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
Runner-up	East Germany
Third place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	1,262 (30.05 per match)
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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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