Men's handball world championship 1974

8th men's handball world championship 1974
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Romania (4th title)
venue	German Democratic Republic
Opening game	February 28, 1974
Endgame	March 10, 1974
Games	42
Gates	1,556   (∅: 37.05 per game)
Top scorer	Ștefan Birtalan , 43 goals
Best player	Cristian Gațu (MVP)
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The 8th men's handball world championship took place from February 28 to March 10, 1974 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

16 teams took part in the tournament. As in the 1970 World Cup, defending champion Romania and second, as in 1970, the GDR team .

Stamp pad for the 1974 World Cup

Venues

view	city	Hall	information
	Berlin	Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle	Venue of three group C preliminary round games, one main round group II game and the finals
	Karl Marx City		In Karl-Marx-Stadt three games of the preliminary group A and two games of the main round were played.
	Gera	Erwin Panndorf sports hall	In the district town of Gera a game of the preliminary round group A and a game of the placement round were played.
	Erfurt	Thuringia Hall	Venue of two games of the preliminary round group A and one game of the placement round
	Schwerin	Sports and congress hall	In the sports and congress hall three games of the preliminary round group B and one game each of the main round groups I and II took place.
	Rostock	Marienehe sports hall	Venue for two group B group games.
	Wismar	Sports hall on the Bürgermeister-Haupt-Strasse	One game of the preliminary group B and one game of the placement round took place in Wismar.
	Brandenburg on the Havel	Steel hall	Three games of the preliminary group C were played in the steel hall.
	Halle on the Saale	Ice rink	Three preliminary round games (group D), one game of the main round (group I) and one game of the placement round were played in Halle.
	Magdeburg	Hermann Gieseler Hall	The Hermann-Gieseler-Halle was the venue for a preliminary round game in Group D, a main round game in Group II and a game in the placement round.
	Dessau	ZAB hall	Four games took place in the ZAB hall. Two preliminary round games (Group D), one main round game (Group II) and one game of the placement 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 placed played in a group for places 9 to 12, the fourth placed were eliminated.

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	58:38	6-0
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	43:44	4: 2
3	BR Germany	3	1	0	2	44:45	2: 4
4th	Iceland	3	0	0	3	48:66	0: 6

February 28, 1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia	-	Iceland	25:15 (11-6)
February 28, 1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt	BR Germany	-	Denmark	11:12 (5-7)
March 1st, 1974 in Gera	Czechoslovakia	-	Denmark	16:12 (7-4)
March 1st, 1974 in Erfurt	BR Germany	-	Iceland	22:16 (10-7)
03.03.1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia	-	BR Germany	17:11 (6-7)
03.03.1974 in Erfurt	Iceland	-	Denmark	17:19 (10-10)

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	3	2	0	1	57:45	4: 2
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	55:43	4: 2
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	44:53	2: 4
4th	Spain	3	1	0	2	41:56	2: 4

February 28, 1974 in Schwerin	Romania	-	Poland	18:14 (10-6)
February 28, 1974 in Schwerin	Sweden	-	Spain	14:15 (9-7)
March 1st, 1974 in Rostock	Romania	-	Spain	21:11 (12-8)
March 1st, 1974 in Wismar	Sweden	-	Poland	10:20 (5-6)
03.03.1974 in Schwerin	Romania	-	Sweden	18:20 (8-9)
03.03.1974 in Rostock	Poland	-	Spain	21:15 (11-6)

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	GDR	3	2	1	0	81:45	5: 1
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	80:44	5: 1
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	63:74	2: 4
4th	United States	3	0	0	3	43: 104	0: 6

February 28, 1974 in East Berlin	GDR	-	Japan	31:16 (13-9)
February 28, 1974 in East Berlin	USSR	-	United States	40:11 (16-6)
March 1st, 1974 in Brandenburg an der Havel	GDR	-	United States	35:14 (16-6)
March 1st, 1974 in Brandenburg an der Havel	USSR	-	Japan	25:18 (13-7)
03.03.1974 in East Berlin	GDR	-	USSR	15:15 (7-4)
03.03.1974 in Brandenburg an der Havel	Japan	-	United States	29:18 (13-9)

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	81:47	6-0
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	67:46	4: 2
3	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	55:60	2: 4
4th	Algeria	3	0	0	3	38:88	0: 6

February 28, 1974 in Halle on the Saale	Yugoslavia	-	Bulgaria	25:17 (11-7)
February 28, 1974 in Halle on the Saale	Hungary	-	Algeria	30:10 (12-5)
March 1st, 1974 in Magdeburg	Yugoslavia	-	Algeria	35:12 (17-7)
March 1st, 1974 in Dessau	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	19:15 (9-7)
03.03.1974 in Halle an der Saale	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	21:18 (9-10)
March 3rd, 1974 in Dessau	Bulgaria	-	Algeria	23:16 (10-9)

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.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	58:38	6-0
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	47:43	4: 2
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	45:51	2: 4
4th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	32:50	0: 6

March 5th, 1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia	-	Poland	16:19 (6-11)
March 5th, 1974 in Halle an der Saale	Denmark	-	Romania	11:20 (1-9)
March 7, 1974 in Schwerin	Czechoslovakia	-	Romania	13:20 (6-11)
March 7, 1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt	Denmark	-	Poland	9:14 (5-6)

