1961 World Men's Handball Championship


The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany 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.

Final standings

Standings

Preliminary Round

GROUP A
DateMatchRes.
1 MarSweden - Norway15-11
2 MarNorway - Yugoslavia18-17
3 MarSweden - Yugoslavia14-12

GROUP B
DateMatchRes.
1 marGermany - Netherlands33-7
2 marFrance - Netherlands21-11
3 marGermany - France21-7

GROUP C
DateMatchRes.
1 marCzechoslovakia - Japan38-10
2 marRomania - Japan29-11
3 marCzechoslovakia - Romania12-8

GROUP D
DateMatchRes.
1 MarDenmark - Iceland24-13
2 MarIceland - Switzerland14-12
3 MarDenmark - Switzerland18-13

Main Round

GROUP 1
DateMatchRes.
5 MarSweden - France15 - 11
5 MarCzechoslovakia - Iceland15 - 15
7 MarSweden - Iceland18 - 10
7 MarCzechoslovakia - France25 - 6
9 MarCzechoslovakia - Sweden15- 10
9 MarIceland - France20 - 13

GROUP 2
DateMatchRes.
5 marGermany - Norway15- 8
5 marRomania - Denmark15 -13
7 marRomania - Germany12 - 9
7 marDenmark - Norway10 - 9
9 marGermany - Denmark15 - 13
9 marRomania - Norway16 - 14

Final matches

Source:
GoldSilverBronze
Romania Czechoslovakia 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 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