Yugoslavia women's national handball team

The Yugoslavia women's national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia. The team won the World Women's Handball Championship in 1973.[1] Their achievements at the Olympic Games included a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[2] silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow,[3] and 4th place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4]

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AssociationHandball Federation of Yugoslavia
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 1980)
Best result1st (1984)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1957)
Best result1st (1973)
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Yugoslavia women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1973 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 1965 West Germany
Silver medal – second place 1971 Netherlands
Silver medal – second place 1990 South Korea
Bronze medal – third place 1957 Yugoslavia
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Hungary

Results edit

Summer Olympics edit

 
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1976 did not qualify
  1980 Runners-up[3]   5 3 1 1 107 67 +40
  1984 Champions[2]   5 5 0 0 143 102 +41
  1988 Final Round 4th[4] 6 3 0 3 110 115 -5
Total Qualified: 3/4 16 11 1 4 360 284 +76

World Championship edit

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
  1957 Third Place   5 4 0 1 41 32 +9
  1962 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 1 2 28 23 +5
  1965 Runners-up   4 3 0 1 31 20 +11
  1971 Runners-up   5 3 1 1 57 44 +13
  1973 Champions   6 5 0 1 73 49 +24
  1975 Final Group 5th 7 3 1 3 116 75 +41
  1978 Final Group 5th 7 3 1 3 112 106 +6
  1982 Third Place   7 5 1 1 160 122 +38
  1986 Main Round 6th 7 4 1 2 150 132 +18
  1990 Runners-up   7 5 0 2 169 144 +25
Total Qualified: 10/10 60 37 6 17 937 747 +190

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's World Championships". International Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Handball at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Handball". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Handball at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's Handball". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Handball at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Handball". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2019.