Host country France Runner-up East Germany | Champions Romania Third place Yugoslavia | |
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The 1970 World Men's Handball Championship was the seventh team handball World Championship. It was held in France between 26 February-8 March 1970. Romania won the championship.
Contents
Final standings
- Romania
- East Germany
- Yugoslavia
- Denmark
- West Germany
- Sweden
- Czechoslovakia
- Hungary
- Soviet Union
- Japan
- Iceland
- France
- Norway
- Poland
- Switzerland
- United States
Placement Round (9-12 pos.)
The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.
Main Round
The top two finishers from each preliminary round group progressed to the quarter-finals. The winners progressed to the semi-final stage, while losers played for positions 5-8.
Positions 5-8
Source: International Handball Federation
References
1970 World Men's Handball Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA