1962 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
International handball competition
1962 World Women's Handball Championship Tournament details Host country Romania Dates 7 July – 15 July Teams 9 Final positions Champions Romania (1st title) Runners-up Denmark Third place Czechoslovakia Tournament statistics Matches played 21 Goals scored 316 (15.05 per match) Top scorer(s) Marie Mateju Ana Starck (14 goals)[ 1]
The1962World Women's Handball Championship was the second Women's Handball World Championship. It took place inRomania in 1962.[ 2]
Asfive 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, namelyJapan , entered the competition.
Team will compete for Places 1–2 Team will compete for Places 3–4
Classification round [ edit ] 1962 Women's World Champions 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 andAnna Nemetz-Schauberger .Trainers :Constantin Popescu ,Niculae Nedeff
World Handball Championships
Men's
Tournaments Qualification Group B Group C Squads
Women's
Tournaments Qualification Group B Group C Squads