The 1967 World Men's Handball Championship was the sixth team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden. Czechoslovakia won the championship.
Results
Preliminary round
GROUP A DateVenueMatchesRes.Half 12 January MalmöSweden - Poland 26-16 (9-7) 12 January HälsingborgYugoslavia - Switzerland 26-11 (16-3) 13 January KristianstadSweden - Switzerland 19-16 (10-8) 13 January LundYugoslavia - Poland 22-17 (14-8) 15 January MalmöYugoslavia - Sweden 21-17 (8-9) 15 January LandskronaPoland - Switzerland 20-18 (12-11) Group A GamesGoalsPoints 3 69-45 6 3 62-53 4 3 53-66 2 3 45-65 0
GROUP B DateVenueMatchesRes.Half 12 January LuleåWest Germany - Norway 22-16 (12.9) 12 January KirunaHungary - Japan 30-25 (16-14) 13 January KirunaWest Germany - Japan 38-27 (17-12) 13 January MalmbergetHungary - Norway 15-11 (7-7) 15 January MalmbergetWest Germany - Hungary 29-23 (17-13) 15 January LuleåJapan - Norway 21-17 (11-7) Group BGamesGoalsPoints 3 89-66 6 3 68-65 4 3 73-85 2 3 44-58 0
GROUP C DateVenueMatchesRes.Half 12 Jan StockholmRomania - East Germany 14-14 (7-7) 12 January ÖrebroUSSR - Canada 28-9 (17-4) 13 January EskilstunaUSSR - East Germany 22-17 (12-8) 13 January BorlängeRomania - Canada 27-3 (9-1) 15 January StockholmRomania - USSR 15-13 (7-9) 15 January KöpingEast Germany - Canada 37-6 (20-3) Group CGamesGoalsPoints 3 56-30 5 3 63-41 4 3 68-42 3 3 18-92 0
GROUP D DateVenueMatchesRes.Half 12 January GöteborgCzechoslovakia - France 25-10 (10-2) 12 January VänersborgDenmark - Tunisia 27-6 (16-4) 13 January FalköpingCzechoslovakia - Tunisia 23-10 (13-4) 13 January HalmstadDenmark - France 9-8 (2-3) 15 January HälsingborgCzechoslovakia - Denmark 24-14 (13-7) 15 January SkaraFrance - Tunisia 16-7 (7-4) Group DGamesGoalsPoints 3 72-34 6 3 50-38 4 3 34-41 2 3 23-66 0
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.
DateVenueMatchesRes.HalfQuarter-finals 17 January KristianstadDenmark - Yugoslavia 14-13 (6-5) 17 January StockholmUSSR - West Germany 19-16 (10-7) 17 January HälsingborgCzechoslovakia - Sweden 18-11 (9-3) 17 January LinköpingRomania - Hungary 20-19 (13-12)Semi-finals 18 January VästeråsCzechoslovakia - Romania 19-17 (11-10) 18 January VästeråsDenmark - USSR 17-12 (9-8)Bronze medal game 21 January VästeråsRomania - USSR 21-19• ET 19-19 (8-11)Final 21 January VästeråsCzechoslovakia - Denmark 14-11 (8-8)• After extra time.
5–8 place DateVenueMatchesRes.HalfSemi-final Round 18 January GöteborgWest Germany- Yugoslavia 31-30• ET 24-24 (14-12) 18 January KarlskronaSweden - Hungary 21-19 (10-11)7-8 place 20 January EskilstunaYugoslavia - Hungary 24-20 (9-10)5-6 place 20 January EskilstunaSweden - West Germany 24-22 (12-10)• After extra time. Final standings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
References
External links IHF website IHF – Official results todor66.com