1961 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1961 World Championship for men in team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

was the 4th World Handball Championship. It was held in West Germany

West Germany

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. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed.

Final standings




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Preliminary Round

GROUP A

Date	Match	Res.
1 Mar	Sweden - Norway	15-11
2 Mar	Norway - Yugoslavia	18-17
3 Mar	Sweden - Yugoslavia	14-12

Matches	Goals	Points
2	29-23	4
2	29-32	2
2	29-32	0

GROUP B

Date	Match	Res.
?	Germany - Netherlands	33-7
?	France - Netherlands	21-11
?	Germany - France	21-7

Matches	Goals	Points
2	54-14	4
2	28-32	2
2	18-54	0

GROUP C

Date	Match	Res.
?	Czechoslovakia - Japan	38-10
?	Romania - Japan	29-11
?	Czechoslovakia - Romania	12-8

Matches	Goals	Points
2	50-18	4
2	37-23	2
2	21-67	0

GROUP D

Date	Match	Res.
1 Mar	Denmark - Iceland	24-13
2 Mar	Iceland - Switzerland	14-12
3 Mar	Denmark - Switzerland	18-13

Matches	Goals	Points
2	42-26	4
2	27-36	2
2	25-32	0

Main Round

GROUP 1

Date	Match	Res.
5 Mar	Sweden - France	15 - 11
5 Mar	Czechoslovakia - Iceland	15 - 15
7 Mar	Sweden - Iceland	18 - 10
7 Mar	Czechoslovakia - France	25 - 6
9 Mar	Czechoslovakia - Sweden	15- 10
9 Mar	Iceland - France	20 - 13

Matches	Goals	Points
3	55-31	5
3	43-36	4
3	45-46	3
3	30-60	0

GROUP 2

Date	Match	Res.
?	Germany - Norway	15- 8
?	Romania - Denmark	15 -13
?	Romania - Germany	12 - 9
?	Denmark - Norway	10 - 9
?	Germany - Denmark	15 - 13
?	Romania - Norway	16 - 14

Matches	Goals	Points
3	43-36	6
3	39-33	4
3	36-39	2
3	31-41	0

Final matches

Date	Match	Res.
Match for 7th place
?	-	12-13*
Match for 5th place
?	-	13-14
Bronze medal match
11 Mar	-	17-14
Final
?	-	8-9**
after extra-time *after 2 extra-times

Source: International Handball Federation

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Romania	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
Ioan Bogolea Mihai Redl George Bădulescu Aurel Bulgaru Gheorghe Coman Mircea Costache I Mircea Costache II George Covaciu Virgil Hnat Petre Ivănescu Ioan Moser Olimpiu Nodea Cornel Oţelea Otto Telman	František Arnošt Karel Čermák Václav Duda Antonín Frolo Rudolf Havlík František Herman Karol Lukošík Vojtěch Mareš Oskar Poliak Jaroslav Provazník Zdeněk Rada Dušan Ruža Jaroslav Skála Jaroslav Skála Jaroslav Skála was a Czech psychiatrist, fighter against alcoholism, and inventor of the sobering-up station.-Life:... František Šobora Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha	Rolf Almqvist Gunnar Brusberg Hans Collin Uno Danielsson Bengt Johansson Bengt Johansson Bengt Johansson is a handball player and coach, playing in the national team -, but best known as coach for the Swedish national handball team 1988-2004.... Kjell Jönsson Hans Karlsson Hans Karlsson Hans Karlsson is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. From 2002 to 2006, he served in the Cabinet of Göran Persson as Minister for Employment in the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications of the Swedish government... Gunnar Kämpendahl Lennart Kärrström Donald Lindblom Hans Olsson Karl-Oskar Olsson Stig-Lennart Olsson Åke Reimer Lennart Ring Rune Åhrling

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