Finals played in Bucuresti Game date team 1 _____________ score team 2 _____________ HT, FT att. Final Sun 15.07.62  Romania 8-5  Denmark 5-2 20,000   1:0 4. Starck, 1:1 7. Nielsen, 2:1 10. Starck 7m, 2:2 13. Östergaard, 3:2 Niculescu, 4:2 Stefanescu, 5:2 Starck, 6:2 Otelea, 6:3 Koch, 7:3 Starck, 7:4 Röseler, 7:5 Östergaard, 8:5 Dumitrescu.  Romania:  Irina Hector; Ana Starck Alias Botan 4/1, Antoaneta Otelea 1, Maria Constantinescu, Iosefina Stefanescu 1, Aurora Niculescu alias Leonte 1, Elena Hedesiu, Victoria Dumitrescu 1, Iuliana Naco. Denmark:  Helga Hansen; Anne Marie Nielsen 1, Kirsten Nilsson, Else Birkemose, Agnes Östergaard 2, Lise Koch 1, Toni Röseler 1, Anna Kristensen, Jytte Skött Mikkelsen, Frida Jensen, Birgit Cramer --- Referee:  Thorild Janerstam, Sweden. 3-4 Sun 15.07.62  Czechoslovakia 6-5  Yugoslavia 5-2   Czechoslovakia:  Marie Mateju 4, Vrbova 1, Jana Kernerova 1. Yugoslavia:  Radmila Radunovic 2, Mirjana Jasic 1, Pavic 1, Maria Jakovetic 1. 5-6 Sat 14.07.62  Hungary 12-10aot   Soviet Union 7-5, 10-10    Hungary:  Erzsebet Pasztor, Bela Fodor; Marta Balogh 1, Karolyne Hajek 5, Jozsef Romhanyi 1, Lajos Cserhati, Magdolna Jona 1, Zsuzsa Varga 2, Antal Olah 2, Bako, Judit Szücs.  Soviet Union:  Valentina Bobrova 4, Tamara Strelnikova 2, Vuntesmeri 2, Korolevskaia 1, Jukneviciute 1. 
 
 
Final Ranking pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 1957 1.  Romania 9 4 1 0 36: 22 +14 9. 2.  Denmark 8 4 0 1 42: 28 +14 5. 3.  Czechoslovakia 7 3 1 1 38: 29 +9 1. 4.  Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 28: 25 +4 3. 5.  Hungary 4 2 0 3 45: 41 +4 2. 6.  Soviet Union 2 1 0 4 35: 56 -21   Group 7-9 7.  Poland 4 2 0 2 27: 28 -1 7. 8.  West Germany 3 1 1 2 34: 29 +5 4. 9.  Japan 0 0 0 4 31: 60 -29   
 
 
Matches played in 2 halves of 20 minutes. 
 
   Winners (Romania and Denmark) to Final. Rest to Classification. 
Group 1 pts  1. Romania 4 2. Czechoslovakia 2 3. Hungary 0 
 
Group 2 pts  1. Denmark 4 2. Yugoslavia 2 3. Soviet Union 0 
 
Group 7-9 pts  7. Poland 4 8. West Germany 2 9. Japan 0 
 
Group 1 pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 1.  Romania 4 2 0 0 16: 10 +6 2.  Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 9: 12 -3 3.  Hungary 0 0 0 2 12: 15 -3 
 
