1976 Summer Olympics / handball

Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Montreal , Sherbrooke , Quebec
Competition venue	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard , Forum de Montréal , Palais des Sports Léopold-Drolet , PEPS
Teams	18 (12 , 6 )
Nations	13
Athletes	243 (161 , 82 )
date	July 18-28, 1976
decisions	2
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At the XXI. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , two handball competitions were held.

Men

qualification

The host Canada qualified for the Olympic handball tournament, followed by the reigning world champion Romania in 1974 . The continental champion Tunisia, determined in April 1976, came from Africa . The team from the USA qualified for the entire American area without a fight, as the opponent Argentina from South America withdrew their participation in the qualifying games. From the AHF division , the team from Japan qualified for the Olympics in a previously unknown qualification mode. The qualification groups for the European teams were drawn by the IHF on April 13, 1975 in Dortmund . The draw had its sporting appeal to the extent that, after the German-German duel at the handball world championship in 1974 , two ambitious teams faced each other in regular qualifying games. The DHV team had become vice world champion in their own country in 1974, while the DHB had signed the coach of the 1972 Olympic champion , Vlado Stenzel , after this rather disappointing World Cup . The qualifying matches took place between November 3, 1975 and March 7, 1976.

mode

The game was played in seven groups of three, from which the group leader qualified for the Olympic handball tournament. Initially, the points scored were decisive for the placement. In the event of a tie, however, the IHF decided on a special passage. Now the two comparisons of the teams with the same points were first used and evaluated there according to the overall result of both games. If both teams had equal goals in this comparison, the total goal ratio was only used as a criterion in third place. This regulation should develop relevance in some groups.

Qualification groups

Group 1

In Group 1, the Olympic champion and third place in the World Championship lived up to his role as a favorite and ultimately qualified with ease. However, the Icelandic team made the action more exciting than expected. The decision was only made in the last group game and at half-time there was still a sensation in the air in Nove Mesto. The Icelanders led the big favorites Yugoslavia by two goals and would have qualified for the Olympics if they had won by six goals. However, the Yugoslavs did not accept that and ultimately decided the game just for themselves, which meant they qualified for the Olympics without losing points.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Yugoslavia	4th	4th	0	0	129: 066	+63	8-0
2.	Iceland	4th	2	0	2	089: 070	+19	4: 4
3.	Luxembourg	4th	0	0	4th	046: 128	−82	0: 8

Game results

11/20/1975	Reykjavik	Iceland	-	Yugoslavia	20:25
11/30/1975	Reykjavik	Iceland	-	Luxembourg	29:10 (13: 07)
December 21, 1975		Luxembourg	-	Yugoslavia	11:27
02/07/1976		Yugoslavia	-	Luxembourg	54:13
02/28/1976	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Iceland	12:18 ( 07: 07)
07.03.1976	Nove Mesto	Yugoslavia	-	Iceland	23:22 (11:13)

Group 2

In Group 2, the Olympic silver medalist Czechoslovakia and World Cup participant Sweden fought with the outsider Italy for the Olympic ticket. While the Swedes and Czechoslovaks completed the games against Italy with clear victories as a mandatory task, a bitter duel developed between the two teams. However, with a narrow home win in Malmö, Sweden, the Scandinavians had better cards with a two-point advantage before the last game in Trnava. In the Slovak handball stronghold, however, the Swedes gave up the Olympic ticket that had already been believed to be safe. After a reassuring 9: 9 half-time score, the Czechoslovaks turned up again and won the game by four goals. Now the total goal result of the games between the two opponents was decisive and the Czechoslovaks were ahead in the final score with 32:30 and thus qualified for the Olympics.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Czechoslovakia	4th	3	0	1	82: 047	+35	6: 2
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	1	91: 053	+38	6: 2
3.	Italy	4th	0	0	4th	38: 111	−83	0: 8

Game results

04/11/1975	Prague	CSSR	-	Italy	29:10 (11: 04)
11/30/1975	Naples	Italy	-	Sweden	14:28 ( 07:13)
December 17, 1975	Malmo	Sweden	-	CSSR	14:12 ( 08: 05)
02/03/1976	Naples	Italy	-	CSSR	07:21
02/22/1976	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Italy	33: 07 (13: 01)
03/06/1976	Trnava	CSSR	-	Sweden	20:16 ( 09: 09)

