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Soviet Union men's national handball team

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The USSR national handball team was the national handball team of the Soviet Union.

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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