Soviet Union women's national handball team

Former women's national handball team representing the Soviet Union National handball team

Information

Colours

1st

2nd

Results

Summer Olympics

Appearances

3 (First in 1976)

Best result

1st (1976, 1980)

World Championship

Appearances

7 (First in 1962)

Best result

1st (1982, 1986, 1990)

Last updated on Unknown.

Soviet Union women's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Team
	1980 Moscow	Team
	1988 Seoul	Team
World Championship
	1982 Hungary
	1986 Netherlands
	1990 South Korea
	1975 Soviet Union
	1978 Czechoslovakia
	1973 Yugoslavia

The USSR women's national handball team was the national women's handball team of the Soviet Union.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1976	1st	5	5	0	0	92	40	+52
1980	1st	5	5	0	0	99	52	+47
1984	Boycott
1988	3rd	5	3	1	1	112	85	+27
Total	3/4	15	13	1	1	303	177	+126

World Championship

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1957	Did not enter
1962	6th	5	1	0	4	35	56	−21
1965	Did not qualify
1971	Did not qualify
1973	3rd	5	3	1	1	50	39	+11
1975	2nd	7	5	1	1	118	70	+48
1978	2nd	7	6	0	1	126	69	+57
1982	1st	7	6	0	1	128	109	+19
1986	1st	6	5	1	0	138	96	+42
1990	1st	6	6	0	0	150	128	+22
Total	7/10	43	32	3	8	745	567	+178

Other competitions

National teams of the former Soviet republics

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Estonia

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Moldova

Russia

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

External links

Handball in Russia

Handball Union of Russia

National teams

Men	Russia Under-18 Under-20 Beach Soviet Union Under-20
Women	Russia Under-17 Under-19 Beach Soviet Union Under-19

League competitions

Men	Russian Handball Super League Soviet Handball Championship
Women	Russian Women's Handball League Soviet Women's Handball Championship

Cup competitions

Men	Russian Men's Handball Cup Super Cup Men Soviet Men's National Handball Cup
Women	Russian Women's Handball Cup Super Cup Women Soviet Women's National Handball Cup

Categories

Diverse	Russian male handball players Russian female handball players Russian Coaches Russian clubs Main Arenas

v t e Women's national handball teams of Europe (EHF)
Current teams	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Defunct teams	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Women's national handball teams of Europe (EHF)

Current teams

Defunct teams

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v t e Handball at the Summer Olympics women's winners
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v t e IHF World Women's Handball Championship winners
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IHF World Women's Handball Championship winners

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