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Soviet Union men's national handball team

The USSR national handball team was the national handball team of the Soviet Union. It was considered one of the strongest national teams in the world,[1] and has won both the World Men's Handball Championship and Olympic gold.

After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union the Russia men's national handball team became the successor to the Soviet Union team.[2][3] The last major international tournament for the Soviet Union was the 1992 Olympics, where they competed as the Unified team.[4] The last game under the Soviet flag was on 21 December 1991 against Germany.[1]

World Championships Record

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Year Hosting Country Rank
1954 Sweden Sweden Did not participate
1958 East Germany East Germany Did not participate
1961 West Germany West Germany Did not participate
1964 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5th Place
1967 Sweden Sweden 4th Place
1970 France France 9th Place
1974 East Germany East Germany 5th Place
1978 Denmark Denmark Runners-Up
1982 West Germany West Germany Champions
1986 Switzerland Switzerland 10th Place
1990 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Runners-Up

Summer Olympics Record

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Year Hosting City Rank
1972 West Germany Munich 5th Place
1976 Canada Montreal Champions
1980 Soviet Union Moscow Runners-Up
1984 United States Los Angeles Did not participate
1988 South Korea Seoul Champions
1992 Spain Barcelona  Unified Team (EUN) Champions

Euro Tournaments

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All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time.

EURO World Cup tournament Sweden
  • 1971 Sweden: 3rd place
  • 1974 Sweden: 4th place
  • 1979 Sweden: Champions
  • 1984 Sweden: Champions
  • 1992 Sweden: As CIS Commonwealth of Independent States 4th place
EURO Super Cup tournament Germany
  • 1979 Germany: 3rd place
  • 1981 Germany: Champions
  • 1983 Germany: 2nd place
  • 1985 Germany: Champions
  • 1987 Germany: 2nd place
  • 1989 Germany: Champions
  • 1991 Germany: 2nd place

Player statistics

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National teams of the former Soviet republics

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 Armenia National team U-21 team EHF
 Azerbaijan National team U-21 team EHF
 Belarus National team U-21 team EHF
 Estonia National team U-21 team EHF
 Georgia National team U-21 team EHF
 Kazakhstan National team U-21 team AHF
 Kyrgyzstan National team U-20 team AHF
 Latvia National team U-21 team EHF
 Lithuania National team U-21 team EHF
 Moldova National team U-21 team EHF
 Russia National team U-21 team EHF
 Tajikistan National team U-20 team AHF
 Turkmenistan National team U-20 team AHF
 Ukraine National team U-21 team EHF
 Uzbekistan National team U-20 team AHF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Der Handball-Gigant vor einer Ungewissen Zukunft" (in German). neues-deutschland.de. 23 December 1991. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ России, Федерация гандбола. "История Федерации гандбола России". rushandball.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  3. ^ "Макаров Борис Николаевич | Спорт-страна.ру" (in Russian). 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Unified Team at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-28.