1974 World Men's Handball Championship Explained

The 1974 World Men's Handball Championship was the eighth team handball World Championship. It was held in East Germany between 28 February-10 March 1974. Romania won the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia - Iceland	25-15	(11-6)
28 Feb	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Denmark - West Germany	12-11	(7-5)
1 Mar	Gera	Czechoslovakia - Denmark	16-12	(7-4)
1 Mar	Erfurt	West Germany - Iceland	22-16	(10-7)
3 Mar	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia - West Germany	17-11	(6-7)
3 Mar	Erfurt	Denmark - Iceland	19-17	(10-10)

Group B

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	Schwerin	Romania - Poland	18-14	(10-6)
28 Feb	Schwerin	Spain - Sweden	15-14	(7-9)
1 Mar	Wismar	Poland - Sweden	20-10	(6-5)
1 Mar	Rostock	Romania - Spain	21-11	(12-8)
3 Mar	Schwerin	Sweden - Romania	20-18	(9-8)
3 Mar	Rostock	Poland - Spain	21-15	(11-6)

Group C

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	East Berlin	East Germany - Japan	31-16	(13-9)
28 Feb	East Berlin	Soviet Union - United States	40-11	(16-6)
1 Mar	Brandenburg an der Havel	East Germany - United States	35-14	(16-6)
1 Mar	Brandenburg an der Havel	Soviet Union - Japan	25-18	(13-7)
3 Mar	East Berlin	East Germany - Soviet Union	15-15	(7-4)
3 Mar	Brandenburg an der Havel	Japan - United States	29-18	(13-9)

Group D

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	Halle an der Saale	Yugoslavia - Bulgaria	25-17	(11-7)
28 Feb	Halle an der Saale	Hungary - Algeria	30-10	(12-5)
1 Mar	Magdeburg	Yugoslavia - Algeria	35-12	(17-7)
1 Mar	Dessau	Hungary - Bulgaria	19-15	(9-7)
3 Mar	Halle an der Saale	Yugoslavia - Hungary	21-18	(9-10)
3 Mar	Dessau	Bulgaria - Algeria	23-16	(10-9)

Placement Round (9-12 pos.)

The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Erfurt	West Germany - Sweden	20-18	(8-3)
5 Mar	Wismar	Bulgaria - Japan	23-22	(13-12)
7 Mar	Magdeburg	West Germany - Japan	30-24	(15-12)
7 Mar	Gera	Sweden - Bulgaria	21-19	(12-8)
9 Mar	Halle an der Saale	West Germany - Bulgaria	22-13	(11-8)
9 Mar	Dessau	Sweden - Japan	28-21	(14-11)

Placement Round		Games	Goals	Points
9.		3	72-55	6
10.		3	67-60	4
11.		3	55-65	2
12.		3	67-81	0

Second round

Group 1

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Karl Marx Stadt	Poland - Czechoslovakia	19-16	(11-6)
5 Mar	Halle an der Saale	Romania - Denmark	20-11	(9-1)
7 Mar	Schwerin	Romania - Czechoslovakia	20-13	(11-6)
7 Mar	Karl Marx Stadt	Poland - Denmark	14-9	(6-5)

Group 2

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Schwerin	East Germany - Hungary	17-10	(10-4)
5 Mar	Magdeburg	Yugoslavia - Soviet Union	18-15	(11-8)
7 Mar	East Berlin	East Germany - Yugoslavia	19-17	(10-8)
7 Mar	Dessau	Soviet Union - Hungary	17-15	(8-7)

7th / 8th place

width=15%	Date	width=60% colspan=3	Match1	width=15%	Score	Half
09.03.1974				22-15	(13-6)

• (¹) - In East Berlin

5th / 6th place

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10.03.1974				26-24	(14-11)

• (¹) - In East Berlin

3rd / 4th place

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09.03.1974				18-16	(10-9)

• (¹) - In East Berlin

Final

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10.03.1974				14-12	(7-8)

• (¹) - In East Berlin

Final standings

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Source: International Handball Federation

External links

• IHF website
• IHF – Official results
• Men's Handball World Championship 1974
• Medallists from previous World Championships