Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Final positions | |
Champions | Romania |
Runner-up | East Germany |
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.
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D
The four third placed teams from the preliminary round played a round robin tournament for positions 9-12.
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.
Source: International Handball Federation