Women's handball world championship 1971

4th Women's Handball World Championship 1971
4th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	9
World Champion	DDR (1st title)
venue	Netherlands
Opening game	December 11, 1971
Endgame	19th December 1971
Games	21
Gates	403   (∅: 19.19 per game)
Top scorer	Hidejo Taramizu (21 goals)
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The 4th women's handball world championship was held from December 11th to 19th, 1971 in the Netherlands . A total of nine teams initially competed against each other 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 3500 spectators, the GDR won the title with an 11: 8 final victory over Yugoslavia and became world champions for the first time.

game schedule

Preliminary round

The group first and second qualified for the main round, the group third for the games for places 7 to 9.

Group a

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Denmark 02 02 00 00 0023:1800  +5 04th 02.  BR Germany 02 01 00 01 0021:1900  +2 02 03.  Japan 02 00 00 02 0014:2100  −7 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 11, 1971 BR Germany - Japan 10: 7 (5: 4) Dec 12, 1971 Denmark - Japan 11: 7 (4: 4) Dec 13, 1971 Denmark - BR Germany 12:11 (7: 3)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Yugoslavia 02 01 01 00 0026:1900  +7 03 02.  Romania 02 01 01 00 0020:1800  +2 03 03.  Norway 02 00 00 02 0013:2200  −9 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 11, 1971 Yugoslavia - Norway 14: 7 (5: 3) Dec 12, 1971 Romania - Norway 8: 6 (4: 3) Dec 13, 1971 Yugoslavia - Romania 12:12 (9: 5)

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  GDR 02 02 00 00 0024:1600  +8 04th 02.  Hungary 02 01 00 01 0020:1200  +8 02 03.  Netherlands 02 00 00 02 0011:2700 −16 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 11, 1971 Hungary - Netherlands 12: 3 (6: 1) Dec 12, 1971 GDR - Netherlands 15: 8 (8: 3) Dec 13, 1971 GDR - Hungary 9: 8 (4: 6)

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.  GDR 02 02 00 00 0024:1700  +7 04th 02.  Romania 02 00 01 01 0021:2300  −2 01 03.  Denmark 02 00 01 01 0018:2300  −5 01

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 15, 1971 Romania - Denmark 11:11 (4: 3) Dec 16, 1971 GDR - Romania 12:10 (7: 7) December 17, 1971 GDR - Denmark 12: 7 (4: 3)

Group 2

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Yugoslavia 02 02 00 00 0023:1400  +9 04th 02.  Hungary 02 01 00 01 0018:2200  −4 02 03.  BR Germany 02 00 00 02 0018:2300  −5 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 15, 1971 Yugoslavia - BR Germany 11: 8 (6: 3) Dec 16, 1971 Hungary - BR Germany 12:10 (7: 4) December 17, 1971 Yugoslavia - Hungary 12: 6 (6: 4)

Play for places 7 to 9

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

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 07th  Norway 02 01 01 00 0020:1900  +1 03 08th.  Netherlands 02 01 00 01 0020:1900  +1 02 09.  Japan 02 00 01 01 0023:2500  −2 01

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 15, 1971 Norway - Japan 12:12 (7: 6) Dec 16, 1971 Norway - Netherlands 8: 7 (5: 3) December 17, 1971 Netherlands - Japan 13:11 (6: 9)

Final round

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec 18, 1971	BR Germany	-	Denmark	13: 9 (3: 5.9: 9) n.v.

3rd place match

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec. 19, 1971	Hungary	-	Romania	12:11 (6: 5,9: 9,10: 10) n.v.

final

In the final, the GDR team defeated the team from Yugoslavia 11: 8 (5: 4) in front of 3,500 spectators.

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec. 19, 1971	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	11: 8 (5: 4)

Constellations

The GDR team that became world champions consisted of: Kristina Hochmuth (5 games / 19 goals), Waltraud Kretzschmar (5/12), Maria Winkler (5/9), Bärbel Braun (4/6), Petra Kahnt (5 / 6), Waltraud Mester (5/4), Barbara Helbig (5/2), Barb Heinz (4/1), Renate Breuer (2/0), Barbara Starke (3/0), Hannelore Zober (5/0 ), Hannelore Burosch (0/0), Edelgard Rothe (0/0), Adelheid Dobrunz (0/0), Liane Michaelis (0/0) and Brigitte Lück (0/0). The trainers were Hans Becker and Harry Becker .

For the west German team , which took 5th place, competed: Gerda Reitwießner (4 games / 14 goals), Gisela Meeser (4/6), Heike Schukies (4/6), Irene Herchenbach (5/6), Waltraud Jakob ( 5/5), Veronika Kind (4/4), Gesine Küster (2/2), Anita Buchert (3/2), Hannelore Kosbi (3/2), Dörte Klüß (4/2), Gisela Doerks (3 / 1), Waltraud Hadamke (3/1), Dagmar Ziebert (5/1), Ilona Keßler (1/0), Hannelore Menzel (3/0) and Monika Eichenauer (4/0).

Best goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Hit
1.	Taramizu	Japan	22nd
2.	Mara Torti	Yugoslavia	20th
3.	Kristina Hochmuth	GDR	19th

Web links

• Previous Women's World Champions - Indoor: 1971 - Netherlands. (PDF) International Handball Federation (IHF)(English, French, German). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World champion women (Kleinfeld / Halle). Section All World Cup top scorer inside . In: bundesligainfo.de. Retrieved July 27, 2018 . 
2. ↑ WM 1971. Retrieved on December 10, 2019 (German). 
3. ↑ Frauenhandball-archiv.jimdofree.com , accessed on April 15, 2021
4. ↑ Frauenhandball-archiv.jimdofree.com , accessed on April 15, 2021