Men's handball world championship in 1967

6th men's handball world championship in 1967
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Czechoslovakia (1st title)
venue	Sweden
Opening game	January 12, 1967
Endgame	January 21, 1967
Games	36
Gates	1,338   (∅: 37.17 per game)
Top scorer	Herbert Lübking Hansi Schmidt Josip Milković , 38 goals
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The 6th men's handball world championship took place in Sweden from January 12 to 21, 1967 . A total of 16 teams competed . Czechoslovakia became world champions and beat Denmark 14:11 in the final . The team from the Federal Republic of Germany ended up in sixth place, 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

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	69:45	6-0
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	62:53	4: 2
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	53:66	2: 4
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	45:65	0: 6

January 12, 1967 in Malmö	Sweden	-	Poland	26:16 (9-7)
January 12, 1967 in Helsingborg	Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	26:11 (16-3)
January 13, 1967 in Kristianstad	Sweden	-	Switzerland	19:16 (10-8)
01/13/1967	Yugoslavia	-	Poland	22:17 (14-8)
January 15th, 1967 in Malmö	Yugoslavia	-	Sweden	21:17 (8-9)
January 15th, 1967 in Landskrona	Poland	-	Switzerland	20:18 (12-11)

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	BR Germany	3	3	0	0	89:66	6-0
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	68:65	4: 2
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	73:85	2: 4
4th	Norway	3	0	0	3	44:58	0: 6

January 12th, 1967 in Luleå	BR Germany	-	Norway	22:16 (12-9)
January 12, 1967 in Kiruna	Hungary	-	Japan	30:25 (16-14)
January 13, 1967 in Kiruna	BR Germany	-	Japan	38:27 (17-12)
January 13, 1967 in Malmberget	Hungary	-	Norway	15:11 (7-7)
January 15th, 1967 in Malmberget	BR Germany	-	Hungary	29:23 (17-13)
January 15th, 1967 in Luleå	Japan	-	Norway	21:17 (11-7)

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	3	2	1	0	56:30	5: 1
2	Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	63:41	4: 2
3	GDR	3	1	1	1	68:42	3: 3
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	18:92	0: 6

January 12, 1967 in Stockholm	Romania	-	GDR	14:14 (7-7)
January 12th, 1967 in Örebro	USSR	-	Canada	28: 9 (17-4)
January 13, 1967 in Eskilstuna	USSR	-	GDR	22:17 (12-8)
January 13, 1967 in Borlänge	Romania	-	Canada	27: 3 (9-1)
January 15th, 1967 in Stockholm	Romania	-	USSR	15:13 (7-9)
January 15th, 1967 in Köping	GDR	-	Canada	37: 6 (20-3)

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	72:34	6-0
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	50:38	4: 2
3	France	3	1	0	2	34:41	2: 4
4th	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	23:66	0: 6

January 12, 1967 in Gothenburg	Czechoslovakia	-	France	25:10 (10-2)
January 12, 1967 in Vänersborg	Denmark	-	Tunisia	27: 6 (16-4)
January 13, 1967 in Falköping	Czechoslovakia	-	Tunisia	23:10 (13-4)
January 13, 1967 in Halmstad	Denmark	-	France	9: 8 (2-3)
January 15th, 1967 in Helsingborg	Czechoslovakia	-	Denmark	24:14 (13-7)
January 15th, 1967 in Skara	France	-	Tunisia	16: 7 (7-4)

Main round

The two best-placed teams in each group reached the main round, which was held as the quarter-finals. The teams from groups A and D or B and C played against each other in cross-over games (second in one group against winners in the other group). The respective winners reached the semi-finals, the losers played in the placement round for places 5 to 8.

Quarter finals

January 17th, 1967, 7.30 p.m. in Kristianstad	Denmark	-	Yugoslavia	14:13 (6-5)
January 17th, 1967, 7.30 p.m. in Helsingborg	Czechoslovakia	-	Sweden	18:11 (9-3)
January 17th, 1967, 7.30 p.m. in Stockholm	Soviet Union	-	BR Germany	19:16 (10-7)
January 17th, 1967, 7.30 p.m. in Linköping	Romania	-	Hungary	20:19 (13-12)

Placement round

Placement round places 5–8

January 18, 1967 in Gothenburg	BR Germany	-	Yugoslavia	31:30 a.d. (14-12)
January 18, 1967 in Karlskrona	Sweden	-	Hungary	21:19 (11-10)

Game for 7th place

01/20/1967

Yugoslavia

-

Hungary

24:20 (9-10)

Play for 5th place in Eskilstuna

01/20/1967

Sweden

-

BR Germany

24:22 (12-10)

Final round

Semi-finals in Västerås

01/19/1967	Czechoslovakia	-	Romania	19:17 (11-10)
01/19/1967	Denmark	-	Soviet Union	17:12 (9-8)

Game for 3rd place in Västerås

January 21, 1967, 3:30 p.m.

