World Women's Handball Championship

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The World Championship in team handball for women has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957.

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[edit] Saint Petersburg 2005

The 2005 World Championship are played in Saint Petersburg, Russia between December 5th and December 18th, 2005.

See also:

[edit] Championships

# Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1 1957 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia
2 1962 Romania Romania Denmark Czechoslovakia
3 1965 West Germany Hungary Yugoslavia West Germany
4 1971 Netherlands East Germany Yugoslavia Hungary
5 1973 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Romania USSR
6 1975 USSR East Germany USSR Hungary
7 1978 Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Hungary
8 1982 Hungary USSR Hungary Yugoslavia
9 1986 Netherlands USSR Czechoslovakia Norway
10 1990 South Korea USSR Yugoslavia East Germany
11 1993 Norway Germany Denmark Norway
12 1995 Austria/Hungary South Korea Hungary Denmark
13 1997 Germany Denmark Norway Germany
14 1999 Denmark/Norway Norway France Austria
15 2001 Italy Russia Norway Yugoslavia
16 2003 Croatia France Hungary South Korea
17 2005 Russia Russia Romania Hungary

[edit] Medal count (Eternal Table)

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union 3 2 1 6
2 Flag of German Democratic Republic East Germany 3 0 1 4
3 Flag of Russia Russia 2 0 0 2
4 Flag of Hungary Hungary 1 4 4 9
5 Flag of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 3 3 7
6 Flag of Norway Norway 1 2 2 5
7 Flag of Denmark Denmark 1 2 1 4
8 Flag of Romania Romania 1 2 0 3
9 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 1 1 3
10 Flag of France France 1 1 0 2
11 Flag of Germany Germany 1 0 2 3
12 Flag of South Korea Republic of Korea 1 0 1 2
13 Flag of Austria Austria 0 0 1 1

[edit] External links

International handball
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IHF | World Cup | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams

     Asia: AHFAsian Handball Championship
     Africa: CAHBAfrican Championship
     North and South America: PATHFAmerican Championship
     Oceania: OHFNations Cup
     Europe: EHFEuropean Championship

Germany 1938 | Sweden 1954 | East Germany 1958 | West Germany 1961 | Czechoslovakia 1964 | Sweden 1967 | France 1970 | East Germany 1974 | Denmark 1978 | West Germany 1982 | Switzerland 1986 | Czechoslovakia 1990 | Sweden 1993 | Iceland 1995 | Japan 1997 | Egypt 1999 | France 2001 | Portugal 2003 | Tunisia 2005 | Germany 2007 | Croatia 2009

World Women's Handball Championship
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Yugoslavia 1957 | Romania 1962 | West Germany 1965 | Netherlands 1971 | Yugoslavia 1973 | USSR 1975 | Czechoslovakia 1978 | Hungary 1982 | Netherlands 1986 | South Korea 1990 | Norway 1993 | Austria/Hungary 1995 | Germany 1997 | Denmark/Norway 1999 | Italy 2001 | Croatia 2003 | Russia 2005| France 2007