1962 World Women's Handball Championship

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1962 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

1962 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	7 July – 15 July
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Romania (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	316 (15.05 per match)
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The 1962 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Romania in 1962.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	23	12	+11	3
Soviet Union	2	1	0	1	16	24	−8	2
West Germany	2	0	1	1	15	18	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Soviet Union	11–8	West Germany
Czechoslovakia	7–7	West Germany
Czechoslovakia	16–5	Soviet Union

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	20	11	+9	4
Hungary	2	1	0	1	21	16	+5	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	15	29	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hungary	17–8	Japan
Denmark	8–4	Hungary
Denmark	12–7	Japan

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	2	1	1	0	12	7	+5	3
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3	3
Poland	2	0	0	2	6	14	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Romania	9–4	Poland
Yugoslavia	5–2	Poland
Romania	3–3	Yugoslavia

Main round

	Team will compete for Places 1–2
	Team will compete for Places 3–4

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	2	2	0	0	16	10	+6	4
Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	9	12	−3	2
Hungary	2	0	0	2	12	15	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Romania	9–7	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	6–5	Hungary
Romania	7–3	Czechoslovakia

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	17	9	+8	4
Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	15	12	+3	2
Soviet Union	2	0	0	2	9	20	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Yugoslavia	10–5	Soviet Union
Denmark	10–4	Soviet Union
Denmark	7–5	Yugoslavia

Classification round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	2	0	0	21	14	+7	4
West Germany	2	1	0	1	19	11	+8	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	16	31	−15	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Poland	16–10	Japan
West Germany	15–6	Japan
Poland	5–4	West Germany

Finals

5/6	Hungary	12–10	Soviet Union
3/4	Czechoslovakia	6–5	Yugoslavia
1/2	Romania	8–5	Denmark

Final standings

Rank Team  Romania  Denmark  Czechoslovakia 4  Yugoslavia 5  Hungary 6  Soviet Union 7  Poland 8  West Germany 9  Japan

1962 Women's World Champions Romania First Title Team Roster Liliana Borcea, Ana Starck, Edeltraut Franz, Iuliana Naco, Aurelia Szoke-Sălăgeanu, Constanţa Dumitraşcu, Antoaneta Oţelea-Vasile, Felicia Gheorghiţă, Irina Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Iozefina Ugron, Martina Constantinescu-Scheip, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Anna Nemetz-Schauberger. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Niculae Nedeff

References

• "rom62" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 4 December 2009.