IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship
Sport | Field handball |
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Founded | 1949 |
Founder | International Handball Federation (IHF) |
First season | 1949 |
No. of teams | 6 |
Continent | International (IHF) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship was the world championship of field handball and was organized by the International Handball Federation in the period 1949-1960.
Tournament[edit]
Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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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[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
National team appearances in the IHF World Championship[edit]
Comprehensive team results by tournament[edit]
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | 5th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4th | 6th | × | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() (including West Germany) | × | 2nd | 3rd | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1st | 3rd | × | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | • | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | • | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | 1st | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discontinued teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3rd | × | × | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | 5th | × | 1 |
Largest margins of victory[edit]
Margin | Winning team | Score | Opponent | WC |
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8 | Romania ![]() | 10–2 | ![]() | 1960 |
7 | Austria ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() | 1949 |
7 | Yugoslavia ![]() | 10–3 | ![]() | 1949 |
5 | Hungary ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() | 1949 |
5 | Romania ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() | 1960 |
4 | Romania ![]() | 9–4 | ![]() | 1960 |
4 | Hungary ![]() | 7–3 | ![]() | 1949 |
4 | Romania ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | 1960 |
References[edit]
- ^ Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1949 Women Outdoor 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 Outdoor 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 Outdoor 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.