Group II

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	GDR	3	2	1	0	51:42	5: 1
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	56:52	4: 2
3	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	47:48	3: 3
4th	Hungary	3	0	0	3	43:55	0: 6

March 5th, 1974 in Schwerin	GDR	-	Hungary	17:10 (10-4)
March 5th, 1974 in Magdeburg	USSR	-	Yugoslavia	15:18 (6-11)
March 7, 1974 in East Berlin	GDR	-	Yugoslavia	19:17 (10-8)
March 7, 1974 in Dessau	USSR	-	Hungary	17:15 (8-7)

Placement rounds 9-12

The third-placed teams in the preliminary round played in a second group stage for places 9 to 12.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
9	BR Germany	3	3	0	0	72:55	6-0
10	Sweden	3	2	0	1	67:60	4: 2
11	Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	55:65	2: 4
12	Japan	3	0	0	3	67:81	0: 6

March 5th, 1974 in Erfurt	BR Germany	-	Sweden	20:18
March 5th, 1974 in Wismar	Japan	-	Bulgaria	22:23 (12-13)
March 7, 1974 in Magdeburg	BR Germany	-	Japan	30:24 (15-12)
March 7th, 1974 in Gera	Sweden	-	Bulgaria	21:19
March 9, 1974 in Halle on the Saale	BR Germany	-	Bulgaria	22:13 (11-8)
March 9, 1974 in Dessau	Sweden	-	Japan	28:21 (14-11)

Finals

The first two of the two main round groups played the final, the second two the game for third place, the third the game for fifth place and the last two the game for seventh place.

Game for 7th place in East Berlin

03/09/1974

Hungary

-

Denmark

22:15 (13-6)

Game for 5th place in East Berlin

03/10/1974

Soviet Union

-

Czechoslovakia

26:24 (14-11)

Game for 3rd place in East Berlin

03/09/1974

Yugoslavia

-

Poland

18:16 (10-9)

Final in East Berlin

03/10/1974

Romania

-

GDR

14:12 (7-8)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Romania	6th	5	0	1	111: 81	+ 030
	GDR	6th	4th	1	1	129: 86	+ 043
	Yugoslavia	6th	5	0	1	134: 97	+ 037
04th	Poland	6th	4th	0	2	104: 86	+ 018
05.	Soviet Union	6th	4th	1	1	138: 101	+ 037
06th	Czechoslovakia	6th	3	0	3	111: 103	+ 08
07th	Hungary	6th	3	0	3	114: 95	+ 019
08th.	Denmark	6th	2	0	4th	78: 100	- 022
09.	BR Germany	6th	4th	0	2	116: 100	+ 016
10.	Sweden	6th	3	0	3	111: 113	- 02nd
11.	Bulgaria	6th	2	0	4th	110: 125	- 015
12.	Japan	6th	1	0	5	130: 155	- 025
13.	Spain	3	1	0	2	41: 56	- 015
14th	Iceland	3	0	0	3	48:66	- 018th
15th	Algeria	3	0	0	3	38:88	- 050
16.	United States	3	0	0	3	43: 104	- 061

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Ștefan Birtalan	Romania	43
02.	Yoji Satoh	Japan	41
03.	Sergei Alajoff	Bulgaria	31
	Vladimir Maximov	Soviet Union	31
05.	Kenji Fujinaka	Japan	30th
06th	Reiner Ganschow	GDR	25th
	Axel Kählert	GDR	25th
08th.	Jerzy Klempel	Poland	24
	Klaus Westebbe	BR Germany	24

Bids

Medalist

Romania	GDR	Yugoslavia
Alexandru Dincă Ștefan Orban Cornel Penu Ștefan Birtalan Liviu Bota Adrian Cosma Cristian Gațu Mircea Grabovschi Roland Gunesch Gabriel Kicsid Gheorghe Licu Marin Dan Mircea Ștef Werner Stöckl Constantin Tudosie Radu Voina	Siegfried Voigt Klaus Weiß Wieland Schmidt Reiner Ganschow Peter Rost Wolf-Dietrich Neiling Wolfgang Böhme Wolfgang Lakenmacher Hans Engel Joachim Pietzsch Josef Rose Axel Kählert Jürgen Hildebrandt Jürgen Rost Lothar Doering Dietmar Schmidt	Abas Arslanagić Željko NIMS Čedomir Bugarski Petar Fajfrić Hrvoje Horvat Djordje Lavrnić Milan Lazarević Zdravko Miljak Slobodan Mišković Radisav Pavicevic Bogosav Peric Branislav Pokrajac Nebojša Popović Zdravko Rađenović Zvonimir Serdarušić Zdenko Zorko
Nicolae Nedef (coach)	Heinz Seiler (trainer)	Ivan Snoj (trainer)

9th place: Federal Republic of Germany

Michael Dogs Klaus Hangover Wilfried Meyer Wolfgang Braun Peter Bucher Joachim Deckarm

Hans-Günther Schmidt Klaus Westebbe Armin Emrich Burkhard Groening Heiner Möller

Hans Kramer Bernd Munck Horst Spengler Herbert Wehnert Gerd Welz

Trainer: Horst Käsler

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Web links

• Statistics on the 1974 Handball World Cup (PDF; 94 kB)
• Results of the 1974 World Handball Championship