1964 World Men's Handball Championship

1964 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	6-15 March 1964
Teams	16
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Romania (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches	36
Goals scored	1171 (32.53 per match)
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The 1964 World Men's Handball Championship was the fifth team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia. Romania won the championship. World champion Pops Thompson played his last match at these games.

Final standings

	Romania
	Sweden
	Czechoslovakia
4	West Germany
5	Soviet Union
6	Yugoslavia
7	Denmark
8	Hungary
9	Iceland
10	East Germany
11	Norway
12	Switzerland
13	France
14	Egypt
15	United States
16	Japan

Results

Preliminary Round

GROUP A

Date	Matches	Res.
6 mar	West Germany - Yugoslavia	14-14
6 mar	East Germany - USA	20-90
7 mar	Yugoslavia - USA	22-30
7 mar	West Germany - East Germany	12-10
9 mar	East Germany - Yugoslavia	14-14
9 mar	West Germany - USA	24-13

Group A	Games	Goals	Points
West Germany	3	50-37	5
Yugoslavia	3	50-31	4
East Germany	3	44-35	3
United States	3	25-66	0

GROUP B

Date	Matches	Res.
6 Mar	Sweden - Hungary	15-80
6 Mar	Iceland - Egypt	16-80
7 Mar	Hungary - Egypt	16-90
7 Mar	Iceland - Sweden	12-10
9 Mar	Hungary - Iceland	21-12
9 Mar	Sweden - Egypt	26-11

Group B	Games	Goals	Points
Sweden	3	51-31	4
Hungary	3	45-36	4
Iceland	3	40-39	4
Egypt	3	28-58	0

GROUP C

Date	Matches	Res.
6 Mar	Czechoslovakia - France	23-14
6 mar	Denmark - Switzerland	16-13
7 mar	Switzerland - France	15-14
7 mar	Czechoslovakia - Denmark	14-11
9 mar	Denmark - France	26-13
9 mar	Czechoslovakia - Switzerland	26-10

Group C	Games	Goals	Points
Czechoslovakia	3	63-35	6
Denmark	3	53-40	4
Switzerland	3	38-56	2
France	3	41-64	0

GROUP D

Date	Matches	Res.
6 mar	Romania - Soviet Union	16-14
6 mar	Japan - Norway	18-14
7 mar	Soviet Union - Japan	40-10
7 mar	Romania- Norway	18-10
9 mar	Norway - Soviet Union	13-11
9 mar	Romania - Japan	36-12

Group D	Games	Goals	Points
Romania	3	70-36	6
Soviet Union	3	65-39	2
Norway	3	37-47	2
Japan	3	40-90	2

Main Round

Results from Preliminary round carried over to Main round.

GROUP 1

Date	Kamp	Res.
11 Mar	Hungary - West Germany	19-15
11 Mar	Sweden - Yugoslavia	23-18
13 Mar	Yugoslavia - Hungary	16-15
13 Mar	West Germany - Sweden	16-80

Group 1	Games	Goals	Points
Sweden	3	46-42	4
West Germany	3	45-41	3
Yugoslavia	3	48-52	3
Hungary	3	42-46	2

GROUP 2

Date	Matches	Res.
11 mar	Czechoslovakia - Soviet Union	18-15
11 mar	Romania - Denmark	25-15
13 mar	Soviet Union- Denmark	17-14
13 mar	Romania - Czechoslovakia	16-15

Group 2	Games	Goals	Points
Romania	3	57-44	6
Czechoslovakia	3	47-42	4
Soviet Union	3	46-48	2
Denmark	3	40-56	0

Final Round

Date	Matches	Res.
Match for 7th Place
14 mar	Denmark - Hungary	23-14
Match for 5th place
15 mar	Soviet Union - Yugoslavia	27-18
Bronze Medal Game
14 mar	Czechoslovakia - West Germany	22-15
Final (Prague)
15 Mar	Romania - Sweden	25-22

External links

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International Handball Federation (IHF) Achievements by nation

World Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 Sweden 1954 East Germany 1958 West Germany 1961 Czechoslovakia 1964 Sweden 1967 France 1970 East Germany 1974 Denmark 1978 West Germany 1982 Switzerland 1986 Czechoslovakia 1990 Sweden 1993 Iceland 1995 Japan 1997 Egypt 1999 France 2001 Portugal 2003 Tunisia 2005 Germany 2007 Croatia 2009 Sweden 2011 Spain 2013 Qatar 2015 France 2017 Denmark/Germany 2019 Egypt 2021 Poland/Sweden 2023

Squads	1938 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria/Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark/Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 2021 2023

Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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