The Russia national handball team is controlled by the Handball Union russian ladies handball team Russia. Russia is designated by IHF and EHF.

All Olympic medals of the Soviet Union were inherited by Russia, but not combined together with the medal count of the Russian Federation. In the first period of its development the handball in Russia had two forms, 11 players form and 7 players form. Squad for the 2019 World Men’s Handball Championship. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Russia national handball team.

The Russia women’s national handball team is the national team of Russia. It is governed by the Handball Union of Russia and takes part in international handball competitions. They are as of January 2011, the only handball team on the women’s and men’s side in the world, to have won the World Championship three consecutive times. Team Russia finally won their first gold at the 2016 Olympics, defeating France in the final. The Russian women’s national handball team was formed in 1993 as the successor Soviet Union women’s national handball team, one of the strongest handball teams.

In this period the Russian team saw four changes of coaches, who retired after failing on large events. In late 1999, Tarasikov was replaced by Evgeny Trefilov, the club coach of Lada. He introduced younger players to the national team and concentrated more on national club players. After the fourth-best result at the 2004 European Championship in Hungary, team Russia rose from the ashes at the 2005 World Championship in St. Norway returned the favour at the 2008 Olympics. After the Olympic Games, Anna Kareeva, Oksana Romenskaya and Natalya Shipilova decided to retire from handball.

After the 2009 World Championships, team Russia saw a number of disappointing results. They became 7th at the 2010 European Championship and 6th at the 2011 World Championship. In June 2013, Russia fought for the qualification to the World Championship. On 16 September 2013, Evgeny Trefilov returned as head coach.