1993 World Women's Handball Championship

1993 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Norway
Dates	24 November – 5 December 1993
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	2,364 (43.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hong Jeong-ho (58 goals)
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Last updated December 26, 2023

The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their first title as a unified nation as they defeated Denmark in extra-time.

Qualification

Host nation

Norway

Qualified from the 1990 World Championship

Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B

Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

United States

Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship

Angola

Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Squads

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to the Knockout stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	61	47	+14	6
Hungary	3	1	1	1	62	56	+6	3
Poland	3	1	1	1	61	67	−6	3
Spain	3	0	0	3	48	62	−14	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

24 November 1993	Poland	20–19	Spain	Oslo
		(9–10)

24 November 1993	Norway	18–15	Hungary	Oslo
		(6–9)

26 November 1993	Hungary	25–25	Poland
		(13–12)

26 November 1993	Spain	16–20	Norway
		(6–12)

27 November 1993	Norway	23–16	Poland
		(12–8)

27 November 1993	Hungary	22–13	Spain
		(9–9)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	78	69	+9	6
Russia	3	2	1	75	68	+7	4
South Korea	3	1	2	76	81	−5	2
Lithuania	3	0	3	66	77	−11	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

24 November 1993	Denmark	25–23	Lithuania
		(13–12)

24 November 1993	Russia	28–25	South Korea
		(14–12)

26 November 1993	Lithuania	19–26	Russia
		(11–13)

26 November 1993	South Korea	25–29	Denmark
		(13–15)

27 November 1993	South Korea	26–24	Lithuania
		(17–11)

27 November 1993	Russia	21–24	Denmark
		(10–12)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	61	53	+8	4
Romania	3	2	1	67	57	+10	4
Germany	3	2	1	68	47	+21	4
Angola	3	0	3	43	82	−39	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

24 November 1993	Romania	26–16	Angola
		(10–6)

24 November 1993	Germany	17–15	Sweden
		(7–8)

26 November 1993	Sweden	20–17	Romania
		(11–12)

26 November 1993	Angola	8–30	Germany
		(3–17)

27 November 1993	Germany	21–24	Romania
		(9–11)

27 November 1993	Sweden	26–19	Angola
		(14–8)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	3	0	65	53	+12	6
Austria	3	2	1	63	48	+15	4
United States	3	1	2	58	76	−18	2
China	3	0	3	67	76	−9	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

↑ Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.

24 November 1993	China	26–27	United States	Bergen
		(17–13)

24 November 1993	Austria	13–16	Czechoslovakia	Bergen
		(6–7)

26 November 1993	United States	11–27	Austria	Bergen
		(3–13)

26 November 1993	Czechoslovakia	26–20	China	Bergen
		(13–10)

27 November 1993	Austria	23–21	China	Bergen
		(14–11)

27 November 1993	Czechoslovakia	23–20	United States	Bergen
		(10–9)

Main Round

	Team advanced to the final
	Team advanced to the bronze match

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	4	0	1	143	122	+21	8
Norway	5	4	0	1	104	91	+13	8
Russia	5	2	1	2	113	109	+4	5
Hungary	5	1	2	2	120	135	−15	4
Poland	5	1	1	3	117	136	−19	3
South Korea	5	1	0	4	136	140	−4	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

30 November 1993	Norway	21–18	South Korea
		(8–11)

30 November 1993	Hungary	24–24	Russia
		(12–13)

30 November 1993	Poland	25–30	Denmark
		(13–17)

1 December 1993	Russia	19–14	Norway
		(9–8)

1 December 1993	South Korea	37–29	Poland
		(18–14)

1 December 1993	Denmark	37–23	Hungary
		(21–11)

3 December 1993	Norway	28–23	Denmark
		(13–9)

3 December 1993	Poland	22–21	Russia
		(9–8)

3 December 1993	Hungary	33–31	South Korea
		(13–15)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	5	4	1	109	82	+27	8
Romania	5	3	2	111	93	+18	6
Sweden	5	3	2	95	80	+15	6
Austria	5	3	2	83	78	+5	6
Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	99	99	0	4
United States	5	0	5	69	134	−65	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

28 November 1993	Romania	15–16	Austria
		(9–9)

28 November 1993	Sweden	30–11	United States
		(17–3)

28 November 1993	Germany	22–21	Czechoslovakia
		(13–10)

30 November 1993	United States	12–24	Germany
		(5–13)

30 November 1993	Czechoslovakia	21–25	Romania
		(11–10)

30 November 1993	Austria	17–11	Sweden
		(9–4)

1 December 1993	Germany	25–10	Austria
		(9–4)

1 December 1993	Romania	30–15	United States
		(17–5)

1 December 1993	Sweden	19–18	Czechoslovakia
		(10–8)

Classification round

Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lithuania	3	3	0	88	59	+29	6
China	3	2	1	92	84	+8	4
Spain	3	1	2	64	79	−15	2
Angola	3	0	3	60	82	−22	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

30 November 1993	Spain	21–15	Angola
		(8–8)

30 November 1993	Lithuania	34–21	China
		(18–9)

1 December 1993	Angola	19–26	Lithuania
		(9–12)

1 December 1993	China	36–24	Spain
		(17–11)

3 December 1993	Spain	19–28	Lithuania
		(7–14)

3 December 1993	Angola	26–35	China
		(15–17)

Finals

11th place match

5 December 1993	United States	21–29	South Korea	Oslo
		(9–16)

9th place match

5 December 1993	Poland	17–22	Czechoslovakia	Oslo
		(10–10)

7th place match

5 December 1993	Austria	9–16	Hungary	Oslo
		(3–7)

5th place match

5 December 1993	Russia	25–19	Sweden	Oslo
		(13–12)

Bronze final

5 December 1993	Romania	19–20	Norway	Oslo
		(9–11)

Final

5 December 1993	Denmark	21–22 (ET)	Germany	Oslo
		(8–8)

	FT: 17–17 ET: 4–5

Final standings

Pos	Team
	Germany
	Denmark
	Norway
4	Romania
5	Russia
6	Sweden
7	Hungary
8	Austria
9	Czechoslovakia*
10	Poland
11	South Korea
12	United States
13	Lithuania
14	China
15	Spain
16	Angola

*Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.

1993 Women's World Champions Germany First title Team roster: Michaela Schanze, Bianca Urbanke, Sabine Adamik , Andrea Bölk, Eike Bram, Carola Ciszewski, Cordula David, Michaela Erler, Karen Heinrich, Gabriele Palme, Renate Zienkiewicz, Sybille Gruner, Heike Murrweiss, Birgit Wagner, Heike Axmann, Franziska Heinz Head coach Lothar Doering.

Top scorers

1	Hong Jeong-ho (KOR) 58
2	Natalya Morskova (RUS) 50
3	Zuzana Prekopova (TCH) 44
4	Mirella Mierzejewska (POL) 41
5	Anja Andersen (DEN) 40

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1993 World Women's Handball Championship

Contents

Qualification

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main Round

Group 1

Group 2

Classification round

Finals

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

Bronze final

Final

Final standings

Top scorers

Related Research Articles

References