Group 3

In the third group, the World Cup participants Hungary and Bulgaria fought with outsiders Switzerland for the Olympic place. However, with a somewhat surprising home win against Bulgaria, the supposed outsider helped the Hungarian team to become the only team to qualify for the Olympics after the third group game.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Hungary	4th	4th	0	0	82:57	+25	8-0
2.	Bulgaria	4th	1	0	3	57:71	-14	2: 6
3.	Switzerland	4th	1	0	3	59:70	−11	2: 6

Game results

11/08/1975	Budapest	Hungary	-	Switzerland	25:14 (11: 07)
11/29/1975	Aarau	Switzerland	-	Bulgaria	17:14
12/22/1975	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Hungary	13:19 ( 07:10)
02/06/1976	Zurich	Switzerland	-	Hungary	15:16 ( 08:10)
02/22/1976	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Switzerland	16:12 ( 06: 07)
07.03.1976	Miskolc	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	23:14 (12: 05)

Group 4

In the fourth group, the Soviet selection was favored by the luck of the draw and had no serious competitors with the second-rate teams from France and Austria. Both teams had not qualified for the 1974 World Cup and were therefore lost in every game against the World Cup fifth. On average, the USSR team scored almost 30 goals in each game, securing their Olympic ticket safely.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Soviet Union	4th	4th	0	0	119: 54	+65	8-0
2.	France	4th	2	0	2	068:98	-30	4: 4
3.	Austria	4th	0	0	4th	061:96	−35	0: 8

Game results

04/11/1975	Zaporozhye	USSR	-	Austria	36:13 (16: 05)
11/29/1975	Graz	Austria	-	France	22:23 ( 08:10)
December 17, 1975	Nantes	France	-	USSR	16:31 ( 04:14)
02/08/1976	Linz	Austria	-	USSR	12:21 ( 05: 09)
02/22/1976	St. Etienne	France	-	Austria	16:14 ( 07: 05)
05.03.1976	Kiev	USSR	-	France	31:13

Group 5

After the legendary game between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR during the 1974 World Cup, the draw resulted in a German-German comparison in another team sport. However, the favorite roles were different than in handball. At the World Cup in their own country, the GDR representation was runner-up, while the West German representation came in a rather disappointing 9th place. Nevertheless, one was warned by the performance of the German clubs in the European Cup, VfL Gummersbach with Joachim Deckarm was one of the strongest European teams in men's handball in the 1970s. The group was completed by the rather second-class selection from Belgium, which was only viewed as a sparring partner.
The GDR selection presented in the first group game in the Berlin Dynamo hall with a big win against Belgium. The West German seven followed suit in Eupen three weeks later, but allowed the Belgians too many goals, especially in the second half. Shortly before Christmas 1975, the first German-German group duel took place in the Munich Olympic Hall in front of 10,200 spectators. Playing on a rather unusual needle felt surface, the GDR team managed a quick lead, but at the break they were 6: 9 behind. Joachim Deckarm in particular made life difficult for the GDR defense with a total of nine hits and played a key role in the 17:14 victory. Starting with a win against Belgium, it was already clear to the GDR team leadership at this point that the second leg had to be won by at least four goals difference. At this point, no one could have guessed that the second legs of the two German teams against Belgium would ultimately tip the scales.
First of all, the GDR team started in Lebbecke, Belgium, at the beginning of February and won the game safely, but also allowed 18 goals against. At the end of February 1976 in Eppelheim, Baden, Germany's second leg against Belgium followed, which the Stenzel protégés clearly won 34: 6. With this high victory, the German representation was now 12 goals better than the GDR selection in terms of the overall goal difference, which did not reduce the pressure.
In Karl-Marx-Stadt there was a real final on March 6, 1976 in front of 5,200 spectators. And the GDR team got off to a good start, as they took a 7-2 lead and would have gone to Montreal with this goal difference. But the DHB selection fought their way up to 8: 9 and subsequently only allowed two more goals. But the drama could still be surpassed. Shortly before the final whistle, Engel could not convert a seven-meter for the GDR selection, so it remained at the final score of 11: 8. In the overall comparison of the two games it was now 25:25, so that the total goal difference now came into play. Since the DHB was better by the aforementioned 12 goals, they bought the Olympic ticket.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	BR Germany	4th	3	0	1	80: 041	+39	6: 2
2.	GDR	4th	3	0	1	87: 054	+35	6: 2
3.	Belgium	4th	0	0	4th	45: 117	−72	0: 8

