World Women's Handball Championship: Information from Answers.com

The World Championship in team handball for women has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957.

1 Championships
2 Overall medal count
3 Participation history
4 Largest winning margin
5 See also
6 External links

Championships

Year	Host Country	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host Country	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1957 Details	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	7 - 1	Hungary	Yugoslavia	9 - 6	West Germany
1962 Details	Romania	Romania	8 - 5	Denmark	Czechoslovakia	6 - 5	Yugoslavia
1965 Details	West Germany	Hungary	5 - 3	Yugoslavia	West Germany	11 - 10	Czechoslovakia
1971 Details	Netherlands	East Germany	11 - 8	Yugoslavia	Hungary	12 - 11	Romania
1973 Details	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	16 - 11	Romania	Soviet Union	20 - 12	Hungary
1975 Details	Soviet Union	East Germany	no final	Soviet Union	Hungary	no 3rd place playoff	Romania
1978 Details	Czechoslovakia	East Germany	no final	Soviet Union	Hungary	no 3rd place playoff	Czechoslovakia
1982 Details	Hungary	Soviet Union	no final	Hungary	Yugoslavia	no 3rd place playoff	West Germany
1986 Details	Netherlands	Soviet Union	30 - 22	Czechoslovakia	Norway	23 - 19	West Germany
1990 Details	South Korea	Soviet Union	24 - 22	Yugoslavia	East Germany	25 - 19	West Germany
1993 Details	Norway	Germany	22 - 21 OT	Denmark	Norway	20 - 19	Romania
1995 Details	Austria Hungary	South Korea	25 - 20	Hungary	Denmark	25 - 24	Norway
1997 Details	Germany	Denmark	33 - 20	Norway	Germany	27 - 25	Russia
1999 Details	Denmark Norway	Norway	25 - 24 2OT	France	Austria	31 - 28 OT	Romania
2001 Details	Italy	Russia	30 - 25	Norway	Yugoslavia	42 - 40	Denmark
2003 Details	Croatia	France	32 - 29 OT	Hungary	South Korea	31 - 29	Ukraine
2005 Details	Russia	Russia	28 - 23	Romania	Hungary	27 - 24	Denmark
2007 Details	France	Russia	29 - 24	Norway	Germany	36 - 35	Romania
2009 Details	China	Russia	25 - 22	France	Norway	31 - 26	Spain
2011 Details	Brazil

Overall medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	4	0	0	4
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	6
3	East Germany	3	0	1	4
4	Hungary	1	4	4	9
5	Yugoslavia	1	3	3	7
5	Norway	1	3	3	7
7	Denmark	1	2	1	4
8	France	1	2	0	3
8	Romania	1	2	0	3
10	Czechoslovakia	1	1	1	3
11	Germany	1	0	2	3
12	South Korea	1	0	1	2
13	West Germany	0	0	1	1
13	Austria	0	0	1	1

v • d • e Lists of countries by sports rankings

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World Championships & World Cups	Alpine skiing · American football · Aquatics · Athletics · Badminton (men · women · BWF) · Bandy · Baseball (men · ranks) · Basketball (men · women · ranks) · Basque Pelota · Beach soccer · Biathlon · Bobsleigh · Bowling · Canoe (Slalom · Sprint) · Chess · Cricket (Test · ODI) · Curling (men · women · ranks) · Cycling (BMX · Cyclo-cross (men · women) · Mountain Bike Marathon) · Equestrian (Equestrian Games · Show Jumping · Eventing) · Fencing · F1 (drivers · constructors) · Field hockey (men · women) · FIFA WC (clubs · men · men's ranks · women · women's ranks) · Figure skating · Futsal · Gymnastics (artistic · rhythmic) · Handball (men · women) · Ice hockey (men · women · ranks) · Luge (natural) · Netball · Nordic skiing · Paddle Tennis · Polo · Roller Hockey (men · women) · Rugby league · Rugby union (men · women · ranks) · Shooting · Softball · Speed skating (men · men's sprint · women · women's sprint) · Taekwondo · Tennis (men · men's ranks · women) · Volleyball (WC) · Water polo · Weightlifting · Wrestling

Lists of countries · Lists by country · List of international rankings · List of statistically superlative countries

Participation history

Team	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009
Algeria													19
Angola										16	16	13-16	15	15	13	17	16	7	11
Argentina														24		22	20	20	19
Australia														23		23	24	24	24
Austria	6								12	5	8	8	11	3	7	11	13	16	10
Belarus													16	14
Bulgaria								10		12
Brazil												17-20	23	16	12	20	7	14	15
Cameroon																	22
Canada							10			15		17-20	20
Chile																			23
China									9	8	14	13-16	22	18	11	19	17	21	12
Congo								12						22	22			17	20
Côte d'Ivoire												17-20	14	20		21	21		18
Croatia												10	6			14	11	9
Cuba														21
Czech Republic												13-16	13	19		15
Denmark	5	2	5	6	7	9				10	2	3	1	6	4	13	4		5
Dominican Republic																		22
France									15	14			10	2	5	1	12	5	2
Germany											1	5	3	7		12	6	3	7
Greenland															24
Hungary	2	5	1	3	4	3	3	2	8		7	2	9	5	6	2	3	8	9
Italy															16
Japan		9	7	9	10	10			14			13-16	17	17	20	16	18	19	16
Team	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009
Kazakhstan																		18	22
Lithuania											13
Macedonia													7	8	21		15	12
Netherlands				8	12		9		10					10	14		5
Norway				7	8	8		7	3	6	3	4	2	1	2	6	9	2	3
Paraguay																		23
Poland	7	7	8		5	7	6		13	9	10		8	11			19	11
Romania	9	1	6	4	2	4	7	8	5	7	4	7	12	4	17	10	2	4	8
Russia											5	6	4	12	1	7	1	1	1
Serbia and Montenegro / Yugoslavia	3	4	2	2	1	5	5	3	6	2					3	9		-
Slovakia												12
Slovenia													18		9	8	14
South Korea								6	11	11	11	1	5	9	15	3	8	6	6
Spain											15				10	5		10	4
Sweden	8									13	6	11			8				13
Thailand																			21
Tunisia						12									19	18		15	14
Ukraine												9		13	18	4	10	13	17
United States						11		11	16		12	17-20
Uruguay													24		23	24	23
Uzbekistan													21
Discontinued teams
Czechoslovakia	1	3	4		6	6	4	5	2		9
East Germany				1	9	1	1	4	4	3
Soviet Union		6			3	2	2	1	1	1
West Germany	4	8	3	5	11		8	9	7	4

