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1978 World Women's Handball Championship

{{Short description|1978 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship}}

{{Infobox international handball competition

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Czechoslovakia

| dates = 30 November–10 December

| num_teams = 12

| confederations = 4

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion_other = {{Hbw|East Germany}}

| count = 3

| second_other = {{Hbw|URS}}

| third_other = {{Hbw|HUN}}

| matches = 33

| goals = 1007

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CZE}}Milena Foltynova
{{flagicon|DDR}}Kristina Richter (41 goals){{cite web |url=http://www.bundesligainfo.de/Archiv/TTF/Weltmeister_Halle.php |title=Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle) |website=bundesligainfo.de|publisher=Handball-Bundesliga |access-date=2018-07-27|language=de}}

| player =

| updated =

| previous = 1975 World Women's Handball Championship

| next = 1982 World Women's Handball Championship

}}

The 1978 World Women's Handball Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament. It took place in Czechoslovakia from between 30 November-10 December 1978. East Germany won the tournament ahead of Soviet Union and Hungary.{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}}{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_1978.html|title=Women Handball World Championship 1978|publisher=Todor 66}} This was East Germany's second title in a row and third overall.

Qualification

;Host nation

  • {{hbw|TCH}}

;Qualified from the 1976 Summer Olympics

  • {{hbw|DDR}}
  • {{hbw|HUN}}
  • {{hbw|URS|1955}}

;Qualified from the 1977 World Championship B

  • {{hbw|NED}}
  • {{hbw|POL}}
  • {{hbw|ROU|1965}}
  • {{hbw|FRG}}
  • {{hbw|YUG}}

;Qualified from the 1978 All-African Games

  • {{hbw|ALG}}

;Qualified from Asia

  • {{hbw|KOR}}

;Qualified from the Americas

  • {{hbw|CAN}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=GDR|name_GDR={{hbw|GDR}}

|team2=YUG|name_YUG={{hbw|YUG}}

|team3=ROU|name_ROU={{hbw|ROU|1965}}

|team4=KOR|name_KOR={{hbw|KOR}}

|win_GDR=3|draw_GDR=0|loss_GDR=0|gf_GDR=57|ga_GDR=35

|win_YUG=2|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=1|gf_YUG=58|ga_YUG=50

|win_ROU=1|draw_ROU=0|loss_ROU=2|gf_ROU=43|ga_ROU=41

|win_KOR=0|draw_KOR=0|loss_KOR=3|gf_KOR=45|ga_KOR=77

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_1978.html|title=Women Handball World Championship 1978|publisher=Todor 66}}

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 November 1978

|time=17:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|YUG}}

|score=28–21

|HT=14–10

|team2={{hbw|KOR}}

|stadium=Gottwaldow

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=30 November 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|GDR}}

|score=13–9

|HT=7–6

|team2={{hbw|ROU|1965}}

|stadium=Gottwaldow

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=1 December 1978

|time=17:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|YUG}}

|score=16–14

|HT=8–7

|team2={{hbw|ROU|1965}}

|stadium=Gottwaldow

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=1 December 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|GDR}}

|score=29–12

|HT=12–6

|team2={{hbw|KOR}}

|stadium=Gottwaldow

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=2 December 1978

|time=15:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|ROU|1965}}

|score=20–12

|HT=11–6

|team2={{hbw|KOR}}

|stadium=Gottwaldow

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=2 December 1978

|time=17:15

|team1={{hbw-rt|GDR}}

|score=15–14

|HT=7–7

|team2={{hbw|YUG}}

|stadium=Gottwaldow

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=TCH|name_TCH={{hbw|TCH}}

|team2=URS|name_URS={{hbw|URS|1955}}

|team3=NED|name_NED={{hbw|NED}}

|team4=ALG|name_ALG={{hbw|ALG}}

|win_TCH=3|draw_TCH=0|loss_TCH=0|gf_TCH=62|ga_TCH=28

|win_URS=2|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=1|gf_URS=61|ga_URS=28

|win_NED=1|draw_NED=0|loss_NED=2|gf_NED=51|ga_NED=52

|win_ALG=0|draw_ALG=0|loss_ALG=3|gf_ALG=14|ga_ALG=80

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_1978.html|title=Women Handball World Championship 1978|publisher=Todor 66}}

