Drujba 1984 Tournaments Archive

Tournament	1.	2.	3.	Host	qualified teams to Olympic Games
Men Handball	East Germany	Soviet Union	Poland	East Germany	URS	POL	GDR	HUN	TCH	CUB
Women Handball	Soviet Union	Tchechoslovakia	East Germany	Tchechoslovakia	URS	HUN	GDR
Men Volleyball	Soviet Union	Cuba	Poland	Cuba	URS	POL	CUB	BUL
Women Volleyball	Cuba	Soviet Union	East Germany	Bulgaria	URS	CUB	GDR
Men Basketball	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Cuba	Soviet Union	URS
Women Basketball	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Cuba	Soviet Union	URS	HUN
Men Field Hockey	Soviet Union	Poland	Soviet Union II		URS
Women Field Hockey	Soviet Union	Poland	East Germany

After the boycott of the Moscow 1980 by the United States, the Soviet Union declared that they never will boycott Olympic Games. In the begining of May 1984 fullfilling their promise the Soviet Union declared their non participation of the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. They explained non participation is different from boycott and is due to a lack of security for their athletes in Los Angeles. The other socialist countries were advised by the Soviet Union not to participate. Only Romania rejected this wise advise and participated.

In some sports the level of competition in the Olympics Games dropped. In Men Handball they were 6 qualified teams not playing in the Olympic Games, but in Women Field Hockey there were no qualified team. The name used by the media was - Drujba tournament stronger than the Olympic games. .