Team Roma Czec Hung   Romania--- 7:3 9:7   Czechoslovakia  --- 6:5   Hungary    --- 
 
 
date team 1 ______________ score team 2 _____________ HT att.  played in Bucuresti Wed 11.07.62  Romania 9-7  Hungary 4-4  Romania:  Irina Hector; Maria Constantinescu 1, Ana Starck alias Botan 4, Iosefina Stefanescu 2, Antoaneta Otelea 1, Iuliana Naco, Aurora Niculescu alias Leonte 1, Edeltraut Frantz, Aurelia Szökö --- Hungary:  Bela Fodor, Anna Elek Rothermel; Marta Balogh 1, Karolyne Hajek 1, Lajos Cserhati 2, Jozsef Romhanyi 2, Magdolna Jona 1, Zsuzsa Varga, Ilona Urban, Agnes Hanus, Judit Szücs --- Referee:  Thorild Janerstam, Sweden. Thu 12.07.62  Czechoslovakia 6-5  Hungary 4-3   0:1 1. Romhanyi, 0:2 7. Szendi 7m, 1:2 8. Mateju, 2:2 12. Vrbova 7m, 3:2 14. Mateju, 4:2 15. Vrbova, 4:3 Bako, 4:4 30. Romhanyi, 5:4 32. Mateju 7m, 5:5 33. Bako, 6:5 Kosikova.   Czechoslovakia:  Janeckova; Dana Beranova, Vrbova 2/1, Naria Topickova, Anna Kosikova 1, Marie Mateju 3/1, Stana Kucerova, Jana Kernerova, Marta Adamkova, Milena Veckova --- Hungary:  Anna Elek Rothermel, Erzsebet Pasztor; Marta Balogh, Karolyne Hajek, Lajos Cserhati, Jozsef Romhanyi 2, Agnes Hanus, Klara Höbenreich, Eva Szendi 1/1, Bako 2, Judit Szücs --- Referee:  Edgar Federhof, East Germany. Fri 13.07.62  Romania 7-3  Czechoslovakia 3-1 10,000  Romania:  Irina Hector 1.-36., Liliana Borcea 37.-40.; Maria Constantinescu 2, Ana Starck alias Botan 1, Iosefina Stefanescu, Antoaneta Otelea 2, Iuliana Naco 1, Victoria Dumitrescu, Aurora Niculescu alias Leonte, Edeltraut Frantz 1, Constantina Dumitrescu --- Czechoslovakia:  CSR: Janeckova 1.-33., Housikova 34.-40.; Dana Beranova, Vrbova, Naria Topickova, Anna Kosikova 1, Marie Mateju 1, Stana Kucerova, Matulova, Jana Kernerova, Milena Veckova 1 --- Referee:  Thorild Janerstam, Sweden. 
 
 
Group 2 pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 1.  Denmark 4 2 0 0 17: 9 +8 2.  Yugoslavia 2 1 0 1 15: 12 +3 3.  Soviet Union 0 0 0 2 9: 20 -11 
 
Team Denm Yugo Sovi   Denmark--- 7:5 10:4   Yugoslavia  --- 10:5   Soviet Union    --- 
 
 
date team 1 ______________ score team 2 _____________ HT att.  played in Brasov Wed 11.07.62  Yugoslavia 10-5  Soviet Union 3-2     1:0 4. Jasic 7m, 2:0 8. Jasic 7m, 3:0 9. Radunovic, 3:1 10. Korolevskaia, 3:2 19. Vuntesmeri, 3:3 23. Jukneviciute, 4:3 23. Jakovetic, 5:3 26. Jakovetic 7m, 5:4 29. Vuntesmeri, 6:4 31. Jakovetic 7m, 8:4 32., Dragosavac, 9:4 34. Dragosavac, 9:5 39. Bobrova, 10:5 40. Bjelic.   Yugoslavia:  Jurcak; Dragosavac 2, Jovanevic 1, Veselinka Bjelic 1, Maria Jakovetic 3/1, Pavic, Mirjana Jasic 2/2, Radmila Radunovic 1 --- Soviet Union:  Oseadcaia; Ignatyeva, Klumbite, Jukneviciute 1, Galina Tulyakova, Tamara Strelnikova, Valentina Bobrova 1, Korolevskaia 1, Vuntesmeri 2, Rjanskaia --- Referee:  Edgar Federhof, East Germany. Thu 12.07.62  Denmark 10-4  Soviet Union 6-1 3,500  Denmark:  Helga Hansen; Agnes Östergaard 2, Anna Kristensen, Lise Koch, Jytte Skött Mikkelsen, Toni Röseler 1, Frida Jensen, Anne Marie Nielsen 3, Else Birkemose 2, Kirsten Nilsson 2 --- Soviet Union:  Oseadcaia, Jotite; Klumbite, Juknecviciute, Tulykova, Strelnikova, Bobrova 1, Korolevskaia 2, Vuntesmeri 1, Rjanskaia, Elena Rerih --- Referee:  Jan Slaats, Netherlands. Fri 13.07.62  Denmark 7-5  Yugoslavia 3-4 3,500   1:0 4. Birkemose, 1:1, 1:2 7m, 1:3, 2:3 Östergaard, 2:4, 3:4 Nilsson, 4:4 Östergaard, 5:4 Nilsson, 6:4 Koch, 7:4 Nilsson, 7:5.   Denmark:  Helga Hansen; Kirsten Nilsson 3/1, Agnes Östergaard 2, Lise Koch 1, Else Birkemose 1, Jytte Skött Mikkelsen, Anna Kristensen --- Yugoslavia:  UG: Maria Jakovetic 1, Pavic 1, Zlata Rebernjak 1, Jurkac 1, Veselinka Bjelic 1 --- Referee:  Sidoe, Romania. 
 