Game results

11/9/1975	Berlin	GDR	-	Belgium	27:11 (10: 05)
11/29/1975	Eupen	Belgium	-	FRG	10:21 ( 02:11)
December 20, 1975	Munich	FRG	-	GDR	17:14 ( 09: 06)
02/07/1976	Lebbeke	Belgium	-	GDR	18:31 ( 07:15)
02/22/1976	Eppelheim	FRG	-	Belgium	34: 06 (16: 03)
03/06/1976	Karl Marx City	GDR	-	FRG	11: 08 ( 07: 04)

Group 6

In Group 6, as expected, the World Cup fourth Poland prevailed. In the group played with Norway a rather second class selection and with Great Britain the worst selection of the whole tournament. The British conceded an average of almost 50 goals per game, but only scored just under six goals per game. Already after their third group game, Montreal was in sight for Poland, although the Norwegians could theoretically intercept the Eastern Europeans in the last game against Poland with a win with more than 6 hits difference. In Warsaw, however, the Poles left nothing to be desired and won against the Norwegians.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Poland	4th	4th	0	0	147: 052	+ 095	8-0
2.	Norway	4th	2	0	2	132: 062	+ 070	4: 4
3.	United Kingdom	4th	0	0	4th	028: 191	−163	0: 8

Game results

11/08/1975	Mielec	Poland	-	Great Britain	42: 05 (23: 00)
11/30/1975	Perth	Great Britain	-	Norway	05:55
December 21, 1975	Skien	Norway	-	Poland	19:25
02/07/1976		Great Britain	-	Poland	11:50
02/22/1976	Holmestrand	Norway	-	Great Britain	41: 07
03/06/1976	Warsaw	Poland	-	Norway	25:17 (13: 09)

Group 7

In Group 7, Spain and Denmark started two multiple World Cup participants who fought against the selection of the Netherlands for an Olympic ticket. Contrary to expectations, however, the Dutch, who were seen as outsiders, turned out to be serious opponents, as they only just lost to the Spaniards in the first leg, while the Danes even won a draw. Since Spain and Denmark also tied in the first leg, the Spaniards had a point ahead of the Danes before the last group game in Aarhus, Denmark and the Iberians would have been enough to draw because of the table constellation. Conversely, this meant an all or nothing for the Danes, which they also achieved impressively. Already at the break with 15: 9 in the lead succeeded in the end a 23:16 victory, with which they overtook the Spaniards and bought the ticket for Montreal.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Denmark	4th	2	2	0	79:62	+17	6: 2
2.	Spain	4th	2	1	1	70:66	+ 04	5: 3
3.	Netherlands	4th	0	1	3	59:80	−21	1: 7

Game results

11/12/1975	Thisted	Denmark	-	Netherlands	24:14 (11: 6)
11/29/1975	Voorburg	Netherlands	-	Spain	12:15
December 20, 1975	Vigo	Spain	-	Denmark	15:15 ( 08: 7)
02/07/1976	Heerlen	Netherlands	-	Denmark	17:17 ( 06: 9)
02/21/1976	Valladolid	Spain	-	Netherlands	24:16 (10: 7)
03/06/1976	Aarhus	Denmark	-	Spain	23:16 (15: 9)

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
Soviet Union Mychajlo Ishchenko Anatoly Fedyukin Vladimir Maximov Serhej Kuschnyrjuk Vasily Ilyin Vladimir Kravzov Yuri Klimov Juryj Lahutyn Aleksandre Anpilogowi Yevgeny Chernyshev Valery Gassi Nykolay Tomyn Yuri Kiyayev Aleksandr Resanov Coach: Anatoly Yevtushenko	Romania Cornel Penu Gabriel Kicsid Cristian Gațu Gheorghe Licu Cezar Drăgăniță Radu Voina Roland Gunesch Alexandru Fölker Ștefan Birtalan Adrian Cosma Constantin Tudosie Nicolae Munteanu Werner Stöckl Mircea Grabovschi Coach: Nicolae Nedef	Poland Zdzisław Antczak Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Cieśla Jan Gmyrek Alfred Kałuziński Jerzy Klempel Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Melcer Ryszard Przybysz Henryk Rozmiarek Andrzej Sokołowski Andrzej Szymczak Mieczysław Wojczak Wlodzimierz Zielinski Coach: Janusz Czerwiński

