1957 World Women's Handball Championship

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)
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The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957. It was the first ever World Women's Handball Championship.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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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: [citation needed]
13 July 1957 Austria  3–1  Romania
14 July 1957 Denmark  6–1  Romania
15 July 1957 Denmark  9–4  Austria

Group B

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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: [citation needed]
13 July 1957 Hungary  9–2  Sweden
14 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  5–4  Sweden
15 July 1957 Czechoslovakia  8–4  Hungary

Group C

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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: [citation needed]
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

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

Group I

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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: [citation needed]
17 July 1957 Hungary  10–4  Yugoslavia
18 July 1957 Hungary  5–5  Denmark
19 July 1957 Yugoslavia  10–7  Denmark

Group II

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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: [citation needed]
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

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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: [citation needed]
17 July 1957 Poland  4–1  Sweden
18 July 1957 Sweden  2–1  Romania
20 July 1957 Poland  3–0  Romania

Finals

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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

Final standings

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References

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  • "yug57" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
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