Romania

-

Soviet Union

21:19 a.d. (8-11)

Final in Västerås

January 21, 1967, 5.30 p.m.

Czechoslovakia

-

Denmark

14:11 (8-8)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Czechoslovakia	6th	6th	0	0	123: 73	+ 050
	Denmark	6th	4th	0	2	92: 77	+ 015
	Romania	6th	4th	1	1	114: 87	+ 027
04th	Soviet Union	6th	3	0	3	113: 95	+ 018
05.	Sweden	6th	4th	0	2	118: 112	+ 06
06th	BR Germany	6th	4th	0	2	158: 139	+ 019
07th	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	0	2	136: 110	+ 026
08th.	Hungary	6th	2	0	4th	126: 130	- 04th
09.	GDR	3	1	1	1	68: 42	+ 026
10.	France	3	1	0	2	34: 41	- 07th
11.	Japan	3	1	0	2	73: 85	- 012
12.	Poland	3	1	0	2	53: 66	- 013
13.	Norway	3	0	0	3	44:58	- 014
14th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	45:65	- 020
15th	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	23:66	- 043
16.	Canada	3	0	0	3	18:92	- 074

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Herbert Lübking	BR Germany	38
	Hans-Günther Schmidt	BR Germany	38
	Josip Milkovic	Yugoslavia	38
04th	Yuri Klimov	Soviet Union	34
05.	František Brůna	Czechoslovakia	34
	Gheorghe Gruia	Romania	34
07th	András Fenyő	Hungary	29
	István Marosi	Hungary	29
09.	Václav Duda	Czechoslovakia	28
010.	Jan Hodin	Sweden	23

Bids

Medalist

Czechoslovakia	Denmark	Romania
František Arnošt Jaroslav Škarvan Ladislav Beneš František Brůna Bedřich Cinner Václav Duda Antonín Frolo Martin Gregor Rudolf Havlík František Herman Rudolf Horváth Arnošt Klimčík Jaroslav Konečný Vojtěch Mareš Jaroslav Rážek Vladimír Seruga	Arne Andersen Ivan Christiansen Verner Gaard Erik Holst Søren Marius Jensen Bent Jørgensen Friis Jørgensen Gunnar Jürgens Claus Kåe Carsten Lund Ulf Madsen Max Nielsen Johannes Petersen Kay Skoth Per Svendsen Jørgen Vodsgaard	Mircea Costache II Alexandru Dincă Cristian Gațu Gheorghe Goran Gheorghe Gruia Roland Gunesch Josef Jakob Gheorghe Licu Hans Moser Cezar Nica Cornel Oțelea Cornel Penu Michael Redl Valentin Samungi Ion Popescu Virgil Hnat
Bedřich König (trainer)	Bent Jakobsen (trainer)	Ioan Kunst Ghermănescu (trainer)

6th place: Federal Republic of Germany

Hans-Jürgen Bode Helmut Duel Wolf-Dieter Rösner Fritz Bahrdt Werner Bartels Jochen Feldhoff

Jürgen Glombek Günter Heger Herbert Hönnige Herbert Lübking Bernd Lukas

Bernd Mühleisen Bernd Munck Rüdiger-Felix Schmacke Hans-Günther Schmidt Rudolf Tail

Trainer: Werner Vick

9th place: German Democratic Republic

Klaus Franke Reiner Frieske Reiner Ganschow Gerhard Gernhöfer Klaus Langhoff

Peter Randt Hannes Eichhorn Paul Tiedemann Klaus Petzold Rainer Zimmermann

Werner Senger Peter Rost Harry Zörnack Klaus Müller

Trainer: Heinz Seiler

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Web links

• Statistics on the Handball World Cup 1967 (PDF file; 78 kB)
• Results of the 1967 Handball World Cup