The 1970 World Men's Handball Championship was the seventh team handball World Championship. It was held in France between 26 February-8 March 1970. Romania won the championship.
Qualification Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host nations 1 1967 World Championship 12–21 January 1967 3 Asia 1 Europe and Africa Qualification 15 November – 7 December 1969 10 North America Qualification 15–30 November 1969 11 1First Canada was qualified but was disqualified because they used a Danish player.
Results
Preliminary round
GROUP A Date Venue GameRes. Half 26 Feb Saint-Nazaire East Germany - Soviet Union 13-11 (8-6) 26 Feb QuimperSweden - Norway 8-6 (5-2) 28 Feb RennesSoviet Union - Norway 10-9 (5-4) 28 Feb RennesSweden - East Germany 11-9 (5-4) 1 Mar NantesEast Germany - Norway 10-8 (5-3) 1 Mar NantesSoviet Union - Sweden 12-11 (6-5) Group A GamesGoalsPoints 3 30-27 4 3 32-30 4 3 33-33 4 3 23-28 0
GROUP B Date Venue GameRes. Half 26 Feb BayonneCzechoslovakia - Japan 19-9 (8-2) 26 Feb AngoulêmeYugoslavia- USA 34-8 (22-3) 28 Feb AgenCzechoslovakia - USA 23-9 (13-5) 28 Feb AgenYugoslavia - Japan 17-17 (10-8) 1 Mar ToulouseJapan - USA 21-15 (10-7) 1 Mar ToulouseCzechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 16-15 (8-11) Group B GamesGoalsPoints 3 58-33 6 3 66-41 3 3 47-51 3 3 32-78 0
GROUP C Date Venue GameRes. Half 26 Feb ParisRomania - France 12-9 (7-2) 26 Feb RouenWest Germany - Switzerland 11-10 (7-3) 28 Feb AmiensRomania - Switzerland 22-7 (9-6) 28 Feb ÉvreuxWest Germany - France 15-12 (10-6) 1 Mar CaenFrance - Switzerland 15-12 (7-3) 1 Mar CaenWest Germany - Romania 15-14 (5-9) Group C GamesGoalsPoints 3 41-36 6 3 48-31 4 3 36-39 2 3 29-48 0
GROUP D Date Venue GameRes. Half 26 Feb LongwyDenmark - Poland 23-16 (10-6) 26 Feb MulhouseHungary - Iceland 19-9 (9-3) 28 Feb HagondangeDenmark - Iceland 19-13 (9-6) 28 Feb StrasbourgHungary- Poland 15-9 (4-4) 1 Mar MetzIceland - Poland 21-18 (14-9) 1 Mar MetzHungary - Denmark 24-19 (13-6) Group D GamesGoalsPoints 3 58-37 6 3 61-53 4 3 43-56 2 3 43-59 0
Placement Round (9-12 pos.) The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.
Date Venue GameRes. Half 3 Mar ParisSoviet Union - France 25-14 (13-7) 3 Mar CreilJapan - Iceland 20-19 (12-9) 4 Mar ParisSoviet Union - Iceland 19-15 (8-5) 5 Mar ParisJapan - France 22-13 (13-7) 6 Mar ParisSoviet Union - Japan 28-12 (11-6) 6 Mar ParisIceland - France 19-17 (12-10)
Placement RoundGamesGoalsPoints9. 3 72-41 6 10. 3 54-60 4 11. 3 53-56 2 12. 3 44-66 0
Main Round The top two finishers from each preliminary round group progressed to the quarter-finals. The winners progressed to the semi-final stage, while losers played for positions 5-8.
Quarter-finals Date Venue GameRes. Half 3 Mar ParisRomania - Sweden 15-13 (10-6) 3 Mar OrléansEast Germany - West Germany 18-17• ET 16-16 (11-8) 3 Mar BesançonDenmark - Czechoslovakia 18-16 (10-7) 3 Mar GrenobleYugoslavia - Hungary 11-10 (5-6)
Semi-finals Date Venue GameRes. Half 5 Mar LyonRomania - Denmark 18-12 (9-6) 5 Mar BordeauxEast Germany - Yugoslavia 17-13 (8-6) Bronze medal game
Date Venue GameRes. Half 7 Mar ParisYugoslavia - Denmark 29-12 (13-6) Final Date Venue GameRes. Half 8 Mar ParisRomania - East Germany 13-12 (after extra time) (4-5) 10-10 (11-11 during extra time)
Positions 5-8
Semi-Final Round Date Venue GameRes. Half 5 Mar ÉvreuxSweden - Czechoslovakia 12-11 (5-7) 5 Mar TroyesWest Germany - Hungary 15-13 (8-7)
7-8 pos. Date Venue GameRes. Half 7 Mar ParisCzechoslovakia- Hungary 21-14 (12-4)
5-6 pos. Date Venue GameRes. Half 7 Mar ParisWest Germany - Sweden 15-14 (8-8) Source: International Handball Federation
Final standings
Places 1–8 were decided by play–off or knock–out. Places 9–12 were decide by a placement round. Teams finishing fourth in the preliminary round are ranked 13 to 16. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account. Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 References
External links IHF website todor66.com