1964 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1964 World Championship for men in team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

was the 5th World Handball Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

Final standings




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Preliminary Round

GROUP A

Date	Matches	Res.
?	West Germany - Yugoslavia	14-14
?	East Germany - USA	20-9
?	Yugoslavia - USA	22-3
?	West Germany - East Germany	12-10
?	East Germany - Yugoslavia	14-14
?	West Germany - USA	24-13

Games	Goals	Points
3	50-37	5
3	50-31	4
3	44-35	3
3	25-66	0

GROUP B

Date	Matches	Res.
6 Mar	Sweden - Hungary	15-8
6 Mar	Iceland - Egypt	16-8
7 Mar	Hungary - Egypt	16-9
7 Mar	Iceland - Sweden	12-10
9 Mar	Hungary - Iceland	21-12
9 Mar	Sweden - Egypt	26-11

Games	Goals	Points
3	51-31	4
3	45-36	4
3	40-39	4
3	28-58	0

GROUP C

Date	Matches	Res.
7 Mar	Czechoslovakia - France	23-14
?	Denmark - Switzerland	16-13
?	Switzerland - France	15-14
?	Czechoslovakia - Denmark	14-11
?	Denmark - France	26-13
?	Czechoslovakia - Switzerland	26-10

Games	Goals	Points
3	63-35	6
3	53-40	4
3	38-56	2
3	41-64	0

GROUP D

Date	Matches	Res.
?	Romania - Soviet Union	16-14
?	Japan - Norway	18-14
?	Soviet Union - Japan	40-10
?	Romania- Norway	18-10
?	Norway - Soviet Union	13-11
?	Romania - Japan	36-12

Games	Goals	Points
3	70-36	6
3	65-39	2
3	37-47	2
3	40-90	2

Main Round

Results from Preliminary round carried over to Main round.

GROUP 1

Date	Kamp	Res.
11 Mar	Hungary - West Germany	19-15
11 Mar	Sweden - Yugoslavia	23-18
13 Mar	Yugoslavia - Hungary	16-15
13 Mar	West Germany - Sweden	16-8

Games	Goals	Points
3	46-42	4
3	45-41	3
3	48-52	3
3	42-46	2

GROUP 2

Date	Matches	Res.
?	Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union	18-15
?	Romania - Denmark	25-15
?	Soviet Union- Denmark	17-14
?	Romania - Czechoslovakia	16-15

Games	Goals	Points
3	57-44	6
3	47-42	4
3	46-48	2
3	40-56	0

Final Round

Date	Matches	Res.
Match for 7th Place
?	Denmark - Hungary	23-14
Match for 5th place
?	Soviet Union - Yugoslavia	27-18
Bronze Medal Game
?	Czechoslovakia - West Germany	22-15
Final (Prague)
15 Mar	Romania - Sweden	25-22

Source: International Handball Federation

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