1974 World Men's Handball Championship

The 8th World Handball Championship ( WM) of the men took place until 10 March 1974 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR ) of 28 February.

The tournament was attended by 16 teams. Became world champion again after the World Cup 1970, the Romanian team, Second as early as 1970 the crew of the GDR.

  • 4.1 world champion: Romania
  • 4.2 Second Place: German Democratic Republic
  • 4.3 Third Place: Yugoslavia
  • 4.4 Ninth Place: Federal Republic of Germany

Schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the teams were divided into four groups of four teams against each other. The two winners of each group qualified for the main round, the third-place play in a group for places 9 to 12, the fourth-placed resigned from.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main Round

The top two teams of each group reached the main round. The teams came from the qualifying groups A and B in group I, the teams from Groups C and D in the Group II The result from the direct competition of each of the two teams from the same preliminary group was taken over in the main round.

Group I

Group II

Placement Round 9-12

The third-placed teams from the preliminary round played in a second group phase for places 9 to 12

Final Games

The two first of the two main groups played the final round of the two second -place play- 3, the third -place play- 5 and the two last -place play- 7

Game for 7th place

Match for 5th place

3rd Place Match

Final

Full Time

Top scorers

The Squad

World Cup: Romania

  • Alexandru Dincă
  • Ştefan Orban
  • Cornel Penu
  • Ştefan Birtalan
  • Liviu Bota
  • Adrian Cosma
  • Cristian Gaţu
  • Mircea Grabovschi
  • Roland Gunesch
  • Gabriel Kicsid
  • Gheorghe LiCu

Coach: Nicolae Nedef

Second Place: German Democratic Republic

Coach: Heinz Seiler

Third Place: Yugoslavia

  • Abas Arslanagić
  • Željko NIMS
  • Čedomir Bugarski
  • Petar Fajfrić
  • Hrvoje Horvat
  • Đorđe Lavrnić
  • Milan Lazarević
  • Zdravko Miljak
  • Slobodan Miskovic
  • Radisav Pavićević
  • Bogosav Peric
  • Branislav Pokrajac
  • Nebojša Popović
  • Zdravko Rađenović
  • Zvonimir Serdarušić
  • Zdenko Zorko

Coach: Ivan Snoj

Ninth Place: Federal Republic of Germany

Coach: Horst Käsler

Swell

Jerzy Klempel Ghiţă Licu Peter Rost (handballer) Josef Rose Lothar Doering
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