IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship

World championship of field handball

IHF World Women's Outdoor 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(s)	Romania (2nd title)
Most titles	Romania (2 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

Year	Host Country	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host Country	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
5	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		3	3	3	9

National team appearances in the IHF World Championship

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

Denmark

5th

France

4th

6th

Germany
(including West Germany)

2nd

3rd

Hungary

1st

3rd

Netherlands

•

4th

Poland

•

6th

Romania

1st

Discontinued teams

Czechoslovakia

3rd

Yugoslavia

5th

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 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.

External links

Official website

IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship winners

1949: Hungary
1956: Romania
1960: Romania

World Outdoor Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 France 1948 Switzerland 1952 West Germany 1955 Austria 1959 Switzerland 1963 Austria 1966
Squads	1938 1948 1952 1955 1959 1963 1966

Women's

Tournaments	Hungary 1949 West Germany 1956 Netherlands 1960
Squads	1949 1956 1960

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