title: Soviet Union women's national handball team
text: # Soviet Union women's national handball team
  
  The USSR women's national handball team was the national women's handball team of the Soviet Union.
  
  ## Olympic Games history
  
  * 1976 : Champions
  * 1980 : Champions
  * 1988 : 3rd place
  * 1992 : 3rd place
  
  ## World Championship history
  
  * 1962 : 6th place
  * 1973 : 3rd place
  * 1975 : 2nd place
  * 1978 : 2nd place
  * 1982 : Champions
  * 1986 : Champions
  * 1990 : Champions
  
  ## 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 |
  