1986 men's handball world championship / qualification

The qualification for the men's handball world championship in 1986 was held from 1983 to 1985. 16 places in the final round were available. Only Switzerland was automatically qualified as host.

The remaining fifteen places for the final round were allocated as follows:

• Olympia: 6 qualified participants (places 1–6)
• B-WM: 6 qualified participants (places 1–6)
• Africa: 1 qualified participant
• Asia: 1 qualified participant
• Pan America: 1 qualified participant

Olympia

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / handball

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , the first six teams qualified for the 1986 World Cup.

World Cup participants: Yugoslavia , FR Germany , Romania , Denmark , Sweden and Iceland      

B world championship

The men's handball B World Championship took place in Norway from February 19 to March 3, 1985 . In this, the first six teams qualified for the A World Cup in 1986 in Switzerland and the teams in positions seven to nine for the next B World Cup in 1987 in Italy. A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament. In contrast to the last events, in which only European teams took part, this tournament allowed every further continent to participate initially for one team and thus an additional opportunity to qualify for the 1986 World Cup.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played in four groups of four teams each. Each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The best three teams in each group qualified for the main round, the group fourth played in a placement round from places 13-16.

Group A

February 19, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Kristiansand	Czechoslovakia	-	Italy	26:15 (16: 6)0
February 19, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Kristiansand	Norway	-	Spain	16:17 (5:12)0
February 20, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Kristiansand	Italy	-	Spain	18:18 (11:11)0
February 20, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Kristiansand	Norway	-	Czechoslovakia	16:23 (7:11)0
February 22, 1985, 6 p.m. in Skien	Spain	-	Czechoslovakia	20:22 (11: 9)0
February 22, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Skien	Norway	-	Italy	26:23 (16:10)0

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	071:510	+20	06-00
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	055:560	−1	03: 30
3.	Norway	3	1	0	2	058:630	−5	02: 40
4th	Italy	3	0	1	2	056:700	−14	01: 50

Qualifier Main Round Participant Placement Round (Places 13-16) 0 

Group B

February 19, 1985, 6 p.m. in Bergen	France	-	Congo	34:16 (17: 4)0
February 19, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Bergen	Soviet Union	-	Finland	30:19 (18: 5)0
February 20, 1985, 6 p.m. in Bergen	Congo	-	Soviet Union	12:34 (4:15)0
February 20, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Bergen	France	-	Finland	24:33 (10:12)0
February 22, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Stavanger	Finland	-	Congo	33:21 (14: 9)0
February 22, 1985, 7.45 p.m. in Stavanger	Soviet Union	-	France	24:18 (12: 7)0

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	088:490	+39	06-00
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	085:750	+10	04: 20
3.	France	3	1	0	2	076:730	+3	02: 40
4th	Congo	3	0	0	3	049: 101	−52	00: 60

Qualifier Main Round Participant Placement Round (Places 13-16) 0 

Group C

February 19, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Oslo	Bulgaria	-	Kuwait	21:11 (12: 9)0
February 19, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Oslo	GDR	-	Netherlands	25:11 (13: 7)0
February 20, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Sarpsborg	Kuwait	-	GDR	10:28 (4:11)0
February 20, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Lillestrøm	Bulgaria	-	Netherlands	19:19 (12: 9)0
February 22, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Fredrikstad	Netherlands	-	Kuwait	22:15 (11: 4)0
February 22, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Drammen	GDR	-	Bulgaria	24:13 (14: 7)0

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	3	3	0	0	077:340	+43	06-00
2.	Bulgaria	3	1	1	1	053:540	−1	03: 30
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	052:590	−7	03: 30
4th	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	036:710	−35	00: 60

Qualifier Main Round Participant Placement Round (Places 13-16) 0 

Group D

February 19, 1985, 6 p.m. in Trondheim	Hungary	-	United States	19:13 (10: 8)0
February 19, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Trondheim	Poland	-	Israel	30:16 (16: 8)0
February 20, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Støren	United States	-	Poland	17:25 (5:14)0
February 20, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Verdal	Hungary	-	Israel	33:20 (18:10)0
February 22, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Namsos	Israel	-	United States	25:27 (11:14)0
February 22, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Trondheim	Poland	-	Hungary	29:25 (15:13)0

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Poland	3	3	0	0	084:580	+26	06-00
2.	Hungary	3	2	0	1	077:620	+15	04: 20
3.	United States	3	1	0	2	057:690	−12	02: 40
4th	Israel	3	0	0	3	061:900	−29	00: 60

Qualifier Main Round Participant Placement Round (Places 13-16) 0 

Main round

In the main round, the three best teams from two groups were combined into groups of six, with the results against the two other also qualified opponents in the preliminary round being adopted.

