1970 World Men's Handball Championship

1970 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Final positions
Champions	Romania
Runner-up	East Germany
Third place	Yugoslavia
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The 1970 World Men's Handball Championship was the seventh team handball World Championship. It was held in France. Romania won the championship.

Final standings

The national team of Romania, world champions in 1970

Results

Preliminary Round

GROUP A

Date	Game	Res.
?	East Germany - Soviet Union	13-11
26 Feb	Sweden - Norway	8-6
?	Soviet Union - Norway	10-90
28 Feb	Sweden - East Germany	11-90
?	East Germany - Norway	10-80
1 Mar	Soviet Union - Sweden	12-11

Group A	Games	Goals	Points
Sweden	3	30-27	4
East Germany	3	32-30	4
Soviet Union	3	33-33	4
Norway	3	23-28	0

GROUP B

Date	Game	Res.
?	Czechoslovakia - Japan	19-90
?	Yugoslavia- USA	34-80
?	Czechoslovakia - USA	23-90
?	Yugoslavia - Japan	17-17
?	Japan - USA	21-15
?	Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia	16-15

Group B	Games	Goals	Points
Czechoslovakia	3	58-33	6
Yugoslavia	3	66-41	3
Japan	3	47-51	3
United States	3	32-78	0

GROUP C

Date	Game	Res.
?	Romania - France	12-90
?	West Germany - Switzerland	11-10
?	Romania - Switzerland	22-70
?	West Germany - France	15-12
?	France - Switzerland	15-12
?	West Germany - Romania	15-14

Group C	Games	Goals	Points
West Germany	3	41-36	6
Romania	3	48-31	4
France	3	36-39	2
Switzerland	3	29-48	0

GROUP D

Date	Game	Res.
?	Denmark - Poland	23-16
26 Feb	Hungary - Iceland	19-90
28 Feb	Denmark - Iceland	19-13
?	Hungary- Poland	15-90
1 Mar	Iceland - Poland	21-18
?	Hungary - Denmark	24-19

Group D	Games	Goals	Points
Hungary	3	58-37	6
Denmark	3	61-53	4
Iceland	3	43-56	2
Poland	3	43-59	0

Placement Round (9-12 pos.)

The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.

Date	Game	Res.
?	Soviet Union - France	25-14
3 Mar	Japan - Iceland	20-19
4 Mar	Soviet Union - Iceland	19-15
?	Japan - France	22-13
?	Soviet Union - Japan	28-12
6 Mar	Iceland - France	19-17

Placement Round		Games	Goals	Points
9.	Soviet Union	3	72-41	6
10.	Japan	3	54-60	4
11.	Iceland	3	53-56	2
12.	France	3	44-66	0

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.

Date	Game	Res.
Quarter-finals
3 Mar	Romania - Sweden	15-13
?	East Germany - West Germany	•18-17•
?	Denmark - Czechoslovakia	18-16
?	Yugoslavia - Hungary	11-10
Semi-finals
?	Romania - Denmark	18-12
?	East Germany - Yugoslavia	17-13
Bronze medal game
?	Yugoslavia - Denmark	29-12
Final
?	Romania - East Germany	••13-12••
• after extra-time ••after 2 extra-times

Positions 5-8

Date	Game	Res.
Semi-Final Round
5 Mar	Sweden - Czechoslovakia	12-11
?	West Germany - Hungary	15-13
7-8 pos.
?	Czechoslovakia- Hungary	21-14
5-6 pos.
7 Mar	West Germany - Sweden	15-14

Source: International Handball Federation

International handball

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

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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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