Handball at the Friendship Games
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Handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 at the Friendship Games
Friendship Games
The Friendship Games or Friendship-84 was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....

was contested in two events. Men's event took place in Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...

 and Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

, East Germany between 17 and 21 July 1984, with eight teams competing. Women's events was contested in Trenčín
Trencín
Trenčín is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 56,000, which makes it the ninth largest municipality of the country and is the seat of the Trenčín Region and the Trenčín District...

, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 until end of 1989 , a Soviet satellite state of the Eastern Bloc....

 between 21 and 26 August 1984 with six teams competing.

Men's event

Eight teams were drawn into two groups.

The host nation, East Germany, had two teams in the tournament. However, the East Germany "B" team competed "off competition". Despite ending the tournament on the sixth place, this result was not included in the final rankings. The seventh team (i. e. Czechoslovakia) was instead counted as the sixth place team, etc.

Group A

All matches played in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
3 3 0 0 69 53 +16 6
3 2 0 1 72 66 +6 4
3 1 0 2 63 71 -8 2
3 0 0 3 57 71 -14 0

Results

Results |   |   |   B |  
28:20 24:17 17:16
20:28 26:18 26:20
17:24 18:26 28:21
16:17 20:26 21:28

Group B

All matches played in Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...

.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
3 3 0 0 88 56 +32 6
3 2 0 1 80 69 +11 4
3 1 0 2 61 78 -17 2
3 0 0 3 70 96 -26 0

Results

Results | A |   |   |  
24:20 29:16 35:20
20:24 26:18 34:27
16:29 18:26 27:23
20:35 27:34 23:27

Final round

Classification 5th–8th

Final ranking

4
5
6
7
*

* – East Germany B competed "off competition" and was not included in the final ranking table.

Women's event

Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
5 5 0 0 129 93 +36 10
5 3 1 1 96 99 –3 7
5 2 1 2 101 95 +6 5
4 5 1 1 3 96 97 –1 3
5 5 1 1 3 100 121 –21 3
6 5 1 0 4 95 112 –17 2

Results

Results |   |   |   |   |   |  
24:15 24:21 22:20 31:16 28:21
15:24 15:15 20:19 20:18 26:23
21:24 15:15 16:22 27:21 22:13
20:22 19:20 22:16 22:22 13:17
16:31 18:20 21:27 22:22 23:21
21:28 23:26 13:22 17:13 21:23

Winning teams' squads

Men's

Heiko Bonath
Heiko Bonath
Heiko Bonath is a former handballer from East Germany, who played for the club SC Dynamo Berlin. He won the bronze medal at the world championships in 1986..- References :...

 
Rüdiger Borchardt 
Günter Dreibrodt
Günter Dreibrodt
Günter Dreibrodt is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored thirteen goals.-External links:*...

 
Lutz Grosser 
Stephan Hauck 
Peter Hofmann
Peter Hofmann
Peter Hofmann was a German tenor who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock, pop, and musical theatre. He first rose to prominence in 1976 as a heldentenor at the Bayreuth festival where he drew critical acclaim for his performance of Siegmund in Richard Wagner's Die...

 
Hartmut Krüger
Hartmut Krüger
Hartmut Krüger is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored 22 goals.-External links:*...

 
Peter Pysall 
Peter Rost 
Udo Rothe 
Dietmar Schmidt
Dietmar Schmidt
Dietmar Schmidt is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored two goals....

 
Wieland Schmidt
Wieland Schmidt
Wieland Schmidt is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Dirk Schnell 
Frank-Michael Wahl
Frank-Michael Wahl
Frank-Michael Wahl is a former German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics....

 
Ingolf Wiegert
Ingolf Wiegert
Ingolf Wiegert is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the East German handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored ten goals....

 
Holger Winselmann 

Aleksandr Anpilogov
Aleksandr Anpilogov
Aleksandr Semyonovich Anpilogov is a former Soviet/Georgian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
Leonid Berenstein 
Vladimir Belov 
Oleg Gagin 
Mykhaylo Ishchenko
Mykhaylo Ishchenko
Mykhaylo Oleksiyovich Ishchenko is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
Aleksandr Karshakevich
Aleksandr Karshakevich
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Karshakevich is a former Soviet/Belarusian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Yuri Kidyaev
Yuri Kidyaev
Yuri Konstantinovich Kidyaev is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1976 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored fifteen goals....

 
Serhiy Kushniryuk
Serhiy Kushniryuk
Serhiy Georgievich Kushniryuk is a former Soviet/Ukrainian/Russian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics...

 
Ivan Levin 
Voldemaras Novickis
Voldemaras Novickis
Voldemaras Novickis is a former Soviet/Lithuanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Aleksandr Rymanov
Aleksandr Rymanov
Aleksandr Anatolevich Rymanov is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored 18 goals.-External links:*...

