IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship

This article is about Outdoor Championship. For Indoor Championship, see IHF World Women's Handball Championship.
IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship
SportField handball
Founded1949
FounderInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
First season1949
No. of teams6
ContinentInternational (IHF)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Romania (2nd title)
Most titles Romania (2 titles)

IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship was the world championship of field handball and was organized by the International Handball Federation in the period 1949-1960.

Tournament

Year Host Country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1949[1]
Details 		Hungary
Hungary
Hungary 		Round-robin
Austria
Czechoslovakia 		Round-robin
France
1956[2]
Details 		West Germany
West Germany
Romania 		6–5
West Germany
Hungary 		8–6
Austria
1960[3]
Details 		Netherlands
Netherlands
Romania 		10–2
Austria
Germany1 		3–1
Netherlands

1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania2002
2 Hungary1012
3 Austria0202
4 West Germany0101
5 Czechoslovakia0011
 Germany0011
Totals (6 entries)3339

National team appearances

Main article: National team appearances in the World Women's Field Handball Championship

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Source: IHF official site.[4]

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place
  • 6th – Sixth place
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter
  •    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team Hungary
1949
(4) 		West Germany
1956
(6) 		Romania
1960
(6) 		Total
 Austria 2nd 4th 2nd 3
 Denmark × × 5th 1
 France 4th 6th × 2
 Germany
(including West Germany)		 × 2nd 3rd 2
 Hungary 1st 3rd × 2
 Netherlands × • 4th 1
 Poland × • 6th 1
 Romania × 1st 1st 2
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia 3rd × × 1
 Yugoslavia × 5th × 1

Largest margins of victory

Margin Winning team Score Opponent WC
8 Romania  10–2  Austria 1960
7 Austria  8–1  France 1949
7 Yugoslavia  10–3  France 1949
5 Hungary  7–2  Austria 1949
5 Romania  6–1  Denmark 1960
4 Romania  9–4  Netherlands 1960
4 Hungary  7–3  France 1949
4 Romania  6–2  Austria 1960

References

  1. ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1949 Women Field HUN" (PDF; 81 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1956 Women Field GER" (PDF; 67 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1960 Women Field HOL" (PDF; 79 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Medals Table - Classification at Women's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 383 KB). 20 September 2010. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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