1973 Women's World Handball Championship

5th Women's Handball World Championship 1973
5th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	12
World Champion	Yugoslavia (1st title)
venue	Yugoslavia
Opening game	08th December 1973
Endgame	15th December 1973
Games	30th
Gates	658   (∅: 21.93 per game)
Top scorer	Mara Torti (19 goals)
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The 5th women's handball world championship was held from December 8th to 15th, 1973 in Yugoslavia . A total of twelve teams competed. Host Yugoslavia secured the title with a 16:11 win over Romania and became world champions for the first and only time.

game schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the twelve participants competed in four groups with three teams each. The two best teams in each group qualified for the main round. The bottom of the group competed against each other in a placement round for places 9 to 12.

Group A

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Hungary 02 02 00 00 0030:1400 +16 04th 02.  Czechoslovakia 02 01 00 01 0023:2100  +2 02 03.  BR Germany 02 00 00 02 0016:3400 −18 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result 0Dec 8, 1973 Hungary - Czechoslovakia 12: 7 (8: 1) 0Dec 9, 1973 Czechoslovakia - BR Germany 16: 9 (8: 3) Dec 10, 1973 Hungary - BR Germany 18: 7 (7: 3)

Group B

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Romania 02 02 00 00 0034:1700 +17 04th 02.  Norway 02 01 00 01 0021:1900  +2 02 03.  Japan 02 00 00 02 0021:4000 −19 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result 0Dec 8, 1973 Romania - Japan 24:12 (10: 4) 0Dec 9, 1973 Norway - Japan 16: 9 (8: 4) Dec 10, 1973 Denmark - Norway 10: 5 (6: 2)

Group C

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Soviet Union 02 02 00 00 0015:1000  +5 04th 02.  Poland 02 00 01 01 0017:1900  −2 01 03.  GDR 02 00 01 01 0015:1800  −3 01

date Team 1 Team 2 result 0Dec 8, 1973 Soviet Union - GDR 7: 4 (4: 1)) 0Dec 9, 1973 Soviet Union - Poland 8: 6 (4: 3) Dec 10, 1973 Poland - GDR 11:11 (5: 4)

Group D

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Yugoslavia 02 02 00 00 0031:1400 +17 04th 02.  Denmark 02 01 00 01 0023:1500  +8 02 03.  Netherlands 02 00 00 02 0008:3300 −25 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result 0Dec 8, 1973 Yugoslavia - Netherlands 20: 4 (9: 2) 0Dec 9, 1973 Denmark - Netherlands 13: 4 (6: 3) Dec 10, 1973 Yugoslavia - Denmark 11:10 (4: 7)

Main round

2 groups of 4 teams were formed, whereby the two best-placed teams in preliminary round groups A and B were assigned to group E, and the two best-placed teams in preliminary round groups C and D were assigned to group F. The results of the teams against the teams that move into the main round from their own preliminary round group were taken with them.

Group E

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Romania 03 03 00 00 0032:2400  +8 06th 02.  Hungary 03 02 00 01 0037:2200 +15 04th 03.  Czechoslovakia 03 01 00 02 0027:3000  −3 02 04th  Norway 03 00 00 03 0016:3600 −20 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 12, 1973 Hungary - Norway 14: 3 (7: 1) Dec 12, 1973 Romania - Czechoslovakia 10: 8 (5: 4) Dec 13, 1973 Czechoslovakia - Norway 12: 8 (5: 5) Dec 13, 1973 Romania - Hungary 12:11 (5: 7)

Group F.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 01.  Yugoslavia 03 02 00 01 0026:2400  +2 04th 02.  Soviet Union 03 01 01 01 0023:2300  ± 0 03 03.  Poland 03 01 01 01 0027:2800  −1 03 04th  Denmark 03 00 02 01 0032:3300  −1 02

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 12, 1973 Soviet Union - Denmark 10:10 (3: 5) Dec 12, 1973 Poland - Yugoslavia 9: 8 (5: 4) Dec 13, 1973 Poland - Denmark 12:12 (7: 7) Dec 13, 1973 Yugoslavia - Soviet Union 7: 5 (4: 3)

Consolation round (places 9-12)

The bottom of the group from the preliminary round competed against each other in a placement round for places 9 to 12.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points 09.  GDR 03 03 00 00 0046:2600 +20 06th 10.  Japan 03 02 00 01 0040:3800  +2 04th 11.  BR Germany 03 01 00 02 0033:3200  +1 02 12.  Netherlands 03 00 00 03 0025:4800 −23 00

date Team 1 Team 2 result Dec 12, 1973 Japan - Netherlands 15:11 (9: 3) Dec 12, 1973 GDR - BR Germany 14: 5 (8: 2) Dec 13, 1973 GDR - Japan 17:12 (10: 4) Dec 13, 1973 BR Germany - Netherlands 18: 5 (12: 3) Dec 14, 1973 GDR - Netherlands 15: 9 (8: 3) Dec 14, 1973 Japan - BR Germany 13:10 (5: 3)

Final round

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec 15, 1973	Denmark	-	Norway	12:10 (8: 5)

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec 15, 1973	Poland	-	Czechoslovakia	15:13 (6: 6)

3rd place match

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec 15, 1973	Soviet Union	-	Hungary	20:12 (11: 5)

final

In the final, the team from defeated Yugoslavia , the team of Romania before 7,000 spectators in Belgrade with 16:11 (7: 7).

date	Team 1		Team 2	result
Dec 15, 1973	Yugoslavia	-	Romania	16:11 (7: 7)

Final placements

rank	team
	Yugoslavia
	Romania
	Soviet Union
04th	Hungary
05	Poland
06th	Czechoslovakia
07th	Denmark
08th	Norway
09	GDR
10	Japan
11	BR Germany
12	Netherlands

Web links

• Previous Women's World Champions - Indoor: 1973 - Yugoslavia. (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 1973. Accessed December 10, 2019 (German).