 
Group 7-9 pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 7.  Poland 4 2 0 0 21: 14 +7 8.  West Germany 2 1 0 1 19: 11 +8 9.  Japan 0 0 0 2 16: 31 -15 
 
Team Pola West Japa Poland ---- 5:4 16:10 West Germany   ---- 15:6 Japan     ---- 
 
 
date team 1 ______________ score team 2 _____________ HT att.  played in Ploesti Wed 11.07.62  Poland 16-10  Japan 7-5    Poland:  Cichon; Michalska 5, Gabrys 2, Goralczyk 3, Paluch, Duda 1, Szwabowska 2, Bronislawa Tobola 3, Jendrzejosch --- Japan:  Shinozaki, Yamada; Yamazaki 1, Nishimura 3, Aoki, Isobe, Katsuko Sawada 2, Keiko Ui 3, Tamura, Kuroyawa, Ota 1 --- Referee:  Pandele Cirligeanu, Romania. Thu 12.07.62  West Germany 15-6  Japan 7-1    West Germany:  Helga Drechsler; Christa Harrach, Waltraud Kühl alias Holland 4, Christa Warns 2, Ursula Burmeister 3, Elsbeth Härtle 3, Anita Buchert 1, Ursula Samulewicz 1, Heidi Fries, Doris Holdorf alias Von Jutrzenka 1, Marie-Luise Promies --- Japan:  Yamada 1.-14., Shinozaki 15.-40.; Yamazaki, Nishimura 4, Aoki, Isobe, Katsuka Sawada, Keiko Ui, Tamura 2, Kunokawa, Ota --- Referee: Hans Peter Hraschka, Austria. Fri 13.07.62  Poland 5-4  West Germany 3-3    Poland:  Gabrys 2, Goralczyk 2, Michalska 1 --- West Germany:  Helga Drechsler; Ursula Burmeister, Waltraud Kühl alias Holland 3, Christa Warns, Lydia Bauer, Eva Brechenmacher, Christa Harrach 1, Doris Holdorf alias Von Jutrzenka, Elsbeth Härtle. 
 
