The USSR women's national handball team was the national women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

team of the

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Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

World Championship

Other competitions

* Carpathian Trophy 1968 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 1969 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 1970 – 5th * Carpathian Trophy 1971 – 6th * Carpathian Trophy 1972 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 1973 – 5th * Carpathian Trophy 1974 – 4th * Carpathian Trophy 1975 – 5th * Carpathian Trophy 1977 – 4th * Carpathian Trophy 1978 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 1979 – 4th * Carpathian Trophy 1980 – 3rd * Carpathian Trophy 1981 – 2nd * Carpathian Trophy 1982 – 3rd

National teams of the former Soviet republics

External links

Former national handball teams Women's national handball teams National sports teams of the Soviet Union

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