United States women's national handball team

It takes part in international handball competitions.

At the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship in Hungary the U.S. team placed 11th.

[1] They also participated in the 1975, 1986, 1993 and 1995 IHF World Women's Handball Championship and the 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

From their first appearance in 1986 to their last in 2017, the U.S. participated in eight Pan American Championships.

Since their first appearance in 1987, the U.S. has participated in six Pan American Games.

The US Women's handball team during a match against Ivory Coast at the 1988 Summer Olympics
USA women's handball team against South Korea in the 1988 Summer Olympics
Kathy Callaghan stands on a bench and cheers as she and her teammates learn that they have clinched the gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games .