| Final Group | w | l | pf | pa |  | 1.Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 295: | 203 |  | 2.Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 328: | 231 |  | 3.Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 271: | 243 |  | 4.Yugoslavia | 2 | 3 | 238: | 292 |  | 5.Poland | 1 | 4 | 296: | 288 |  | 6.France | 0 | 5 | 191: | 362 |   
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| Team | Bulg | Sovi | Czec | Pola | Yugo | Fran |  | Bulgaria | ---- | 54:51 | 55:44 | 53:48 | 63:37 | 70:23 |  | Soviet Union |   | ---- | 52:46 | 65:60 | 79:39 | 81:32 |  | Czechoslovakia |   |   | ---- | 61:59 | 52:37 | 68:40 |  | Poland |   |   |   | ---- | 50:61 | 79:48 |  | Yugoslavia |   |   |   |   | ---- | 64:48 |  | France |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 13.05 | 11:30 |   Bulgaria | 70-23 |   France | 38-12 |  | 13.05 | 18:00 |   Yugoslavia | 61-50 |   Poland | 33-22 |  | 13.05 | 19:30 |   Soviet Union | 52-46 |   Czechoslovakia | 24-24 |  | 14.05 | 11:30 |   Soviet Union | 79-39 |   Yugoslavia | 38-15 |  | 14.05 | 18:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 68-40 |   France | 42-21 |  | 14.05 | 19:30 |   Bulgaria | 53-48 |   Poland | 28-23 |  | 15.05 | 11:30 |   Bulgaria | 63-37 |   Yugoslavia | 29-20 |  | 15.05 | 18:00 |   Soviet Union | 81-32 |   France | 40-15 |  | 15.05 | 19:30 |   Czechoslovakia | 61-59 |   Poland | 30-24 |  | 17.05 | 11:30 |   Poland | 79-48 |   France | 38-22 |  | 17.05 | 18:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 52-37 |   Yugoslavia | 26-18 |  | 17.05 | 19:30 |   Bulgaria | 54-51 |   Soviet Union | 25-22 |  |  aOT , FT 49-49 |  | 18.05 | 15:00 |   Yugoslavia | 64-48 |   France | 35-29 |  | 18.05 | 16:30 |   Bulgaria | 55-44 |   Czechoslovakia | 29-24 |  | 18.05 | 18:00 |   Soviet Union | 65-60 |   Poland | 35-35 |   
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 The match Bulgaria - Soviet Union was the virtual final. In the last seconds URS was leading 49-48 and took a time out.
 It happened to be the third for the second half, so URS received a technical foul.
 Gyosheva scored and the game went to over time.
 
 running score in the OT BUL-URS 50-49, 52-49, 53-49, 54-49, 54-50, 54-51. 
 
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| Final ranking | w | l | pf | pa |  | 1. Bulgaria | 6 | 1 | 403: | 292 |  | 2. Soviet Union | 6 | 1 | 468: | 296 |  | 3. Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 393: | 305 |  | 4. Yugoslavia | 4 | 4 | 397: | 435 |  | 5. Poland | 4 | 4 | 500: | 407 |  |  eliminated in First Groups Round |  | 6. France | 1 | 6 | 283: | 457 |  | 7. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 295: | 231 |  | 8. Netherlands | 2 | 4 | 205: | 324 |  | 9. East Germany | 1 | 4 | 189: | 253 |  | 10.Austria | 0 | 5 | 171: | 304 |   
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| No qualification, open entry. Sweden and England rejected the invitation. |  | Sweden because they have to many students in the time.  |  | England due to low level of the team. |   
| The draw was made following the classification of Women 1956. |   
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| Group 7-10 | w | l | pf | pa |  | 7. Hungary | 3 | 0 | 169: | 111 |  | 8. Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 110: | 122 |  | 9. East Germany | 1 | 2 | 136: | 128 |  | 10.Austria | 0 | 3 | 117: | 171 |   
