1957 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship was the first Women's world Championship. It took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957.

Preliminary round

Group A

13 July 1957 3–1 14 July 1957 6–1 15 July 1957 9–4

Group B

13 July 1957 9–2 14 July 1957 5–4 15 July 1957 8–4

Group C

13 July 1957 11–3 14 July 1957 7–4 15 July 1957 7–6

Main round

    Team will compete for Places 1–2     Team will compete for Places 3–4

Group I

17 July 1957 10–4 18 July 1957 5–5 19 July 1957 10–7

Group II

17 July 1957 12–3 18 July 1957 10–8 19 July 1957 10–4

Classification round

17 July 1957 4–1 18 July 1957 2–1 20 July 1957 3–0

Finals

5th/6th places 20 July 1957 10–6 3rd/4th places 20 July 1957 9–6 1st/2nd places 20 July 1957 7–1 Source: IHF Archive

Final standings

Final ranking RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9

1957 Women's World Champions CzechoslovakiaFirst Title

Team roster: Anna Čápová (Ríšová), Věra Aschenbrenerová, Vlasta Čiháková, Jana Housková, Stanislava Kučerová, Květa Marzinová, Květa Janečková, Pavla Bartáková, Věra Dvořáková, Blanka Kotlínová, Jana Maléřová and Veronika Schmidtová (Ilavská). Trainers: Karel Hošťalek, Ladislav Gross

Source: IHF Archive References