1957 World Women's Handball Championship

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1957 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Yugoslavia
DatesJuly 13 – July 20
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored232 (11.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Pavla Bartáková (11 goals)[1]
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The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship was the first Women's world Championship.[2] It took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 2 2 0 0 15 5 +10 4
 Austria 2 1 0 1 7 10 −3 2
 Romania 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Source:
13 July 1957 Austria  3–1  Romania
14 July 1957 Denmark  6–1  Romania
15 July 1957 Denmark  9–4  Austria

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 13 8 +5 4
 Hungary 2 1 0 1 13 10 +3 2
 Sweden 2 0 0 2 6 14 −8 0
Source:
13 July 1957 Hungary  9–2  Sweden
14 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  5–4  Sweden
15 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  8–4  Hungary

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 18 9 +9 4
 West Germany 2 1 0 1 13 11 +2 2
 Poland 2 0 0 2 7 18 −11 0
Source:
13 July 1957 Yugoslavia  11–3  Poland
14 July 1957 West Germany  7–4  Poland
15 July 1957 Yugoslavia  7–6  West Germany

Main round

     Team will compete for Places 1–2
     Team will compete for Places 3–4

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 2 1 1 0 15 9 +6 3
 Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 14 17 −3 2
 Denmark 2 0 1 1 12 15 −3 1
Source:
17 July 1957 Hungary  10–4  Yugoslavia
18 July 1957 Hungary  5–5  Denmark
19 July 1957 Yugoslavia  10–7  Denmark

Group II

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 0 22 7 +15 4
 West Germany 2 1 0 1 14 18 −4 2
 Austria 2 0 0 2 11 22 −11 0
Source:
17 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  12–3  Austria
18 July 1957 West Germany  10–8  Austria
19 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  10–4  West Germany

Classification round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 4
 Sweden 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 2
 Romania 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source:
17 July 1957 Poland  4–1  Sweden
18 July 1957 Sweden  2–1  Romania
20 July 1957 Poland  3–0  Romania

Finals

5th/6th places 20 July 1957 Denmark  10–6  Austria
3rd/4th places 20 July 1957 Yugoslavia  9–6  West Germany
1st/2nd places 20 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  7–1  Hungary

Source: IHF Archive

Final standings

Source: [3]

References

  1. ^ "Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle)". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Handball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  2. ^ "A brief history of the IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ^ IHF Archive