The aim of our research was to identify and select the most eloquent quantitative indicators, with reference to sporting performance, for an accurate evaluation of the players, in handball competitions. Major sporting competitions have a great influence in modelling and periodisation of trainings because a comprehensive observation process could highlight the most important indicators of sporting performance. We developed individual record files and we marked the information transmitted by handball players during major sports competitions. We watched over 50 Galati CSM matches (official and friendly) during two competitive seasons (in the second and first league in the women's national handball Championship) and over 100 official matches in the international elite competitions in women's handball (Women's European Handball Championship 2018, 2020, women's World Handball Championship 2019, Champions League and EHF Cup matches etc.). Following our approach in this research, we selected, depending on the playing positions, the following quantitative indicators: for wings, 7 indicators, for backcourts, 7 indicators and for pivots, 6 indicators.In addition, we have recorded 14 positive actions and 14 technical mistakes that apply to all playing positions. In conclusion, team handball involves a series of typical and atypical actions, with or without the ball, which implies the need for an objective observation of all the situations in the competition (technical-tactical actions, individual or collective, in the attack and defence phases). Measuring the quantitative indicators is the most relevant method of expressing the technical efficiency in competitions and quantitative analysis involves describing efficiency through quantifiable data. The selection and proper inventory of technical actions, specific to different sporting competitions, depend on the professional and training level of the coach and statistician, but also on the evaluation goals and are an effective method of analysing sporting performance.

Acknowledgements: “The work of the first author is supported by the project ANTREPRENORDOC, in the framework of Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2014-2020, financed from the European Social Fund under the contract number 36355/23.05.2019 HRD OP /380/6/13 – SMIS Code: 123847. The work of the second author was carried out in the framework of the research project DREAM (Dynamics of the REsources and technological Advance in harvesting Marine renewable energy), supported by the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding – UEFISCDI, grant number PN-III-P4-ID- PCE-2020-0008.”