Yugoslavia men's national handball team

Yugoslavia
Information
Nickname	Blues
Association	Handball Federation of Yugoslavia,
Colours
1st 2nd
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

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

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

Squads

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