1957 Women's Handball World Championship

1st handball world championship for women 1957
1st Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	9
World Champion	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
venue	Yugoslavia
Opening game	July 13, 1957
Endgame	July 20, 1957
Games	12
Gates	206   (∅: 17.17 per game)
Top scorer	Pavla Bartáková (11 goals)
World Cup 1962  →

The first women's handball world championship was held in Yugoslavia from July 13th to 20th, 1957 . A total of nine teams initially competed in a preliminary round in three groups. This was followed by the semi-finals with six teams in two groups, the consolation round for the bottom of the group for places 7 to 9 and the placement games. In front of 8,000 spectators, Czechoslovakia won the title by beating Hungary 7-1 and became world champions for the first and only time.

game schedule

Preliminary round

The first and second group qualified for the main round, the third group for the consolation round.

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Denmark 02 02 00 00 0015: 5000 +10 04th 02.  Austria 02 01 00 01 0007:1000  −3 02 03.  Romania 02 00 00 02 0002: 9000  −7 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result July 13, 1957  Austria -  Romania 3: 1 (1: 1) July 14, 1957  Denmark -  Romania 6: 1 (0: 0) July 15, 1957  Denmark -  Austria 9: 4 (5: 3)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Czechoslovakia 02 02 00 00 0013: 8000  +5 04th 02.  Hungary 02 01 00 01 0013:1000  +3 02 03.  Sweden 02 00 00 02 0006:1400  −8 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result July 13, 1957  Hungary -  Sweden 9: 2 (5: 0) July 14, 1957  Czechoslovakia -  Sweden 5: 4 (2: 2) July 15, 1957  Czechoslovakia -  Hungary 8: 4 (3: 2)

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Yugoslavia 02 02 00 00 0018: 9000  +9 04th 02.  BR Germany 02 01 00 01 0013:1100  +2 02 03.  Poland 02 00 00 02 0007:1800 −11 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result July 13, 1957  Yugoslavia -  Poland 11: 3 (5: 0) July 14, 1957  BR Germany -  Poland 7: 4 (3: 1) July 15, 1957  Yugoslavia -  BR Germany 7: 6 (4: 3)

Main round

The group winners qualified for the final, the second placed for the game for 3rd place and the third placed for the game for 5th place.

Group 1

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Hungary 02 01 01 00 0015: 9000  +6 03 02.  Yugoslavia 02 01 00 01 0014:1700  −3 02 03.  Denmark 02 00 01 01 0012:1500  −3 01

date Team 1 Team 2 result 17th July 1957  Yugoslavia -  Hungary 4:10 (1: 5) July 18, 1957  Hungary -  Denmark 5: 5 (4: 2) July 19, 1957  Yugoslavia -  Denmark 10: 7 (4: 3)

Group 2

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Czechoslovakia 02 02 00 00 0015: 5000 +10 04th 02.  BR Germany 02 01 00 01 0007:1000  −3 02 03.  Austria 02 00 00 02 0002: 9000  −7 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result 17th July 1957  Czechoslovakia -  Austria 12: 3 (5: 1) July 18, 1957  BR Germany -  Austria 10: 8 (6: 4) July 19, 1957  Czechoslovakia -  BR Germany 10: 4 (5: 3)

Consolation round

In the consolation round, the placements 7 to 9 were played out.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 07th  Poland 02 02 00 00 0007: 1000  +6 04th 08th.  Sweden 02 01 00 01 0002: 5000  −3 02 09.  Romania 02 00 00 02 0001: 5000  −4 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result 17th July 1957  Poland -  Sweden 4: 1 July 18, 1957  Sweden -  Romania 2: 1 July 19, 1957  Poland -  Romania 3-0

Final round

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
July 20, 1957	Denmark	-	Austria	10: 6 (3: 3)

3rd place match

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
July 20, 1957	Yugoslavia	-	BR Germany	9: 6 (4: 4)

final

In the final, the team from Czechoslovakia defeated the team from Hungary in front of 8,000 spectators 7-1 (3-1). The top scorer in the final was Czechoslovakian Pavla Bartáková with two goals.

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
July 20, 1957	Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	7: 1 (3: 1)

statistics

Best goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Hit
1.	Pavla Bartáková	Czechoslovakia	11

Team squad

World champion Czechoslovakia	Vice World Champion Hungary	3rd place Yugoslavia	4th place BR Germany
Vera Aschenbrenerová Pavla Bartáková Anna Capová Vlasta Čiháková Alena Dlouhá Věra Dvořáková Libuše Famfulíková Jana Houšková Květa Janečková Blanka Kotlínová Stáňa Kučerová Jana Maléřová Květa Marzinová Veronika Schmiederová	Éva Arany Zsusza Béres Borbála Cseletőy Árpádné Csicsmányi Imréné Eger Ferencné Geszti Gyuláné Hanczmann Magda Jóna Magda Kiss Lídia Simonek Éva Szendi Mária Vályi Erika Weser	Nada Vučković Ana Evetović Jelena Genčić Magda Hegedüš Ladislava Horak Vukosava Lukin Nevenka Ljubić Branka Mihalic Vlasta Nikler Marija Sabljak Ankica Ostrun Nada Rukavina Katarina Hosi Erika Toth	Ursula Burmeister (5 games / 8 goals), Eimsbütteler TV Helga Drechsler (4/0), OSC Berlin Anneliese Hagdorn (4/2), Stuttgart Kickers Gertrud Hannen (5/2), Düsseldorfer SV 04 Waltraud Kühl (5/1), TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Ursula Kusserow (2/0), Reinickendorfer Füchse Margret Loch (5/0), RSV Mülheim Helga Reiche (2/0), Reinickendorfer Füchse Hertha Rückriem (5/8), PSV Munich Ursula Samulewicz (5/3), TuS Lichterfelde Berlin Rosemarie Schöne (5/0), PSV Munich Inge Walther (5/1), Berliner SV 1892 Christa Warns (5/8), Eimsbütteler TV
Coach: Karel Hošťálek , Ladislav Gross	Coach: Bódog Török	Coach: Vilim Tičić	Trainer: Hans Geilenberg

Web links

• Previous Women's World Champions - Indoor: 1957 - Yugoslavia. (PDF) International Handball Federation (IHF)(English, French, German). 
• Klaus Mailahn: 1st indoor handball world championship for women 1957. In: gcmm.jimdo.com (accessed on June 9, 2019).
• Todor Krastev: Women Handball World Championship 1957 Yugoslavia. In: todor66.com (accessed June 9, 2019).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World champion women (Kleinfeld / Halle). Section All World Cup top scorer inside . In: bundesligainfo.de. Retrieved July 27, 2018 . 
2. ↑ WM 1957. Retrieved on December 8, 2019 (German). 
3. ↑ Před šedesáti lety vybojovaly československé házenkářky titul mistryň světa. In: svaz.chf.cz (July 20, 2017).
4. ↑ Csicsmányi Árpádné és Eger Imréné köszöntése. In: keziszovetseg.hu (November 17, 2017).