Soviet Union national handball team

The USSR national handball team was the national handball team of the Soviet Union.

World Championships Record

Year Hosting Country Rank
1954 Sweden Sweden Did not participate
1958 East Germany East Germany Did not participate
1961 West Germany West Germany Did not participate
1964 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5th Place
1967 Sweden Sweden 3rd Place
1970 France France 9th Place
1974 East Germany East Germany 5th Place
1978 Denmark Denmark Runners-Up
1982 West Germany West Germany Champions
1986 Switzerland Switzerland 10th Place
1990 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Runners-Up

Summer Olympics Record

Year Hosting City Rank
1972 West Germany Munich 4th Place
1976 Canada Montreal Champions
1980 Soviet Union Moscow Runners-Up
1984 United States Los Angeles Boycotted
1988 South Korea Seoul Champions
1992 Spain Barcelona  Unified Team (EUN) Champions

Player statistics

Most appearances

100+

# Name Matches Position Years Nationality
Andrei Xepkin 161 P -1992 UKR
Aleksandr Tuchkin 160 OB -1992 BLR
Andrey Lavrov 100+ GK -1992 RUS

Top scorers

250+

# Name Goals Average Position Years Nationality
Aleksandr Tuchkin350+ OB -1992 BLR
Andrei Xepkin250+ P -1992 UKR

National teams of the former Soviet republics

 ArmeniaNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 AzerbaijanNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 BelarusNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 EstoniaNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 GeorgiaNational team U-21 teamEHF
 KazakhstanNational teamU-21 teamAHF
 KyrgyzstanNational teamU-20 teamAHF
 LatviaNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 LithuaniaNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 MoldovaNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 RussiaNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 TajikistanNational teamU-20 teamAHF
 TurkmenistanNational teamU-20 teamAHF
 UkraineNational teamU-21 teamEHF
 UzbekistanNational teamU-20 teamAHF

See also

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