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 November 1978

|time=17:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|TCH}}

|score=31–5

|HT=19–1

|team2={{hbw|ALG}}

|stadium=Trnava

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=30 November 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=26–12

|HT=15–7

|team2={{hbw|NED}}

|stadium=Trnava

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=1 December 1978

|time=17:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|TCH}}

|score=20–13

|HT=12–4

|team2={{hbw|NED}}

|stadium=Trnava

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=1 December 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=23–5

|HT=13–1

|team2={{hbw|ALG}}

|stadium=Trnava

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=2 December 1978

|time=15:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|NED}}

|score=26–4

|HT=13–0

|team2={{hbw|ALG}}

|stadium=Trnava

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=2 December 1978

|time=17:15

|team1={{hbw-rt|TCH}}

|score=11–10

|HT=5–5

|team2={{hbw|URS|1955}}

|stadium=Trnava

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|show_positions=n

|team1=HUN|name_HUN={{hbw|HUN}}

|team2=POL|name_POL={{hbw|POL}}

|team3=FRG|name_FRG={{hbw|FRG}}

|team4=CAN|name_CAN={{hbw|CAN}}

|win_HUN=3|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=0|gf_HUN=70|ga_HUN=39

|win_POL=2|draw_POL=0|loss_POL=1|gf_POL=58|ga_POL=52

|win_FRG=1|draw_FRG=0|loss_FRG=2|gf_FRG=50|ga_FRG=45

|win_CAN=0|draw_CAN=0|loss_CAN=3|gf_CAN=32|ga_CAN=74

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_1978.html|title=Women Handball World Championship 1978|publisher=Todor 66}}

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 November 1978

|time=17:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|POL}}

|score=28–16

|HT=14–4

|team2={{hbw|CAN}}

|stadium=Cheb

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=30 November 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|HUN}}

|score=23–15

|HT=10–5

|team2={{hbw|FRG}}

|stadium=Cheb

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=1 December 1978

|time=17:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|POL}}

|score=16–15

|HT=5–8

|team2={{hbw|FRG}}

|stadium=Cheb

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=1 December 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|HUN}}

|score=26–10

|HT=15–6

|team2={{hbw|CAN}}

|stadium=Cheb

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=2 December 1978

|time=15:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|FRG}}

|score=20–6

|HT=10–2

|team2={{hbw|CAN}}

|stadium=Cheb

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=2 December 1978

|time=17:15

|team1={{hbw-rt|HUN}}

|score=21–14

|HT=12–9

|team2={{hbw|POL}}

|stadium=Cheb

}}

Final round

=Group 7-9=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|sortable_table=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=ROU|name_ROU={{hbw|ROU|1965}}

|team2=FRG|name_FRG={{hbw|FRG}}

|team3=NED|name_NED={{hbw|NED}}

|win_ROU=2|draw_ROU=0|loss_ROU=0|gf_ROU=35|ga_ROU=26

|win_FRG=1|draw_FRG=0|loss_FRG=1|gf_FRG=27|ga_FRG=27

|win_NED=0|draw_NED=0|loss_NED=2|gf_NED=36|ga_NED=45

|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_1978.html|title=Women Handball World Championship 1978|publisher=Todor 66}}

