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