Yugoslavia women's national handball team

The Yugoslavia women's national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia.

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.

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1976	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

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

Games	Round	Position
1979 Split	Champions	1st of 7
1983 Casablanca	women's tournament was canceled
1987 Latakia	Didn't Participate
1991 Athens	Champions	1st of 8
Total	2/2	2 Titles

• 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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatia

Kosovo

Montenegro

North Macedonia

Serbia

Slovenia

• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national handball team
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• North Macedonia women's national handball team
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