1961 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany and West Berlin between 1–12 March 1961. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed. Romania won the championship.
Results
Preliminary round
GROUP A
| Date | Venye | Match | Res. | Half |
| 1 Mar | Stuttgart | Sweden - Norway | 15-11 | |
| 2 Mar | Bietigheim | Norway - Yugoslavia | 18-17 | |
| 3 Mar | Ulm | Sweden - Yugoslavia | 14-12 | |
GROUP B
| Date | Venue | Match | Res. | Half |
| 1 mar | West Berlin | Germany - Netherlands | 33-7 | |
| 2 mar | Wolfsburg | France - Netherlands | 21-11 | |
| 3 mar | Kiel | Germany - France | 21-7 | |
GROUP C
| Date | Venue | Match | Res. | Half |
| 1 mar | Karlsruhe | Czechoslovakia - Japan | 38-10 | |
| 2 mar | Hassloch | Romania - Japan | 29-11 | |
| 3 mar | Freiburg | Czechoslovakia - Romania | 12-8 | |
GROUP D
| Date | Venue | Match | Res. | Half |
| 1 Mar | Karlsruhe | Denmark - Iceland | 24-13 | |
| 2 Mar | Wiesbaden | Iceland - Switzerland | 14-12 | |
| 3 Mar | St. Ingbert | Denmark - Switzerland | 18-13 | |
GROUP 1
| Date | Venue | Match | Res. | Half |
| 5 Mar | Stuttgart | Sweden - France | 15 - 11 | |
| 5 Mar | Stuttgart | Czechoslovakia - Iceland | 15 - 15 | |
| 7 Mar | Essen | Sweden - Iceland | 18 - 10 | |
| 7 Mar | Essen | Czechoslovakia - France | 25 - 6 | |
| 9 Mar | West Berlin | Czechoslovakia - Sweden | 15- 10 | |
| 9 Mar | Homberg | Iceland - France | 20 - 13 | |
GROUP 2
| Date | Venue | Match | Res. | Half |
| 5 mar | Dortmund | Germany - Norway | 15- 8 | |
| 5 mar | Dortmund | Romania - Denmark | 15 -13 | |
| 7 mar | Krefeld | Romania - Germany | 12 - 9 | |
| 7 mar | Krefeld | Denmark - Norway | 10 - 9 | |
| 9 mar | Münster | Germany - Denmark | 15 - 13 | |
| 9 mar | Münster | Romania - Norway | 16 - 14 | |
Medallists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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