1970 World Men's Handball Championship

1970 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	26 February-8 March
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Romania
Runners-up	East Germany
Third place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	1,262 (30.05 per match)

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.

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nations		1	France
1967 World Championship	12–21 January 1967	3	Czechoslovakia  Denmark  Romania
Asia		1	Japan
Europe and Africa Qualification	15 November – 7 December 1969	10	East Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Norway  Poland  Soviet Union  Sweden   Switzerland  West Germany  Yugoslavia
North America Qualification	15–30 November 1969	1	United States1

¹First Canada was qualified but was disqualified because they used a Danish player.

GROUP A Date Venue Game Res. Half 26 Feb Saint-Nazaire East Germany - Soviet Union 13-11 (8-6)0 26 Feb Quimper Sweden - Norway 8-6 (5-2) 28 Feb Rennes Soviet Union - Norway 10-9 (5-4) 28 Feb Rennes Sweden - East Germany 11-9 (5-4) 1 Mar Nantes East Germany - Norway 10-8 (5-3) 1 Mar Nantes Soviet Union - Sweden 12-11 (6-5) 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 Venue Game Res. Half 26 Feb Bayonne Czechoslovakia - Japan 19-9 (8-2) 26 Feb Angoulême Yugoslavia- USA 34-8 (22-3) 28 Feb Agen Czechoslovakia - USA 23-9 (13-5) 28 Feb Agen Yugoslavia - Japan 17-17 (10-8) 1 Mar Toulouse Japan - USA 21-15 (10-7) 1 Mar Toulouse Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 16-15 (8-11) 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 Venue Game Res. Half 26 Feb Paris Romania - France 12-9 (7-2) 26 Feb Rouen West Germany - Switzerland 11-10 (7-3) 28 Feb Amiens Romania - Switzerland 22-7 (9-6) 28 Feb Évreux West Germany - France 15-12 (10-6) 1 Mar Caen France - Switzerland 15-12 (7-3) 1 Mar Caen West Germany - Romania 15-14 (5-9) 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 Venue Game Res. Half 26 Feb Longwy Denmark - Poland 23-16 (10-6) 26 Feb Mulhouse Hungary - Iceland 19-9 (9-3) 28 Feb Hagondange Denmark - Iceland 19-13 (9-6) 28 Feb Strasbourg Hungary- Poland 15-9 (4-4) 1 Mar Metz Iceland - Poland 21-18 (14-9) 1 Mar Metz Hungary - Denmark 24-19 (13-6) 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

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

Date Venue Game Res. Half 3 Mar Paris Soviet Union - France 25-14 (13-7) 3 Mar Creil Japan - Iceland 20-19 (12-9) 4 Mar Paris Soviet Union - Iceland 19-15 (8-5) 5 Mar Paris Japan - France 22-13 (13-7) 6 Mar Paris Soviet Union - Japan 28-12 (11-6) 6 Mar Paris Iceland - France 19-17 (12-10)

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

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.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Final

Semi-Final Round

7-8 pos.

5-6 pos.

Source: International Handball Federation

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 16. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account.

Rank	Team
	Romania
	East Germany
	Yugoslavia
4	Denmark
5	West Germany
6	Sweden
7	Czechoslovakia
8	Hungary
9	Soviet Union
10	Japan
11	Iceland
12	France
13	Norway
14	Poland
15	Switzerland
16	United States

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