 
Group A pts  1. Czechoslovakia 2 2. Soviet Union 4 3. West Germany 0 
 
Group B pts  1. Denmark 4 2. Hungary 2 3. Japan 0 
 
Group C pts  1. Romania 4 2. Yugoslavia 2 3. Poland 0 
 
Group A pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 1.  Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 0 23: 12 +11 2.  Soviet Union 2 1 0 1 16: 24 -8 3.  West Germany 1 0 1 1 15: 18 -3 
 
Team Czec Sovi West Czechoslovakia --- 16:5 7:7 Soviet Union   --- 11:8 West Germany     --- 
 
 
date team 1 __________ score team 2 __________ HT att.  played in Ploesti Sat 07.07.62  Soviet Union 11-8  West Germany 7-6 3,000  Sovest Union:  Oseadcaia; Ignatyeva, Klumbite 1, Jukneviciute, Galina Tulyakova, Tamara Strelnikova, Valentina Bobrova 3, Vuntesmeri 1, Korolevskaia 4, Rjanskaia 2 --- West Germany:  Helga Drechsler; Waltraud Kühl alias Holland, Ursula Burmeister 3, Anita Buchert, Christa Harrach, Christa Warns 1, Eva Brechenmacher, Elsbeth Härtle 3, Hannelore Stüttgen 1, Doris Holdorf alias Von Jutrzenka. Sun 08.07.62  Czechoslovakia 7-7  West Germany 1-3 3,000   0:1 5. Buchert 7m, 0:2 11. Buchert 7m, 1:2 15. Kucerova, 1:3 18. Harrach, 2:3 21. Kosikova, 3:3 22. Kucerova, 3:4 23. Härtle, 4:4 24. Kucerova, 5:4 25. Kucerova, 5:5 26. Buchert 7m, 5:6 30. Burmeister, 5:7 34. Warns, 6:7 39. Kucerova, 7:7 40. Kucerova.   Czechoslovakia:  Janeckova, Jana Houskova; Marta Adamkova, Naria Topickova, Anna Kosikova 1, Jana Kernerova, Vrbova, Stana Kucerova 6, Milena Veckova, Marie Mateju, Matulova --- West Germany:  Helga Drechsler, Monika Eichenauer; Waltraud Kühl alias Holland, Christa Warns 1, Ursula Burmeister 1, Elsbeth Härtle 1, Anita Buchert 3/3, Hannelore Stüttgen, Eva Brechenmacher, Christa Harrach 1, Heidi Fries --- Referee:  Pandele Cirligeanu, Romania. Mon 09.07.62  Czechoslovakia 16-5  Soviet Union 6-1 2,000  Czechoslovakia:  Janeckova, Hotiscova; Marta Adamkova, Naria Topickova, Anna Kosikova 1, Jana Kernerova 4, Vrbova 5, Stana Kucerova, Milena Veckova, Marie Mateju 6, Dana Beranova --- Soviet Union:  Jotjile; Ignatyeva, Klumbite, Galina Tulyakova, Tamara Strelnikova 1, Valentina Bobrova 2, Vuntesmeri 1, Rjamkaia, Elena Rerih 1, Thurina --- Referee:  Pandele Carligeanu, Romania. 
 
 
Group B pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 1.  Denmark 4 2 0 0 20: 11 +9 2.  Hungary 2 1 0 1 21: 16 +5 3.  Japan 0 0 0 2 15: 29 -14 
 