The teams from preliminary round groups A and B formed main round group 1, those from C and D formed group 2. Within a main round group, each team played against the three qualified teams from the other preliminary round group.

Group 1

Preliminary group A	Norway	-	Spain	16:17 (5:12)0
Preliminary group A	Norway	-	Czechoslovakia	16:23 (7:11)0
Preliminary group A	Spain	-	Czechoslovakia	20:22 (11: 9)0
Preliminary group B	Soviet Union	-	Finland	30:19 (18: 5)0
Preliminary group B	France	-	Finland	24:33 (10:12)0
Preliminary group B	Soviet Union	-	France	24:18 (12: 7)0
February 24, 1985, 4:30 p.m. in Tønsberg	Czechoslovakia	-	France	20:19 (13:10)0
February 24, 1985, 6:15 p.m. in Tønsberg	Norway	-	Soviet Union	17:31 (9:15)0
February 24, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Skien	Spain	-	Finland	29:19 (13: 9)0
February 26, 1985, 6 p.m. in Drammen	Czechoslovakia	-	Finland	28:25 (11:12)0
February 26, 1985, 7 p.m. in Skien	Norway	-	France	20:20 (11:11)0
February 26, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Drammen	Spain	-	Soviet Union	21:28 (8:13)0
February 28, 1985, 6 p.m. in Drammen	Finland	-	Norway	24:29 (9:15)0
February 28, 1985, 7 p.m. in Tønsberg	France	-	Spain	22:30 (10:14)0
February 28, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Drammen	Soviet Union	-	Czechoslovakia	22:21 (8: 9)0

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	135: 960	+39	10-00
2.	Czechoslovakia	5	4th	0	1	114: 102	+12	08: 20
3.	Spain	5	3	0	2	117: 107	+10	06: 40
4th	Norway	5	1	1	3	098: 115	−17	03: 70
5.	Finland	5	1	0	4th	120: 140	−20	02: 80
6th	France	5	0	1	4th	103: 127	−24	01: 90

Group 2

Preliminary group C	GDR	-	Netherlands	25:11 (13: 7)0
Preliminary group C	Bulgaria	-	Netherlands	19:19 (12: 9)0
Preliminary group C	GDR	-	Bulgaria	24:13 (14: 7)0
Preliminary group D	Hungary	-	United States	19:13 (10: 8)0
Preliminary group D	United States	-	Poland	17:25 (5:14)0
Preliminary group D	Poland	-	Hungary	29:25 (15:13)0
February 24, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Askim	GDR	-	United States	21:15 (12: 6)0
February 24, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Moss	Netherlands	-	Poland	23:29 (11:13)0
February 24, 1985, 7.45 p.m. in Askim	Bulgaria	-	Hungary	22:28 (8:15)0
February 26, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Oslo	GDR	-	Hungary	24:25 (12:12)0
February 26, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Hønefoss	Netherlands	-	United States	18:23 (10:10)0
February 26, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Oslo	Bulgaria	-	Poland	16:27 (7:10)0
February 28, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Lillestrøm	Hungary	-	Netherlands	25:19 (14: 9)0
February 28, 1985, 7:00 p.m. in Moss	United States	-	Bulgaria	16:18 (7: 8)0
February 28, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Lillestrøm	Poland	-	GDR	21:25 (11:13)0

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	GDR	5	4th	0	1	119: 850	+34	08: 20
2.	Poland	5	4th	0	1	131: 106	+25	08: 20
3.	Hungary	5	4th	0	1	122: 107	+15	08: 20
4th	Bulgaria	5	1	1	3	088: 114	−26	03: 70
5.	United States	5	1	0	4th	084: 101	−17	02: 80
6th	Netherlands	5	0	1	4th	090: 121	−31	01: 90

Placement round (places 13-16)

In the placement round, the fourth placed in the preliminary round groups played for places 13 to 16.

