1962 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1962 World Women's Handball Championship was the second Women's Handball World Championship. It took place in Romania in 1962.
As five years earlier, the competition was played with only seven players on the field, outdoor, on clay, in broad daylight and in two 20-minutes half-times. For the first time a non-European team, namely Japan, entered the competition.
Main round
| Team will compete for Places 1–2 | |
| Team will compete for Places 3–4 |
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 |