The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany and West Berlin between 1–12 March 1961. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed. Romania won the championship.
Results
Preliminary round
GROUP A Date Venye MatchRes. Half 1 Mar StuttgartSweden - Norway 15-11 (11-5) 2 Mar BietigheimNorway - Yugoslavia 18-17 (9-9) 3 Mar UlmSweden - Yugoslavia 14-12 (9-8) Group A MatchesGoalsPoints 2 29-23 4 2 29-32 2 2 29-32 0
GROUP B Date Venue MatchRes. Half 1 mar West BerlinGermany - Netherlands 33-7 (11-3) 2 mar WolfsburgFrance - Netherlands 21-11 (7-5) 3 mar KielGermany - France 21-7 (9-2) Group B MatchesGoalsPoints 2 54-14 4 2 28-32 2 2 18-54 0
GROUP C Date Venue MatchRes. Half 1 mar KarlsruheCzechoslovakia - Japan 38-10 (15-5) 2 mar HasslochRomania - Japan 29-11 (14-7) 3 mar FreiburgCzechoslovakia - Romania 12-8 (3-3) Group CMatchesGoalsPoints 2 50-18 4 2 37-23 2 2 21-67 0
GROUP D Date Venue MatchRes. Half 1 Mar KarlsruheDenmark - Iceland 24-13 (9-6) 2 Mar WiesbadenIceland - Switzerland 14-12 (7-7) 3 Mar St. IngbertDenmark - Switzerland 18-13 (12-5) Group D MatchesGoalsPoints 2 42-26 4 2 27-36 2 2 25-32 0
Main Round
GROUP 1 Date Venue MatchRes. Half 5 Mar StuttgartSweden - France 15 - 11 (7-6) 5 Mar StuttgartCzechoslovakia - Iceland 15 - 15 (10-7) 7 Mar EssenSweden - Iceland 18 - 10 (7-3) 7 Mar EssenCzechoslovakia - France 25 - 6 (11-3) 9 Mar West BerlinCzechoslovakia - Sweden 15- 10 (10-5) 9 Mar HombergIceland - France 20 - 13 (11-3) Group 1 MatchesGoalsPoints 3 55-31 5 3 43-36 4 3 45-46 3 3 30-60 0
GROUP 2 Date Venue MatchRes. Half 5 mar DortmundGermany - Norway 15- 8 (10-4) 5 mar DortmundRomania - Denmark 15 -13 (6-7) 7 mar KrefeldRomania - Germany 12 - 9 (7-5) 7 mar KrefeldDenmark - Norway 10 - 9 (6-7) 9 mar MünsterGermany - Denmark 15 - 13 (6-4) 9 mar MünsterRomania - Norway 16 - 14 (9-6) Group 2 MatchesGoalsPoints 3 43-36 6 3 39-33 4 3 36-39 2 3 31-41 0
Final matches DateVenueMatchScoreMatch for 7th place 12 March Dortmund - 12-13* (7-7, 10-10)Match for 5th place 11 March Dortmund - 13-14 (8-7)Bronze medal match 11 March Dortmund - 17-14 (8-9)Final 12 March Dortmund - 8-9** (4-4, 7-7, 7-7)*after 1 extra-time ; **after 2 extra-times
Final standings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Medallists
GoldSilverBronze Romania Czechoslovakia SwedenIoan BogoleaMichael RedlGeorge BădulescuAurel BulgaruGheorghe ComanMircea Costache IMircea Costache IIGeorge CovaciuVirgil HnatPetre IvănescuHans MoserOlimpiu NodeaCornel OţeleaOtto TellmanFrantišek ArnoštKarel ČermákVáclav DudaAntonín FroloRudolf HavlíkFrantišek HermanKarol LukošíkVojtěch MarešOskar PoliakJaroslav ProvazníkZdeněk RadaDušan RužaJaroslav SkálaFrantišek ŠoboraJosef TrojanJiří VíchaRolf AlmqvistGunnar BrusbergHans CollinUno DanielssonBengt J. JohanssonNot to be confused with later successful coach Bengt JohanssonKjell JönssonHans KarlssonGunnar KämpendahlLennart KärrströmDonald LindblomHans OlssonKarl-Oskar OlssonStig-Lennart OlssonÅke ReimerLennart RingRune Åhrling
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