1975 World Women's Handball Championship

1975 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	East Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	985 (27.36 per match)

The 1975 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the Soviet Union between 2-13 December 1975. It was the sixth edition of the World Women's Handball Championship and the first to be held in the Soviet Union.

East Germany won their second title after they finished top of the final group ahead of the Soviet Union and Hungary.

Qualification

Host nation

• Soviet Union

Defending champions

• Yugoslavia

Qualified from the 1974 African Championship

• Tunisia

Qualified from Asia

• Japan

Qualified from the Americas

• United States

Qualified from European play-offs

• Czechoslovakia
• Denmark
• East Germany
• Hungary
• Norway
• Poland
• Romania

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Romania	3	3	0	0	57	34	+23	6
Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	48	45	+3	4
Norway	3	1	0	2	38	42	−4	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	39	61	−22	0

Source:

3 December 1975	Romania	24–18	Japan	Vilnius
		(12–8)

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3 December 1975	Czechoslovakia	21–12	Norway	Vilnius
		(11-6)

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4 December 1975	Romania	13–10	Norway	Vilnius
		(6–3)

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4 December 1975	Czechoslovakia	21–13	Japan	Vilnius
		(10–3)

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5 December 1975	Romania	20–6	Czechoslovakia	Vilnius
		(9–2)

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5 December 1975	Norway	16–8	Japan	Vilnius
		(9–5)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	68	20	+48	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	53	26	+27	4
Denmark	3	1	0	2	43	41	+2	2
Tunisia	3	0	0	3	17	94	−77	0

Source:

3 December 1975	Hungary	17–9	Denmark	Rostov-on-Don
		(7–6)

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3 December 1975	Yugoslavia	41–3	Tunisia	Rostov-on-Don
		(20–2)

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4 December 1975	Hungary	28–6	Tunisia	Rostov-on-Don
		(14–3)

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4 December 1975	Yugoslavia	16–9	Denmark	Rostov-on-Don
		(7–5)

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5 December 1975	Yugoslavia	11–8	Hungary	Rostov-on-Don
		(7–6)

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5 December 1975	Denmark	25–8	Tunisia	Rostov-on-Don
		(13–4)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	63	24	+39	5
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	58	22	+36	5
Poland	3	1	0	2	35	45	−10	2
United States	3	0	0	3	18	83	−65	0

Source:

3 December 1975	East Germany	24–6	Poland	Kyiv
		(9–4)

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3 December 1975	Soviet Union	33–4	United States	Kyiv
		(11–2)

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4 December 1975	Poland	21–6	United States	Kyiv
		(10–3)

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4 December 1975	East Germany	10–10	Soviet Union	Kyiv
		(6–6)

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5 December 1975	East Germany	29–8	United States	Kyiv
		(15–3)

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5 December 1975	Soviet Union	15–8	Poland	Kyiv
		(9–3)

Final round

Group 10-12

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	43	20	+23	4
United States	2	1	0	1	24	30	−6	2
Tunisia	2	0	0	2	23	40	−17	0

Source:

7 December 1975	Japan	17–10	United States	Vilnius
		(6–5)

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8 December 1975	United States	14–13	Tunisia	Vilnius
		(9–8)

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9 December 1975	Japan	26–10	Tunisia	Vilnius
		(14–3)

Group 7-9

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	2	2	0	0	30	20	+10	4
Norway	2	1	0	1	23	24	−1	2
Denmark	2	0	0	2	19	28	−9	0

Source:

7 December 1975	Poland	14–11	Norway	Vilnius
		(9–5)

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8 December 1975	Poland	16–9	Denmark	Vilnius
		(9–5)

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9 December 1975	Norway	12–10	Denmark	Vilnius
		(8–4)

Final Group

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	5	4	1	0	60	49	+11	9
Soviet Union	5	3	1	1	70	58	+12	7
Hungary	5	3	0	2	52	46	+6	6
Romania	5	2	0	3	65	55	+10	4
Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	59	63	−4	3
Czechoslovakia	5	0	1	4	43	78	−35	1

Source:

7 December 1975	East Germany	10–9	Hungary	Kyiv
		(6–6)

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7 December 1975 16:15	Soviet Union	17–16	Romania	Kyiv
		(13–8)

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7 December 1975	Yugoslavia	13–13	Czechoslovakia	Kyiv
		(7–4)

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9 December 1975	East Germany	13–12	Yugoslavia	Kyiv
		(7–6)

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9 December 1975	Soviet Union	16–8	Czechoslovakia	Kyiv
		(12–2)

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9 December 1975 18:15	Hungary	11–10	Romania	Kyiv
		(9–6)

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11 December 1975	Soviet Union	17–12	Yugoslavia	Kyiv
		(7–6)

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11 December 1975	Hungary	12–5	Czechoslovakia	Kyiv
		(6–1)

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11 December 1975 18:15	East Germany	10–7	Romania	Kyiv
		(5–4)

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13 December 1975 14:30	Romania	12–11	Yugoslavia	Kyiv
		(6–6)

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13 December 1975	East Germany	17–11	Czechoslovakia	Kyiv
		(7–7)

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13 December 1975	Hungary	12–10	Soviet Union	Kyiv
		(6–5)

Final standings

#	Team
	East Germany
	Soviet Union
	Hungary
4	Romania
5	Yugoslavia
6	Czechoslovakia
7	Poland
8	Norway
9	Denmark
10	Japan
11	United States
12	Tunisia

References

• International Handball Federation