}}

{{handballbox

|date=5 December 1978

|team1={{hbw-rt|ROU|1965}}

|score=10–7

|HT=6–3

|team2={{hbw|FRG}}

|stadium=Bratislava

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=6 December 1978

|time=14:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|FRG}}

|score=20–17

|HT=13–8

|team2={{hbw|NED}}

|stadium=Bratislava

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=7 December 1978

|team1={{hbw-rt|ROU|1965}}

|score=25–19

|HT=14–8

|team2={{hbw|NED}}

|stadium=Bratislava

}}

=Final Group=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|sortable_table=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=GDR|name_GDR={{hbw|GDR}}

|team2=URS|name_URS={{hbw|URS|1955}}

|team3=HUN|name_HUN={{hbw|HUN}}

|team4=TCH|name_TCH={{hbw|TCH}}

|team5=YUG|name_YUG={{hbw|YUG}}

|team6=POL|name_POL={{hbw|POL}}

|win_GDR=4|draw_GDR=0|loss_GDR=1|gf_GDR=82|ga_GDR=55

|win_URS=4|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=1|gf_URS=75|ga_URS=52

|win_HUN=3|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=2|gf_HUN=67|ga_HUN=73

|win_TCH=2|draw_TCH=1|loss_TCH=2|gf_TCH=72|ga_TCH=60

|win_YUG=1|draw_YUG=1|loss_YUG=3|gf_YUG=68|ga_YUG=71

|win_POL=0|draw_POL=0|loss_POL=5|gf_POL=50|ga_POL=103

|update=complete|source={{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Women_1978.html|title=Women Handball World Championship 1978|publisher=Todor 66}}

}}

{{handballbox

|date=5 December 1978

|time=15:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|GDR}}

|score=25–10

|HT=11–4

|team2={{hbw|POL}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=5 December 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|TCH}}

|score=13–13

|HT=8–7

|team2={{hbw|YUG}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=5 December 1978

|time=20:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=19–13

|HT=9–5

|team2={{hbw|HUN}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=6 December 1978

|time=16:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|YUG}}

|score=18–14

|HT=8–4

|team2={{hbw|POL}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=6 December 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|HUN}}

|score=14–13

|HT=9–5

|team2={{hbw|TCH}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=6 December 1978

|time=20:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=14–12

|HT=10–5

|team2={{hbw|GDR}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=8 December 1978

|time=16:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|GDR}}

|score=14–5

|HT=7–2

|team2={{hbw|HUN}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=8 December 1978

|time=18:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|TCH}}

|score=22–7

|HT=10–4

|team2={{hbw|POL}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=8 December 1978

|time=20:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=15–11

|HT=10–5

|team2={{hbw|YUG}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=10 December 1978

|time=10:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|HUN}}

|score=14–12

|HT=8–7

|team2={{hbw|YUG}}

|stadium=

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=10 December 1978

|time=15:00

|team1={{hbw-rt|URS|1955}}

|score=17–5

|HT=7–1

|team2={{hbw|POL}}

|stadium=

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=10 December 1978

|time=16:30

|team1={{hbw-rt|GDR}}

|score=16–12

|HT=8–5

|team2={{hbw|TCH}}

|stadium=

}}

Final standings

class="wikitable"

|#

Team
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=center|File:gold medal icon.svg

{{Hbw|GDR}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=center|File:silver medal icon.svg

{{Hbw|URS|1955}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=center|File:bronze medal icon.svg

{{Hbw|HUN}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=center|4

{{Hbw|TCH}}
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=center|5

{{Hbw|YUG}}
align=center|6{{Hbw|POL}}
align=center|7{{Hbw|ROU|1965}}
align=center|8{{Hbw|FRG}}
align=center|9{{Hbw|NED}}
align=center rowspan=3|10-12{{Hbw|KOR}}
{{Hbw|CAN}}
{{Hbw|ALG}}

class="wikitable" width=450px
bgcolor=ccffcc|Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

References

{{reflist}}

Source: [http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/WomenWorldChampionships/tabid/4859/Default.aspx International Handball Federation]

{{International Handball}}

{{World Handball Championship}}

1978

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W

W

Category:Women's handball in Czechoslovakia

Category:November 1978 sports events in Europe

Category:December 1978 sports events in Europe