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1974 World Men's Handball Championship

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Field	Value
country	East Germany
dates	28 February-10 March
num_teams	16
champion_other
second_other
third_other
matches	42
goals	1556
previous	1970 World Men's Handball Championship
next	1978 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1974 World Men's Handball Championship was the eighth team handball World Championship. It was held in East Germany between 28 February-10 March 1974. Romania won the championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Preliminary round

Group A

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia - Iceland	25-15	(11-6)
28 Feb	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Denmark - West Germany	12-11	(7-5)
1 Mar	Gera	Czechoslovakia - Denmark	16-12	(7-4)
1 Mar	Erfurt	West Germany - Iceland	22-16	(10-7)
3 Mar	Karl-Marx-Stadt	Czechoslovakia - West Germany	17-11	(6-7)
3 Mar	Erfurt	Denmark - Iceland	19-17	(10-10)

Group B

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	Schwerin	Romania - Poland	18-14	(10-6)
28 Feb	Schwerin	Spain - Sweden	15-14	(7-9)
1 Mar	Wismar	Poland - Sweden	20-10	(6-5)
1 Mar	Rostock	Romania - Spain	21-11	(12-8)
3 Mar	Schwerin	Sweden - Romania	20-18	(9-8)
3 Mar	Rostock	Poland - Spain	21-15	(11-6)

Group C

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	East Berlin	East Germany - Japan	31-16	(13-9)
28 Feb	East Berlin	Soviet Union - United States	40-11	(16-6)
1 Mar	Brandenburg an der Havel	East Germany - United States	35-14	(16-6)
1 Mar	Brandenburg an der Havel	Soviet Union - Japan	25-18	(13-7)
3 Mar	East Berlin	East Germany - Soviet Union	15-15	(7-4)
3 Mar	Brandenburg an der Havel	Japan - United States	29-18	(13-9)

Group D

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
28 Feb	Halle an der Saale	Yugoslavia - Bulgaria	25-17	(11-7)
28 Feb	Halle an der Saale	Hungary - Algeria	30-10	(12-5)
1 Mar	Magdeburg	Yugoslavia - Algeria	35-12	(17-7)
1 Mar	Dessau	Hungary - Bulgaria	19-15	(9-7)
3 Mar	Halle an der Saale	Yugoslavia - Hungary	21-18	(9-10)
3 Mar	Dessau	Bulgaria - Algeria	23-16	(10-9)

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	Game	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Erfurt	West Germany - Sweden	20-18	(8-3)
5 Mar	Wismar	Bulgaria - Japan	23-22	(13-12)
7 Mar	Magdeburg	West Germany - Japan	30-24	(15-12)
7 Mar	Gera	Sweden - Bulgaria	21-19	(12-8)
9 Mar	Halle an der Saale	West Germany - Bulgaria	22-13	(11-8)
9 Mar	Dessau	Sweden - Japan	28-21	(14-11)

Placement Round	Goals	Points
9.	3	72-55
10.	3	67-60
11.	3	55-65
12.	3	67-81

Second round

Group 1

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Karl Marx Stadt	Poland - Czechoslovakia	19-16	(11-6)
5 Mar	Halle an der Saale	Romania - Denmark	20-11	(9-1)
7 Mar	Schwerin	Romania - Czechoslovakia	20-13	(11-6)
7 Mar	Karl Marx Stadt	Poland - Denmark	14-9	(6-5)

Group 2

Date	Venue	Game	Res.	Half
5 Mar	Schwerin	East Germany - Hungary	17-10	(10-4)
5 Mar	Magdeburg	Yugoslavia - Soviet Union	18-15	(11-8)
7 Mar	East Berlin	East Germany - Yugoslavia	19-17	(10-8)
7 Mar	Dessau	Soviet Union - Hungary	17-15	(8-7)

7th / 8th place

Date	Match1	Score	Half
09.03.1974	****

(1) - In East Berlin

5th / 6th place

Date	Match1	Score	Half
10.03.1974	****

(1) - In East Berlin

3rd / 4th place

Date	Match1	Score	Half
09.03.1974	****

(1) - In East Berlin

Final

Date	Match1	Score	Half
10.03.1974	****

(1) - In East Berlin

Final standings

Rank	Team
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[[File:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[File:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Source: International Handball Federation

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