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. It was the first ever 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)

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 1957Austria 3–1 Romania
14 July 1957Denmark 6–1 Romania
15 July 1957Denmark 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 1957Hungary 9–2 Sweden
14 July 1957Czechoslovakia 5–4 Sweden
15 July 1957Czechoslovakia 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 1957Yugoslavia 11–3 Poland
14 July 1957West Germany 7–4 Poland
15 July 1957Yugoslavia 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 1957Hungary 10–4 Yugoslavia
18 July 1957Hungary 5–5 Denmark
19 July 1957Yugoslavia 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 1957Czechoslovakia 12–3 Austria
18 July 1957West Germany 10–8 Austria
19 July 1957Czechoslovakia 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 1957Poland 4–1 Sweden
18 July 1957Sweden 2–1 Romania
20 July 1957Poland 3–0 Romania

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

Final standings

References
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