1963 World University Men's Handball Championship

The 1963 World University Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the indoor World Cup for students.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden (H) 3 3 0 0 65 38 +27 6 Final
2   Denmark 3 2 0 1 69 45 +24 4 Third place game
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 60 55 +5 2
4   Japan 3 0 0 3 35 91 −56 0
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
1 January 1963 Denmark   24–17   Spain Lund
Andersen 9 (13–7) Alcalde 7
 1×  [2][3]  1× 
1 January 1963 Sweden   26–15   Japan Lund
[2]

3 January 1963 Denmark   34–11   Japan Lund
[4]
3 January 1963 Sweden   22–12   Spain Lund
[4]

4 January 1963 Sweden   17–11   Denmark Lund
(9–7)
[1]
4 January 1963 Spain   31–9   Japan Lund
Aguirre 8 (14–3) Adachi 5
[1][5]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   West Germany 2 2 0 0 30 28 +2 4 Final
2   Romania 2 1 0 1 37 31 +6 2 Third place game
3   Norway 2 0 0 2 28 36 −8 0
4   Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdraw
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Bulgaria withdraw from the competition. On the first match day Germany played against the local handball club H43 Lund.[2]

1 January 1963 Romania   22–15 or 22–11   Norway Lund
[2][3]
1 January 1963 H43 Lund 28–12   West Germany Lund
[2]

3 January 1963 West Germany   14–13   Norway Lund
[4]

4 January 1963 West Germany   16–15   Romania Lund
[1]

Placement games

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Third place game

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6 January 1963 Romania   27–18   Denmark Lund
(15–8)
[6][7]

Final

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6 January 1963 Sweden   14–11   West Germany Lund
(6–8)
[6][5]

Final ranking

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According to the Romanian Handball Federation following was the final ranking:[8]

Rank Team
    Sweden
    West Germany
    Romania
4   Denmark
5   Norway
6   Spain
7   Japan

Teams

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Rumania

Virgil Tale, Ioan Bogolea, Valentin Samungi, Cornel Oțelea, Ion Popescu, Mihai Fabian, Adrian Jianu, Liviu Constantinescu, Mihail Marinescu, Ion Paraschiv, Francisc Pall, Mircea Duca, Gheorghe Gruia, Adrian Jianu

Coach: Eugen Trofin

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Handball". Der Bund. 114 (6): 11. 7 January 1963.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Handball championnats du monde". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 627: 2. 2 January 1963.
  3. ^ a b "Balonmano – El Campeonato Mundial Universitario de balonmano". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish): 2. 2 January 1963.
  4. ^ a b c "Handball". Der Bund. 114 (4): 4. 5 January 1963.
  5. ^ a b "Ante el Japón (31–9)". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish): 1. 6 January 1963.
  6. ^ a b "Schweden Studenten-Weltmeister". Die Tat (in German). 28 (7): 11. 8 January 1963.
  7. ^ "Balonmano – Suecia se proglamo Campeon Mundial Universitario". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish): 7. 7 January 1963.
  8. ^ Popescu, Constantin C.; Morari, Ileana; Niță, Grigore (2014). ISTORIA HANDBALULUI ROMÂNESC Volumul II SINTEZĂ RETROSPECTIVĂ ANEXA 3 COMPETIŢII MASCULIN [History of Rumanian Handball Volume II Retrospective Synthesis Annex 3 Men's competitions] (PDF; 525 KB) (in Romanian). Vol. 2. Romanian Handball Federation. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.