1961 World Men's Handball Championship

none West Germany 1–12 March 1961 12 Romania 1952 Czechoslovakia Sweden 28 811 ROM 1952 Petre IvănescuTCH Zdeněk Rada (24 goals each) 1958 World Men's Handball Championship 1964 World Men's Handball Championship The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany and West Berlin 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. Results Preliminary round GROUP A Date Venye MatchRes. Half 1 Mar StuttgartSweden - Norway 15-11 (11-5) 2 Mar BietigheimNorway - Yugoslavia 18-17 (9-9) 3 Mar UlmSweden - Yugoslavia 14-12 (9-8) Group A MatchesGoalsPointsSweden 2 29-23 4Norway 2 29-32 2Yugoslavia 2 29-32 0 GROUP B Date Venue MatchRes. Half 1 mar West BerlinGermany - Netherlands 33-7 (11-3) 2 mar WolfsburgFrance - Netherlands 21-11 (7-5) 3 mar KielGermany - France 21-7 (9-2) Group B MatchesGoalsPointsGermany EUA 2 54-14 4France 2 28-32 2Netherlands 2 18-54 0 GROUP C Date Venue MatchRes. Half 1 mar KarlsruheCzechoslovakia - Japan 38-10 (15-5) 2 mar HasslochRomania - Japan 29-11 (14-7) 3 mar FreiburgCzechoslovakia - Romania 12-8 (3-3) Group CMatchesGoalsPointsCzechoslovakia 2 50-18 4Romania 1952 2 37-23 2Japan 2 21-67 0 GROUP D Date Venue MatchRes. Half 1 Mar KarlsruheDenmark - Iceland 24-13 (9-6) 2 Mar WiesbadenIceland - Switzerland 14-12 (7-7) 3 Mar St. IngbertDenmark - Switzerland 18-13 (12-5) Group D MatchesGoalsPointsDenmark 2 42-26 4Iceland 2 27-36 2Switzerland 2 25-32 0 Main Round GROUP 1 Date Venue MatchRes. Half 5 Mar StuttgartSweden - France 15 - 11 (7-6) 5 Mar StuttgartCzechoslovakia - Iceland 15 - 15 (10-7) 7 Mar EssenSweden - Iceland 18 - 10 (7-3) 7 Mar EssenCzechoslovakia - France 25 - 6 (11-3) 9 Mar West BerlinCzechoslovakia - Sweden 15- 10 (10-5) 9 Mar HombergIceland - France 20 - 13 (11-3) Group 1 MatchesGoalsPointsCzechoslovakia 3 55-31 5Sweden 3 43-36 4Iceland 3 45-46 3France 3 30-60 0 GROUP 2 Date Venue MatchRes. Half 5 mar DortmundGermany - Norway 15- 8 (10-4) 5 mar DortmundRomania - Denmark 15 -13 (6-7) 7 mar KrefeldRomania - Germany 12 - 9 (7-5) 7 mar KrefeldDenmark - Norway 10 - 9 (6-7) 9 mar MünsterGermany - Denmark 15 - 13 (6-4) 9 mar MünsterRomania - Norway 16 - 14 (9-6) Group 2 MatchesGoalsPointsRomania 1952 3 43-36 6Germany EUA 3 39-33 4Denmark 3 36-39 2Norway 3 31-41 0 Final matches DateVenueMatchScoreMatch for 7th place 12 March DortmundFrance - Norway 12-13* (7-7, 10-10)Match for 5th place 11 March DortmundIceland - Denmark 13-14 (8-7)Bronze medal match 11 March DortmundSweden - Germany EUA 17-14 (8-9)Final 12 March DortmundCzechoslovakia - Romania 1952 8-9** (4-4, 7-7, 7-7)*after 1 extra-time ; **after 2 extra-times Final standings Rank TeamImage:gold medal icon.svg Romania 1952Image:silver medal icon.svg CzechoslovakiaImage:bronze medal icon.svg Sweden4 Germany EUA5 Denmark6 Iceland7 Norway8 France9 Yugoslavia10 Switzerland11 Netherlands 12 Japan Medallists thumb|Mircea Costache II with the cup. GoldSilverBronzeROU 1952 RomaniaTCH CzechoslovakiaSWE SwedenIoan BogoleaMichael RedlGeorge BădulescuAurel BulgaruGheorghe ComanMircea Costache IMircea Costache IIGeorge CovaciuVirgil HnatPetre IvănescuHans MoserOlimpiu NodeaCornel OţeleaOtto TellmanFrantišek ArnoštKarel ČermákVáclav DudaAntonín FroloRudolf HavlíkFrantišek HermanKarol LukošíkVojtěch MarešOskar PoliakJaroslav ProvazníkZdeněk RadaDušan RužaJaroslav SkálaFrantišek ŠoboraJosef TrojanJiří VíchaRolf AlmqvistGunnar BrusbergHans CollinUno DanielssonBengt J. JohanssonNot to be confused with later successful coach Bengt JohanssonKjell JönssonHans KarlssonGunnar KämpendahlLennart KärrströmDonald LindblomHans OlssonKarl-Oskar OlssonStig-Lennart OlssonÅke ReimerLennart RingRune Åhrling References External links pdf https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/ger61.pdf 1961 World Men's Handball Championship ihf.info International Handball Federation 2023-08-18 http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1961.html Men Handball IV World Championship 1961 West Germany todor66.com 2023-08-18 Category:World Men's Handball Championship H Category:International sports competitions hosted in West Berlin H World Men's Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship Category:1960s in West Berlin