# 1993 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their first title as a unified nation as they defeated Denmark in extra-time 22-21.
Despite finishing 2nd, the World Championship marked the beginning of the Danish Golden generation known as the 'Iron Ladies.

## Qualification
### Host nation

* Norway

### Qualified from the 1990 World Championship

* Russia
* Germany
* Austria
* Romania
* Poland
* Denmark

### Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B

* Hungary
* Czechoslovakia
* Sweden
* Lithuania
* Spain

### Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

* United States

### Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship

* Angola

### Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

* South Korea
* China

## Preliminary round

* Team advanced to the Knockout stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 0 |
| 24 November 1993 | Poland | 20–19 | Spain | Oslo |
| 24 November 1993 | | (9–10) | | Oslo |
| 24 November 1993 | Norway | 18–15 | Hungary | Oslo |
| 24 November 1993 | | (6–9) | | Oslo |
| 26 November 1993 | Hungary | 25–25 | Poland |
| 26 November 1993 | | (13–12) | |
| 26 November 1993 | Spain | 16–20 | Norway |
| 26 November 1993 | | (6–12) | |
| 27 November 1993 | Norway | 23–16 | Poland |
| 27 November 1993 | | (12–8) | |
| 27 November 1993 | Hungary | 22–13 | Spain |
| 27 November 1993 | | (9–9) | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 69 | +9 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 68 | +7 | 4 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 81 | −5 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 77 | −11 | 0 |
| 24 November 1993 | Denmark | 25–23 | Lithuania |
| 24 November 1993 | | (13–12) | |
| 24 November 1993 | Russia | 28–25 | South Korea |
| 24 November 1993 | | (14–12) | |
| 26 November 1993 | Lithuania | 19–26 | Russia |
| 26 November 1993 | | (11–13) | |
| 26 November 1993 | South Korea | 25–29 | Denmark |
| 26 November 1993 | | (13–15) | |
| 27 November 1993 | South Korea | 26–24 | Lithuania |
| 27 November 1993 | | (17–11) | |
| 27 November 1993 | Russia | 21–24 | Denmark |
| 27 November 1993 | | (10–12) | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 53 | +8 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 4 |
| Angola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 82 | −39 | 0 |
| 24 November 1993 | Romania | 26–16 | Angola |
| 24 November 1993 | | (10–6) | |
| 24 November 1993 | Germany | 17–15 | Sweden |
| 24 November 1993 | | (7–8) | |
| 26 November 1993 | Sweden | 20–17 | Romania |
| 26 November 1993 | | (11–12) | |
| 26 November 1993 | Angola | 8–30 | Germany |
| 26 November 1993 | | (3–17) | |
| 27 November 1993 | Germany | 21–24 | Romania |
| 27 November 1993 | | (9–11) | |
| 27 November 1993 | Sweden | 26–19 | Angola |
| 27 November 1993 | | (14–8) | |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 6 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 76 | −18 | 2 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 0 |
* ↑ Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.
| 24 November 1993 | China | 26–27 | United States | Bergen |
| 24 November 1993 | | (17–13) | | Bergen |
| 24 November 1993 | Austria | 13–16 | Czechoslovakia | Bergen |
| 24 November 1993 | | (6–7) | | Bergen |
| 26 November 1993 | United States | 11–27 | Austria | Bergen |
| 26 November 1993 | | (3–13) | | Bergen |
| 26 November 1993 | Czechoslovakia | 26–20 | China | Bergen |
| 26 November 1993 | | (13–10) | | Bergen |
| 27 November 1993 | Austria | 23–21 | China | Bergen |
| 27 November 1993 | | (14–11) | | Bergen |
| 27 November 1993 | Czechoslovakia | 23–20 | United States | Bergen |
| 27 November 1993 | | (10–9) | | Bergen |

