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IHF World Women's Handball Championship
The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won as the first American team.
Nine teams participated in the first championship, this number has grown in steps to 32 (from 2021). In 1977 a B-tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C-tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A-tournament. Since 2021, the championship has expanded to the current system with 32 national teams, divided into eight groups of four.The B- and C-tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system based on continental confederations in 1993.
From 1993 it has been held every other year. Between 1978 and 1990 it was held every fourth alternating with the Olympic tournament (introduced for women handball in 1976). The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December.
Russia is the most successful national team with seven championship titles (four won by the Soviet Union), while Norway and Germany are in second place with four titles each.
Camilla Herrem and Katrine Lunde Norwegian national team players, are the only athletes who have won six medals.
After the first men’s indoor World Championship in 1938, women had to wait until 1949 for their first international competition, largely due to World War II. This inaugural tournament was played outdoors with eleven players per side. Hungary, the host nation, won the competition. Two further editions of the eleven-a-side women’s World Championship were held in 1956 and 1960, both won by Romania.
The first seven-a-side World Championship took place in 1957 in Yugoslavia, featuring nine European teams. Although designated as a World Championship, only European teams participated in this edition. While still played outdoors, it marked the first official competition with seven-a-side teams, distinguishing it from the previous eleven-a-side tournaments. Approximately 8,000 spectators attended the final, where Czechoslovakia defeated Hungary 7–1.
The first non-European team, Japan, participated in the 1962 edition, held in Romania. Matches were played outdoors on clay courts during the day, in two twenty-minute halves. Romanian coaches Niculae Nedeff and Constantine Popescu guided the host team to victory, defeating Denmark 8–5 in the final.
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IHF World Women's Handball Championship
The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won as the first American team.
Nine teams participated in the first championship, this number has grown in steps to 32 (from 2021). In 1977 a B-tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C-tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A-tournament. Since 2021, the championship has expanded to the current system with 32 national teams, divided into eight groups of four.The B- and C-tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system based on continental confederations in 1993.
From 1993 it has been held every other year. Between 1978 and 1990 it was held every fourth alternating with the Olympic tournament (introduced for women handball in 1976). The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December.
Russia is the most successful national team with seven championship titles (four won by the Soviet Union), while Norway and Germany are in second place with four titles each.
Camilla Herrem and Katrine Lunde Norwegian national team players, are the only athletes who have won six medals.
After the first men’s indoor World Championship in 1938, women had to wait until 1949 for their first international competition, largely due to World War II. This inaugural tournament was played outdoors with eleven players per side. Hungary, the host nation, won the competition. Two further editions of the eleven-a-side women’s World Championship were held in 1956 and 1960, both won by Romania.
The first seven-a-side World Championship took place in 1957 in Yugoslavia, featuring nine European teams. Although designated as a World Championship, only European teams participated in this edition. While still played outdoors, it marked the first official competition with seven-a-side teams, distinguishing it from the previous eleven-a-side tournaments. Approximately 8,000 spectators attended the final, where Czechoslovakia defeated Hungary 7–1.
The first non-European team, Japan, participated in the 1962 edition, held in Romania. Matches were played outdoors on clay courts during the day, in two twenty-minute halves. Romanian coaches Niculae Nedeff and Constantine Popescu guided the host team to victory, defeating Denmark 8–5 in the final.