Preliminary round matches

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	5	4th	0	1	111: 77	8th
2	BR Germany	5	4th	0	1	97:76	8th
3	Yugoslavia	5	4th	0	1	110: 93	8th
4th	Denmark	5	2	0	3	92: 102	4th
5	Japan	5	1	0	4th	96: 111	2
6th	Canada	5	0	0	5	75: 122	0

date	Local time	encounter			Result
July 18th	7:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Japan	26:16 (11: 5)
July 18th	7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Canada	22:18 (15:12)
July 18th	7:00 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Denmark	18:14 (7: 5)
20th of July	8:30 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Japan	19:16 (11: 5)
20th of July	8:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Denmark	25:17 (13: 5)
20th of July	8:30 p.m.	USSR	-	Canada	25: 9 (12: 5)
22nd of July	7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	USSR	20:18 (11: 8)
22nd of July	7:00 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Canada	26:11 (14: 7)
22nd of July	7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Japan	21:17 (8:11)
24th July	7:00 p.m.	Denmark	-	Canada	24:18 (7: 6)
24th July	8:30 p.m.	BR Germany	-	USSR	16:18 (5: 9)
24th July	8:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Japan	26:22 (13:12)
July 26th	7:00 p.m.	BR Germany	-	Yugoslavia	18:17 (8: 7)
July 26th	7:00 p.m.	Japan	-	Canada	25:19 (9: 9)
July 26th	7:00 p.m.	USSR	-	Denmark	24:16 (13: 7)

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Romania	4th	3	1	0	91:71	7th
2	Poland	4th	3	0	1	80:71	6th
3	Hungary	4th	2	0	2	92:82	4th
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	1	2	85:82	3
5	United States	4th	0	0	4th	80: 122	0
6th	Tunisia Tunisia withdrew the team.

date	Local time	encounter			Result
July 18th	8:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Hungary	23:18 (13: 8)
July 18th	8:30 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	United States	28:20 (15:13)
July 18th	8:30 p.m.	Poland	-	Tunisia	26:12
20th of July	7:00 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Tunisia	21: 9
20th of July	7:00 p.m.	Romania	-	United States	32:19 (16: 8)
20th of July	7:00 p.m.	Poland	-	Hungary	18:16 (7: 8)
22nd of July	8:30 p.m.	Hungary	-	United States	36:21 (18: 9)
22nd of July	8:30 p.m.	Poland	-	Czechoslovakia	21:18 (8: 7)
22nd of July	8:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Tunisia	Tunisia did not run.
24th July	7:00 p.m.	Poland	-	United States	26:20 (14:10)
24th July	7:00 p.m.	Hungary	-	Tunisia	Tunisia did not run.
24th July	7:00 p.m.	Romania	-	Czechoslovakia	19:19 (13:10)
July 26th	8:30 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	20:22 (11:10)
July 26th	8:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Poland	17:15 (8: 6)
July 26th	8:30 p.m.	United States	-	Tunisia	Tunisia did not run.

Finals

In the final round, the teams of the two groups played against each other on July 30, 1980 according to their group placements.

Play for places 5 to 10

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Play for 9th place
July 27, 1976, 2 p.m.	Japan	United States	27:20 (12: 8)
Game for 7th place
July 27, 1976, 3:30 p.m.	Denmark	Czechoslovakia	21:25 (13:11)
Play for 5th place
July 27, 1976, 7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	Hungary	21:19 (11: 9)

3rd place match

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
July 28, 1976, 2:45 p.m.	BR Germany	Poland	18:21 (9:11)

final

Date / time	Team 1	Team 2	Result
July 28, 1976, 6:30 p.m.	Soviet Union	Romania	19:15 (10: 6)

The half-time results are in brackets.

