1957 World Women's Handball Championship

1957 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Yugoslavia
Dates	July 13 – July 20
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches	21
Goals scored	232 (11.05 per match)
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The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia within Yugoslavia in 1957.

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	15	5	+10	4
Austria	2	1	0	1	7	10	−3	2
Romania	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0

Austria	3–1	Romania
Denmark	6–1	Romania
Denmark	9–4	Austria

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	13	8	+5	4
Hungary	2	1	0	1	13	10	+3	2
Sweden	2	0	0	2	6	14	−8	0

Hungary	9–2	Sweden
Czechoslovakia	8–4	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	5–4	Sweden

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	18	9	+9	4
West Germany	2	1	0	1	13	11	+2	2
Poland	2	0	0	2	7	18	−11	0

Yugoslavia	11–3	Poland
West Germany	7–4	Poland
Yugoslavia	7–6	West Germany

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
Hungary	2	1	1	0	15	9	+6	3
Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	14	17	−3	2
Denmark	2	0	1	1	12	15	−3	1

Hungary	10–4	Yugoslavia
Hungary	5–5	Denmark
Yugoslavia	10–7	Denmark

Group II[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	0	22	7	+15	4
West Germany	2	1	0	1	14	18	−4	2
Austria	2	0	0	2	11	22	−11	0

West Germany	10–8	Austria
Czechoslovakia	12–3	Austria
Czechoslovakia	10–4	West Germany

Classification Round[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4
Sweden	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	2
Romania	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Poland	4–1	Sweden
Sweden	2–1	Romania
Poland	3–0	Romania

Finals[]

5/6	Denmark	10–6	Austria
3/4	Yugoslavia	9–6	West Germany
1/2	Czechoslovakia	7–1	Hungary

Final standings[]

References[]