Handball - Women's World Championship - Preliminary Round - Group A - 2005 - Detailed results

Russia - Saint Petersburg - 5 December 2005 - 10 December 2005

Standing - - Preliminary Round - Group A 2005

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Russia	10	5	5	0	0	176	110	+66
2	Netherlands	8	5	4	0	1	145	123	+22
3	Croatia	6	5	3	0	2	165	126	+39
4	China	4	5	2	0	3	154	146	+8
5	Japan	2	5	1	0	4	152	155	-3
6	Uruguay	0	5	0	0	5	73	205	-132

Results - - Preliminary Round - Group A 2005

5 December 2005
14h00	Netherlands	29 - 27	Croatia
17h00	Russia	43 - 16	Uruguay
19h00	China	33 - 27	Japan
6 December 2005
15h00	Netherlands	29 - 8	Uruguay
17h00	Russia	36 - 20	China
19h00	Croatia	31 - 30	Japan
7 December 2005
15h00	Japan	44 - 22	Uruguay
17h00	Russia	34 - 22	Netherlands
19h00	Croatia	35 - 29	China
9 December 2005
15h00	Netherlands	35 - 27	Japan
17h00	Russia	29 - 28	Croatia
19h00	China	45 - 18	Uruguay
10 December 2005
15h00	Netherlands	30 - 27	China
17h00	Russia	34 - 24	Japan
19h00	Croatia	44 - 9	Uruguay

General Informations

• First edition : 1957
• Editions : 26 (including 2023)
• Official name : IHF World Women's Handball Championship
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHF_World_Women's_Handball_Championship
• Organiser : International Handball Federation
• First winner : Czechoslovakia
• Most wins : Russia, Norway (4)
• Most recent winner : France