1962 World Women's Handball Championship

1962 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	7 July – 15 July
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Romania (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Czechoslovakia
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The 1962 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Romania in 1962.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	0	23	12	+11	3
Soviet Union	2	1	0	1	16	24	-8	2
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	20	11	+9	4
Hungary	2	1	0	1	21	16	+5	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	15	29	-14	0

Hungary	17 : 8	Japan
Denmark	8 : 4	Hungary
Denmark	12 : 7	Japan

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	2	1	1	0	12	7	+5	3
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	8	5	+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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	2	2	0	0	16	10	+6	4
Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	9	12	-3	2
Hungary	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0

Romania	9 : 7	Hungary
Czechoslovakia	6 : 5	Hungary
Romania	7 : 3	Czechoslovakia

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	17	9	+8	4
Yugoslavia	2	1	0	1	15	12	3	2
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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	2	0	0	21	14	+7	4
West Germany	2	1	0	1	19	11	+8	2
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

#	Team
	Romania
	Denmark
	Czechoslovakia
4.	Yugoslavia
5.	Hungary
6.	Soviet Union
7.	Poland
8.	West Germany
9.	Japan

1962 Women's World Champions Romania First Title Team Roster Liliana Borcea, Ana Botan-Stark, Edeltraut Franz, Iuliana Naco, Aurelia Szoke-Sălăgeanu, Constanţa Dumitraşcu, Antoaneta Oţelea-Vasile, Felicia Gheorghiţă, Irene Hector-Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Iosefina Ştefănescu-Ugron, Martina Constantinescu-Scheip, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Ana Nemetz. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Niculae Nedeff

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