Largest winning margin

Margin	Winning team	Score	Opponent	WC
48	Hungary	57 – 09	Australia	2005
45	Sweden	66 – 21	Australia	2009
41	Austria	52 – 11	Thailand	2009
40	Russia	48 – 08	Australia	2009
39	Angola	47 – 08	Australia	2005
38	South Korea	50 – 12	Paraguay	2007
38	Yugoslavia	41 – 03	Tunisia	1975
37	Norway	48 – 11	Uruguay	2001
37	Norway	47 – 10	Australia	2005
37	Russia	45 – 08	Thailand	2009
37	Denmark	42 – 05	Argentina	1999
35	Austria	45 – 10	Australia	2009
35	Croatia	44 – 09	Uruguay	2005
34	Romania	51 – 17	Chile	2009
34	Hungary	48 – 14	Chile	2009

Source: TV2Sporten.no

External links

Women's WC at IHF

v • d • e International Handball

IHF · World Championship (men) (women) · Junior World Championship (men) (women) · Youth World Championship (men) (women) · Olympics · Asian Games · Pan American Games · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams

Asia	AHF – Asian Championship (men) (women)

Africa	CAHB – African Championship

Pan America	PATHF – American Championship

Oceania	OHF – Nations Cup

Europe	EHF – European Championship (men) (women)

v • d • e World Handball Championships

Men	Germany 1938 • Sweden 1954 • East Germany 1958 • West Germany 1961 • Czechoslovakia 1964 • Sweden 1967 • France 1970 • East Germany 1974 • Denmark 1978 • West Germany 1982 • Switzerland 1986 • Czechoslovakia 1990 • Sweden 1993 • Iceland 1995 • Japan 1997 • Egypt 1999 • France 2001 • Portugal 2003 • Tunisia 2005 • Germany 2007 • Croatia 2009 • Sweden 2011

Women	Yugoslavia 1957 • Romania 1962 • West Germany 1965 • Netherlands 1971 • Yugoslavia 1973 • USSR 1975 • Czechoslovakia 1978 • Hungary 1982 • Netherlands 1986 • South Korea 1990 • Norway 1993 • Austria/Hungary 1995 • Germany 1997 • Denmark/Norway 1999 • Italy 2001 • Croatia 2003 • Russia 2005 • France 2007 • China 2009 • Brazil 2011

World championships between national teams/representatives

Team

Bandy · Baseball · Basketball (men - women) · Beach Handball · Beach Volleyball · Bobsleigh and Skeleton · Canoe polo · Curling · Dancing (B-boying - Salsa) · Debating · Floorball · Formula Racing · Handball (men - women) · Ice hockey (men - women) · Ice racing · Inline Hockey · Korfball · Lacrosse · Netball · Paddle Tennis · Polo · Pond hockey · Radiosport · Rallying · Ringette · Rink hockey (men - women) · Sidecar motocross · Ski mountaineering · Softball · Squash (doubles - team) · Volleyball · Water Polo

Mixed

Aquatic sports · Aviation racing · Basque Pelota · Canoeing (Slalom - Sprint) · Conker · Endurance motorcycle racing · Equestrian (Equestrian Games - Dressage - Eventing - Show Jumping) · Formula Racing · F1 Powerboat racing · GT racing · Hip-hop dance · Ice skating (Figure - Speed - Synchronized) · Kart racing · Kendo · Modern Pentathlon · Motorcycle road racing · Mountain bike racing · Orienteering (Foot - Ski - Mountain bike) · Puzzle · Racquetball · Radio-controlled car racing · Rowing · Sailing · Ski flying · Sudoku · Superbike racing · Table tennis · Track cycling · Touring car racing · Warcraft III · Wok racing

Individual

Archery · Athletics · Backgammon · Badminton · Bar billiards · Biathlon · BMX racing · Bog snorkelling · Boxing (amateur) · Bowls · Carom billiards (Three-cushion - Artistic billiards - Five-pins) · Chess · Crokinole · Cross country running · Cyclo-cross · Darts · Enduro · English billiards · Fencing · Gliding · Go · Gymnastics (Acrobatic - Aerobic - Artistic - Rhythmic - Trampoline) · Ice racing · Jiu-Jitsu · Judo · Karate · Luge (Artificial track - Natural track) · Marathon mountain bike races · Motocross · Motorcycle speedway · Mounted games · Pitch and putt · Pocket billiards (Eight-ball - Nine-ball - Ten-ball - Straight pool) · Road bicycle racing · Rowing · Quiz · Scrabble · Shooting · Skiing (Alpine - Freestyle - Nordic) · Snooker (15 red - 6 red) · Snowboarding · Snowmobile race · Squash · Stunt pogo · Taekwondo · Triathlon · Weightlifting · Wrestling · Wushu

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World Women's Handball Championship

Contents

Championships

Overall medal count

Participation history

Largest winning margin

See also

External links