# Yugoslavia women's national handball team

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

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD |
| 1976 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | 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