1982 World Men's Handball Championship

1982 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches	54
Goals scored	2324 (43.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vasile Stîngă (ROU) (65 goals)
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The 1982 World Men's Handball Championship was the 10th team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany between 23 February-7 March 1982. Soviet Union won the championship.

Teams[]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Czechoslovakia	Algeria	East Germany	Cuba
Kuwait	Hungary	Japan	Denmark
Soviet Union	Spain	Poland	Romania
West Germany	Sweden	Switzerland	Yugoslavia

Preliminary round[]

Advanced to second round

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	99	52	+47	6
West Germany	3	2	0	1	59	52	+7	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	68	62	+6	2
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	41	101	−60	0

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	62	55	+7	5
Hungary	3	1	2	0	70	60	+10	4
Sweden	3	1	1	1	71	58	+13	3
Algeria	3	0	0	3	50	80	−30	0

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Germany	3	2	1	0	63	51	+12	5
Poland	3	2	1	0	63	53	+10	5
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	47	47	0	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	52	74	−22	0

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	78	61	+17	4
Romania	3	2	0	1	75	66	+9	4
Denmark	3	2	0	1	65	59	+6	4
Cuba	3	0	0	3	68	100	−32	0

Second round[]

	Advanced to final
	Advanced to bronze match

Group 1[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	130	85	+45	10
Poland	5	2	1	2	97	102	−5	5
East Germany	5	2	1	2	92	98	−6	5
West Germany	5	2	1	2	85	94	−9	5
Czechoslovakia	5	1	1	3	99	112	−13	3
Switzerland	5	0	2	3	76	88	−12	2

Group 2[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	118	104	+14	7
Denmark	5	3	1	1	100	99	+1	7
Romania	5	3	0	2	116	105	+11	6
Spain	5	2	1	2	112	111	+1	5
Hungary	5	0	4	1	98	103	−5	4
Sweden	5	0	1	4	103	125	−22	1

Ranking round[]

•  Kuwait 22:20  Algeria
•  Japan 20:25  Cuba
•  Kuwait 20:31  Japan
•  Algeria 21:21  Cuba
•  Kuwait 30:34  Cuba
•  Algeria 21:22  Japan

3rd / 4th place[]

Final[]

Final standings[]

	Soviet Union
	Yugoslavia
	Poland
4	Denmark
5	Romania
6	East Germany
7	West Germany
8	Spain
9	Hungary
10	Czechoslovakia
11	Sweden
12	Switzerland
13	Cuba
14	Japan
15	Kuwait
16	Algeria

	Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 1983 Summer Universiade
	Qualified for the

Source: International Handball Federation