The 1995

World Women's Handball Championship The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won ...

took place in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

5–17 December 1995. It was the only to have 20 teams and the first to have multiple hosts. South Korea won its first title in Vienna.

Squads

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Cross matches

The 4th and 5th place from A met 5th and 4th from B and the same for group C and D. The winner of each match got a place in the round of 16.

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Placement 5–12

Losers from round of 16 played for placements from 9 to 12. Losers from quarterfinals played for places 5 to 8. There was no play for lower rankings.

9–12

5–8

Final standings

All Star Team

* Goalkeeper:

Cecilie Leganger Cecilie Leganger (born 12 March 1975) is a Norwegian retired handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. International championships Leganger made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 1993, 17 years old, and retired three yea ...

* Left Wing:

Anette Hoffmann Anette Hoffmann (born 5 May 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.< ...

* Left Back: Lim O-kyeong * Center Back:

Mariana Tîrcă Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962) is a retired Romanian handball player. She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century. She has played 335 games f ...

* Pivot: Natalia Deriougina * Right Back: Sorina Lefter * Right Wing:

Katalin Szilágyi Katalin Szilágyi (born 16 November 1965 in Nyíregyháza) is a Hungarian former handball player who won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She played all five matches and scored 13 goals. ...

References

* Source
International Handball Federation
* Full Data on the Hungarian Wiki: 1995-ös női kézilabda-világbajnokság {{World Handball Championship World Handball Championship tournaments World Women's Handball Championship, 1995 World Women's Handball Championship, 1995 W W Women's handball in Austria Women's handball in Hungary