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Yugoslavia men's national goalball team was the men's national team of
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.
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is a
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designed specifically for athletes with a
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. After the end of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in
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, goalball is now played in the subsequent nations of
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
,
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
,
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,
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, and
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.


Paralympic Games


1980 Arnhem

The team competed in the
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in
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,
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. Twelve teams took part. The team placed sixth.


1984 New York

The team competed in the
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at Long Island,
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, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated. Yugoslavia finished third.


1988 Seoul

The team competed in the
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, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in
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, South Korea. There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use. Athletes were Muhamed Arnautovic, Miroslav Jancic, Adam Kablar, Rajko Kopac, and Dragan Sremcevic. Yugoslavia won a gold medal.


World Championships

IBSA
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have been held every four years from 1978.


1982 Indianapolis

The team competed in the 1982 World Championships, from Monday 28 June to 1 July 1982, at the Hinkle Fieldhouse,
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in
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, Indiana, United States of America. Organised by United States Association of Blind Athletes, there were twelve men's and six women's teams. The coach was Teofilov Tomislav, with athletes including Ivo, Marinko, Miroslav, Ostoda, and Spiro. The team came ninth, ahead of
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, France, and
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.


1986 Roermond

The 1986 IBSA
World Goalball Championships The IBSA Goalball World Championships is an international goalball tournament held every four years, since 1978, between :Goalball at the Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games goalball tournaments. It is organised by the International Blind Spo ...
were held in
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, the
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. There were eighteen men's and ten women's teams. The team took the gold medal.


1990 Calgary

The team competed in the 1990 World Championships, in
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, Alberta, Canada. There were twelve men's and seven women's teams. The team took the bronze medal.


Regional championships

The team had competed in the IBSA Europe goalball region.


1983 Greve

The team competed at the 1983 European Championships, in Greve, Denmark. There were twelve men's and five women's teams. The team took the silver medal.


1985 Olsztyn

The team competed at the 1985 European Championships, in
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, Poland. There were thirteen men's and six women's teams. The team took the gold medal.


1987 Milton Keynes

The team competed at the 1987 European Championships, in
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, England. There were twelve men's and five women's teams. The team took the gold medal.


1989 Vejle

The team competed at the 1989 European Championships, in
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, Denmark. There were eleven men's and six women's teams. The team took the gold medal, ahead of
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.


See also

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References

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