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The Yugoslavia women's national handball team was the national
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History

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.


Competitive record

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place  


Olympic Games


World Championship


Mediterranean Games


Other competitions

* 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


National teams of the former Yugoslav republics


See also

* Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national handball team *
Croatia women's national handball team The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia. Competitive record Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place   Olympic Games World Championship ...
* Kosovo women's national handball team *
Montenegro women's national handball team The Montenegro women's national handball team is the national team of Montenegro. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Montenegro and takes part in international handball competitions. History Montenegro's women's national ha ...
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North Macedonia women's national handball team The North Macedonia women's national handball team is the women's national Team handball, handball team of North Macedonia. It is governed by the Macedonian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions. History T ...
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Serbia women's national handball team The Serbia women's national handball team represents Serbia in international women's handball. It is governed by the Handball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international handball competitions. The Olympic Committee of ...
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Slovenia women's national handball team The Slovenia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Slovenia. Competitive record Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place   Olympic Games World Championship ...


References

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