1982 World Women's Handball Championship

1982 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	2 December - 12 December
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	1,608 (38.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jasna Kolar-Merdan (52 goals) [1]
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The 1982 World Women's Handball Championship was the 8th edition of the tournament. It took place in Hungary between 2-12 December 1982. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualification

Host nation

•   Hungary

Qualified from the 1980 Summer Olympics

•   East Germany
•   Soviet Union
•   Yugoslavia

Qualified from the 1981 World Championship B

•   Bulgaria
•   Czechoslovakia
•   Norway
•   Romania
•   West Germany

Qualified from the 1981 African Women's Handball Championship

•   Congo

Qualified from Asia

•   South Korea

Qualified from the Americas

•   United States

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	63	39	+24	5
East Germany	3	2	1	0	59	35	+24	5
Norway	3	1	0	2	57	53	+4	2
United States	3	0	0	3	21	73	−52	0

Source: ^[4]

2 December 1982	East Germany	16–14	Norway	Budapest
		(8–6)

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2 December 1982	Hungary	22–4	United States	Budapest
		(15–1)

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3 December 1982 18:30	East Germany	26–4	United States	Budapest
		(10–4)

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3 December 1982 20:00	Hungary	24–18	Norway	Budapest
		(5–9)

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5 December 1982 18:30	Norway	25–13	United States	Budapest
		(11–5)

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5 December 1982 20:00	Hungary	17–17	East Germany	Budapest
		(8–7)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	65	49	+16	6
South Korea	3	1	1	1	69	68	+1	3
Romania	3	1	1	1	56	59	−3	3
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	52	66	−14	0

Source: ^[5]

2 December 1982	Soviet Union	22–12	Bulgaria	Miskoltz
		(13–5)

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2 December 1982	South Korea	22–22	Romania	Miskoltz
		(11–10)

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3 December 1982 17:00	Soviet Union	23–21	South Korea	Debrecen
		(10–10)

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3 December 1982 18:30	Romania	18–17	Bulgaria	Debrecen
		(6–9)

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5 December 1982 15:00	Soviet Union	20–16	Romania	Miskoltz
		(10–5)

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5 December 1982 16:30	South Korea	26–23	Bulgaria	Miskoltz
		(14–11)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	80	43	+37	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	64	52	+12	4
West Germany	3	1	0	2	65	49	+16	2
Congo	3	0	0	3	34	99	−65	0

Source: ^[6]

2 December 1982	Yugoslavia	21–16	West Germany	Miskoltz
		(12–8)

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2 December 1982	Czechoslovakia	30–13	Congo	Miskoltz
		(11–5)

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3 December 1982 17:00	Yugoslavia	37–11	Congo	Pécs
		(17–4)

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3 December 1982 18:30	Czechoslovakia	18–17	West Germany	Pécs
		(10–10)

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5 December 1982 15:00	West Germany	32–10	Congo	Miskoltz
		(13–4)

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5 December 1982 16:30	Yugoslavia	22–16	Czechoslovakia	Miskoltz
		(11–7)

Final round

Group 7-12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	5	4	1	0	109	77	+32	9
Romania	5	3	2	0	121	80	+41	8
West Germany	5	3	1	1	110	75	+35	7
Bulgaria	5	2	0	3	101	93	+8	4
United States	5	1	0	4	76	121	−45	2
Congo	5	0	0	5	74	145	−71	0

Source: ^[7]

7 December 1982	Norway	28–14	Congo	Szolnok
		(13–7)

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7 December 1982	Romania	34–15	United States
		(18–9)

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7 December 1982	West Germany	18–15	Bulgaria
		(9–8)

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8 December 1982 17:00	Norway	22–19	Bulgaria	Eger
		(10–7)

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8 December 1982 18:30	Romania	18–18	West Germany	Eger
		(9–7)

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8 December 1982 18:30	United States	19–16	Congo	Győr
		(9–7)

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10 December 1982	Norway	18–15	West Germany	Veszprem
		(10–6)

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10 December 1982	Romania	35–14	Congo
		(16–7)

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10 December 1982	Bulgaria	19–15	United States
		(14–8)

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11 December 1982	Norway	16–16	Romania	Budapest
		(8–8)

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11 December 1982	West Germany	27–14	United States
		(14–8)

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11 December 1982	Bulgaria	31–20	Congo
		(13–9)

Final Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	86	81	+5	8
Hungary	5	3	1	1	99	89	+10	7
Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	102	95	+7	7
East Germany	5	2	2	1	99	89	+10	6
Czechoslovakia	5	1	0	4	83	98	−15	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	112	129	−17	0

Source: ^[8]

7 December 1982 17:00	Soviet Union	15–14	East Germany	Budapest
		(6–8)

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7 December 1982 18:30	Yugoslavia	27–25	South Korea	Budapest
		(16–15)

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7 December 1982 20:00	Hungary	20–17	Czechoslovakia	Budapest
		(11–7)

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8 December 1982 17:00	East Germany	23–18	Czechoslovakia	Budapest
		(14–7)

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8 December 1982 18:30	Soviet Union	21–19	Yugoslavia	Budapest
		(10–8)

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8 December 1982 20:00	Hungary	31–25	South Korea	Budapest
		(18–12)

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10 December 1982 17:00	East Germany	28–22	South Korea	Budapest
		(14–12)

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10 December 1982 18:30	Soviet Union	14–12	Czechoslovakia	Budapest
		(9–6)

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10 December 1982 20:00	Hungary	16–17	Yugoslavia	Budapest
		(9–10)

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12 December 1982 14:30	Yugoslavia	17–17	East Germany	Budapest
		(5-9)

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12 December 1982 16:00	Czechoslovakia	20–19	South Korea	Budapest
		(13–8)

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12 December 1982 17:30	Hungary	15–13	Soviet Union	Budapest
		(6–6)

Final standings

#	Team
	Soviet Union
	Hungary
	Yugoslavia
4	East Germany
5	Czechoslovakia
6	South Korea
7	Norway
8	Romania
9	West Germany
10	Bulgaria
11	United States
12	Congo

Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

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