Men's handball world championship 1964

5th men's handball world championship 1964
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Romania (2nd title)
venue	Czechoslovakia
Opening game	March 6, 1964
Endgame	March 15, 1964
Games	36
Gates	1,171   (∅: 32.53 per game)
Top scorer	András Fenyő Josip Milković Hans Moser 32 goals
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The 5th men's handball world championship was held from March 6th to 15th, 1964 in Czechoslovakia . A total of 16 teams competed . For the first time, the FRG and the GDR provided their own teams at this tournament . Romania became world champion with a 25:22 win in the final against Sweden . The Federal Republic of Germany finished fourth, while the GDR was eliminated in the preliminary round.

game schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the teams competed in four groups with four teams each. The two best placed in each group qualified for the main round, the third and fourth placed were eliminated.

Group A in Zlín

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	BR Germany	3	2	1	0	50:37	5: 1
2	Yugoslavia	3	1	2	0	50:31	4: 2
3	GDR	3	1	1	1	44:35	3: 3
4th	United States	3	0	0	3	25:66	0: 6

06.03.1964, 5 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Yugoslavia	14:14 (8-8)
March 6, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	GDR	-	United States	20: 9 (9-4)
07.03.1964, 5.15 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	United States	22: 3 (13-2)
07.03.1964, 7.30 p.m.	BR Germany	-	GDR	12:10 (7-5)
March 9, 1964, 5.15 p.m.	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	14:14 (7-10)
March 9, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	BR Germany	-	United States	24:13 (9-7)

Group B in Bratislava

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	51:31	4: 2
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	45:36	4: 2
3	Iceland	3	2	0	1	40:39	4: 2
4th	United Arab Republic	3	0	0	3	28:58	0: 6

06.03.1964, 5 p.m.	Sweden	-	Hungary	15: 8 (8-4)
March 6, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	Iceland	-	VAR	16: 8 (8-5)
07.03.1964, 5.15 p.m.	Hungary	-	VAR	16: 9 (9-3)
07.03.1964, 7.30 p.m.	Iceland	-	Sweden	12:10 (7-5)
March 9, 1964, 5.15 p.m.	Hungary	-	Iceland	21:12 (9-7)
March 9, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	Sweden	-	VAR	26:11 (14-3)

Group C in Prague

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	63:35	6-0
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	53:40	4: 2
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	38:56	2: 4
4th	France	3	0	0	3	41:64	0: 6

06.03.1964, 5 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	France	23:14 (12-7)
March 6, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Switzerland	16:13 (8-5)
07.03.1964, 5.15 p.m.	Switzerland	-	France	15:14 (9-6)
07.03.1964, 7.30 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Denmark	14:11 (7-7)
March 9, 1964, 5.15 p.m.	Denmark	-	France	26:13 (13-5)
March 9, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland	26:10 (15-3)

Group D in Pardubice

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	70:36	6-0
2	Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	65:39	2: 4
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	37:47	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	1	0	2	40:90	2: 4

06.03.1964, 5 p.m.	Romania	-	USSR	16:14 (7-8)
March 6, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	Japan	-	Norway	18:14 (9-4)
07.03.1964, 5.15 p.m.	USSR	-	Japan	40:10 (23-6)
07.03.1964, 7.30 p.m.	Romania	-	Norway	18:10 (11-7)
March 9, 1964, 5.15 p.m.	Norway	-	USSR	13:11 (6-7)
March 9, 1964, 7.30 p.m.	Romania	-	Japan	36:12 (16-7)

Main round

The two best-placed teams in each group reached the main round. The teams from the preliminary round groups A and B came into group I, the teams from groups C and D into group II. The result of the direct duel between the two teams from the same preliminary round group was carried over to the main round.

Group I in Prague

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	46:42	4: 2
2	BR Germany	3	1	1	1	45:41	3: 3
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	48:52	3: 3
4th	Hungary	3	1	0	2	42:46	2: 4

March 11, 1964, 3:30 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Hungary	15:19 (8-9)
March 11, 1964, 7.15 p.m.	Sweden	-	Yugoslavia	23:18 (10-11)
March 13, 1964, 3:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	16:15 (9-7)
March 13, 1964, 7.15 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Sweden	16: 8 (8-5)

Group II in Prague

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	57:44	6-0
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	47:42	4: 2
3	Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	46:48	2: 4
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	40:56	0: 6

March 11, 1964, 5 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	USSR	18:15 (9-8)
March 11, 1964, 8.30 p.m.	Romania	-	Denmark	25:15 (10-7)
March 13, 1964, 5 p.m.	USSR	-	Denmark	17:14 (10-10)
March 13, 1964, 8.30 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Romania	15:16 (7-9)

Finals

The first two of the main round played the final, the two second placed the game for 3rd place, the third the game for 5th place and the last two of the main round groups the game for 7th place.

