IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship

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.

IHF World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship
SportField handball
Founded1949
FounderInternational Handball Federation (IHF)
Inaugural season1949
No. of teams6
ContinentInternational (IHF)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Romania (2nd title)
Most titles Romania (2 titles)

Tournament
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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania2002
2 Hungary1012
3 Austria0202
4 West Germany0101
5 Czechoslovakia0011
 Germany0011
Totals (6 nations)3339

National team appearances in the IHF World Championship
Main article: National team appearances in the World Women's Outdoor Handball Championship

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)		 Total
 Austria2nd4th2nd3
 Denmark××5th1
 France4th6th×2
 Germany
(including West Germany)		×2nd3rd2
 Hungary1st3rd×2
 Netherlandsו4th1
 Polandו6th1
 Romania×1st1st2
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia3rd××1
 Yugoslavia×5th×1

Largest margins of victory
MarginWinning teamScoreOpponentWC
8Romania 10–2 Austria1960
7Austria 8–1 France1949
7Yugoslavia 10–3 France1949
5Hungary 7–2 Austria1949
5Romania 6–1 Denmark1960
4Romania 9–4 Netherlands1960
4Hungary 7–3 France1949
4Romania 6–2 Austria1960

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
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