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
YearPosition 1976 Did not qualify 19802nd 531110767+40 19841st 5500143102+41 19884th6303110115-5 1992 Qualified and later Suspended Total4/5161114360284+76
World Championship Czech handballRoundPosition 1930 PragueRunners Up2nd of 3 1934 LondonChampions1st of 3Total2/21 Titles
YearPosition 19573rd 54014132+9 19624th52122823+5 19652nd 43013120+11 19712nd 53115744+13 19731st 65017349+24 19755th731311675+41 19785th7313112106+6 19823rd 7511160122+38 19866th7412150132+18 19902nd 7502169144+25Total10/106037617937747+190
Mediterranean Games GamesRoundPosition 1979 SplitChampions1st of 7 1983 Casablancawomen's tournament was canceled 1987 LatakiaDidn't Participate 1991 AthensChampions1st of 8Total2/22 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
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
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