Game for 7th place in Prague

March 14, 1964, 6 p.m.

Denmark

-

Hungary

23:14 (8-6)

Play for 5th place in Prague

03/15/1964, 4 p.m.

Soviet Union

-

Yugoslavia

27:18 (13-9)

Game for 3rd place in Prague

March 14, 1964, 7.30 p.m.

Czechoslovakia

-

BR Germany

22:15 (8-7)

Final in Prague

03/15/1964, 5.30 p.m.

Romania

-

Sweden

25:22 (14-13)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Romania	6th	6th	0	0	136: 88	+48
	Sweden	6th	3	0	3	104: 90	+14
	Czechoslovakia	6th	5	0	1	118: 81	+37
04th	BR Germany	6th	3	1	2	96:86	+10
05.	Soviet Union	6th	3	0	3	124: 89	+35
06th	Yugoslavia	6th	2	2	2	102: 96	+6
07th	Denmark	6th	3	0	3	105: 96	+9
08th.	Hungary	6th	3	0	3	93:90	+3
09.	Iceland	3	2	0	1	40:39	+1
10.	GDR	3	1	1	1	44:35	+9
11.	Norway	3	1	0	2	37:47	−10
12.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	38:56	−18
13.	Japan	3	1	0	2	40:90	−50
14th	France	3	0	0	3	41:64	−23
15th	United Arab Republic	3	0	0	3	28:58	−30
16.	United States	3	0	0	3	25:66	−41

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	András Fenyő	Hungary	32
	Josip Milkovic	Yugoslavia	32
	Hans Moser	Romania	32
04th	Jørgen Peter Hansen	Denmark	30th
05.	Rolf Almqvist	Sweden	27

Bids

Medalist

Romania	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
Ioan Bogolea Michael Redl Virgil Tale Aurel Bulgaru Mircea Costache I Mircea Costache II Gheorghe Gruia Virgil Hnat Petre Ivănescu Josef Jakob Hans Moser Cezar Nica Olimpiu Nodea Cornel Oțelea Ion Popescu	Rolf Almqvist Per-Ove Arkevall Lennart Augustsson Gösta Carlsson Hans Collin Björn Danell Leif Gustafsson Kjell Jarlenius Bengt Jackloo Johansson Kjell Jönsson Gunnar Kämpendahl Lennart Kärrström Donald Lindblom Bengt Nedvall Stig-Lennart Olsson Lennart Ring	František Arnošt Ladislav Beneš František Brůna Zdeněk Černý Jiří Djakov Václav Duda Antonín Frolo Rudolf Havlík František Herman Vojtěch Mareš Zdeněk Rada Jaroslav Rážek Vladimír Seruga Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha Jan Vitoslavský
Ioan Kunst Ghermănescu (trainer)	Curt Wadmark (trainer)	Jaroslav Mráz , Bedřich König (coach)

4th place: Federal Republic of Germany

Rudolf Delfs Wolf-Dieter Rösner Fritz Bahrdt Werner Bartels Hermann Graf Wolfgang Struck

Gerhard Grill Herbert Hönnige Erich Kolb Klaus Lange Herbert Lübking

Bernd Lukas Bernd Mühleisen Fritz Schillmann Hinrich Schwenker Bernd Struck

Trainer: Werner Vick

10th place: German Democratic Republic

Reiner Frieske Hans Beier Klaus Prüsse Klaus-Dieter Matz Rudi Hirsch Klaus Petzold

Waldemar Pappusch Klaus Müller Klaus Hebler Reiner Leonhardt Erwin Kaldarasch

Paul Tiedemann Klaus Langhoff Otto Hölke Horst Pahlitzsch Harry Zörnack

Trainer: Heinz Seiler

Individual evidence

Web links

• Statistics on the 1964 Handball World Cup (PDF file; 92 kB)
• Results of the 1964 Handball World Cup