Soviet Union women's national handball team

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Soviet Union
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1st
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Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances3 (First in 1976 )
Best result1st, 1976, 1980
World Championship
Appearances7 (First in 1962 )
Best result1st, 1982, 1986, 1990
Last updated on 22 January 2012.

The USSR women's national handball team was the national women's handball team of the Soviet Union.

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Olympic Games history

World Championship history

National teams of the former Soviet republics

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

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