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

Summer Olympics Record

Year	Hosting City	Rank
1972	Munich	4th Place
1976	Montreal	Champions
1980	Moscow	Runners-Up
1984	Los Angeles	Boycotted
1988	Seoul	Champions
1992	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 Tuchkin	350+		OB	-1992	BLR
	Andrei Xepkin	250+		P	-1992	UKR

National teams of the former Soviet republics

Armenia	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Azerbaijan	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Belarus	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Estonia	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Georgia	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Kazakhstan	National team	U-21 team	AHF
Kyrgyzstan	National team	U-20 team	AHF
Latvia	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Lithuania	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Moldova	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Russia	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Tajikistan	National team	U-20 team	AHF
Turkmenistan	National team	U-20 team	AHF
Ukraine	National team	U-21 team	EHF
Uzbekistan	National team	U-20 team	AHF

See also

Soviet Union women's national handball team

Men's national handball teams of Europe (EHF)

Current teams

Defunct teams

National sports teams of the Soviet Union
Bandy M W Basketball M M-U19 M-U17 W W-U19 W-U17 Field hockey M W Football M M U-16 M U-18 M U-20 M U-21 W Gymnastics M W Handball M W Ice hockey M M U-20 Rugby union M W Softball Speedway Tennis M W Mixed Volleyball M W Water polo
Olympic Games Paralympic Games Deaflympic Games

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