1978 World Men's Handball Championship
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The 1978 World Championship for men in team handball
was the 9th World Handball Championship. It was held in Denmark
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Group B
Group C
Group D
Group 1
Group 2
Source: International Handball Federation
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 9th World Handball Championship. It was held in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Teams
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team | P | W | T | L | G+ | G- | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 36 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 45 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 43 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 73 | |||
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Group B
| Team | P | W | T | L | G+ | G- | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 56 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 43 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 54 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 97 | |||
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Group C
| Team | P | W | T | L | G+ | G- | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 46 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 45 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 65 | |||
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 68 | |||
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Group D
| Team | P | W | T | L | G+ | G- | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 60 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 58 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 70 | |||
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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 82 | |||
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Group 1
| Team | P | W | T | L | G+ | G- | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 44 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 46 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 50 | |||
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 52 | |||
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Group 2
| Team | P | W | T | L | G+ | G- | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 50 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 53 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 60 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 64 | |||
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3rd / 4th place
| Date | Match¹ | Score | ||
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| 05.02.1978 | 19-15 | |||
- (¹) - In Copenhagen
Final
| Date | Match¹ | Score | ||
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| 05.02.1978 | 20-19 | |||
- (¹) - In Copenhagen
Final standings
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Source: International Handball Federation