Yugoslavia women's national handball team

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

Yugoslavia women's national handball team
Information
Nickname	Plavi/Blues
Association	Handball Federation of Yugoslavia
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	3 (First in 1980)
Best result	1st (1984)
World Championship
Appearances	10 (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

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

Yugoslavia vs Congo 1980 Olympics

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

• Carpathian Trophy 1967 – 3rd
• Carpathian Trophy 1968 – 2nd
• Carpathian Trophy 1969 – 4th
• Carpathian Trophy 1970 – 6th
• Carpathian Trophy 1971 – 4th
• Carpathian Trophy 1972 – 2nd
• Carpathian Trophy 1973 – 3rd
• Carpathian Trophy 1974 – 3rd
• Carpathian Trophy 1977 – 1st
• Carpathian Trophy 1978 – 5th
• Carpathian Trophy 1986 – 2nd

National teams of the former Yugoslav republics

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Kosovo

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Serbia

Slovenia

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national handball team
• Croatia women's national handball team
• Kosovo women's national handball team
• Montenegro women's national handball team
• North Macedonia women's national handball team
• Serbia women's national handball team
• Slovenia women's national handball team