1957 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship was the first Women's world Championship. It took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957.
Main round
| Team will compete for Places 1–2 | |
| Team will compete for Places 3–4 |
Finals
Source:Final standings
Final ranking
| 1957 Women's World Champions Czechoslovakia First Title Team roster: Anna Čápová, Věra Aschenbrenerová, Vlasta Čiháková, Jana Housková, Stanislava Kučerová, Květa Marzinová, Květa Janečková, Pavla Bartáková, Věra Dvořáková, Blanka Kotlínová, Jana Maléřová and Veronika Schmidtová. Trainers: Karel Hošťalek, Ladislav Gross |
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