1962 World Women's Handball Championship
1962 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
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The 1962 World Women's Handball Championship was the second Women's Handball World Championship. It took place in Romania in 1962.[2]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Romania |
| Dates | 7 July – 15 July |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Romania (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Denmark |
| Third place |  Czechoslovakia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Goals scored | 316 (15.05 per match) |
| Top scorers | Marie Mateju Ana Starck (14 goals)[1] |
As five years earlier, the competition was played with only seven players on the field, outdoor,[3] on clay, in broad daylight and in two 20-minutes half-times.[4] For the first time a non-European team, namely Japan, entered the competition.
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 3 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 2 |
| 3 |  West Germany |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 1 |
| Soviet Union | 11–8 | West Germany | |
| Czechoslovakia | 7–7 | West Germany | |
| Czechoslovakia | 16–5 | Soviet Union |
Group B
Hungary  | 17–8 |  Japan | |
| Denmark | 8–4 | Hungary | |
| Denmark | 12–7 | Japan |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 3 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 |  Poland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 0 |
| 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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 4 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 2 |
| 3 | Hungary |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 0 |
| Romania | 9–7 | Hungary | |
| Czechoslovakia | 6–5 | Hungary | |
| Romania | 7–3 | Czechoslovakia |
Group II
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 4 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 2 |
| 3 | Soviet Union |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 0 |
| Yugoslavia | 10–5 | Soviet Union | |
| Denmark | 10–4 | Soviet Union | |
| Denmark | 7–5 | Yugoslavia |
Classification round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Poland |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 4 |
| 8 | West Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 0 |
| 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
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