1971 World Women's Handball Championship

1971 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Final positions
Champions	East Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	413 (19.67 per match)

The 1971 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the Netherlands between 11-19 December 1971. After the 1968 edition was cancelled because of the intervention of Czechoslovakia from the Soviet Union, the 1971 edition would see East Germany take the title as they defeated Yugoslavia 11-8 in the final.^{[1] [2]}

Premlinary Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	2	0	0	23	18	+5	4
West Germany	2	1	0	1	21	19	+2	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	14	21	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1971	West Germany	10–7	Japan	Netherlands

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1971	Denmark	11–7	Japan	Netherlands

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1971	Denmark	12–11	West Germany	Netherlands

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	1	1	0	26	19	+7	3
Romania	2	1	1	0	20	18	+2	3
Norway	2	0	0	2	13	22	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1971	Yugoslavia	14–7	Norway	Netherlands

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1971	Romania	8–6	Norway	Netherlands

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1971	Yugoslavia	12–12	Romania	Netherlands

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	2	2	0	0	24	16	+8	4
Hungary	2	1	0	1	20	12	+8	2
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	11	27	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1971	Hungary	12–3	Netherlands	Netherlands

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1971	East Germany	15–8	Netherlands	Netherlands

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1971	East Germany	9–8	Hungary	Netherlands

Main 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
East Germany	2	2	0	0	24	17	+7	4
Romania	2	0	1	1	21	23	−2	1
Denmark	2	0	1	1	18	23	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1971	Romania	11–11	Denmark	Netherlands

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1971	East Germany	12–10	Romania	Netherlands

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1971	East Germany	12–7	Denmark	Netherlands

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	23	14	+9	4
Hungary	2	1	0	1	18	22	−4	2
West Germany	2	0	0	2	18	23	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1971	Yugoslavia	11–8	West Germany	Netherlands

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1971	Hungary	12–10	West Germany	Netherlands

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1971	Yugoslavia	12–6	Hungary	Netherlands

Ranking Round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	2	2	0	0	21	18	+3	4
Netherlands	2	0	1	1	19	20	−1	1
Japan	2	0	1	1	23	25	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1971	Japan	12–12	Netherlands	Netherlands

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1971	Norway	8–7	Netherlands	Netherlands

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1971	Norway	13–11	Japan	Netherlands

Placement Round

Fifth Place Playoff

1971	West Germany	13–9	Denmark	Netherlands

Third Place Playoff

1971	Hungary	12–11	Romania	Netherlands

Final

1971	East Germany	11–8	Yugoslavia	Netherlands

Final standings

#	Team
	East Germany
	Yugoslavia
	Hungary
4	Romania
5	West Germany
6	Denmark
7	Norway
8	Netherlands
9	Japan

References

1. "Women Handball World Championship 1971". Todor 66.
2. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

• International Handball Federation