Team Denm Hung Japa Denmark --- 8:4 12:7 Hungary   --- 17:8 Japan     --- 
 
 
date team 1 score team 2 HT att.  played in Brasov Sat 07.07.62  Hungary 17-8  Japan 11-5 3,000  Hungary:  UNG: Bela Fodor, Anna Elek Rothermel; Marta Balogh 1, Karolyne Hajek 5, Jozsef Romhanyi 4, Lajos Cserhati 2, Magdolna Jona 2, Varga 2, Antal Olah, Judit Szücs 1, Agnes Hanus --- Japan:  Shinozaki, Yamada; Katsuko Sawada 1, Isobe 2, Aoki, Yamazaki 1, Keiko Ui 2, Nishimura 2, Tamura, Kuroyawa, Ota --- Referee:  Vasile Sidea, Romania. Sun 08.07.62  Denmark 8-4  Hungary 5-1     1:0 4. Kristensen, 2:0 8. Nilsson, 3;0 9. Röseler 7m, 4:0 12. A. M. Nielsen, 4:1 18. Jona, 5:1 20., Kristensen, 6:1 28. Kristensen, 6:2 29. Hajek, 7:2 31. Nilsson, 7:3 31. Hajek, 8:3 33. Kock, 8:4 34. Varga.   Denmark:  Helga Hansen; Agnes Östergaard, Anna Kristensen 3, Lise Koch 1, Jytte Skött Mikkelsen, Toni Röseler 1, Frida Jensen, Anne Marie Nielsen 1, Else Birkemose, Kirsten Nilsson 2 --- Hungary:  Anna Elek Rothermel, Erzsebet Pasztor; Marta Balogh, Karolyne Hajek 2, Jozsef Romhanyi, Lajos Cserhati, Agnes Hanus, Zsuzsa Varga 1, Magdolna Jona 1, Judit Szücs, Bako --- Referee:  Vasile Sidea, Romania.  played in Sibiu Mon 09.07.62  Denmark 12-7  Japan 7-4 2,000  Denmark:  Helga Hansen; Frida Jensen, Agnes Östergaard, Anna Kristensen, Lise Koch 3, Jytte Skött Mikkelsen 1, Anne Marie Nielsen 4, Henny Matstrand, Else Birkemose, Kirsten Nilsson 3, Birgit Cramer 1 --- Japan:  Yamada; Isobe 5, Aoki, Katsuko Sawada, Yamazaki, Keiko Ui, Nishimura 2, Kuroyawa, Ota --- Referee: : Edgar Federhof, East Germany. 
 
 
Group C pts won drw lst gf ga g+- 1.  Romania 3 1 1 0 12: 7 +5 2.  Yugoslavia 3 1 1 0 8: 5 +3 3.  Poland 0 0 0 2 6: 14 -8 
 
Team Roma Yugo Pola Romania --- 3:3 9:4 Yugoslavia   --- 5:2 Poland     --- 
 
 
date team 1 __________ score team 2 __________ HT  played in Bucuresti Sat 07.07.62  Romania 9-4  Poland 4-3  Romania:  RUM: Irina Hector 1.-39., Liliana Borcea 39.-40.; Maria Constantinescu 3, Ana Starck alias Botan 4, Iosefina Stefanescu, Antoaneta Otelea 1, Iuliana Naco, Victoria Dumitrescu, Aurora Niculescu alias Leonte, Edeltraut Frantz, Constantina Dumitrescu 1 --- Poland:  POL: Cichon; Gabrys, Duda 1, Sowada, Szwabowska, Bronislawa Tobola, Michalska 2, Jendrzejosch, Paluch, Goralczyk 1 --- Referee: : Jan Slaats, Netherlands. Sun 08.07.62  Yugoslavia 5-2  Poland 3-1   Yugoslavia:  Zdenka Istvanovic; Pavic 2, Zlata Rebernjak, Veselinka Bjelic, Mirjana Jasic 2, Radmila Radunovic 1, Maria Jakovetic, Jurcak, Jovanevic, Bart--- Poland:  Cichon; Michalska, Gabrys 1, Goralczyk, Paluch, Duda, Sowada, Szwabowska 1, Bronislawa Tobola, Jendrzejosch --- Referee:  Hans Peter Hraschka, Austria.  Mon 09.07.62  Romania 3-3  Yugoslavia 2-1  Romania:  Irina Hector; Maria Constantinescu 1, Ana Starck alias Botan 1, Iosefina Stefanescu, Antoaneta Otelea, Iuliana Naco 1, Victoria Dumitrescu, Aurora Niculescu alias Leonte, Ana Nemetz, Edeltraut Frantz --- Yugoslavia:  Zdenka Istvanovic; Dragosavac, Jovanevic, Veselinka Bjelic, Maria Jakovetic 2, Pavic, Mirjana Jasic 1, Radmila Radunovic, Zlata Rebernjak --- Referee:  Jan Slaats, Netherlands. 
 
