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Yugoslavia men's national handball team

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Yugoslavia
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NicknameBlues
AssociationHandball Federation of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances5 (First in 1972)
Best result1st (1972 and 1984)
World Championship
Appearances10 (First in 1958)
Best result1st (1986)
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Yugoslavia men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1986 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1982 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1970 France
Bronze medal – third place 1974 East Germany

The Yugoslavia national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia. It was organized by the Handball Federation of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslav handball began to rise in the early 1970s. Today, three former Yugoslav republics have won medals at major competitions: Croatia fourteen, Serbia four and Slovenia two. In the period from 2003 to 2020, Croatia was at the very top of world handball. Other former Yugoslav republics also cherish the continuity of placement in major competitions.

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Summer Olympics

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Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Nazi Germany 1936 did not participate
West Germany 1972 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 6 0 0 122 89 +33
Canada 1976 Fifth place game 5th 6 5 0 1 131 112 +19
Soviet Union 1980 Fifth place game 6th 6 4 0 2 155 116 +39
United States 1984 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 5 1 0 141 93 +48
South Korea 1988 Bronze medal game 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 4 1 1 143 132 +11
Total Qualified: 5/6 30 24 2 4 692 542 +120

World Championship

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Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Nazi Germany 1938 did not participate
Sweden 1954
Germany 1958 Main Round 8th 6 2 0 2 101 96 +5
West Germany 1961 Preliminary Round 9th 2 0 0 2 29 32 -3
Czechoslovakia 1964 Main Round 6th 6 2 2 2 102 96 +6
Sweden 1967 Quarterfinal 7th 6 4 0 2 136 110 +26
France 1970 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 3 1 2 119 80 +39
East Germany 1974 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 3 0 3 106 105 +1
Denmark 1978 Main Round 5th 6 4 1 1 108 96 +12
West Germany 1982 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 4 1 2 183 155 +28
Switzerland 1986 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 7 0 0 168 145 +23
Czechoslovakia 1990 Main Round 4th 7 4 0 3 169 156 +13
Total Qualified: 10/12 59 35 5 21 1221 1071 +150

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Squads

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Succeeding national teams

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Team Federation
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Croatia Croatian Handball Federation
 Kosovo Handball Federation of Kosovo
 North Macedonia Macedonian Handball Federation
 Montenegro Handball Federation of Montenegro
 Serbia Handball Federation of Serbia
 Slovenia Handball Federation of Slovenia
 Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
Defunct