3rd	6	4	0	2	122	95
1999	round robin	4th	5	2	0	3	114	86
2000	round robin	2nd	5	2	2	1	108	118
2003	3rd place match	3rd	4	2	0	2	75	95
2005	round robin	3rd	5	3	0	2	118	139
2007	5th place match	5th	5	3	1	1	114	94
2009	5th place match	6th	4	1	2	1	93	97
2011	3rd place match	4th	5	1	1	3	118	145
2013	5th place match	5th	6	4	0	2	166	153
2015	5th place match	5th	7	4	1	2	197	200
2017	3rd place match	4th	6	3	0	3	159	128

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2018	Round robin	5th	4	1	0	3	80	109
2021	Round robin	4th	5	1	2	2	145	128
2022	Round robin	4th	4	1	0	3	87	111
Total	3/3		13	3	2	8	312	348

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2010 Medellin	Round robin	3rd	5	3	0	2	130	128
2014 Santiago	Round robin	4th	4	1	0	3	85	123
2018 Cochabamba	Consolation robin	5th	4	2	0	2	128	67
2022 Asunción	Round robin	4th	5	2	0	3	134	102

Olympic qualification tournament
Tournament	Outcome	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2016	not qualified	4th	3	0	0	3	55	108

• 2016 Women's Four Nations Tournament – 3rd
• 2023 Pan American Games last chance qualification tournament –

The following players were named in the squad for the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship:^[3][4]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Noelia Artigas (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 (aged 22) 1.64 m Hebraica y Macabi 2 P Eliana Falco (1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 24) 1.80 m Layva 3 LW Soledad Faedo (1987-12-17)17 December 1987 (aged 23) 1.70 m Layva 5 RB Mercedes Saiz (1992-09-12)12 September 1992 (aged 19) 1.73 m Malvin 6 LW Mariana Gomez (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 21) 1.60 m Scuola Italiana 8 LB Ornella Palla (1990-03-30)30 March 1990 (aged 21) 1.72 m Scuola Italiana 9 LB Alesandra Ferrari (1987-01-06)6 January 1987 (aged 24) 1.76 m Layva 10 RB Mariana Fleitas (1981-03-06)6 March 1981 (aged 30) 1.67 m Layva 11 RW Paula Fynn (1988-04-11)11 April 1988 (aged 23) 1.64 m Layva 12 GK Rossina Soca (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 23) 1.68 m Layva 13 CB Jussara Castro (1982-01-21)21 January 1982 (aged 29) 1.75 m Scuola Italiana 15 LB Fernanda Marrochi (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 23) 1.70 m Nautico 17 CB Paula Basaistegui (1988-11-14)14 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.61 m Layva 18 P Joaquina Rosillo (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 (aged 18) 1.75 m Malvin 19 LW Sofia Cherone (1988-05-21)21 May 1988 (aged 23) Scuola Italiana 20 RW Viviana Ferrari (1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 19) 1.70 m Goes

• Head coach: Leonardo Puñales
• Assistant coach: Daniela Mata
• Manager: Graciela Martínez
• Doctor: Sofía González

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