1970 World Men's Handball Championship

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The 1970 World Championship for men in team handball was the 7th World Handball Championship. It was held in France.

1 Final standings
2 Resultats

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Resultats

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 two extra time periods

[edit] 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