1965 World Women's Handball Championship

1965 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	November 7 – November 13
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches	16
Goals scored	247 (15.44 per match)
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The 1965 World Women's Handball Championship took place in West Germany in 1965.

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	28	15	+13	6
West Germany	3	2	0	1	26	20	+6	4
Denmark	3	1	0	2	21	27	-6	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	21	34	-13	0

Yugoslavia	11 : 6	Denmark
West Germany	15 : 7	Japan
Denmark	10 : 9	Japan
Yugoslavia	8 : 4	West Germany
West Germany	7 : 5	Denmark
Yugoslavia	9 : 5	Japan

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	31	15	+16	6
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	27	22	+5	3
Romania	3	0	2	1	18	21	-3	2
Poland	3	0	1	2	16	34	-18	1

Romania	4 : 4	Poland
Hungary	7 : 4	Czechoslovakia
Hungary	9 : 6	Romania
Czechoslovakia	15 : 7	Poland
Romania	8 : 8	Czechoslovakia
Hungary	15 : 5	Poland

Finals

7/8	Japan	6 : 5	Poland
5/6	Denmark	10 : 9	Romania
3/4	West Germany	11 : 10	Czechoslovakia
1/2	Hungary	5 : 3	Yugoslavia

Final standings

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

1965 Women's World Champions Hungary First Title Team Roster Györgyné Gurics, Ágnes Babos, Györgyné Csenki, Magdolna Jóna, Ágnes Hanus, Erzsébet Lengyel, Jenőné Schmidt, Anna Rothermel, Márta Balogh, Károlyné Hajek, Márta Giba, Ilona Ignácz and Joszefine Romhányi. Trainer: Bódog Török 1965 - Women Handball World Champions

References

• "frg65" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 4 December 2009.