1961 World Men's Handball Championship

1961 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Teams	12
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 between 1–12 March 1961. 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

Mircea Costache II with the cup.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Romania	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
Ioan Bogolea Michael Redl Aurel Bulgaru Mircea Costache II Virgil Hnat Petre Ivănescu Hans Moser Cornel Oţelea Otto Tellman		Bengt Johansson