IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship
World championship of field handball
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IHF World Women's Field 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 |  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
| 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
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||