 
Yuri Shevtsov
Yuri Shevtsov
Yuri Anatolevich Shevtsov is a Belarusian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.He was born in Minsk....

 
Aleksandr Shypenko 
Raimondas Valuckas 
Mikhail Vasilev
Mikhail Vasilev
Mikhail Anatolevich Vasilev is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored five goals.-External links:*...

 
Mykola Zhukov 

Ryszard Antczak 
Lesław Dziuba 
Jerzy Garpiel
Jerzy Garpiel
Jerzy Garpiel is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was part of the Polish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored eight goals....

 
Zbigniew Gawlik
Zbigniew Gawlik
Zbigniew Gawlik is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was part of the Polish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored five goals....

 
Andrzej Kącki
Andrzej Kacki
Andrzej Marian Kącki is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was part of the Polish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches as goalkeeper....

 
Grzegorz Kosma
Grzegorz Kosma
Grzegorz Stanisław Kosma is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was part of the Polish team which finished seventh in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored three goals.-External links:*...

 
Andrzej Mientus 
Henryk Mrowiec 
Marek Pazdur 
Zbigniew Plechoć 
Andrzej Szymczak
Andrzej Szymczak
Andrzej Szymczak is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Konstantynów Łódzki....

 
Andrzej Tłuczyński 
Zbigniew Tłuczyński 
Zbigniew Urbanowicz 
Daniel Waszkiewicz
Daniel Waszkiewicz
Daniel Waszkiewicz is a former Polish team handball player. He played more than 200 matches for the Poland national handball team during his career. He participated at the 1980 Summer Olympics, where Poland finished 7th....

 
Bogdan Wenta
Bogdan Wenta
Bogdan Wenta . He was one of the best players in history of Polish handball and was also considered one of the best players in the World of late 80's and early 90's.-Club career:...

 
Women's

Asmira Aksierova 
Maryna Bazhanova
Maryna Bazhanova
Maryna Bazhanova is a Ukrainian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics....

 
Olga Dyedusienko 
Tetyana Horb
Tetyana Horb
Tetyana Horb is a Ukrainian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics....

 
Natalya Guskova 
Larysa Karlova
Larysa Karlova
Larysa Aleksandrivna Karlova is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Svitlana Mankova
Svitlana Mankova
Svitlana Mankova is a Ukrainian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 she won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. She played three matches and scored one goal.-External links:*...

 
Nataliya Matryuk
Nataliya Matryuk
Nataliya Matryuk is a Ukrainian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 she won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. She played four matches as goalkeeper.-External links:*...

 
Lyubov Odynokova
Lyubov Odynokova
Lyubov Ivanivna Odynokova-Berezhnaya is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
Tamila Oleksiuk 
Iryna Popova 
Yuliya Safina
Yuliya Safina
Yuliya Vasilyevna Safina is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches.-External links:*...

 
Tatyana Schalimova 
Sigita Strečen
Sigita Strecen
Sigita Mažeikaitė-Strečen is a former Soviet/Lithuanian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
Zinaida Turchyna
Zinaida Turchyna
Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Olha Zubaryeva
Olha Zubaryeva
Olha Valentinivna Zubaryeva is a former Soviet/Ukrainian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the gold medal with the Soviet team. She played all five matches and scored 21 goals.-External links:*...

 

Maria Benova 
Maria Borosowa 
Marta Chlpekova 
Stefania Corbova 
Alena Damitsova 
Maria Durisinova 
Erika Gombosova 
Anna Hradska 
Jaroslava Ivancikova 
Marta Jurisicova 
Bozena Mazgutova 
Blazena Novosadova 
Marta Pösova 
Bibiana Scerbakova 
Jana Stasova 
Daniela Trandzikova 

Britta Franke 
Cornelia Franz 
Ramona Grobman 
Evelyn Hübscher
Evelyn Matz
Evelyn Matz is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
Liane Kämpf 
Katrin Krüger
Katrin Krüger
Katrin Krüger is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

 
Kornelia Kunisch
Kornelia Kunisch
Kornelia Kunisch is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played all five matches and scored eight goals....

 
Annegret Matthäus 
Annett Partusch 
Sabina Picken 
Kerstin Rast 
Kerstin Schmidt 
Marion Schulz 
Andrea Stolletz
Andrea Stolletz
Andrea Stolletz is a German handball goalkeeper. She participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where the German national team placed fourth.- References :* at sports-reference.com...

 
Sybille Wagner 
Claudia Wunderlich
Claudia Wunderlich
Claudia Wunderlich is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the bronze medal with the East German team. She played four matches and scored four goals.-External links:*...


Medal table

1  Soviet Union 1 1 0 2
2  German Democratic Republic 1 0 1 2
3  Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1
4  Poland 0 0 1 1
Total 2 2 2 6
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