IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship
| Sport | Field handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | International Handball Federation (IHF) |
| First season | 1949 |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
| Most recent champion | Romania (2nd title) |
| Most titles | Romania (2 titles) |
IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship was the world championship of field handball and was organized by the International Handball Federation in the period 1949-1960.
Tournament
| Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1949[1] Details |
Hungary |
Hungary |
Round-robin | Austria |
Czechoslovakia |
Round-robin | France | ||
| 1956[2] Details |
West Germany |
Romania |
6–5 | West Germany |
Hungary |
8–6 | Austria | ||
| 1960[3] Details |
Netherlands |
Romania |
10–2 | Austria |
Germany1 |
3–1 | Netherlands | ||
1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
National team appearances
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Comprehensive team results by tournament
Source: IHF official site.[4]
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- 5th – Fifth place
- 6th – Sixth place
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 1949 (4) |
1956 (6) |
1960 (6) |
Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | × | × | 5th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | 4th | 6th | × | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany (including West Germany) |
× | 2nd | 3rd | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 1st | 3rd | × | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | × | • | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | × | • | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | × | 1st | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 3rd | × | × | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | × | 5th | × | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Largest margins of victory
| Margin | Winning team | Score | Opponent | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Romania | 10–2 | Austria | 1960 |
| 7 | Austria | 8–1 | France | 1949 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 10–3 | France | 1949 |
| 5 | Hungary | 7–2 | Austria | 1949 |
| 5 | Romania | 6–1 | Denmark | 1960 |
| 4 | Romania | 9–4 | Netherlands | 1960 |
| 4 | Hungary | 7–3 | France | 1949 |
| 4 | Romania | 6–2 | Austria | 1960 |
References
- ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1949 Women Field HUN" (PDF; 81 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1956 Women Field GER" (PDF; 67 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1960 Women Field HOL" (PDF; 79 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Medals Table - Classification at Women's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 383 KB). 20 September 2010. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.