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Handball at the Friendship Games

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Handball at the Friendship Games is the handball tournament organized for the 1984 Summer Olympics boycotting countries. Given that the Eastern Bloc countries and allies were at that time amongst the most competitive teams the tournament's level was rather high.

It was contested in two events. Men's event took place in Rostock and Magdeburg, East Germany between 17 and 21 July 1984, with eight teams competing. The women's event was contested at Hala na Sihoti in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia between 21 and 25 August 1984, with six teams competing.[1]

Men's event

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Eight teams were drawn into two groups.[2]

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.[3]

Group phase

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Group A

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All matches played in Magdeburg.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 69 53 +16 6
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 72 66 +6 4
 East Germany B 3 1 0 2 63 71 -8 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 57 71 -14 0
Results Soviet Union Hungary East Germany B Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union  28:20 24:17 17:16
Hungary  20:28 26:18 26:20
East Germany B  17:24 18:26 28:21
Czechoslovakia  16:17 20:26 21:28

Group B

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All matches played in Rostock.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 East Germany A 3 3 0 0 88 56 +32 6
 Poland 3 2 0 1 80 69 +11 4
 Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 61 78 -17 2
 Cuba 3 0 0 3 70 96 -26 0
Results East Germany A Poland Bulgaria Cuba
East Germany A  24:20 29:16 35:20
Poland  20:24 26:18 34:27
Bulgaria  16:29 18:26 27:23
Cuba  20:35 27:34 23:27

Final round

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Final

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Date Location Team 1 Score Team 2
21.07.1984 Magdeburg  East Germany A 18-17 (6-8)  Soviet Union

3rd / 4th place

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Date Location Team 1 Score Team 2
21.07.1984 Magdeburg  Hungary 21-22 (aOT, 18-18, 12-9)  Poland

5th / 6th place

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Date Location Team 1 Score Team 2
21.07.1984 Schwerin  East Germany B 22-25 (11-12)  Bulgaria

7th / 8th place

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Date Location Team 1 Score Team 2
21.07.1984 Schwerin  Czechoslovakia 32-20 (16-11)  Cuba

Final ranking

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 East Germany A
 Soviet Union
 Poland
4  Hungary
5  Bulgaria
6  Czechoslovakia
7  Cuba
 East Germany B*

* – East Germany B competed "off competition" and was not included in the final ranking table.[3]

Top scorer

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Top scorers are:[2]

Women's event

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Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 129 93 +36 10
 Czechoslovakia 5 3 1 1 96 99 –3 7
 East Germany 5 2 1 2 101 95 +6 5
4  Hungary 5 1 1 3 96 97 –1 3
5  Poland 5 1 1 3 100 121 –21 3
6  Bulgaria 5 1 0 4 95 112 –17 2

Results

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Results Soviet Union Czechoslovakia East Germany Hungary Poland Bulgaria
Soviet Union  24:15 24:21 22:20 31:16 28:21
Czechoslovakia  15:24 15:15 20:19 20:18 26:23
East Germany  21:24 15:15 16:22 27:21 22:13
Hungary  20:22 19:20 22:16 22:22 13:17
Poland  16:31 18:20 21:27 22:22 23:21
Bulgaria  21:28 23:26 13:22 17:13 21:23

Winning teams' squads

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
Women's

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (East Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)1102
2 East Germany (GDR)*1012
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)*0101
4 Poland (POL)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Nejlepší házenkářky v Trenčíne". Rudé právo. Prague. 21 August 1984. p. 8.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Tournoi de l'amitié". Handazur: Revue technique et d'information (in French): 5–9. September 1984. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b Chmielewski (1987), p. 227

References

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  • Chmielewski, Zbigniew; et al. (1987). Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles (in Polish). Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka. pp. 204, 226–227. ISBN 83-217-2610-0.
  • Trzciński, Tomasz; et al. (1985). Gwiazdy sportu '84 (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. p. 89. ISBN 83-03-01177-4.