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| Team | Hung | Neth | East | Aust |  | Hungary | ---- | 46:24 | 53:35 | 70:52 |  | Netherlands |   | ---- | 44:42 | 42:34 |  | East Germany |   |   | ---- | 59:31 |  | Austria |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 13.05 | 10:00 |   Hungary | 53-35 |   East Germany | 26-16 |  | 14.05 | 10:00 |   Netherlands | 42-34 |   Austria | 21-19 |  | 15.05 | 10:00 |   Hungary | 70-52 |   Austria | 31-25 |  | 17.05 | 10:00 |   Netherlands | 44-42 |   East Germany | 19-16 |  | 18.05 | 10:00 |   East Germany | 59-31 |   Austria | 28-14 |  | 18.05 | 11:30 |   Hungary | 46-24 |   Netherlands | 19-9 |   
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| Group A | w | l | pf | pa | Rk. |  | 1.Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 140: | 65 | 1. |  | 2.France | 1 | 1 | 92: | 95 | 7. |  | 3.East Germany | 0 | 2 | 53: | 125 |   |   
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| Team | Sovi | Fran | East |  | Soviet Union | ---- | 66:41 | 74:24 |  | France |   | ---- | 51:29 |  | East Germany |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 09.05 | 10:00 |   Soviet Union | 74-24 |   East Germany | 39-13 |  | 10.05 | 10:00 |   France | 51-29 |   East Germany | 18-9 |  | 11.05 | 19:30 |   Soviet Union | 66-41 |   France | 34-17 |   
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| Group B | w | l | pf | pa | Rk. |  | 1.Poland | 3 | 0 | 204: | 119 | 5. |  | 2.Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 159: | 143 | 9. |  | 3.Hungary | 1 | 2 | 126: | 120 | 2. |  | 4.Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 95: | 202 | 12. |   
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| Team | Pola | Yugo | Hung | Neth |  | Poland | ---- | 67:47 | 56:40 | 81:32 |  | Yugoslavia |   | ---- | 40:37 | 72:39 |  | Hungary |   |   | ---- | 49:24 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 09.05 | 11:30 |   Yugoslavia | 40-37 |   Hungary | 22-13 |  | 09.05 | 18:30 |   Poland | 81-32 |   Netherlands | 47-19 |  | 10.05 | 18:00 |   Hungary | 49-24 |   Netherlands | 17-10 |  | 10.05 | 19:30 |   Poland | 67-47 |   Yugoslavia | 32-25 |  | 11.05 | 11:30 |   Yugoslavia | 72-39 |   Netherlands | 35-23 |  | 11.05 | 18:00 |   Poland | 56-40 |   Hungary | 26-16 |   
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| Group C | w | l | pf | pa | Rk. |  | 1.Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 122: | 62 | 3. |  | 2.Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 108: | 89 | 4. |  | 3.Austria | 0 | 2 | 54: | 133 | 8. |   
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| Team | Czec | Bulg | Aust |  | Czechoslovakia | ---- | 55:42 | 67:20 |  | Bulgaria |   | ---- | 66:34 |  | Austria |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | 09.05 | 20:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 55-42 |   Bulgaria | 26-18 |  | 10.05 | 10:30 |   Czechoslovakia | 67-20 |   Austria | 30-8 |  | 11.05 | 10:00 |   Bulgaria | 66-34 |   Austria | 38-15 |   
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| 1. Bulgaria | PPG |  | 3. Tania Todorova |   |  | 4. Todora Chalashkanova | 9.1 |  | 5. Dora Kuzova | 6.3 |  | 6. Blagovesta Chengelieva |   |  | 7. Veselka Popova |   |  | 8. Rayna Rangelova | 8.8 |  | 10.Dobrinka Djambazova |   |  | 11.Vanya Voynova | 14.0 |  | 12.Krastina Gyosheva | 10.9 |  | 13.Veselina Manikova |   |  | 14.Ermila Popova |   |  | 15.Niza Borisova |   |   
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| 2. Soviet Union | PPG |  | 3. Nina Maksimelianova | 9.4 |  | 4. Nina Maksimova |   |  | 5. Valentina Kostikova | 7.5 |  | 6. Maret-Mai Otsa-Vishneva |   |  | 7. Mariona G. Tulevichutu |   |  | 8. Raisa Kuznetsova-Mikhailova | 8.0 |  | 10.Tatiana Kudriavtseva |   |  | 11.Nina Artsishevskaya |   |  | 12.Nina Eremina | 9.4 |  | 13.Galina Stepina-Yaroshevskaya | 8.0 |  | 14.Aime Kraus |   |  | 16.Helena Bitnere |   |   
