The 1971
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 the
Netherlands
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between 11-19 December 1971. After the 1968 edition was cancelled because of the intervention of Czechoslovakia from the Soviet Union, the 1971 edition took place in December 1971.
East Germany
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took the title as they defeated
Yugoslavia
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11-8 in the final.
Premlinary Round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Main round
Group A
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Group B
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Ranking Round
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Placement Round
Fifth Place Playoff
Third Place Playoff
Final
Final standings
Winning team
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Kristina Hochmuth
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Waltraud Kretzschmar
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Maria Winkler
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Bärbel Braun
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Petra Kahnt
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Waltraud Mester
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Barbara Helbig
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Barb Heinz
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Renate Breuer
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Barbara Starke
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Hannelore Zober
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Hannelore Burosch
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Edelgard Rothe
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Adelheid Dobrunz
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Liane Michaelis
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Brigitte Lück
Coach:
Hans Becker and
Harry Becker.
References
International Handball Federation
{{World Handball Championship
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The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
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Women's handball in the Netherlands
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 ...
1971 in Dutch women's sport