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.
| 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) |
Tournament
edit| 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 | ||
1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.
Medal table
edit| 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 | |
National team appearances in the IHF World Championship
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Comprehensive team results by tournament
editSource: 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) |
Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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
edit| Margin | Winning team | Score | Opponent | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Romania |
10–2 | Austria |
1960 |
| 7 | Austria |
8–1 | France |
1949 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia |
10–3 | France |
1949 |
| 5 | Hungary |
7–2 | Austria |
1949 |
| 5 | Romania |
6–1 | Denmark |
1960 |
| 4 | Romania |
9–4 | Netherlands |
1960 |
| 4 | Hungary |
7–3 | France |
1949 |
| 4 | Romania |
6–2 | Austria |
1960 |
References
edit- ^ 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.