 
Goascorers Team Goals  1. Marie Mateju   Czechoslovakia14 1. Ana Starck   Romania14 3. Karolyne Hajek   Hungary13 4. Valentina Bobrova   Soviet Union11 4. Nishimura   Japan11 6. Kirsten Nilsson   Denmark10 6. Vrbova   Czechoslovakia	~$108. Anne Marie Nielsen   Dänemark9 9. Korolevskaia   Soviet Union8 9. Michalska   Poland8 9. Jozsef Romhanyi   Hungary8 12.Anita Buchert   West Germany7 12.Maria Constantinescu   Romania7 12.Elsbeth Härtle   West Germany7 12.Ursula Burmeister   West Germany7 12.Isobe   Japan7 12.Vuntesmeri   Soviet Union7 18.Stana Kucerova   Czechoslovakia6 18.Goralczyk   Poland6 18.Mirjana Jasic   Yugoslavia6 18.Lise Koch   Denmark6 18.Agnes Östergaard   Denmark6 18.Zsuzsa Varga   Hungary6 24.Gabrys   Poland5 24.Magdolna Jona   Hungary5 24.Jana Kernerova   Czechoslovakia	~$524.Antoaneta Otelea   Romania5 24.Keiko Ui   Japan5 
 
 
 1. Romania Liliana Borcea Irene Hector-Nagy Ana Botan-Stark Cornelia Constantinescu Edeltraut Frantz Aurora Leonte-Niculescu Iuliana Naco Iosefina Stefanescu-Ugron Aurelia Szoke-Salageanu Maria Constantinescu-Scheip Constanta Dumitrescu Elena Hedesiu Antoaneta Otelea-Vasile Victoria Dumitrescu Felicia Gheorghita Ana Nemetz  Coach: Constantin Popescu  Coach: Nicolae Nedeff 
 
 
2. Denmark M G Kirsten Nilsson 5 10 Anne Marie Nielsen 4 9 Agnes Östergaard 5 6 Lise Koch 5 6 Toni Röseler 3 3 Anna Kristensen 5 3 Else Birkemose 5 3 Birgit Cramer 2 1 Jytte Skött Mikkelsen 5 1 Henny Matstrand 1 0 Frida Jensen 4 0 Helga Hansen 5 0 Inga Jensen-Birch 
 
 
 3. Czechoslovakia Bozena Adamkova Bohdana Beranova Martina Broulikova Magda Havelkova Jana Houskova Kveta Janeckova Stanislava Kernerova Anna Kosikova Stanislava Kucerova Marie Mateju Blazena Matulova Anna Risova Marie Topicova Milena Veckova Jana Vrbova 
 
 4. Yugoslvia  Zdenka Ištvanović Ema Bart Radmila Dragosavac Mara Jakovetić Jovanka Jurčak Branka Jovančević Dragica Pavić Veselinka Bijelić Ružica Miladinović Zlatka Rebernjak Mirjana Jasić Radmila Radunović Ana Zemko.   Manager: Zoran Pantazis.   Coach: Vilim Tičić. 
 
 
8. West Germany Team m G Anita Buchert VfR Mannheim 4 7 Elsbeth Härtle 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 4 7 Ursula Burmeister RSV Mülheim 4 7 Waltraud Kühl TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 4 Christa Warns Eimsbütteler TV Hamburg 4 4 Christa Harrach SC Greven 09 4 2 Uta Samulewicz SSC Südwest Berlin 1 1 Doris Holdorf TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 1 Hannelore Stüttgen SSC Südwest Berlin 2 1 Eva Brechenmacher BC Augsburg 1 0 Lydia Bauer 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 1 0 Marie-Luise Promies SC Germania List Hannover 1 0 Monika Eichenauer SV Waldhof Mannheim 1 0 Heidi Fries 1. FC Nürnberg Handball 2 0 Helga Drechsler OSC Berlin 4 0 
 
 
 
               
             
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