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| 3. Czechoslovakia | PPG |  | 4. Milena Veckova | 9.3 |  | 5. Helena Mazlova-Adamirova | 7.8 |  | 5. Eva Skutinova |   |  | 6. Antonina Zachvejova-Novakova |   |  | 7. Eva Stehnova |   |  | 8. Jarmila Trojkova-Sulcova | 9.1 |  | 9. Dagmar Hubalkova |   |  | 10.Valerie Tyrolova |   |  | 11.Ludmila Lundakova |   |  | 12.Jaroslava Dubska |   |  | 13.Vera Grubrova-Horakova |   |  | 14.Stanislava Theissigova | 6.3 |  | 15.Zdena Moutellikova-Kocandrlova | 7.7 |   
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| 4. Yugoslavia | PPG |  | 3. Bosiljka Pesic |   |  | 4. Cmiljka Kalusevic | 10.5 |  | 5. Alenka Dormastija |   |  | 6. Milica Radovanovic | 7.6 |  | 7. Ljubica Radulovic |   |  | 8. Tatjana Zokovic | 8.3 |  | 9. Aleksandra Gec |   |  | 10.Branka Prelevic | 4.8 |  | 11.Branka Ciprus | 13.1 |  | 12.Erzebet Jenovaj |   |  | 13.Anka Duplancic |   |  | 14.Ruzica Meglaj |   |   
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| 5. Poland | PPG |  | 3. Janina Chlodzinska-Urbaniak | 13.5 |  | 4. Barbara Kowalczyk-Dabrowska |   |  | 5. Danuta Lipowska |   |  | 6. Romualda Gruszczynska-Olesiewicz | 15.4 |  | 7. Elzbieta Wezyk | 5.6 |  | 8. Halina Beyer | 7.4 |  | 9. Alina Szostak |   |  | 10.Barbara Szydlowska |   |  | 11.Teresa Kaczmarek-Ostanska | 5.6 |  | 12.Danuta Iwanow |   |  | 13.Gabriela Karska |   |  | 14.Hanna Loth |   |   
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| 6. France | PPG |  | 3. Gisele Roques | 5.1 |  | 4. Odette Roques |   |  | 5. Janine Veleno |   |  | 6. Yanick Stephan |   |  | 7. Susy Delmas |   |  | 8. Alice Seillier |   |  | 9. Edith Kloechner-Tavert | 10.5 |  | 10.Ginette Mazel | 5.3 |  | 11.Jackie Etienne-Planque | 4.1 |  | 12.Janine Gaurand |   |  | 13.Andree Hermet | 3.1 |  | 14.Rolande Ribot |   |   
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| 7. Hungary | PPG |  | 3. Maria Kalo |   |  | 4. Maria Barany-Bokorne |   |  | 5. Eva Schneider |   |  | 6. Klara Halasz-Padarne |   |  | 7. Katalin Bereck-Korenne |   |  | 8. Sarolta Mogyorosi-Korenne | 8.2 |  | 9. Anna Noficzer | 9.2 |  | 10.Maria Lick | 6.4 |  | 11.Iren Varga-Tarrne |   |  | 12.Jenone Szabo | 4.7 |  | 13.Maria Rohonczy-Kamarasne |   |  | 14.Edit Gyimes | 7.7 |   
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| 8. Netherlands | PPG |  | 3. Annie Koper-Van Es | 4.0 |  | 4. Lenie Van Beek |   |  | 5. Bep Van Petten |   |  | 6. Toos Vesseur-Poshumus |   |  | 7. Hanna Jansen-Van Gent | 3.5 |  | 8. Gien Fronczek-Gootjes | 6.3 |  | 9. Frieda Buys-Bloemsma | 4.3 |  | 10.Corrie Jansen-Schram |   |  | 11.Corrie Garretsen-Lotze |   |  | 12.Janny Brouwer |   |  | 13.Lenie Van Der Velde-Remeyer | 8.5 |  | 14.Els Van Der Heyden |   |   
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| 9. East Germany | PPG |  | 4. Renate Schulze | 6.4 |  | 5. Marlies Ixmeier | 4.6 |  | 7. Karin Kobek | 7.3 |  | 8. Hanna Zeibig | 3.7 |  | 9. Helga Freiter |   |  | 10.Helga Josupeit |   |  | 11.Sigrid Heyer |   |  | 12.Lieselotte Kafert |   |  | 13.Christa Heiss | 8.6 |  | 14.Inge Laabs |   |  | 15.Gudrun Schulze |   |  | 16.Eva John |   |   
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| 10.Austria | PPG |  | 3. Herta Jagsch |   |  | 4. Erna Hantschel | 5.0 |  | 5. Margarete Lange | 5.8 |  | 6. Maria Pfeffer | 2.8 |  | 7. Edith Prunkl |   |  | 8. Hermine Buzik |   |  | 9. Annemarie Neumeyer | 4.4 |  | 10.Gertrude Fuchs | 8.3 |  | 11.Ingeborg Bucher |   |  | 12.Ulrike Horler |   |  | 13.Britta Krainhofner |   |  | 14.Gertrud Dluchosch |   |   
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