Valentina-Neli Ardean-Elisei is a Romanian handballer for Gloria Bistrița. Since 26 September 2019, she is retired from the Romanian national team.

The Romanian women's national team represents Romania in senior women's international handball and is controlled by the Romanian Handball Federation, the governing body for handball in Romania. It competes in the three major international tournaments; the Olympic Games, the IHF World Championship and the EHF European Championship.