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
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The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia within 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

Austria	3 : 1	Romania
Denmark	6 : 1	Romania
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

Hungary	9 : 2	Sweden
Czechoslovakia	8 : 4	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	5 : 4	Sweden

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

Yugoslavia	11 : 3	Poland
West Germany	7 : 4	Poland
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

Hungary	10 : 4	Yugoslavia
Hungary	5 : 5	Denmark
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

West Germany	10 : 8	Austria
Czechoslovakia	12 : 3	Austria
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

Poland	4 : 1	Sweden
Sweden	2 : 1	Romania
Poland	3 : 0	Romania

Finals

5/6	Denmark	10 : 6	Austria
3/4	Yugoslavia	9 : 6	West Germany
1/2	Czechoslovakia	7 : 1	Hungary

Final standings

Final ranking

#	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 Capova, Vera Aschenbrenerova, Vlasta Cihakova, Jana Houskova, Stana Kucerova, Kveta Marzinova, Kveta Janeckova, Pavla Bartakova, Vera Dvorakova, Blanka Kotlinova, Jana Malerova and Veronika Schmiedtova. Trainers: Karel Hostalek, Ladislav Gross

References

• "yug57". IHF. Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. http://www.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/WomenWorldCh/yug57.pdf. Retrieved 4 December 2009.