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    Mohammed ibn Kiran

    1957 World Women's Handball Championship
    Tournament details
    Host country Yugoslavia
    DatesJuly 13 – July 20
    Teams9
    Final positions
    Champions Czechoslovakia (1st title)
    Runner-up Hungary
    Third place Yugoslavia
    Tournament statistics
    Matches played21
    Goals scored232 (11.05 per match)
    Top scorer(s)Czech Republic 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: [1]
    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: [2]
    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: [3]
    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: [4]
    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: [5]
    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: [6]
    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

    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
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_World_Women%27s_Handball_Championship

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