Soviet men's national handball team
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Federatsiya ruchnogo myacha SSSR Федерация ручного мяча СССР (ФPM) |
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Last game Germany 21:19 (13: 7) Soviet Union December 21, 1991, Flensburg , Germany  |
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| Olympic games | |||
| Participation | 4 of 13 (First: 1972 ) | ||
| best result | Olympic champion 1976, 1988 (hall) | ||
| Handball world championship | |||
| Participation | 8 of 26 (First: 1964 ) | ||
| best result | World Champion: 1982 | ||
| (Status: 2020) | |||
The Soviet men's national handball team ( Russian Мужская сборная СССР по гандболу ) represented the Soviet Union at internationals and international tournaments. The team's successes include a world title (1982) and two Olympic victories (1976 and 1988).
After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the team played their last international match on December 21, 1991 in a 19:21 (7:13) defeat in Flensburg against Germany . The team's direct successor was the national team of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) , which appeared again for the first time against Germany the day after in Wismar . During the Olympic Games in 1992 , they competed as a united team . After that, the Russian national team took over the tradition of the USSR as the official legal successor.
World championships
The team took part in the following handball world championships :
- Men's handball world championship in 1964 in the ČSSR : 5th place
- Men's handball world championship in 1967 in Sweden : 4th place
- 1970 Men's Handball World Championship in France : 9th place
- Men's handball world championship 1974 in the GDR : 5th place
- Men's Handball World Championship 1978 in Denmark : 2nd place
- Men's handball world championship 1982 in Germany : 1st place (world champion)
- 1986 men's handball world championship in Switzerland : 10th place
- Men's Handball World Championship 1990 in Czechoslovakia : 2nd place
Olympic Summer Games
The team participated in the following tournaments of the Summer Olympic Games :
- 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich : 5th place
- 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal : 1st place (Olympic champion)
- 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow : 2nd place
- 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul : 1st place (Olympic champion)
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , the team did not take part due to a boycott.
Baltic Cup
The team took part in the following tournaments of the Baltic Cup , the (unofficial) forerunner of the European handball championships :
- 1969 in Sweden : 3rd place
- 1971 in Denmark : 2nd place
- 1972 in the Soviet Union : 1st place
- 1973 in the FRG : 1st place
- 1974 in Poland : 2nd place
- 1976 in Sweden : 1st place
- 1977 in the GDR : 2nd place
- 1979 in Denmark : 3rd place
- 1980 in the FRG : 1st place
- 1981 in the Soviet Union : 2nd place
- 1985 in Poland : 1st place
- 1986 in Denmark : 2nd place
- 1987 in the GDR : 1st place
- 1989 in the FRG : 1st place
World cup
The team took part in the following tournaments of the World Cup , which has been held in Sweden since 1971 :
- 1971: 3rd place
- 1979: 1st place
- 1984: 1st place
Supercup
The team participated in the following tournaments in Germany since 1979 every two years Germany discharged Supercup in part:
- 1979: 3rd place
- 1981: 1st place
- 1983: 2nd place
- 1985: 1st place
- 1987: 2nd place
- 1989: 1st place
- 1991: 2nd place
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b neue-deutschland.de: The handball giant facing an uncertain future from December 23, 1991, accessed on June 15, 2020.