Handball at the Friendship Games

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. Women's events was contested in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia 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.[1]

Group A

All matches played in Magdeburg.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Soviet Union33006953+166
 Hungary32017266+64
 East Germany B31026371-82
 Czechoslovakia30035771-140

Results

Results B
Soviet Union 28:2024:1717:16
Hungary 20:2826:1826:20
East Germany B 17:2418:2628:21
Czechoslovakia 16:1720:2621:28

Group B

All matches played in Rostock.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 East Germany A33008856+326
 Poland32018069+114
 Bulgaria31026178-172
 Cuba30037096-260

Results

Results A
East Germany A 24:2029:1635:20
Poland 20:2426:1834:27
Bulgaria 16:2918:2627:23
Cuba 20:3527:3423:27

Final round

Final
   
A1  East Germany A 18
B1  Soviet Union 17
3rd place match
   
A2  Hungary 21
B2  Poland 22

Classification 5th–8th

5th place match
   
A3  East Germany B 22
B3  Bulgaria 25
7th place match
   
A4  Czechoslovakia 32
B4  Cuba 20

Final ranking

 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.[1]

Top scorer

Women's event

Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Soviet Union550012993+3610
 Czechoslovakia53119699–37
 East Germany521210195+65
4 Hungary51139697–13
5 Poland5113100121–213
6 Bulgaria510495112–172

Results

Results
Soviet Union 24:1524:2122:2031:1628:21
Czechoslovakia 15:2415:1520:1920:1826:23
East Germany 21:2415:1516:2227:2122:13
Hungary 20:2219:2022:1622:2213:17
Poland 16:3118:2021:2722:2223:21
Bulgaria 21:2823:2613:2217:1321:23

Winning teams' squads

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
 East Germany A
Heiko Bonath
Rüdiger Borchardt
Günter Dreibrodt
Lutz Grosser
Stephan Hauck
Peter Hofmann
Hartmut Krüger
Peter Pysall
Peter Rost
Udo Rothe
Dietmar Schmidt
Wieland Schmidt
Dirk Schnell
Frank-Michael Wahl
Ingolf Wiegert
Holger Winselmann
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Anpilogov
Leonid Berenstein
Vladimir Belov
Oleg Gagin
Mykhaylo Ishchenko
Aleksandr Karshakevich
Yuri Kidyaev
Serhiy Kushniryuk
Ivan Levin
Voldemaras Novickis
Aleksandr Rymanov
Yuri Shevtsov
Aleksandr Shypenko
Raimondas Valuckas
Mikhail Vasilev
Mykola Zhukov
 Poland
Ryszard Antczak
Lesław Dziuba
Jerzy Garpiel
Zbigniew Gawlik
Andrzej Kącki
Grzegorz Kosma
Andrzej Mientus
Henryk Mrowiec
Marek Pazdur
Zbigniew Plechoć
Andrzej Szymczak
Andrzej Tłuczyński
Zbigniew Tłuczyński
Zbigniew Urbanowicz
Daniel Waszkiewicz
Bogdan Wenta
Women's
 Soviet Union
Asmira Aksierova
Maryna Bazhanova
Tatyana Shalimova
Olga Dyedusienko
Tetyana Horb
Natalya Guskova
Larysa Karlova
Svitlana Mankova
Nataliya Matryuk
Lyubov Odynokova
Tamila Oleksiuk
Iryna Popova
Yuliya Safina
Sigita Strečen
Zinaida Turchyna
Olha Zubaryeva
 Czechoslovakia
Mária Beňová
Mária Borošová
Mária Chlpeková
Štefánia Čorbová
Alena Damitšová
Mária Ďurišinová
Erika Gombošová
Anna Hradská
Jaroslava Ivančíková
Marta Jurišičová
Božena Mažgútová
Blažena Novosadová
Marta Pösová
Bibiána Ščerbáková
Jana Stašová
Daniela Trandžíková
 East Germany
Britta Franke
Cornelia Franz
Ramona Grobman
Evelyn Hübscher
Liane Kämpf
Katrin Krüger
Kornelia Kunisch
Annegret Matthäus
Annett Partusch
Sabina Picken
Kerstin Rast
Kerstin Schmidt
Marion Schulz
Andrea Stolletz
Sybille Wagner
Claudia Wunderlich

Medal table


  *   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 nations)2226

See also

Notes

  1. Chmielewski (1987), p. 227

References

  • 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.
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