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Games	Gates	FT	7m
1	Ștefan Birtalan	Romania	5	32	18th	14th
	Bent Larsen	Denmark	6th	32	13	19th
3	Zdravko Miljak	Yugoslavia	6th	30th	17th	13
4th	Joachim Deckarm	BR Germany	6th	28	20th	8th
5	Kenji Fujinaka	Japan	6th	26th	26th	0
6th	Valery walk	USSR	5	25th	19th	6th
	Pavel Mikeš	Czechoslovakia	5	25th	15th	10
8th	Richard Abrahamson	United States	5	24	24	0
	Randolph Dean	United States	4th	24	18th	6th
10	Jerzy Klempel	Poland	5	23	19th	4th
	Vladimir Maximov	USSR	6th	23	13	10

FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters

Team squad 4th to 11th place

4. FRG : Gerd Becker , Günter Böttcher , Heiner Brand , Bernhard Busch , Joachim Deckarm , Arno Ehret , Jürgen Hahn , Manfred Hofmann , Peter Jaschke , Peter Kleibrink , Kurt Klühspies , Rudi Rauer , Horst Spengler , Walter von Oepen Trainer: Vlado Stenzel 

5. Yugoslavia : Abas Arslanagić , Vlado Bojovic , Hrvoje Horvat , Milorad Karalić , Radivoje Krivokapić , Zdravko Miljak , Željko NIMS , Radisav Pavicevic , Branislav Pokrajac , Nebojsa Popovic , Zdravko Rađenović , Zvonimir Serdarušić , Predrag Timko , Zdenko Zorko Coach: Ivan Snoj 

6. Hungary : Béla Bartalos , Ferenc Buday , Ernő Gubányi , László Jánovszki , József Kenyeres , Zsolt Contra , Péter Kovács , Mihály Sűvöltős , István Szilágyi , István Varga , Károly Vass , Gábor Verőci , Zoltán Bartalos , Pál Kocsis Coach: Mihály Faludi 

7. Czechoslovakia : Bohumil Cepák , Jozef Dobrotka , Vladimír Haber , Jiří Hanzl , Vladimír Jarý , Jiří Kavan , Jindřich Krepindl , Jiří Liška , Pavel Mikeš , Ján Packa , Jaroslav Papiernik , Ivan Satrapa , František Šulc , Štefan Katušák Coach: Jiří Vícha 

8. Denmark : Søren Andersen , Lars Bock , Anders Dahl-Nielsen , Jørgen Frandsen , Claus From , Henrik Jacobsgaard , Palle Jensen , Kay Jørgensen , Bent Larsen , Thor Munkager , Thomas Pazyj , Jesper Petersen , Johnny Piechnik , Morten Stig Christensen Trainers: Jørgen Gaarskjær 

9. Japan : Kenji Fujinaka , Seimei Gamo , Hiroshi Hanawa , Hiroshi Honda , Toyohiko Hozumi , Satoshi Kikuchi , Minoru Kino , Kozo Matsubara , Takezo Nakai , Kenichi Sasaki , Yoji Sato , Masaaki Shibata Trainer: Tomoaki Takeno 

10. USA : Richard Abrahamson , Roger Baker , Peter Buehning, Jr. , Randolph Dean , Robert Dean , Vincent DiCalogero , Ezra Glantz , William Johnson , Patrick O'Neill , Sandor Rivnyak , James Rogers , Kevin Serrapede , Robert Sparks , Harry Winkler Trainer: Dennis Berkholtz 

11. Canada : Wolfgang Blankenau , Christian Chagnon , François Dauphin , Hugues de Roussan , Pierre Désormeaux , Pierre Ferdais , Robert Johnson , Richard Lambert , Claude Lefebvre , Danny Power , Pierre St. Martin , Stan Thorseth , Luc Tousignant , Claude Viens Trainers: Eugene Trofin 

Women

Medalist

gold	silver	bronze
Soviet Union Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė Nyna Lobova Ljudmyla Pantschuk Laryssa Karlowa Natalya Scherstjuk Rafiga Schabanowa Lyubov Bereschnaja Zinaida Turchyna Tatjana Makarez Maryja Lytoschenko Ljudmyla Bobrus Tatjana Hluschtschenko Lyudmila Schubina Halyna Zakharova	German Democratic Republic Hannelore Zober Gabriele Badorek Evelyn Matz Roswitha Krause Christina Rost Petra Uhlig Christina Voß Liane Michaelis Silvia Siefert Marion Tietz Kristina Richter-Hochmuth Eva Paskuy Waltraud Kretzschmar Hannelore Burosch	Hungary Ágota Bujdosó Mária Megyeri Borbála Tóth-Harsányi Katalin Laki Amália Sterbinszky Ilona Nagy Klára Csík Rozália Lelkes Mária Vadász Erzsébet Neméth Éva Angyal Mária Berzsenyi Mariannaézi-Gódor Kanna Zsuzs

