The 1957 World Women's Handball Championship was the first Women's world Championship.

[2] It took place in Virovitica, PR Croatia and Belgrade, PR Serbia within FPR Yugoslavia in 1957.

Source: IHF Archive CzechoslovakiaFirst Title Team roster: Anna Čápová (Ríšová), Věra Aschenbrenerová, Vlasta Čiháková, Jana Housková, Stanislava Kučerová, Květa Marzinová, Květa Janečková, Pavla Bartáková, Věra Dvořáková, Blanka Kotlínová, Jana Maléřová and Veronika Schmidtová (Ilavská).

Trainers: Karel Hošťalek, Ladislav Gross

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