The 1978
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 ...
was the 7th edition of the tournament. It took place in
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
from between 30 November-10 December 1978.
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
won the tournament ahead of
Soviet Union
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and
Hungary
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This was East Germany's second title in a row and third overall.
Qualification
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1976 Summer Olympics
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1977 World Championship B
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;Qualified from the
1978 All-African Games
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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 7-9
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Final Group
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Final standings
References
Source
International Handball Federation
{{World Handball Championship
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...
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Women's handball in Czechoslovakia
November 1978 sports events in Europe
December 1978 sports events in Europe