mode

For the first Olympic indoor handball tournament for women, the first four teams from the handball world championship of 1975 qualified with the world champions from the GDR and the teams from teams from the Soviet Union, Hungary and Romania. In addition, the host Canada and the team from Japan represented the Asian handball federation , which prevailed in a tournament against the best teams of the PATHF and the CAHB .
Unlike the men, the game was played in a simple round, after which the team with the most points became Olympic champions.

Tournament course

The game was played on a total of five match days with a day break between games. From the beginning, the tournament was a three-way battle between the teams from Hungary, the Soviet Union and the reigning world champions from the GDR. While the Soviet team was in the lead after the first two matchdays, the GDR selection took over the championship lead for the first time on matchday three after a high 29: 3 win over hosts Canada. At the same time, the defensively strong Hungarians fell behind due to a defeat against the Soviet selection. The fourth matchday brought a preliminary decision. While the Soviet team scored a major victory against Japan, the chase duel developed into a dogged duel. The world champions from the GDR took the lead, but only managed one more goal in the first 25 minutes. With the score of 2: 4, both teams went into the break, after which the GDR selection now also responded to the physically-oriented game of the Hungarians and thus brought out penalty throws. Overall, the GDR mission scored five out of seven goals by seven meters. It wasn't until a minute before the end that Marion Tietz managed to equalize in the low-goal game to make it 7: 7. Due to the additional defeat against the Soviet Union, the Hungarians were now only theoretically able to reach second place. Due to the table constellation, the game between the Soviet Union and the GDR turned into a real final, because the GDR representation could still become Olympic champion through a victory, while the Soviet team reached a draw.
However, the start of the game did not develop to the liking of Heinz Seiler. In the first half, the USSR representation led 4-1 and 7: 4 at half-time, before Kretzschmar and Co. began to make up for the deficit. Going into the break with 5: 7, the GDR representation even managed an 8: 7 lead in the second half and then again a tie at 10:10, but ultimately they failed because of their own inadequacies. Four discarded seven meters, many missed games and the two outstanding Soviet players Turchyna and Makarez, who together scored 11 goals and never got under control, led to the 11:14 defeat. Nevertheless, the GDR selection underlined their performance with the silver medal after the 1975 world championship title. In the battle for the bronze medal, the Hungarians prevailed against the team from Romania.

rank	country	S.	G	U	V	Gates	Points
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	92: 040	10
2	GDR	5	3	1	1	89: 047	7th
3	Hungary	5	3	1	1	85: 055	7th
4th	Romania	5	2	0	3	73: 083	4th
5	Japan	5	1	0	4th	72: 115	2
6th	Canada	5	0	0	5	35: 106	0

date	encounter			Result
20th of July	Hungary	-	Japan	25:18 (10: 07)
20th of July	USSR	-	Canada	21: 03 ( 08: 02)
20th of July	GDR	-	Romania	18:12 (11: 03)
22nd of July	USSR	-	Romania	14: 08 ( 06: 03)
22nd of July	Japan	-	GDR	10:24 ( 03:12)
22nd of July	Hungary	-	Canada	24: 03 (11: 03)
24th July	Canada	-	GDR	04:29 ( 02:15)
24th July	Romania	-	Japan	21:20 (13:11)
24th July	USSR	-	Hungary	12: 09 ( 05: 05)
July 26th	Canada	-	Romania	11:17 ( 05: 08)
July 26th	Japan	-	USSR	09:31 ( 05:15)
July 26th	GDR	-	Hungary	07: 07 ( 02: 04)
July 28th	Hungary	-	Romania	20:15 (10: 06)
July 28th	USSR	-	GDR	14:11 ( 07: 05)
July 28th	Japan	-	Canada	15:14 ( 07:11)

Individual evidence

1. ^ New Germany of April 14, 1975 p. 7
2. ↑ ^{a b} Neues Deutschland, March 8, 1976, p. 8
3. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of April 20, 1976 p. 11
4. ↑ Neues Deutschland from July 28, 1976 p. 7
5. ↑ Neues Deutschland from July 29, 1976 p. 8