Handball at the Friendship Games explained

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

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.

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	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

width=33%	Results !	width=16.5%	!	width=16.5%	!	width=16.5%	B !	width=16.5%
	bgcolor=lightgrey		28:20	24:17	17:16
	20:28	bgcolor=lightgrey		26:18	26:20
	17:24	18:26	bgcolor=lightgrey		28:21
	16:17	20:26	21:28	bgcolor=lightgrey

Group B

All matches played in Rostock.

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	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

width=33%	Results !	width=16.5%	A !	width=16.5%	!	width=16.5%	!	width=16.5%
	bgcolor=lightgrey		24:20	29:16	35:20
	20:24	bgcolor=lightgrey		26:18	34:27
	16:29	18:26	bgcolor=lightgrey		27:23
	20:35	27:34	23:27	bgcolor=lightgrey

Final round

Final

: 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
: 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: 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).

7th / 8th place

Final ranking

–

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

Top scorer

Top scorers are:

– 26 goals
- 25 goals
– 22 goals
– 21 goals
– 21 goals
– 20 goals
– 16 goals

Women's event

Six teams competed in a round-robin tournament.

width=5%	width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	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

width=33%	Results !	width=10%	!	width=10%	!	width=10%	!	width=10%	!	width=10%	!	width=10%
	bgcolor=lightgrey		24:15	24:21	22:20	31:16	28:21
	15:24	bgcolor=lightgrey		15:15	20:19	20:18	26:23
	21:24	15:15	bgcolor=lightgrey		16:22	27:21	22:13
	20:22	19:20	22:16	bgcolor=lightgrey		22:22	13:17
	16:31	18:20	21:27	22:22	bgcolor=lightgrey		23:21
	21:28	23:26	13:22	17:13	21:23	bgcolor=lightgrey

Winning teams' squads

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Women's	valign=top		valign=top		valign=top

References

Book: Chmielewski, Zbigniew. Na olimpijskim szlaku 1984. Sarajewo, Los Angeles. Sport i Turystyka. Warsaw. 1987. pl. 83-217-2610-0. 204; 226–227. etal.
Book: Trzciński, Tomasz. Gwiazdy sportu '84. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. Warsaw. 1985. pl. 83-03-01177-4. 89. etal.

Notes and References

News: 21 August 1984. Nejlepší házenkářky v Trenčíne. Rudé právo. 8. Prague.
Tournoi de l'amitié . Handazur: Revue technique et d'information . September 1984 . 5–9 . 16 February 2024 . FR.
Chmielewski (1987), p. 227