Yugoslavia men's national handball team

The Yugoslavia national handball team was the national handball team of Yugoslavia. It was organized by the Handball Federation of Yugoslavia.

Yugoslavia
Information
Nickname	Blues
Association	Handball Federation of Yugoslavia,
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	1st (1972 and 1984)
World Championship
Appearances	10 (First in 1958)
Best result	1st (1986)
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Yugoslavia men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Team
	1984 Los Angeles	Team
	1988 Seoul	Team
World Championship
	1986 Switzerland
	1982 West Germany
	1970 France
	1974 East Germany

Yugoslav handball began to rise in the early 1970s. Today, three former Yugoslav republics have won medals at major competitions: Croatia fourteen, Serbia four and Slovenia two. In the period from 2003 to 2020, Croatia was at the very top of world handball. Other former Yugoslav republics also cherish the continuity of placement in major competitions.

Accomplishments

Summer Olympics

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1936	did not participate
1972	Final		6	6	0	0	122	89	+33
1976	Fifth place game	5th	6	5	0	1	131	112	+19
1980	Fifth place game	6th	6	4	0	2	155	116	+39
1984	Final		6	5	1	0	141	93	+48
1988	Bronze medal game		6	4	1	1	143	132	+11
Total	Qualified: 5/6		30	24	2	4	692	542	+120

World Championship

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1938	did not participate
1954
1958	Main Round	8th	6	2	0	2	101	96	+5
1961	Preliminary Round	9th	2	0	0	2	29	32	-3
1964	Main Round	6th	6	2	2	2	102	96	+6
1967	Quarterfinal	7th	6	4	0	2	136	110	+26
1970	Semifinal		6	3	1	2	119	80	+39
1974	Semifinal		6	3	0	3	106	105	+1
1978	Main Round	5th	6	4	1	1	108	96	+12
1982	Final		7	4	1	2	183	155	+28
1986	Final		7	7	0	0	168	145	+23
1990	Main Round	4th	7	4	0	3	169	156	+13
Total	Qualified: 10/12		59	35	5	21	1221	1071	+150

Player statistics

Most appearances

100+

#	Name	Matches	Position	Years	Nationality
1	Hrvoje Horvat	231	CB		CRO
2	Momir Rnić	217	P		SRB
3	Goran Perkovac	192	OB		CRO
4	Mile Isaković	190	W		SRB
5	Veselin Vujović	183	OB		MNE
6	Branislav Pokrajac	180	W		SRB
7	Zlatan Arnautović	157	GK		BIH
8	Nedeljko Jovanović	154	CB		SRB
9	Slobodan Kuzmanovski	150	OB		MKD
10	Pavle Jurina	140	OB		CRO
11	Zdravko Rađenović	137	CB		SRB
12	Mirko Bašić	133+	GK		CRO
13	Abas Arslanagić	125	GK		BIH
14	Zdravko Zovko	119	W		CRO
15	Milan Kalina	100+	CB		SRB
16	Tonči Peribonio	100+	GK		CRO
17	Zlatko Saračević	100+	OB		BIH
18	Zlatko Portner	98+	CB		SRB

Top scorers

300+

#	Name	Goals	Average	Position	Years	Nationality
1	Veselin Vujović	738	4.03	OB		MNE
2	Mile Isaković	734	3.86	W		SRB
3	Hrvoje Horvat	621	2.69	CB		CRO
4	Branislav Pokrajac	510	2.83	W		SRB
5	Nedeljko Jovanović	433	2.81	CB		SRB
6	Momir Rnić	411	1.89	P		SRB
7	Slobodan Kuzmanovski	400	2.67	OB		MKD
8	Zdravko Rađenović	369	2.69	CB		SRB
9	Zlatko Portner	355	3.62	CB		SRB

Succeeding national teams

Team	Federation
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia	Croatian Handball Federation
Kosovo	Handball Federation of Kosovo
North Macedonia	Macedonian Handball Federation
Montenegro	Handball Federation of Montenegro
Serbia	Handball Federation of Serbia
Slovenia	Handball Federation of Slovenia
Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro	Defunct