1993 World Women's Handball Championship

1993 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Norway
Dates24 November – 5 December 1993
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played54
Goals scored2,364 (43.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hong Jeong-ho (58 goals)[1]

The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their first title as a unified nation as they defeated Denmark in extra-time 22–21.[2]

Despite finishing 2nd, the World Championship marked the beginning of the Danish Golden generation known as the 'Iron Ladies'.[3]

Qualification

Host nation
Qualified from the 1990 World Championship
Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B
Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship
Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Squads

Main article: 1993 World Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

     Team advanced to the Knockout stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 61 47 +14 6
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 62 56 +6 3
 Poland 3 1 1 1 61 67 −6 3
 Spain 3 0 0 3 48 62 −14 0
Source:
24 November 1993 Poland  20–19  Spain Oslo
(9–10)
24 November 1993 Norway  18–15  Hungary Oslo
(6–9)
26 November 1993 Hungary  25–25  Poland
(13–12)
26 November 1993 Spain  16–20  Norway
(6–12)
27 November 1993 Norway  23–16  Poland
(12–8)
27 November 1993 Hungary  22–13  Spain
(9–9)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 78 69 +9 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 75 68 +7 4
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 76 81 −5 2
 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 66 77 −11 0
Source:
24 November 1993 Denmark  25–23  Lithuania
(13–12)
24 November 1993 Russia  28–25  South Korea
(14–12)
26 November 1993 Lithuania  19–26  Russia
(11–13)
26 November 1993 South Korea  25–29  Denmark
(13–15)
27 November 1993 South Korea  26–24  Lithuania
(17–11)
27 November 1993 Russia  21–24  Denmark
(10–12)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 61 53 +8 4
 Romania 3 2 0 1 67 57 +10 4
 Germany 3 2 0 1 68 47 +21 4
 Angola 3 0 0 3 43 82 −39 0
Source:
24 November 1993 Romania  26–16  Angola
(10–6)
24 November 1993 Germany  17–15  Sweden
(7–8)
26 November 1993 Sweden  20–17  Romania
(11–12)
26 November 1993 Angola  8–30  Germany
(3–17)
27 November 1993 Germany  21–24  Romania
(9–11)
27 November 1993 Sweden  26–19  Angola
(14–8)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czechoslovakia[a] 3 3 0 0 65 53 +12 6
 Austria 3 2 0 1 63 48 +15 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 58 76 −18 2
 China 3 0 0 3 67 76 −9 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. ^ Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.
24 November 1993 China  26–27  United States Bergen
(17–13)
24 November 1993 Austria  13–16  Czechoslovakia Bergen
(6–7)
26 November 1993 United States  11–27  Austria Bergen
(3–13)
26 November 1993 Czechoslovakia  26–20  China Bergen
(13–10)
27 November 1993 Austria  23–21  China Bergen
(14–11)
27 November 1993 Czechoslovakia  23–20  United States Bergen
(10–9)

Main Round

     Team advanced to the final
     Team advanced to the bronze match

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 143 122 +21 8
 Norway 5 4 0 1 104 91 +13 8
 Russia 5 2 1 2 113 109 +4 5
 Hungary 5 1 2 2 120 135 −15 4
 Poland 5 1 1 3 117 136 −19 3
 South Korea 5 1 0 4 136 140 −4 2
Source:
30 November 1993 Norway  21–18  South Korea
(8–11)
30 November 1993 Hungary  24–24  Russia
(12–13)
30 November 1993 Poland  25–30  Denmark
(13–17)
1 December 1993 Russia  19–14  Norway
(9–8)
1 December 1993 South Korea  37–29  Poland
(18–14)
1 December 1993 Denmark  37–23  Hungary
(21–11)
3 December 1993 Norway  28–23  Denmark
(13–9)
3 December 1993 Poland  22–21  Russia
(9–8)
3 December 1993 Hungary  33–31  South Korea
(13–15)

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 5 4 0 1 109 82 +27 8
 Romania 5 3 0 2 111 93 +18 6
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 95 80 +15 6
 Austria 5 3 0 2 83 78 +5 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 0 3 99 99 0 4
 United States 5 0 0 5 69 134 −65 0
Source:
28 November 1993 Romania  15–16  Austria
(9–9)
28 November 1993 Sweden  30–11  United States
(17–3)
28 November 1993 Germany  22–21  Czechoslovakia
(13–10)
30 November 1993 United States  12–24  Germany
(5–13)
30 November 1993 Czechoslovakia  21–25  Romania
(11–10)
30 November 1993 Austria  17–11  Sweden
(9–4)
1 December 1993 Germany  25–10  Austria
(9–4)
1 December 1993 Romania  30–15  United States
(17–5)
1 December 1993 Sweden  19–18  Czechoslovakia
(10–8)

Classification round

Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Lithuania 3 3 0 0 88 59 +29 6
 China 3 2 0 1 92 84 +8 4
 Spain 3 1 0 2 64 79 −15 2
 Angola 3 0 0 3 60 82 −22 0
Source:
30 November 1993 Spain  21–15  Angola
(8–8)
30 November 1993 Lithuania  34–21  China
(18–9)
1 December 1993 Angola  19–26  Lithuania
(9–12)
1 December 1993 China  36–24  Spain
(17–11)
3 December 1993 Spain  19–28  Lithuania
(7–14)
3 December 1993 Angola  26–35  China
(15–17)

Finals

11th place match

5 December 1993 United States  21–29  South Korea Oslo
(9–16)

9th place match

5 December 1993 Poland  17–22  Czechoslovakia Oslo
(10–10)

7th place match

5 December 1993 Austria  9–16  Hungary Oslo
(3–7)

5th place match

5 December 1993 Russia  25–19  Sweden Oslo
(13–12)

Bronze final

5 December 1993 Romania  19–20  Norway Oslo
(9–11)

Final

5 December 1993 Denmark  21–22 (ET)  Germany Oslo
(8–8)

FT: 17–17 ET: 4–5

Final standings

References

  1. ^ "Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle)". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Handball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ Jan Skjødt Østergaard Pedersen (23 November 2020). "Dagens fødselarer" (in Danish). Europamester.dk. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ^ Christiansen, Casper Helweg; Top, Morten (5 December 2015). "Dengang det blev sjovt at se kvindehåndbold" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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