1993 World Women's Handball Championship

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Host country Norway
Dates24 November – 5 December 1993
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Champions Germany (1st title)
1993 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Norway
Dates24 November – 5 December 1993
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored2,364 (43.78 per match)
Top scorerSouth Korea Hong Jeong-ho (58 goals)[1]
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The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their first title as a unified nation as they defeated Denmark in extra-time 22–21.[2]

Despite finishing 2nd, the World Championship marked the beginning of the Danish Golden generation known as the 'Iron Ladies'.[3]

Host nation
Qualified from the 1990 World Championship
Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B
Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship
Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Squads

Preliminary round

Main Round

     Team advanced to the final
     Team advanced to the bronze match

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 143 122 +21 8
 Norway 5 4 0 1 104 91 +13 8
 Russia 5 2 1 2 113 109 +4 5
 Hungary 5 1 2 2 120 135 −15 4
 Poland 5 1 1 3 117 136 −19 3
 South Korea 5 1 0 4 136 140 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]
30 November 1993 Norway  21–18  South Korea
(8–11)
30 November 1993 Hungary  24–24  Russia
(12–13)
30 November 1993 Poland  25–30  Denmark
(13–17)
1 December 1993 Russia  19–14  Norway
(9–8)
1 December 1993 South Korea  37–29  Poland
(18–14)
1 December 1993 Denmark  37–23  Hungary
(21–11)
3 December 1993 Norway  28–23  Denmark
(13–9)
3 December 1993 Poland  22–21  Russia
(9–8)
3 December 1993 Hungary  33–31  South Korea
(13–15)

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 5 4 0 1 109 82 +27 8
 Romania 5 3 0 2 111 93 +18 6
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 95 80 +15 6
 Austria 5 3 0 2 83 78 +5 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 0 3 99 99 0 4
 United States 5 0 0 5 69 134 −65 0
Source: [citation needed]
28 November 1993 Romania  15–16  Austria
(9–9)
28 November 1993 Sweden  30–11  United States
(17–3)
28 November 1993 Germany  22–21  Czechoslovakia
(13–10)
30 November 1993 United States  12–24  Germany
(5–13)
30 November 1993 Czechoslovakia  21–25  Romania
(11–10)
30 November 1993 Austria  17–11  Sweden
(9–4)
1 December 1993 Germany  25–10  Austria
(9–4)
1 December 1993 Romania  30–15  United States
(17–5)
1 December 1993 Sweden  19–18  Czechoslovakia
(10–8)

Classification round

Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 0 88 59 +29 6
 China 3 2 0 1 92 84 +8 4
 Spain 3 1 0 2 64 79 −15 2
 Angola 3 0 0 3 60 82 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]
30 November 1993 Spain  21–15  Angola
(8–8)
30 November 1993 Lithuania  34–21  China
(18–9)
1 December 1993 Angola  19–26  Lithuania
(9–12)
1 December 1993 China  36–24  Spain
(17–11)
3 December 1993 Spain  19–28  Lithuania
(7–14)
3 December 1993 Angola  26–35  China
(15–17)

Finals

Final standings

References

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