Back بطولة العالم لكرة اليد للسيدات 1957 Arabic بطولة العالم لكورة اليد للسيدات 1957 ARZ Campionat del món d'handbol femení de 1957 Catalan Mistrovství světa v házené žen 1957 Czech VM i håndbold 1957 (kvinder) Danish Handball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen 1957 German Campeonato Mundial Femenino de Balonmano de 1957 Spanish Championnat du monde féminin de handball 1957 French Svjetsko prvenstvo u rukometu za žene – Jugoslavija 1957. Croatian 1957-es női kézilabda-világbajnokság Hungarian
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Yugoslavia |
| Dates | July 13 – July 20 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Czechoslovakia (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Hungary |
| Third place | Yugoslavia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Goals scored | 232 (11.05 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Pavla Bartáková (11 goals)[1] |
The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship was the first Women's world Championship.[2] It took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957.
- ^ "Weltmeister Frauen (Kleinfeld / Halle)". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Handball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ "A brief history of the IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. International Handball Federation. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2025.