1982 World Men's Handball Championship

1982 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  West Germany
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union
Runner-up  Yugoslavia
Third place  Poland
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The 1982 World Men's Handball Championship was the 10th team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany. Soviet Union won the championship.

Teams

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Czechoslovakia  Algeria  East Germany  Cuba
 Kuwait  Hungary  Japan  Denmark
 Soviet Union  Spain  Poland  Romania
 West Germany  Sweden   Switzerland  Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Group A

Team P W T L G+ G- GD Pts.
 Soviet Union 33009952+476
 West Germany 32015952+74
 Czechoslovakia 31026862+62
 Kuwait 300341101-600

Group B

Team P W T L G+ G- GD Pts.
 Spain 32106255+75
 Hungary 31207060+104
 Sweden 31117158+133
 Algeria 30035080-300

Group C

Team P W T L G+ G- GD Pts.
 East Germany 32106351+125
 Poland 32106353+105
  Switzerland 3102474702
 Japan 30035274-220

Group D

Team P W T L G+ G- GD Pts.
 Yugoslavia 32017861+174
 Romania 32017566+94
 Denmark 32016559+64
 Cuba 300368100-320

Second round

Group 1

Team P W T L G+ G- GD Pts.
 Soviet Union 550013085+4510
 Poland 521297102-55
 East Germany 52129298-65
 West Germany 52128594-95
 Czechoslovakia 511399112-133
  Switzerland 50237688-122

Group 2

Team P W T L G+ G- GD Pts.
 Yugoslavia 5311118104+147
 Denmark 53111009+17
 Romania 5302116105+116
 Spain 5212112111+15
 Hungary 504198103-54
 Sweden 5014103125-221

3rd / 4th place

Date Match¹ Score
07.03.1982  Poland
-
 Denmark
23-22

Final

Date Match¹ Score
07.03.1982  Soviet Union
-
 Yugoslavia
30-27

Final standings

 Soviet Union
 Yugoslavia
 Poland
4  Denmark
5  Romania
6  East Germany
7  West Germany
8  Spain
9  Hungary
10  Czechoslovakia
11  Sweden
12   Switzerland
13  Cuba
14  Japan
15  Kuwait
16  Algeria
Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the 1983 Summer Universiade
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Source: International Handball Federation

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