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1961 World Men's Handball Championship

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Field	Value
country	West Germany
dates	1–12 March 1961
num_teams	12
champion_other
second_other
third_other
matches	28
goals	811
top_scorer	ROM Petre Ivănescu
TCH Zdeněk Rada
(24 goals each)
previous	1958 World Men's Handball Championship
next	1964 World Men's Handball Championship

TCH Zdeněk Rada (24 goals each)

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	Match	Res.	Half
1 Mar	Stuttgart	Sweden - Norway	15-11	(11-5)
2 Mar	Bietigheim	Norway - Yugoslavia	18-17	(9-9)
3 Mar	Ulm	Sweden - Yugoslavia	14-12	(9-8)

Matches	Goals	Points
2	29-23	4
2	29-32	2
2	29-32	0

GROUP B

Date	Venue	Match	Res.	Half
1 mar	West Berlin	Germany - Netherlands	33-7	(11-3)
2 mar	Wolfsburg	France - Netherlands	21-11	(7-5)
3 mar	Kiel	Germany - France	21-7	(9-2)

Matches	Goals	Points
2	54-14	4
2	28-32	2
2	18-54	0

GROUP C

Date	Venue	Match	Res.	Half
1 mar	Karlsruhe	Czechoslovakia - Japan	38-10	(15-5)
2 mar	Hassloch	Romania - Japan	29-11	(14-7)
3 mar	Freiburg	Czechoslovakia - Romania	12-8	(3-3)

Matches	Goals	Points
2	50-18	4
2	37-23	2
2	21-67	0

GROUP D

Date	Venue	Match	Res.	Half
1 Mar	Karlsruhe	Denmark - Iceland	24-13	(9-6)
2 Mar	Wiesbaden	Iceland - Switzerland	14-12	(7-7)
3 Mar	St. Ingbert	Denmark - Switzerland	18-13	(12-5)

Matches	Goals	Points
2	42-26	4
2	27-36	2
2	25-32	0

Main Round

GROUP 1

Date	Venue	Match	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Stuttgart	Sweden - France	15 - 11	(7-6)
5 Mar	Stuttgart	Czechoslovakia - Iceland	15 - 15	(10-7)
7 Mar	Essen	Sweden - Iceland	18 - 10	(7-3)
7 Mar	Essen	Czechoslovakia - France	25 - 6	(11-3)
9 Mar	West Berlin	Czechoslovakia - Sweden	15- 10	(10-5)
9 Mar	Homberg	Iceland - France	20 - 13	(11-3)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	55-31	5
3	43-36	4
3	45-46	3
3	30-60	0

GROUP 2

Date	Venue	Match	Res.	Half
5 mar	Dortmund	Germany - Norway	15- 8	(10-4)
5 mar	Dortmund	Romania - Denmark	15 -13	(6-7)
7 mar	Krefeld	Romania - Germany	12 - 9	(7-5)
7 mar	Krefeld	Denmark - Norway	10 - 9	(6-7)
9 mar	Münster	Germany - Denmark	15 - 13	(6-4)
9 mar	Münster	Romania - Norway	16 - 14	(9-6)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	43-36	6
3	39-33	4
3	36-39	2
3	31-41	0

Final matches

Date	Venue	Match	Score
Match 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
[[Image:gold medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
ROU Romania	TCH Czechoslovakia	SWE Sweden
Ioan Bogolea
Michael Redl
George Bădulescu
Aurel Bulgaru
Gheorghe Coman
Mircea Costache I
Mircea Costache II
George Covaciu
Virgil Hnat
Petre Ivănescu
Hans Moser
Olimpiu Nodea
Cornel Oţelea
Otto Tellman	František Arnošt
Karel Čermák
Václav Duda
Antonín Frolo
Rudolf Havlík
František Herman
Karol Lukošík
Vojtěch Mareš
Oskar Poliak
Jaroslav Provazník
Zdeněk Rada
Dušan Ruža
Jaroslav Skála
František Šobora
Josef Trojan
Jiří Vícha	Rolf Almqvist
Gunnar Brusberg
Hans Collin
Uno Danielsson
Bengt J. Johansson
Kjell Jönsson
Hans Karlsson
Gunnar Kämpendahl
Lennart Kärrström
Donald Lindblom
Hans Olsson
Karl-Oskar Olsson
Stig-Lennart Olsson
Åke Reimer
Lennart Ring
Rune Åhrling

References

Not to be confused with later successful coach [[Bengt Johansson (handball). Bengt Johansson]]

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