1967 World Men's Handball Championship


The 1967 World Men's Handball Championship was the sixth team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden. Czechoslovakia won the championship.

Results

Preliminary round

GROUP A
DateVenueMatchesRes.Half
12 JanuaryMalmöSweden - Poland26-16
12 JanuaryHälsingborgYugoslavia - Switzerland26-11
13 JanuaryKristianstadSweden - Switzerland19-16
13 JanuaryLundYugoslavia - Poland22-17
15 JanuaryMalmöYugoslavia - Sweden21-17
15 JanuaryLandskronaPoland - Switzerland20-18

GROUP B
DateVenueMatchesRes.Half
12 JanuaryLuleåWest Germany - Norway22-16
12 JanuaryKirunaHungary - Japan30-25
13 JanuaryKirunaWest Germany - Japan38-27
13 JanuaryMalmbergetHungary - Norway15-11
15 JanuaryMalmbergetWest Germany - Hungary29-23
15 JanuaryLuleåJapan - Norway21-17

GROUP C
DateVenueMatchesRes.Half
12 JanStockholmRomania - East Germany14-14
12 JanuaryÖrebroUSSR - Canada28-9
13 JanuaryEskilstunaUSSR - East Germany22-17
13 JanuaryBorlängeRomania - Canada27-3
15 JanuaryStockholmRomania - USSR15-13
15 JanuaryKöpingEast Germany - Canada37-6

GROUP D
DateVenueMatchesRes.Half
12 JanuaryGöteborgCzechoslovakia - France25-10
12 JanuaryVänersborgDenmark - Tunisia27-6
13 JanuaryFalköpingCzechoslovakia - Tunisia23-10
13 JanuaryHalmstadDenmark - France9-8
15 JanuaryHälsingborgCzechoslovakia - Denmark24-14
15 JanuarySkaraFrance - Tunisia16-7

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.