# 1975 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1975 World Women's Handball Championship took place in the Soviet Union between 2-13 December 1975. It was the sixth edition of the World Women's Handball Championship and the first to be held in the Soviet Union.
East Germany won their second title after they finished top of the final group ahead of the Soviet Union and Hungary.

## Qualification
### Host nation

* Soviet Union

### Defending champions

* Yugoslavia

### Qualified from the 1974 African Championship

* Tunisia

### Qualified from Asia

* Japan

### Qualified from the Americas

* United States

### Qualified from European play-offs

* Czechoslovakia
* Denmark
* East Germany
* Hungary
* Norway
* Poland
* Romania

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 0 |
| 3 December 1975 | Romania | 24–18 | Japan | Vilnius |
| 3 December 1975 | | (12–8) | | Vilnius |
| 3 December 1975 | Czechoslovakia | 21–12 | Norway | Vilnius |
| 3 December 1975 | | (11-6) | | Vilnius |
| 4 December 1975 | Romania | 13–10 | Norway | Vilnius |
| 4 December 1975 | | (6–3) | | Vilnius |
| 4 December 1975 | Czechoslovakia | 21–13 | Japan | Vilnius |
| 4 December 1975 | | (10–3) | | Vilnius |
| 5 December 1975 | Romania | 20–6 | Czechoslovakia | Vilnius |
| 5 December 1975 | | (9–2) | | Vilnius |
| 5 December 1975 | Norway | 16–8 | Japan | Vilnius |
| 5 December 1975 | | (9–5) | | Vilnius |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 94 | −77 | 0 |
| 3 December 1975 | Hungary | 17–9 | Denmark | Rostov-on-Don |
| 3 December 1975 | | (7–6) | | Rostov-on-Don |
| 3 December 1975 | Yugoslavia | 41–3 | Tunisia | Rostov-on-Don |
| 3 December 1975 | | (20–2) | | Rostov-on-Don |
| 4 December 1975 | Hungary | 28–6 | Tunisia | Rostov-on-Don |
| 4 December 1975 | | (14–3) | | Rostov-on-Don |
| 4 December 1975 | Yugoslavia | 16–9 | Denmark | Rostov-on-Don |
| 4 December 1975 | | (7–5) | | Rostov-on-Don |
| 5 December 1975 | Yugoslavia | 11–8 | Hungary | Rostov-on-Don |
| 5 December 1975 | | (7–6) | | Rostov-on-Don |
| 5 December 1975 | Denmark | 25–8 | Tunisia | Rostov-on-Don |
| 5 December 1975 | | (13–4) | | Rostov-on-Don |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 5 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 5 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 83 | −65 | 0 |
| 3 December 1975 | East Germany | 24–6 | Poland | Kyiv |
| 3 December 1975 | | (9–4) | | Kyiv |
| 3 December 1975 | Soviet Union | 33–4 | United States | Kyiv |
| 3 December 1975 | | (11–2) | | Kyiv |
| 4 December 1975 | Poland | 21–6 | United States | Kyiv |
| 4 December 1975 | | (10–3) | | Kyiv |
| 4 December 1975 | East Germany | 10–10 | Soviet Union | Kyiv |
| 4 December 1975 | | (6–6) | | Kyiv |
| 5 December 1975 | East Germany | 29–8 | United States | Kyiv |
| 5 December 1975 | | (15–3) | | Kyiv |
| 5 December 1975 | Soviet Union | 15–8 | Poland | Kyiv |
| 5 December 1975 | | (9–3) | | Kyiv |

## Final round
### Group 10-12

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 4 |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 0 |
| 7 December 1975 | Japan | 17–10 | United States | Vilnius |
| 7 December 1975 | | (6–5) | | Vilnius |
| 8 December 1975 | United States | 14–13 | Tunisia | Vilnius |
| 8 December 1975 | | (9–8) | | Vilnius |
| 9 December 1975 | Japan | 26–10 | Tunisia | Vilnius |
| 9 December 1975 | | (14–3) | | Vilnius |

### Group 7-9

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 4 |
| Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 0 |
| 7 December 1975 | Poland | 14–11 | Norway | Vilnius |
| 7 December 1975 | | (9–5) | | Vilnius |
| 8 December 1975 | Poland | 16–9 | Denmark | Vilnius |
| 8 December 1975 | | (9–5) | | Vilnius |
| 9 December 1975 | Norway | 12–10 | Denmark | Vilnius |
| 9 December 1975 | | (8–4) | | Vilnius |

### Final Group

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| East Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 9 |
| Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 58 | +12 | 7 |
| Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 46 | +6 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 3 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 1 |
| 7 December 1975 | East Germany | 10–9 | Hungary | Kyiv |
| 7 December 1975 | | (6–6) | | Kyiv |
| 7 December 1975 16:15 | Soviet Union | 17–16 | Romania | Kyiv |
| 7 December 1975 16:15 | | (13–8) | | Kyiv |
| 7 December 1975 | Yugoslavia | 13–13 | Czechoslovakia | Kyiv |
| 7 December 1975 | | (7–4) | | Kyiv |
| 9 December 1975 | East Germany | 13–12 | Yugoslavia | Kyiv |
| 9 December 1975 | | (7–6) | | Kyiv |
| 9 December 1975 | Soviet Union | 16–8 | Czechoslovakia | Kyiv |
| 9 December 1975 | | (12–2) | | Kyiv |
| 9 December 1975 18:15 | Hungary | 11–10 | Romania | Kyiv |
| 9 December 1975 18:15 | | (9–6) | | Kyiv |
| 11 December 1975 | Soviet Union | 17–12 | Yugoslavia | Kyiv |
| 11 December 1975 | | (7–6) | | Kyiv |
| 11 December 1975 | Hungary | 12–5 | Czechoslovakia | Kyiv |
| 11 December 1975 | | (6–1) | | Kyiv |
| 11 December 1975 18:15 | East Germany | 10–7 | Romania | Kyiv |
| 11 December 1975 18:15 | | (5–4) | | Kyiv |
| 13 December 1975 14:30 | Romania | 12–11 | Yugoslavia | Kyiv |
| 13 December 1975 14:30 | | (6–6) | | Kyiv |
| 13 December 1975 | East Germany | 17–11 | Czechoslovakia | Kyiv |
| 13 December 1975 | | (7–7) | | Kyiv |
| 13 December 1975 | Hungary | 12–10 | Soviet Union | Kyiv |
| 13 December 1975 | | (6–5) | | Kyiv |

## Final standings

| # | Team |
| | East Germany |
| | Soviet Union |
| | Hungary |
| 4 | Romania |
| 5 | Yugoslavia |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Norway |
| 9 | Denmark |
| 10 | Japan |
| 11 | United States |
| 12 | Tunisia |