1978 World Men's Handball Championship

none Denmark 26 January-5 February 16 GER West Germany URS GDR DEN 42 1647 Péter Kovács HUNJerzy Klempel POL(47 goals each) 1974 World Men's Handball Championship 1982 World Men's Handball Championship The 1978 World Men's Handball Championship was the ninth team handball World Championship. It was held in Denmark between 26 January-5 February 1978. West Germany won the championship. Teams Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DCAN GDRDENBULTCHFRAISLJPNGER West GermanyHUNURSPOLYUGROMESPSWE Preliminary round Group A Date Venue GameRes. Half 26.Jan OdenseYugoslavia - Canada 24-11 (13-4) 26.Jan OdenseWest Germany - Czechoslovakia 16-13 (8-5) 28.Jan Vejle Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia 17-16 (9-7) 28.Jan RingeWest Germany - Canada 20-10 (7-3) 29.Jan OdenseWest Germany - Yugoslavia 18-13 (9-5) 29.Jan FredericiaCzechoslovakia - Canada 29-10 (15-5) main WDL Q n 2 FRG GER West Germany YUG YUG TCH TCH CAN CAN 3 0 0 54 36 2 0 1 54 45 1 0 2 58 43 0 0 3 31 73 #CCFFCC A A complete Group B Date Venue GameRes. Half 26.Jan HerningHungary - France 33-22 (17-9) 26.Jan HerningEast Germany - Romania 18-16 (8-7) 28.Jan Esbjerg Hungary - East Germany 12-10 (7-6) 28.Jan AabenraaRomania - France 36-17 (18-9) 29.Jan HerningRomania - Hungary 22-21 (9-10) 29.Jan RibeEast Germany - France 28-15 (14-6) main WDL Q n 2 ROM ROM GDR GDR HUN HUN FRA FRA 2 0 1 74 56 2 0 1 56 43 2 0 1 66 54 0 0 3 54 97 #CCFFCC A A complete Group C Date Venue GameRes. Half 26.Jan ÅrhusDenmark - Spain 19-15 (11-9) 26.Jan ÅrhusSoviet Union - Iceland 22-18 (14-9) 28.Jan Aalborg Soviet Union - Spain 24-12 (10-5) 28.Jan RandersDenmark - Iceland 21-14 (10-8) 29.Jan ÅrhusSoviet Union - Denmark 16-16 (9-8) 29.Jan ThistedSpain - Iceland 25-22 (15-10) main WDL Q n 2 URS URS DEN DEN ESP ESP ISL ISL 2 1 0 62 46 2 1 0 56 45 1 0 2 52 65 0 0 3 54 68 #CCFFCC A A complete Group D Date Venue GameRes. Half 26.Jan BrøndbyPoland - Japan 26-21 (13-13) 26.Jan BrøndbySweden - Bulgaria 31-16 (14-10) 28.Jan Køge Sweden - Japan 24-20 (10-10) 28.Jan KalundborgPoland - Bulgaria 28-22 (20-7) 29.Jan HelsingørPoland - Sweden 22-17 (14-9) 29.Jan NæstvedJapan - Bulgaria 23-20 (11-11) main WDL Q n 2 POL POL SWE SWE JPN JPN BUL BUL 3 0 0 76 60 2 0 1 72 58 1 0 2 64 70 0 0 3 58 82 #CCFFCC A A complete Second round Group 1 Date Venue GameRes. Half 31.Jan OdenseYugoslavia - Romania 17-16 (9-10) 31.Jan BrøndbyEast Germany - West Germany 14-14 (9-7) 2.Feb Kalundborg Yugoslavia - East Germany 16-16 (11-9) 2.Feb HelsingørRomania - West Germany 17-17 (6-8) main WDL Q n 2 FRG GER West Germany GDR GDR YUG YUG ROM ROM 1 2 0 49 44 1 2 0 48 46 1 1 1 46 50 0 1 2 49 52 #CCFFCC A A complete Group 2 Date Venue GameRes. Half 31.Jan VejleSoviet Union - Sweden 24-18 (10-5) 31.Jan RandersDenmark - Poland 25-23 (14-12) 2.Feb Århus Soviet Union - Poland 18-16 (7-9) 2.Feb HerningDenmark - Sweden 18-14 (10-9) main WDL Q n 2 URS URS DEN DEN POL POL SWE SWE 2 1 0 58 50 2 1 0 59 53 1 0 2 61 60 0 0 3 49 64 #CCFFCC A A complete Placement matches -- 9th to 12th Date Venue GameRes. Half 31.Jan RønnedeSpain - Japan 26-15 (14-10) 31.Jan FrederikssundCzechoslovakia - Hungary 18-18 (11-12) 2 Feb Roskilde Spain - Czechoslovakia 24-21 (12-12) 2 Feb Nykøbing FalsterHungary - Japan 30-26 (15-16) 4 Feb TaastrupHungary - Spain 23-19 (11-8) 4 Feb AakirkebyJapan - Czechoslovakia 25-25 (14-12) main WDL Q n 2 HUN HUN SPA SPA TCH TCH JAP JAP 2 1 0 71 63 2 0 1 69 59 0 2 1 64 67 0 1 2 66 81 #CCFFCC A A complete 7th / 8th place DateMatch1ScoreHalf 05.02.1978 ROM - SWE 25-17 (13-7) (1) - In Copenhagen 5th / 6th place DateMatch1Score Half 05.02.1978 YUG - POL 21-19 (8-10) (1) - In Copenhagen 3rd / 4th place DateMatch1ScoreHalf 05.02.1978 GDR - DEN 19-15 (9-7) (1) - In Copenhagen Final DateMatch1ScoreHalf 05.02.1978 GER West Germany - URS 20-19 (11-11) (1) - In Copenhagen Final standings Rank TeamFile:gold medal icon.svg GER West GermanyFile:silver medal icon.svg URSFile:bronze medal icon.svg GDR4 DEN5 YUG6 POL7 ROM8 SWE9 HUN10 ESP11 TCH 12 JPN13 ISL14 BUL15 CAN16 FRA Source: IHF External links IHF website IHF – Official results Men's Handball World Championship 1978 Medallists from previous World Championships Denmark Sports Category:World Men's Handball Championship World Mens Handball Championship, 1978 World Mens Handball Championship, 1978 World Mens Handball Championship, 1978 Category:January 1978 sports events in Europe Category:February 1978 sports events in Europe Category:Sport in Brøndby Municipality