1957 World Women's Handball Championship

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 played	21
Goals scored	232 (11.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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

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

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

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