1961 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1961 World Championship for men in team handball was the 4th World Handball Championship. It was held in West Germany. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed.

Final standings

	Romania
	Czechoslovakia
	Sweden
4	Germany
5	Denmark
6	Iceland
7	Norway
8	France
9	Yugoslavia
10	Switzerland
11	Netherlands
12	Japan

Standings

Preliminary Round

GROUP A Date Match Res. 1 Mar Sweden - Norway 15-11 2 Mar Norway - Yugoslavia 18-17 3 Mar Sweden - Yugoslavia 14-12 Group A Matches Goals Points Sweden 2 29-23 4 Norway 2 29-32 2 Yugoslavia 2 29-32 0	GROUP B Date Match Res. 1 mar Germany - Netherlands 33-7 2 mar France - Netherlands 21-11 3 mar Germany - France 21-7 Group B Matches Goals Points Germany 2 54-14 4 France 2 28-32 2 Netherlands 2 18-54 0
GROUP C Date Match Res. 1 mar Czechoslovakia - Japan 38-10 2 mar Romania - Japan 29-11 3 mar Czechoslovakia - Romania 12-8 Group C Matches Goals Points Czechoslovakia 2 50-18 4 Romania 2 37-23 2 Japan 2 21-67 0	GROUP D Date Match Res. 1 Mar Denmark - Iceland 24-13 2 Mar Iceland - Switzerland 14-12 3 Mar Denmark - Switzerland 18-13 Group D Matches Goals Points Denmark 2 42-26 4 Iceland 2 27-36 2 Switzerland 2 25-32 0

Main Round

GROUP 1 Date Match Res. 5 Mar Sweden - France 15 - 11 5 Mar Czechoslovakia - Iceland 15 - 15 7 Mar Sweden - Iceland 18 - 10 7 Mar Czechoslovakia - France 25 - 6 9 Mar Czechoslovakia - Sweden 15- 10 9 Mar Iceland - France 20 - 13 Group 1 Matches Goals Points Czechoslovakia 3 55-31 5 Sweden 3 43-36 4 Iceland 3 45-46 3 France 3 30-60 0

GROUP 2 Date Match Res. 5 mar Germany - Norway 15- 8 5 mar Romania - Denmark 15 -13 7 mar Romania - Germany 12 - 9 7 mar Denmark - Norway 10 - 9 9 mar Germany - Denmark 15 - 13 9 mar Romania - Norway 16 - 14 Group 2 Matches Goals Points Romania 3 43-36 6 Germany 3 39-33 4 Denmark 3 36-39 2 Norway 3 31-41 0

Final matches

Date	Match	Res.
Match for 7th place
12 mar	France - Norway	12-13*
Match for 5th place
11 mar	Iceland - Denmark	13-14
Bronze medal match
11 Mar	Sweden - Germany	17-14
Final
12 mar	Czechoslovakia - Romania	8-9**
*after extra-time **after 2 extra-times

Source: International Handball Federation

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Romania	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
Ioan Bogolea Mihai Redl George Bădulescu Aurel Bulgaru Gheorghe Coman Mircea Costache I Mircea Costache II George Covaciu Virgil Hnat Petre Ivănescu Ioan Moser Olimpiu Nodea Cornel Oţelea Otto Telman	František Arnošt Karel Čermák Václav Duda Antonín Frolo Rudolf Havlík František Herman Karol Lukošík Vojtěch Mareš Oskar Poliak Jaroslav Provazník Zdeněk Rada Dušan Ruža Jaroslav Skála František Šobora Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha	Rolf Almqvist Gunnar Brusberg Hans Collin Uno Danielsson Bengt Johansson Kjell Jönsson Hans Karlsson Gunnar Kämpendahl Lennart Kärrström Donald Lindblom Hans Olsson Karl-Oskar Olsson Stig-Lennart Olsson Åke Reimer Lennart Ring Rune Åhrling