1970 World Men's Handball Championship


The 1970 World Men's Handball Championship was the seventh team handball World Championship. It was held in France between 26 February-8 March 1970. Romania won the championship.

Qualification

Results

Preliminary Round

GROUP A
DateGameRes.
?East Germany - Soviet Union13-11
26 FebSweden - Norway8-6
?Soviet Union - Norway10-9
28 FebSweden - East Germany11-9
?East Germany - Norway10-8
1 MarSoviet Union - Sweden12-11

GROUP B
DateGameRes.
?Czechoslovakia - Japan19-9
?Yugoslavia- USA34-8
?Czechoslovakia - USA23-9
?Yugoslavia - Japan17-17
?Japan - USA21-15
?Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia16-15

GROUP C
DateGameRes.
?Romania - France12-9
?West Germany - Switzerland11-10
?Romania - Switzerland22-7
?West Germany - France15-12
?France - Switzerland15-12
?West Germany - Romania15-14

GROUP D
DateGameRes.
?Denmark - Poland23-16
26 FebHungary - Iceland19-9
28 FebDenmark - Iceland19-13
?Hungary- Poland15-9
1 MarIceland - Poland21-18
?Hungary - Denmark24-19

Placement Round (9-12 pos.)

The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.
DateGameRes.
?Soviet Union - France25-14
3 MarJapan - Iceland20-19
4 MarSoviet Union - Iceland19-15
?Japan - France22-13
?Soviet Union - Japan28-12
6 MarIceland - France19-17

Main Round

The top two finishers from each preliminary round group progressed to the quarter-finals. The winners progressed to the semi-final stage, while losers played for positions 5-8.

Positions 5-8

Source:

Final standings

Places 1–8 were decided by play–off or knock–out. Places 9–12 were decide by a placement round. Teams finishing fourth in the preliminary round are ranked 13 to 14. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account.
RankTeam
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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