1961 World Men's Handball Championship

1961 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Final positions
Champions	Romania
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Sweden
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The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed. Romania won the championship.

Final standings

	Romania
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	Germany
5	Denmark
6	Iceland
7	Norway
8	France
9	Yugoslavia
10	Switzerland
11	Netherlands
12	Japan

Standings

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

Group A	Matches	Goals	Points
Sweden	2	29-23	4
Norway	2	29-32	2
Yugoslavia	2	29-32	0

GROUP B

Date	Match	Res.
1 mar	Germany - Netherlands	33-7
2 mar	France - Netherlands	21-11
3 mar	Germany - France	21-7

Group B	Matches	Goals	Points
Germany	2	54-14	4
France	2	28-32	2
Netherlands	2	18-54	0

GROUP C

Date	Match	Res.
1 mar	Czechoslovakia - Japan	38-10
2 mar	Romania - Japan	29-11
3 mar	Czechoslovakia - Romania	12-8

Group C	Matches	Goals	Points
Czechoslovakia	2	50-18	4
Romania	2	37-23	2
Japan	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

Group D	Matches	Goals	Points
Denmark	2	42-26	4
Iceland	2	27-36	2
Switzerland	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

Group 1	Matches	Goals	Points
Czechoslovakia	3	55-31	5
Sweden	3	43-36	4
Iceland	3	45-46	3
France	3	30-60	0

GROUP 2

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

Group 2	Matches	Goals	Points
Romania	3	43-36	6
Germany	3	39-33	4
Denmark	3	36-39	2
Norway	3	31-41	0

Final matches

Date	Match	Res.
Match for 7th place
12 mar	France - Norway	12-13*
Match for 5th place
11 mar	Iceland - Denmark	13-14
Bronze medal match
11 Mar	Sweden - Germany	17-14
Final
12 mar	Czechoslovakia - Romania	8-9**
after extra-time *after 2 extra-times

Source: International Handball Federation

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Romania	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
Ioan Bogolea Michael Redl George Bădulescu Aurel Bulgaru Gheorghe Coman Mircea Costache I Mircea Costache II George Covaciu Virgil Hnat Petre Ivănescu Hans Moser Olimpiu Nodea Cornel Oţelea Otto Tellman	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 František Šobora Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha	Rolf Almqvist Gunnar Brusberg Hans Collin Uno Danielsson Bengt Johansson Kjell Jönsson Hans Karlsson Gunnar Kämpendahl Lennart Kärrström Donald Lindblom Hans Olsson Karl-Oskar Olsson Stig-Lennart Olsson Åke Reimer Lennart Ring Rune Åhrling

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

World Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 Sweden 1954 East Germany 1958 West Germany 1961 Czechoslovakia 1964 Sweden 1967 France 1970 East Germany 1974 Denmark 1978 West Germany 1982 Switzerland 1986 Czechoslovakia 1990 Sweden 1993 Iceland 1995 Japan 1997 Egypt 1999 France 2001 Portugal 2003 Tunisia 2005 Germany 2007 Croatia 2009 Sweden 2011 Spain 2013 Qatar 2015 France 2017 Denmark/Germany 2019 Egypt 2021 Poland/Sweden 2023

Squads	1938 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria/Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark/Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 2021 2023

Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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