1978 World Men's Handball Championship

1978 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Final positions
Champions	West Germany
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	East Germany
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The 1978 World Men's Handball Championship was the ninth team handball World Championship. It was held in Denmark. West Germany won the championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Canada	East Germany	Denmark	Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia	France	Iceland	Japan
West Germany	Hungary	Soviet Union	Poland
Yugoslavia	Romania	Spain	Sweden

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	P	W	T	L	G+	G-	GD	Pts.
West Germany	3	3	0	0	54	36	+18	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	54	45	+9	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	58	43	+15	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	31	73	-42	0

Group B

Team	P	W	T	L	G+	G-	GD	Pts.
Romania	3	2	0	1	74	56	+18	4
East Germany	3	2	0	1	56	43	+13	4
Hungary	3	2	0	1	66	54	+12	4
France	3	0	0	3	54	97	-43	0

Group C

Team	P	W	T	L	G+	G-	GD	Pts.
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	62	46	+16	5
Denmark	3	2	1	0	56	45	+11	5
Spain	3	1	0	2	52	65	-13	2
Iceland	3	0	0	3	54	68	-14	0

Group D

Team	P	W	T	L	G+	G-	GD	Pts.
Poland	3	3	0	0	76	60	+16	6
Sweden	3	2	0	1	72	58	+14	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	64	70	-6	2
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	58	82	-24	0

Second round

Group 1

Team	P	W	T	L	G+	G-	GD	Pts.
West Germany	3	1	2	0	49	44	+5	4
East Germany	3	1	2	0	48	46	+2	4
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	46	50	-4	3
Romania	3	0	1	2	49	52	-3	1

Group 2

Team	P	W	T	L	G+	G-	GD	Pts.
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	58	50	+8	5
Denmark	3	2	1	0	59	53	+6	5
Poland	3	1	0	2	61	60	+1	2
Sweden	3	0	0	3	49	64	-15	0

3rd / 4th place

Date	Match¹			Score
05.02.1978	East Germany	-	Denmark	19-15

• (¹) - In Copenhagen

Final

Date	Match¹			Score
05.02.1978	West Germany	-	Soviet Union	20-19

• (¹) - In Copenhagen

Final standings

	West Germany
	Soviet Union
	East Germany
4	Denmark
5	Yugoslavia
6	Poland
7	Romania
8	Sweden
9	Hungary
10	Spain
11	Czechoslovakia
12	Japan
13	Iceland
14	Bulgaria
15	Canada
16	France

Source: International Handball Federation