The USSR women's national handball team was the national women's handball team of the Soviet Union. It was considered one of the strongest national teams in the world, and won 2 Olympic gold medals and 3 world championships. Together with their successor, Russia, they are the only women's team to have won three successive World Championships (Denmarks men's team equalled the record in 2023, and later broke it in 2025).
The Soviet Handball Federation joined IHF in 1958, and in 1962 the women's national team was founded. Their first major international tournament was the 1962 World Women's Handball Championship, where they finished 6th.
The last major international tournament for the Soviet Union was the 1992 Olympics, where they competed as the Unified team.
Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games YearPosition 19761st 55009240+52 19801st 55009952+47 1984 Boycott 19883rd 531111285+27Total3/4151311303177+126
World Championship YearPosition 1957 Did not enter 19626th51043556−21 1965 Did not qualify 1971 19733rd 53115039+11 19752nd 751111870+48 19782nd 760112669+57 19821st 7601128109+19 19861st 651013896+42 19901st 6600150128+22Total7/10433238745567+178
Other competitions Carpathian Trophy 1968 – 3rd Carpathian Trophy 1969 – 3rd Carpathian Trophy 1970 – 5th Carpathian Trophy 1971 – 6th Carpathian Trophy 1972 – 3rd Carpathian Trophy 1973 – 5th Carpathian Trophy 1974 – 4th Carpathian Trophy 1975 – 5th Carpathian Trophy 1977 – 4th Carpathian Trophy 1978 – 3rd Carpathian Trophy 1979 – 4th Carpathian Trophy 1980 – 3rd Carpathian Trophy 1981 – 2nd Carpathian Trophy 1982 – 3rd
National teams of the former Soviet republics
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