1978 World Men's Handball Championship

The 9th World Handball Championship for men was held in Denmark from 26 January to 5 February 1978. At the tournament a total of 16 teams took part. The world champion won the team of the Federal Republic of Germany, located in the finals was able to prevail with 20:19 against the USSR. The team of the team of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) took third place.

The first seven teams qualified directly for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

  • 4.1 World Champion: Federal Republic of Germany
  • 4.2 Second place: USSR
  • 4.3 Third place: German Democratic Republic
  • 4.4 Fifth place: Yugoslavia

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

02/05/1978

Full Time

Top scorers

The Squad

World Champion: Federal Republic of Germany

Second place: USSR

  • Mikhail Ishchenko
  • Alexander Anpilogow
  • Yevgeny Chernyshev
  • Anatoli Fedjukin
  • Valeri walkies
  • Vasily Ilyin
  • Yuri Kidjajew
  • Yuri Klimov
  • Vladimir Kravtsov
  • Sergei Kuschnirjuk
  • Vladimir Maximov
  • Alexander Resanov
  • Nikolai Tomin
  • Alexei Shuk

Coach: Anatoly Yevtushenko

Third Place: German Democratic Republic

  • Wolfgang Böhme
  • Ernst Gerlach
  • Hans Engel
  • Rainer Hoeft
  • Hartmut Krüger

Coach: Paul Tiedemann

Fifth Place: Yugoslavia

  • Željko NIMS
  • Milorad Karalic
  • Dobrivoje Selec
  • Radisav Pavićević
  • Enver Koso
  • Zdravko Rađenović
  • Radivoj Krivokapić
  • Pavle Jurina
  • Stjepan Obran
  • Petrit Fejzula
  • Drago Jovović
  • Zvonimir Serdarušić

Coach: Ivan Snoj

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