Yugoslavia women's national handball team

Yugoslavia women's national handball team
Information
NicknamePlavi/Blues
AssociationHandball Federation of Yugoslavia
Colours
1st
2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 1980)
Best result 1st (1984)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1957)
Best result 1st (1973)
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Yugoslavia women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Team
1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
1973 Yugoslavia
1965 West Germany
1971 Netherlands
1990 South Korea
1957 Yugoslavia
1982 Hungary
Mediterranean Games
1979 Split
1991 Athens

The Yugoslavia women's national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia.

History

The 1st World Women's Handball Championship was held in Yugoslavia from July 13 to 20, 1957. The games were held in Belgrade and Virovitica.Although it is a world championship, only European teams are participating in this first edition. Furthermore, if it is played outdoors, it is the first edition of the competition with teams of seven players and therefore stands out from the previous eleven-a-side World Handball Championships.8,000 spectators attended the final between Czechoslovakia and Hungary, for a 7-1 victory for the Czechoslovaks. Yugoslavia won the Bronze medal beating West Germany 9-6. Yugoslavia participated in ten World Championships and three Olympic Games. The result was 6 World Cup medals and two Olympic medals. The biggest successes are the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games, the gold medal at the 1973 World Championship, as well as the gold medals at the 1979, 1991 Mediterranean Games. The 5th World Women's Handball Championship was held in Yugoslavia from December 7 to December 15, 1973, organized by the IHF.The games were held in Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Varazdin, Sibenik, Negotin and Zavidovici.A total of twelve teams competed. Hosts Yugoslavia secured the title with a 16:11 win against Romania and became world champions.

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games

Year Position GP W D L GS GA GD
1976 Did not qualify
1980 2nd 5 3 1 1 107 67 +40
1984 1st 5 5 0 0 143 102 +41
1988 4th 6 3 0 3 110 115 -5
Total 3/4 16 11 1 4 360 284 +76

World Championship

Year Position GP W D L GS GA GD
1957 3rd 5 4 0 1 41 32 +9
1962 4th 5 2 1 2 28 23 +5
1965 2nd 4 3 0 1 31 20 +11
1971 2nd 5 3 1 1 57 44 +13
1973 1st 6 5 0 1 73 49 +24
1975 5th 7 3 1 3 116 75 +41
1978 5th 7 3 1 3 112 106 +6
1982 3rd 7 5 1 1 160 122 +38
1986 6th 7 4 1 2 150 132 +18
1990 2nd 7 5 0 2 169 144 +25
Total 10/10 60 37 6 17 937 747 +190

Mediterranean Games

Games Round Position
1979 Split Champions 1st of 7
1983 Casablanca women's tournament was canceled
1987 Latakia Didn't Participate
1991 Athens Champions 1st of 8
Total 2/2 2 Titles

Other competitions

National teams of the former Yugoslav republics

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia
 Kosovo
 Montenegro
 North Macedonia
 Serbia
 Slovenia

See also

References