The 1975 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the
Soviet Union
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between 2-13 December 1975. It was the sixth edition of the
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 ...
and the first to be held in the Soviet Union.
East Germany
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won their second title after they finished top of the final group ahead of the Soviet Union and Hungary.
Qualification
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;Defending champions
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;Qualified from the
1974 African Championship
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Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Final round
Group 10-12
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Group 7-9
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Final Group
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Final standings
References
International Handball Federation
{{World Handball Championship
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
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Sports competitions in Kyiv
Sport in Rostov-on-Don
Sports competitions in Vilnius
20th century in Vilnius
1970s in Kyiv
International sports competitions hosted by Ukraine
Women's handball in the Soviet Union
December 1975 sports events in Europe
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December 1975 in the Soviet Union