1971 World Women's Handball Championship

1971 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates11 December 1971 - 19 December 1971
Final positions
Champions East Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored413 (19.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hidejo Taramizu (21 goals)[1]

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 took place in December 1971. East Germany took the title as they defeated Yugoslavia 11-8 in the final.[2][3]

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: [1]
1971 West Germany  10–7  Japan Netherlands
1971 Denmark  11–7  Japan Netherlands
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: [2]
1971 Yugoslavia  14–7  Norway Netherlands
1971 Romania  8–6  Norway Netherlands
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: [3]
1971 Hungary  12–3  Netherlands Netherlands
1971 East Germany  15–8  Netherlands Netherlands
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: [4]
1971 Romania  11–11  Denmark Netherlands
1971 East Germany  12–10  Romania Netherlands
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: [5]
1971 Yugoslavia  11–8  West Germany Netherlands
1971 Hungary  12–10  West Germany Netherlands
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: [6]
1971 Japan  12–12  Netherlands Netherlands
1971 Norway  8–7  Netherlands Netherlands
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

Winning team

Coach: Hans Becker and Harry Becker.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle)". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Handball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
  2. ^ "Women Handball World Championship 1971". Todor 66.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ "Wm 1971". frauenhandball-archiv.jimdofree.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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