1967 World Men's Handball Championship


The 1967 World Men's Handball Championship was the sixth team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden. Czechoslovakia won the championship.

Final standings

  16. Results

Preliminary Round

GROUP A
DateGameRes.
12 JanSweden - Poland26-16
?Yugoslavia - Switzerland26-11
13 JanSweden - Switzerland19-16
?Yugoslavia - Poland22-17
15 JanYugoslavia - Sweden21-17
?Poland - Switzerland20-18

GROUP B
DateGameRes.
?West Germany - Norway22-16
?Hungary - Japan30-25
?West Germany - Japan38-27
?Hungary - Norway15-11
?West Germany - Hungary29-23
?Japan - Norway21-17

GROUP C
DateGameRes.
?Romania - East Germany14-14
?USSR - Canada28-9
?USSR - East Germany22-17
?Romania - Canada27-3
?Romania - USSR15-13
?East Germany - Canada37-6

GROUP D
DateGameRes.
?Czechoslovakia - France25-10
?Denmark - Tunisia27-6
?Czechoslovakia - Tunisia23-10
?Denmark - France9-8
?Czechoslovakia - Denmark24-14
?France - Tunisia16-7

Main Round

The top two teams from each group progressed to the quarter finals. The four quarter final winners progressed to the Semi-Finals, while losers played for positions 5-8.

5.-8.place

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