1957 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957.

1957 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	July 13 – July 20
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches	21
Goals scored	232 (11 per match)
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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:^{[citation needed]}

Austria	3–1	Romania
Denmark	6–1	Romania
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:^{[citation needed]}

Hungary	9–2	Sweden
Czechoslovakia	8–4	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	5–4	Sweden

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:^{[citation needed]}

Yugoslavia	11–3	Poland
West Germany	7–4	Poland
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:^{[citation needed]}

Hungary	10–4	Yugoslavia
Hungary	5–5	Denmark
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:^{[citation needed]}

West Germany	10–8	Austria
Czechoslovakia	12–3	Austria
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:^{[citation needed]}

Poland	4–1	Sweden
Sweden	2–1	Romania
Poland	3–0	Romania

Finals

5/6	Denmark	10–6	Austria
3/4	Yugoslavia	9–6	West Germany
1/2	Czechoslovakia	7–1	Hungary

Final standings

Final ranking Rank Team     Czechoslovakia     Hungary     Yugoslavia 4   West Germany 5   Denmark 6   Austria 7   Poland 8   Sweden 9   Romania

1957 Women's World Champions   Czechoslovakia First Title Team roster: Anna Čápová (Ríšová), Věra Aschenbrenerová, Vlasta Čiháková, Jana Housková, Stanislava Kučerová, Květa Marzinová, Květa Janečková, Pavla Bartáková, Věra Dvořáková, Blanka Kotlínová, Jana Maléřová and Veronika Schmidtová (Ilavská). Trainers: Karel Hošťalek, Ladislav Gross

References

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