The 1962 World Women's Handball Championship was the second Women's Handball World Championship. It took place in Romania in 1962.[2]
As five years earlier, the competition was played with only seven players on the field, outdoor,[3] on clay, in broad daylight and in two 20-minutes half-times.[4] For the first time a non-European team, namely Japan, entered the competition.
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Czechoslovakia
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
12
|
+11
|
3
|
| 2
|
Soviet Union
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
16
|
24
|
−8
|
2
|
| 3
|
West Germany
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
15
|
18
|
−3
|
1
|
Group B
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Denmark
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
20
|
11
|
+9
|
4
|
| 2
|
Hungary
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
21
|
16
|
+5
|
2
|
| 3
|
Japan
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
15
|
29
|
−14
|
0
|
Group C
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Romania
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
12
|
7
|
+5
|
3
|
| 2
|
Yugoslavia
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
5
|
+3
|
3
|
| 3
|
Poland
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
14
|
−8
|
0
|
Main round
|
|
Team will compete for Places 1–2
|
|
|
Team will compete for Places 3–4
|
Group I
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Romania
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
10
|
+6
|
4
|
| 2
|
Czechoslovakia
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
12
|
−3
|
2
|
| 3
|
Hungary
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
12
|
15
|
−3
|
0
|
Group II
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 1
|
Denmark
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
17
|
9
|
+8
|
4
|
| 2
|
Yugoslavia
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
15
|
12
|
+3
|
2
|
| 3
|
Soviet Union
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
9
|
20
|
−11
|
0
|
Classification round
| Pos
|
Team
|
Pld
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
GD
|
Pts
|
| 7
|
Poland
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
21
|
14
|
+7
|
4
|
| 8
|
West Germany
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
19
|
11
|
+8
|
2
|
| 9
|
Japan
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
16
|
31
|
−15
|
0
|
Finals
Final standings
|
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| 1962 Women's World Champions
.svg.png) Romania First Title
- Team Roster[2]
Liliana Borcea, Ana Starck, Edeltraut Franz, Iuliana Naco, Aurelia Szoke-Sălăgeanu, Constanţa Dumitraşcu, Antoaneta Oţelea-Vasile, Felicia Gheorghiţă, Irina Nagy, Cornelia Constantinescu, Aurora Leonte-Niculescu, Iozefina Ugron, Martina Constantinescu-Scheip, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu and Anna Nemetz-Schauberger. Trainers: Constantin Popescu, Niculae Nedeff
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References
World Handball Championships |
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IHF World Men's Field Handball Championship - IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship |
| Men's | | Tournaments | |
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| Qualification | |
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| Group B |
- 1977
- 1979
- 1981
- 1983
- 1985
- 1987
- 1989
- 1992
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| Group C |
- 1976
- 1978
- 1980
- 1982
- 1984
- 1986
- 1988
- 1990
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| Squads |
- 1938
- 1954
- 1958
- 1961
- 1964
- 1967
- 1970
- 1974
- 1978
- 1982
- 1986
- 1990
- 1993
- 1995
- 1997
- 1999
- 2001
- 2003
- 2005
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011
- 2013
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2021
- 2023
- 2025
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| Women's | | Tournaments | |
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| Qualification | 2025 |
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| Group B |
- 1977
- 1981
- 1983
- 1985
- 1987
- 1989
- 1992
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| Group C | |
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| Squads |
- 1957
- 1962
- 1965
- 1971
- 1973
- 1975
- 1978
- 1982
- 1986
- 1990
- 1993
- 1995
- 1997
- 1999
- 2001
- 2003
- 2005
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011
- 2013
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2021
- 2023
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- Team appearances (men's)
- Team appearances (women's)
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