1967 World Men's Handball Championship

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Host country Sweden
Dates12-21 January
Teams16
Champions Czechoslovakia
1967 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates12-21 January
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Czechoslovakia
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored1,338 (37.17 per match)
Top scorerWest Germany Herbert Lübking 38[1]
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The 1967 World Men's Handball Championship was the sixth team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden. Czechoslovakia won the championship.[2]

Preliminary round

Main round

The top two teams from each group progressed to the quarter-finals. The four quarter final winners progressed to the semi-finals, while losers played for positions 5-8.

Date Venue Matches Res. Half
Quarter-finals
17 January Kristianstad Denmark - Yugoslavia14-13 (6-5)
17 January Stockholm USSR - West Germany19-16 (10-7)
17 January Hälsingborg Czechoslovakia - Sweden18-11 (9-3)
17 January Linköping Romania - Hungary20-19 (13-12)
Semi-finals
18 January Västerås Czechoslovakia - Romania19-17 (11-10)
18 January Västerås Denmark - USSR17-12 (9-8)
Bronze medal game
21 January Västerås Romania - USSR21-19• ET 19-19 (8-11)
Final
21 January Västerås Czechoslovakia - Denmark14-11 (8-8)
• After extra time.

5–8 place

Date Venue Matches Res. Half
Semi-final Round
18 January Göteborg West Germany- Yugoslavia31-30• ET 24-24 (14-12)
18 January Karlskrona Sweden - Hungary21-19 (10-11)
7-8 place
20 January Eskilstuna Yugoslavia - Hungary24-20 (9-10)
5-6 place
20 January Eskilstuna Sweden - West Germany24-22 (12-10)
• After extra time.

Final standings

References

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