## Main Round

* Team advanced to the final
* Team advanced to the bronze match

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 143 | 122 | +21 | 8 |
| Norway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 91 | +13 | 8 |
| Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 109 | +4 | 5 |
| Hungary | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 120 | 135 | −15 | 4 |
| Poland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 117 | 136 | −19 | 3 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 140 | −4 | 2 |
| 30 November 1993 | Norway | 21–18 | South Korea |
| 30 November 1993 | | (8–11) | |
| 30 November 1993 | Hungary | 24–24 | Russia |
| 30 November 1993 | | (12–13) | |
| 30 November 1993 | Poland | 25–30 | Denmark |
| 30 November 1993 | | (13–17) | |
| 1 December 1993 | Russia | 19–14 | Norway |
| 1 December 1993 | | (9–8) | |
| 1 December 1993 | South Korea | 37–29 | Poland |
| 1 December 1993 | | (18–14) | |
| 1 December 1993 | Denmark | 37–23 | Hungary |
| 1 December 1993 | | (21–11) | |
| 3 December 1993 | Norway | 28–23 | Denmark |
| 3 December 1993 | | (13–9) | |
| 3 December 1993 | Poland | 22–21 | Russia |
| 3 December 1993 | | (9–8) | |
| 3 December 1993 | Hungary | 33–31 | South Korea |
| 3 December 1993 | | (13–15) | |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109 | 82 | +27 | 8 |
| Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 93 | +18 | 6 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 80 | +15 | 6 |
| Austria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 78 | +5 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 99 | 0 | 4 |
| United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 69 | 134 | −65 | 0 |
| 28 November 1993 | Romania | 15–16 | Austria |
| 28 November 1993 | | (9–9) | |
| 28 November 1993 | Sweden | 30–11 | United States |
| 28 November 1993 | | (17–3) | |
| 28 November 1993 | Germany | 22–21 | Czechoslovakia |
| 28 November 1993 | | (13–10) | |
| 30 November 1993 | United States | 12–24 | Germany |
| 30 November 1993 | | (5–13) | |
| 30 November 1993 | Czechoslovakia | 21–25 | Romania |
| 30 November 1993 | | (11–10) | |
| 30 November 1993 | Austria | 17–11 | Sweden |
| 30 November 1993 | | (9–4) | |
| 1 December 1993 | Germany | 25–10 | Austria |
| 1 December 1993 | | (9–4) | |
| 1 December 1993 | Romania | 30–15 | United States |
| 1 December 1993 | | (17–5) | |
| 1 December 1993 | Sweden | 19–18 | Czechoslovakia |
| 1 December 1993 | | (10–8) | |

## Classification round

Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 59 | +29 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 84 | +8 | 4 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 79 | −15 | 2 |
| Angola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 82 | −22 | 0 |
| 30 November 1993 | Spain | 21–15 | Angola |
| 30 November 1993 | | (8–8) | |
| 30 November 1993 | Lithuania | 34–21 | China |
| 30 November 1993 | | (18–9) | |
| 1 December 1993 | Angola | 19–26 | Lithuania |
| 1 December 1993 | | (9–12) | |
| 1 December 1993 | China | 36–24 | Spain |
| 1 December 1993 | | (17–11) | |
| 3 December 1993 | Spain | 19–28 | Lithuania |
| 3 December 1993 | | (7–14) | |
| 3 December 1993 | Angola | 26–35 | China |
| 3 December 1993 | | (15–17) | |

## Finals
### 11th place match

| 5 December 1993 | United States | 21–29 | South Korea | Oslo |
| 5 December 1993 | | (9–16) | | Oslo |

### 9th place match

| 5 December 1993 | Poland | 17–22 | Czechoslovakia | Oslo |
| 5 December 1993 | | (10–10) | | Oslo |

### 7th place match

| 5 December 1993 | Austria | 9–16 | Hungary | Oslo |
| 5 December 1993 | | (3–7) | | Oslo |

### 5th place match

| 5 December 1993 | Russia | 25–19 | Sweden | Oslo |
| 5 December 1993 | | (13–12) | | Oslo |

### Bronze final

| 5 December 1993 | Romania | 19–20 | Norway | Oslo |
| 5 December 1993 | | (9–11) | | Oslo |

### Final

| 5 December 1993 | Denmark | 21–22 (ET) | Germany | Oslo |
| 5 December 1993 | | (8–8) | | Oslo |
| Oslo |||

## Final standings

| Pos | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Denmark |
| | Norway |
| 4 | Romania |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Austria |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia* |
| 10 | Poland |
| 11 | South Korea |
| 12 | United States |
| 13 | Lithuania |
| 14 | China |
| 15 | Spain |
| 16 | Angola |
* 1993 Women's World Champions
* Germany First title
* Team roster: Michaela Schanze, Bianca Urbanke, Sabine Adamik, Andrea Bölk, Eike Bram, Carola Ciszewski, Cordula David, Michaela Erler, Karen Heinrich, Gabriele Palme, Renate Zienkiewicz, Sybille Gruner, Heike Murrweiss, Birgit Wagner, Heike Axmann, Franziska Heinz Head coach Lothar Doering.