1970_World_Men's_Handball_Championship
The 1970 World Men's Handball Championship was the seventh team handball World Championship. It was held in France between 26 February-8 March 1970. Romania won the championship.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
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| Host country |  France |
| Dates | 26 February-8 March 1970 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Romania |
| Runner-up |  East Germany |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Goals scored | 1,262 (30.05 per match) |
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More information Competition, Dates ...
| Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
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| Host nations | 1 | France | |
| 1967 World Championship | 12–21 January 1967 | 3 |  Czechoslovakia Denmark Romania |
| Asia | 1 |  Japan | |
| Europe and Africa Qualification | 15 November – 7 December 1969 | 10 | East Germany Hungary Iceland Norway Poland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland West Germany Yugoslavia |
| North America Qualification | 15–30 November 1969 | 1 |  United States1 |
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- 1First Canada was qualified but was disqualified because they used a Danish player.
Preliminary round
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GROUP A
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GROUP B
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GROUP C
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GROUP D
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Placement Round (9-12 pos.)
The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.
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Main Round
The top two finishers from each preliminary round group progressed to the quarter-finals. The winners progressed to the semi-final stage, while losers played for positions 5-8.
Quarter-finals
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 3 Mar | Paris | Romania - Sweden | 15-13 | (10-6) |
| 3 Mar | Orléans | East Germany - West Germany | 18-17• ET 16-16 | (11-8) |
| 3 Mar | Besançon | Denmark - Czechoslovakia | 18-16 | (10-7) |
| 3 Mar | Grenoble | Yugoslavia - Hungary | 11-10 | (5-6) |
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Semi-finals
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 5 Mar | Lyon | Romania - Denmark | 18-12 | (9-6) |
| 5 Mar | Bordeaux | East Germany - Yugoslavia | 17-13 | (8-6) |
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Bronze medal game
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 7 Mar | Paris | Yugoslavia - Denmark | 29-12 | (13-6) |
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Final
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 8 Mar | Paris | Romania - East Germany | 13-12 (after extra time) | (4-5) 10-10 (11-11 during extra time) |
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Positions 5-8
Semi-Final Round
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 5 Mar | Évreux | Sweden - Czechoslovakia | 12-11 | (5-7) |
| 5 Mar | Troyes | West Germany - Hungary | 15-13 | (8-7) |
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7-8 pos.
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 7 Mar | Paris | Czechoslovakia- Hungary | 21-14 | (12-4) |
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5-6 pos.
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| Date | Venue | Game | Res. | Half |
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| 7 Mar | Paris | West Germany - Sweden | 15-14 | (8-8) |
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Places 1–8 were decided by play–off or knock–out. Places 9–12 were decide by a placement round. Teams finishing fourth in the preliminary round are ranked 13 to 16. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account.
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| Rank | Team |
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 | Romania |
 | East Germany |
 | Yugoslavia |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | West Germany |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
| 8 | Hungary |
| 9 | Soviet Union |
| 10 | Japan |
| 11 | Iceland |
| 12 | France |
| 13 | Norway |
| 14 |  Poland |
| 15 | Switzerland |
| 16 | United States |
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