1957 World Women's Handball Championship


The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship took place in Virovitica, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia within Yugoslavia in 1957.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Main Round

Team will compete for Places 1–2
Team will compete for Places 3–4

Group I

Group II

Classification Round

Finals

Final standings

Final ranking

1957 Women's World Champions
Czechoslovakia
First Title
Team roster: Anna Čápová, Věra Aschenbrenerová, Vlasta Čiháková, Jana Housková, Stanislava Kučerová, Květa Marzinová, Květa Janečková, Pavla Bartáková, Věra Dvořáková, Blanka Kotlínová, Jana Maléřová and Veronika Schmidtová.
Trainers: Karel Hošťalek, Ladislav Gross