Women's handball world championship 1993

11th Women's Handball World Championship 1993
11th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Germany (4th title)
venue	Norway
Opening game	November 24, 1993
Endgame	05th December 1993
Top scorer	Hong Jeong-ho (58 goals)
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The 11th women's handball world championship was held in Norway from November 24th to December 5th, 1993 . A total of 16 teams initially competed against each other in four groups in a preliminary round. This was followed by the main round with six teams in two groups as well as the round of the bottom group for places 13 to 16. Finally, the placement games for places 3 to 12 and the final were played. Germany became world champions in 1993 after a 22:21 win after extra time in the final against Denmark .

game schedule

Preliminary round

The first three teams in each group qualified for the main round.

Group A

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Norway	61:47	6-0
2	Hungary	62:56	3: 3
3	Poland	61:67	3: 3
4th	Spain	48:62	0: 6

	Poland	- Spain	20:19 ( 09:10)
	Norway	- Hungary	18:15 ( 06: 09)
	Hungary	- Poland	25:25 (13:12)
	Spain	- Norway	16:20 ( 06:12)
	Norway	- Poland	23:16 (12: 08)
	Hungary	- Spain	22:13 ( 09: 09)

Group B

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	78:69	6-0
2	Russia	75:68	4: 2
3	South Korea	76:81	2: 4
4th	Lithuania	66:77	0: 6

	Denmark	- Lithuania	25:23 (13:12)
	Russia	- South Korea	28:25 (14:12)
	Lithuania	- Russia	19:26 (11:13)
	South Korea	- Denmark	25:29 (13:15)
	South Korea	- Lithuania	26:24 (17:11)
	Russia	- Denmark	21:24 (10:12)

Group C

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	61:53	4: 2
2	Romania	67:57	4: 2
3	Germany	68:47	4: 2
4th	Angola	41:64	0: 6

	Romania	- Angola	26:16 (10: 06)
	Germany	- Sweden	17:15 ( 07: 08)
	Sweden	- Romania	20:17 (11:12)
	Angola	- Germany	08:30 ( 03:17)
	Germany	- Romania	21:24 ( 09:11)
	Sweden	- Angola	26:19 (14: 08)

Group D

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Czech Republic	65:53	6-0
2	Austria	63:48	4: 2
3	United States	58:76	2: 4
4th	People's Republic of China	67:76	0: 6

	China	- USA	26:27 (17:13)
	Austria	- Czech Republic	13:16 ( 06: 07)
	United States	- Austria	11:27 ( 03:13)
	Czech Republic	- China	26:20 (13:10)
	Austria	- China	23:21 (14:11)
	Czech Republic	- USA	23:20 (10: 09)

Main round

Games against opponents from the preliminary round were not played again. The results were carried over from the preliminary round to the main round.

Group I.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Denmark	143: 122	8: 2
2	Norway	104: 091	8: 2
3	Russia	113: 109	5: 5
4th	Hungary	120: 135	4: 6
5	Poland	117: 136	3: 7
6th	South Korea	136: 140	2: 8

	Norway	- South Korea	21:18 ( 08:11)
	Hungary	- Russia	24:24 (12:13)
	Poland	- Denmark	25:30 (13:17)
	Russia	- Norway	19:14 ( 09: 08)
	South Korea	- Poland	37:29 (18:14)
	Denmark	- Hungary	37:23 ( 21:11 )
	Norway	- Denmark	28:23 (13: 09)
	Poland	- Russia	22:21 ( 09: 08)
	Hungary	- South Korea	33:31 (13:15)

Group II

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	109: 082	8: 2
2	Romania	111: 093	6: 4
3	Sweden	095: 080	6: 4
4th	Austria	083: 078	6: 4
5	Czech Republic	099: 099	4: 6
6th	United States	069: 134	0:10

	Romania	- Austria	15:16 ( 09: 09)
	Sweden	- USA	30:11 (17: 03)
	Germany	- Czech Republic	22:21 (13:10)
	United States	- Germany	12:24 ( 05:13)
	Czech Republic	- Romania	21:25 (11:10)
	Austria	- Sweden	17:11 ( 09: 04)
	Germany	- Austria	25:10 ( 09: 04)
	Romania	- USA	30:15 (17: 05)
	Sweden	- Czech Republic	19:18 (10: 08)

Placement round

Play for places 13–16

rank	country	Gates	Points
13	Lithuania	88:59	6-0
14th	People's Republic of China	92:84	4: 2
15th	Spain	64:79	2: 4
16	Angola	60:82	0: 6

	Spain	- Angola	21:15 ( 08: 08)
	Angola	- Lithuania	19:26 ( 09:12)
	Lithuania	- China	34:21 (18: 09)
	Spain	- Lithuania	19:28 ( 07:14)
	China	- Spain	36:24 (17:11)
	Angola	- China	26:35 (15:17)

Finals

The first two of the main round played the final, the second two the game for third place.

Game for 11th place

	United States	- South Korea	21:29 ( 09:16)

Play for 9th place

	Poland	- Czech Republic	17:22 (10:10)

Game for 7th place

	Austria	- Hungary	09:16 ( 03: 07)

Play for 5th place

	Russia	- Sweden	25:19 (13:12)

3rd place match

	Romania	- Norway	19:20 ( 09:11)

final

	Denmark	- Germany	21:22 a.d. (17:17, 8: 8)

Placements

rank	country
1	Germany
2	Denmark
3	Norway
4th	Romania
5	Russia
6th	Sweden
7th	Hungary
8th	Austria
9	Czech Republic
10	Poland
11	South Korea
12	United States
13	Lithuania
14th	People's Republic of China
15th	Spain
16	Angola

List of goalscorers

rank	Surname	Gates
1	Hong Jeong-ho	58
2	Natalia Morskova	50
3	Zuzana Prekopová	44
4th	Mirrella Mierzejewska	41
5	Anja Andersen	40

The world championship team in 1993: Germany

Sabine Adamik , Heike Axmann , Andrea Bölk , Eike Bram , Carola Ciszewski , Cordula David , Michaela Erler , Sybille Gruner , Karen Heinrich , Franziska Heinz , Heike Murrweiss , Gabriele Palme , Michaela Schanze , Bianca Urbanke , Birgit Wagner and Renate Zienkiewicz

Trainer: Lothar Doering

Web links

• Results of the Handball World Cup 1993 (PDF file; 95 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World champion women (Kleinfeld / Halle). Section All World Cup top scorer inside . In: bundesligainfo.de. Retrieved July 27, 2018 .