The research aims to identify: 1- The correlation between the competitive performance of handball players and the motivation of athletic achievement 2- Differences between players who are distinguished in the highest and lowest competitive performance in the dimensions of the achievement of athletic achievement. 3- Differences between groups according to the four motivation patterns in the research variables represented in the level of competitive performance and the dimensions of the achievement of sports achievement The researcher used the descriptive method And the research community represents the players of the Republic League for the women's general and registered in the Egyptian Handball Federation for the 2001/2002 seasons and they are (11) team, they are (Al Ahly - Aviation - The Sun - Zamalek - Al Jazirah - Misr Petroleum - Al Jazeera Youth Center - Smouha - Sporting - Fishermen - Baraka Seven) and the total number of women in the research community is 330 The research sample was chosen by the intentional method to represent the players of the teams participating in the final round of the women's general meeting in the Egyptian Handball Federation for the 2001/2002 season, and they number (180) players, which are held in the combined tournament system with the rise of the first six centers from the preliminary round to play on the centers from the first to the sixth which are (Al-Ahly - Al-Shams - Zamalek - Misr Petroleum - Smouha - Sporting) The most important results were: 1- There are statistically significant correlations between the effectiveness of competitive performance in handball and the dimensions of motivation of achievement (the desire for sporting excellence - self-confidence in sports performance - commitment to achieving the goal - competition enough - social appreciation - perseverance in performance - independence in decision-making - level Ambition and Realism of Goals - The Self Motivation for Achievement) 2- Games characterized by high effectiveness in competitive performance were also distinguished in the dimensions of achievement motivation from players with less effectiveness in competitive performance 3- The players with the second type of achievement motivation and the specificity described in (high motivation to achieve success + low fear of failure) for this the best groups in the effectiveness of competitive performance in handball and in the dimensions of the achievement of sports achievement