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.

Qualification

;Host nation
;Qualified from the 1990 World Championship
;Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B
;Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
;Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship
;Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Main Round

Team advanced to the final
Team advanced to the bronze match

Group 1

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Group 2

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Classification round

Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.
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Finals

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

5th place match

Bronze final

Final

Final standings

PosTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9*
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

*Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.
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.

Top scorers