IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship

This article is about Outdoor Championship. For Indoor Championship, see IHF World Women's Handball Championship.

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.

IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship

Sport	Field handball
Founded	1949
Founder	International Handball Federation (IHF)
First season	1949
No. of teams	6
Continent	International (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

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

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

Best result of participants

Best result for discontinued states

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

Largest margins of victory

Margin	Winning team	Score	Opponent	WC
8	Romania	10–2	Austria	1960
7	Austria	8–1	France	1949
7	Yugoslavia	10–3	France	1949
5	Hungary	7–2	Austria	1949
5	Romania	6–1	Denmark	1960
4	Romania	9–4	Netherlands	1960
4	Hungary	7–3	France	1949
4	Romania	6–2	Austria	1960