February 24, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Molde	Kuwait	-	Israel
February 24, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Molde	Italy	-	Congo	21:20 (10:12)0
February 25, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Molde	Congo	-	Kuwait	21:26 (11: 9)0
February 25, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Molde	Israel	-	Italy	14:14 (7: 6)0
February 27, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in Ålesund	Congo	-	Israel	14:31 (6:14)0
February 27, 1985, 7:45 p.m. in Ålesund	Italy	-	Kuwait	23:18 (12: 8)0

1. ↑ Kuwait decided not to play against Israel; Scoring 2: 0 points and 0: 0 goals for Israel

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
13.	Italy	3	2	1	0	058:520	+6	05: 10
14th	Israel	3	2	1	0	045:280	+17	05: 10
15th	Kuwait	3	1	0	2	044:440	± 0	02: 40
16.	Congo	3	0	0	3	055:780	−23	00: 60

Placement games

In the placement games, the equally placed teams of the two main groups played against each other.

Game for 11th place

March 3, 1985, 11:00 a.m. in Askim

France

-

Netherlands

29:25 (23:23, 11: 8) after extra time 0

Play for 9th place

March 3, 1985, 12:45 p.m. in Askim

Finland

-

United States

27:26 (13:13)0

Game for 7th place

March 3, 1985, 4 p.m. in the Jordal Amfi in Oslo

Norway

-

Bulgaria

26:15 (12:10)0

Play for 5th place

March 2, 1985, 4:30 p.m. in Drammen

Spain

-

Hungary

25:29 (14:16)0

3rd place match

March 2, 1985, 6:15 p.m. in Drammen

Czechoslovakia

-

Poland

25:26 (13:12)0

final

March 3, 1985, 6:00 p.m. in the Jordal Amfi in Oslo

Soviet Union

-

GDR

23:27 (12:18)0

Participant in the 1986 World Championship. Participant in the 1987 B World Championship 0 

Winning team

The GDR played with Wieland Schmidt (TW), Gunar Schimrock (TW), Peter Pysall , Udo Rothe , Holger Winselmann , Ingolf Wiegert (all SC Magdeburg) , Peter Hofmann (TW) (SC Leipzig) , Udo Dreyer , Holger Langhoff , Frank -Michael Wahl (all SC Empor Rostock) , Stephan Hauck , Andreas Neitzel , Thomas Zeise (all SC Dynamo Berlin) , Andreas Nagora and Dirk Schnell (all ASK Vorwärts Frankfurt / O.) . Trainer: Paul Tiedemann .

List of goalscorers

	player	team	Goals / 7 m
01.	Péter Kovács	Hungary	62/ 25
02.	Mikael Kallman	Finland	55/ 12
03.	Jan Roennberg	Finland	49/ 04
04th	Steven Goss	United States	43/ 04
05.	Bernard Gaffet	France	42/ 07
06th	Frank-Michael Wahl	GDR	40/ 12
07th	Alyaksandr Karshakevich	Soviet Union	37 / 0-
08th.	Oleg Gagin	Soviet Union	34/ 09
09.	Ingolf Wiegert	GDR	33 / 0-
10.	Franco Chionchio	Italy	32/ 15

World Cup participants: GDR , Soviet Union , Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Spain      

Africa

→ Main article : 1985 African championship handball

Africa provided a participant who was determined at the 6th African Championship in 1985. At the championship held in Angola , the African champion qualified for the world championship in Switzerland.

World Cup participant: Algeria 

Asia

The participant for Asia in the 1986 World Cup in Switzerland would be determined at the 3rd Asian Cup in 1983 in the South Korean capital, Seoul . There the host prevailed and qualified for the World Cup.

World Cup participant: South Korea 

Panamerica

The 4th Pan Cup 1985 in Brazil Manaus Cuba won the title and went to the World Championship in Switzerland for America at the start.

World Cup participant: Cuba 

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport85. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1985, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 248-249 .
• New Germany . No. 42-55 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Berlin 1985.
• German sport echo . Booklets 1985. Sportverlag Berlin, ISSN  0323-8628 .