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. The women's event was contested at Hala na Sihoti in Trenčín, Czechoslovakia between 21 and 25 August 1984, with six teams competing.[1]
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
Group A
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 | | | B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 | A | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Final
| Date | Location | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.07.1984 | Magdeburg | East Germany A | 18-17 (6-8) | Soviet Union |
East Germany A:[2] Wieland Schmidt, Peter Hofmann — Günter Dreibrodt 6, Peter Rost, Udo Rothe 2/1, Holger Winselmann, Ingolf Wiegert 1, Frank-Michael Wahl 4, Stephan Hauck 3, Dietmar Schmidt, Hartmut Krüger 2, Peter Pysall
Soviet Union:[2] Aleksandr Shypenko, Mikhail Ishchenko — Oleg Gagin 1, Vladimir Belov 1, Mikhail Vasilyev 4, Yuri Shevtsov 2, Sergey Kushniryuk 2, Yuri Kidyaev 2, Aleksandr Rymanov 2, Aleksandr Karshakevich 1, Aleksandr Anpilogov 2/2, Voldemaras Novickis.- Score:[2] 3-6 (20'), 5-8 (20'), 6-8 (half-time) ; 11-10 (42'), 16-14 (52'), 17-14 (53'), 17-16 (56'), 18-16 (57'), 18-17 (58'), 18-17 (end of the game).
3rd / 4th place
5th / 6th place
| Date | Location | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.07.1984 | Schwerin | East Germany B | 22-25 (11-12) |  Bulgaria |
7th / 8th place
| Date | Location | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.07.1984 | Schwerin | Czechoslovakia | 32-20 (16-11) | Cuba |
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.[3]
Top scorer
Top scorers are:[2]
Péter Kovács (HUN) – 26 goals- Andreas Nagora [de] (DDR B) - 25 goals
Daniel Waszkiewicz (POL) – 22 goals
Roberto Casuso (CUB) – 21 goals- János Gyurka (HUN) – 21 goals
- Ingolf Wiegert (DDR) – 20 goals
- Yuri Kidyaev (URS) – 16 goals
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
| Results | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
* Host nation (East Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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