IHF_World_Women's_Outdoor_Handball_Championship
IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship
World championship of field handball
IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship was the world championship of field handball and was organized by the International Handball Federation in the period 1949-1960.
Quick Facts Sport, Founded ...
| Sport | Field handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| Founder | International Handball Federation (IHF) |
| First season | 1949 |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Romania (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Romania (2 titles) |
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More information Year, Host Country ...
| Year | Host Country | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1949[1] Details |
 Hungary |
 Hungary |
Round-robin |  Austria |
 Czechoslovakia |
Round-robin |  France | ||
| 1956[2] Details |
 West Germany |
 Romania |
6–5 |  West Germany |
Hungary |
8–6 | Austria | ||
| 1960[3] Details |
 Netherlands |
Romania |
10–2 | Austria |
Germany1 |
3–1 |  Netherlands | ||
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1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.
Medal table
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
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National team appearances in the IHF World Championship
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Comprehensive team results by tournament
Source: IHF official site.[4]
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- 5th – Fifth place
- 6th – Sixth place
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- — Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 1949 (4) |
1956 (6) |
1960 (6) |
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| Austria | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | × | × | 5th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 France | 4th | 6th | × | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany (including West Germany) | × | 2nd | 3rd | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 1st | 3rd | × | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | × | • | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Poland | × | • | 6th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | × | 1st | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discontinued teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 3rd | × | × | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | × | 5th | × | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Largest margins of victory
- Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1949 Women Outdoor HUN" (PDF; 81 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1956 Women Outdoor GER" (PDF; 67 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- Mosch, T. (21 November 2003). "1960 Women Outdoor HOL" (PDF; 79 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- "Medals Table - Classification at Women's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 383 KB). 20 September 2010. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.