Supercup (handball tournament) 1981

Supercup 1981
Supercup winner	Soviet Union (1st title)
venue	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund Grugahalle , Essen Halle Münsterland , Münster
Beginning	4th February 1981
The End	February 8, 1981
final	Soviet Union - Federal Republic of Germany 15:11 (5: 7)
Stadion	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund
Teams	6th
Games	11
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The 1981 Supercup was the second Supercup .

mode

In this event, six teams played in two groups of three in the " everyone against everyone " mode .

The teams that finished 1st and 2nd in their group after the preliminary rounds qualified for the semi-finals. The losers in the semi-finals played a game for third place and the winners in the final for the title.

The teams in third place played a game for fifth place.

game schedule

The preliminary round began on February 4, 1981 with the opening game Czechoslovakia against Yugoslavia in the Dortmund Westfalenhallen . The tournament ended on February 8th with the final between the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany in the same place.

Preliminary round

Evaluation criteria

1. higher number of points;
2. better goal difference;
3. higher number of goals scored;
4. the lot.

Legend

Qualified for the semi-finals

Qualified for the game for 5th place

Group A

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Soviet Union	02	01	01	00	0042:3200	+10	0003: 1000
02.	BR Germany	02	01	00	01	0035:4200	−7	0002: 2000
03.	Sweden	02	00	01	01	0040:4300	−3	0001: 3000
As of February 6, 1981

February 4, 1981 8:30 p.m.	Soviet Union	22:12	BR Germany	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund spectators: 6,000
	Below , Karschakewitsch 6 each	(12: 6)	Whimsical 4

February 5, 1981 8:30 p.m.	BR Germany	23:20	Sweden	Grugahalle , Essen Spectators: 4,000
	Whimsical 6	(11: 7)	Abrahamsson , Olofsson 4 each

February 6, 1981 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	20:20	Soviet Union	Halle Münsterland , Münster Spectators: 3,500
		(9:10)	Below , Gagin , Kidjajew , Novickis 3 each

Group B

table

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Czechoslovakia	02	01	01	00	0040:3300	+7	0003: 1000
02.	Yugoslavia	02	00	02	00	0039:3900	± 0	0002: 2000
03.	Romania	02	00	01	01	0038:4500	−7	0001: 3000
As of February 6, 1981

February 4, 1981 7:00 p.m.	Romania	22:22	Yugoslavia	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund spectators: 5,000
	Durau 7	(14:12)	Elezović 5

February 5, 1981 7:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	17:17	Czechoslovakia	Grugahalle , Essen Spectators: 4,000
	Elezović 8	(8: 7)

February 6, 1981 7:00 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	23:16	Romania	Halle Münsterland , Münster Spectators: 3,500
	Polívka 6	(10: 9)

Finals

Overview

Semi-finals					Finals
1st semifinals
A1	Soviet Union	26th
B2	Yugoslavia	20th
					final
					A1	Soviet Union	15th
					A2	BR Germany	11
2nd semifinals
B1	Czechoslovakia	12
A2	BR Germany	15th
					3rd place match
					B2	Yugoslavia	21st
					B1	Czechoslovakia	19th
					Play for 5th place
					A3	Sweden	20th
					B3	Romania	25th

Semi-finals

7th February 1981	Soviet Union	26:20	Yugoslavia	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund
		(11: 9)

7th February 1981	Czechoslovakia	12:15	BR Germany	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund
		(8: 9)	Whimsical 5

Play for 5th place

February 7, 1981 4:00 p.m.	Sweden	20:25	Romania	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund
		(11:12)

3rd place match

February 8, 1981 3:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	21:19	Czechoslovakia	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund
		(10: 6)

final

February 8, 1981	Soviet Union	15:11	BR Germany	Westfalenhallen , Dortmund spectators: 11,000
	Anpilogow 7	(5: 7)	Springel , Voik , Wunderlich each 2

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Soviet Union	4th	3	1	0	83:63	+ 20
	BR Germany	4th	2	0	2	69:77	- 08
	Yugoslavia	4th	1	2	1	80:84	- 04th
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	1	2	71:69	+ 02
5.	Romania	3	1	1	1	63:65	- 02nd
6th	Sweden	3	0	1	2	60:68	- 08

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Walter Brühl: When it came to sausage for Vlado Stenzel. In: derwesten.de. FUNKE Digital First GmbH , October 27, 2009, accessed on December 31, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Supercup to the USSR . In: Freiburger Nachrichten , Freiburger Nachrichten AG, Sportinformation Si , February 9, 1981, p. 12. Accessed December 31, 2019.