1982 World Men's Handball Championship

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{{Infobox international handball competition

| other_titles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = West Germany

| dates = 23 February to 7 March

| num_teams = 16

| confederations =

| venues =

| cities =

| champion_other = {{Hb|URS}}

| count =

| second_other = {{Hb|YUG}}

| third_other = {{Hb|POL}}

| fourth_other = {{Hb|DEN}}

| matches = 54

| goals = 2344

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagathlete|Vasile Stîngă|ROU}} (65 goals)

| player =

| updated =

| previous = 1978 World Men's Handball Championship

| next = 1986 World Men's Handball Championship

}}

The 1982 World Men's Handball Championship was the 10th team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany between 23 February-7 March 1982. Soviet Union won the championship.

Teams

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!Group A

!Group B

!Group C

!Group D

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|{{Hb|TCH}}

|{{Hb|ALG}}

|{{Hb|GDR}}

|{{Hb|CUB}}

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|{{Hb|KUW}}

|{{Hb|HUN}}

|{{Hb|JPN}}

|{{Hb|DEN}}

align=left

|{{Hb|URS}}

|{{Hb|ESP}}

|{{Hb|POL}}

|{{Hb|ROM}}

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|{{Hb|GER|name=West Germany}}

|{{Hb|SWE}}

|{{Hb|SUI}}

|{{Hb|YUG}}

Preliminary round

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|align=left|Advanced to second round

= Group A=

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

23.02.1982

| Essen

| align="left"|Soviet Union - Czechoslovakia

| 31-17

| (16-7)

23.02.1982

| Essen

| align="left"|West Germany - Kuwait

| 24-10

| (7-4)

24.02.1982

| Duisburg

| align="left"| Soviet Union - Kuwait

| 44-19

| (22-7)

24.02.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|West Germany - Czechoslovakia

| 19-18

| (7-7)

26.02.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|Czechoslovakia - Kuwait

| 33-12

| (17-4)

26.02.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|Soviet Union - West Germany

| 24-16

| (10-7)

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|team2=FRG|name_FRG={{hb|GER|name=West Germany}}

|team3=TCH|name_TCH={{hb|TCH}}

|team4=KUW|name_KUW={{hb|KUW}}

|win_URS=3|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=0|gf_URS=99|ga_URS=52

|win_FRG=2|draw_FRG=0|loss_FRG=1|gf_FRG=59|ga_FRG=52

|win_TCH=1|draw_TCH=0|loss_TCH=2|gf_TCH=68|ga_TCH=62

|win_KUW=0|draw_KUW=0|loss_KUW=3|gf_KUW=41|ga_KUW=101

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=Group B=

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

23.02.1982

| Homburg

| align="left"|Spain - Algeria

| 19-15

| (11-6)

23.02.1982

| Homburg

| align="left"|Hungary - Sweden

| 20-20

| (10-5)

24.02.1982

| Eppelheim

| align="left"|Hungary - Algeria

| 30-20

| (15-10)

24.02.1982

| West Berlin

| align="left"|Spain - Sweden

| 23-20

| (14-7)

26.02.1982

| Ludwigshafen

| align="left"|Sweden - Algeria

| 31-15

| (11-5)

26.02.1982

| Ludwigshafen

| align="left"|Spain - Hungary

| 20-20

| (11-10)

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|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|team2=HUN|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|team3=SWE|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|team4=DZA|name_DZA={{hb|DZA}}

|win_ESP=2|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=62|ga_ESP=55

|win_HUN=1|draw_HUN=2|loss_HUN=0|gf_HUN=70|ga_HUN=60

|win_SWE=1|draw_SWE=1|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=71|ga_SWE=58

|win_DZA=0|draw_DZA=0|loss_DZA=3|gf_DZA=50|ga_DZA=80

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=Group C=

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

23.02.1982

| Hamburg

| align="left"|Poland - Switzerland

| 16-15

| (7-7)

23.02.1982

| Hamburg

| align="left"|East Germany - Japan

| 28-18

| (15-11)

24.02.1982

| Bremen

| align="left"|Poland - Japan

| 28-19

| (16-9)

24.02.1982

| Bremen

| align="left"|East Germany - Switzerland

| 16-14

| (7-6)

26.02.1982

| Kiel

| align="left"|Switzerland vs. Japan

| 18-15

| (9-7)

26.02.1982

| Kiel

| align="left"|East Germany vs. Poland

| 19-19

| (10-9)

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|team2=POL|name_POL={{hb|POL}}

|team3=SUI|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}

|team4=JPN|name_JPN={{hb|JPN}}

|win_GDR=2|draw_GDR=1|loss_GDR=0|gf_GDR=63|ga_GDR=51

|win_POL=2|draw_POL=1|loss_POL=0|gf_POL=63|ga_POL=53

|win_SUI=1|draw_SUI=0|loss_SUI=2|gf_SUI=47|ga_SUI=47

|win_JPN=0|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=3|gf_JPN=52|ga_JPN=74

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|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

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=Group D=

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

23.02.1982

| Göppingen

| align="left"|Yugoslavia - Cuba

| 38-21

| (23-12)

23.02.1982

| Göppingen

| align="left"|Romania - Denmark

| 20-18

| (11-8)

24.02.1982

| Eppelheim

| align="left"|Romania - Cuba

| 34-26

| (20-8)

24.02.1982

| West Berlin

| align="left"|Denmark - Yugoslavia

| 19-18

| (8-11)

26.02.1982

| Sindelfingen

| align="left"|Denmark - Cuba

| 28-21

| (10-9)

26.02.1982

| Sindelfingen

| align="left"|Yugoslavia - Romania

| 22-21

| (12-12)

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|team2=ROM|name_ROM={{hb|ROM}}

|team3=DEN|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|team4=CUB|name_CUB={{hb|CUB}}

|win_YUG=2|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=1|gf_YUG=78|ga_YUG=61

|win_ROM=2|draw_ROM=0|loss_ROM=1|gf_ROM=75|ga_ROM=66

|win_DEN=2|draw_DEN=0|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=65|ga_DEN=59

|win_CUB=0|draw_CUB=0|loss_CUB=3|gf_CUB=68|ga_CUB=100

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|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A

|update=complete|source=

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Second round

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|align=left|Advanced to final

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|align=left|Advanced to bronze match

= Group 1=

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

28.02.1982

| Hannover

| align="left"|Soviet Union - Switzerland

| 23-14

| (10-7)

28.02.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|West Germany - Poland

| 18-17

| (9-9)

28.02.1982

| Bremerhaven

| align="left"|Czechoslovakia - East Germany

| 24-21

| (13-11)

02.03.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|Soviet Union - Poland

| 27-21

| (13-13)

02.03.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|East Germany - West Germany

| 19-16

| (9-8)

02.03.1982

| Lübbecke

| align="left"|Switzerland - Czechoslovakia

| 17-17

| (10-8)

04.03.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|Soviet Union - East Germany

| 25-17

| (14-9)

04.03.1982

| Düsseldorf

| align="left"|Poland - Czechoslovakia

| 24-23

| (15-9)

04.03.1982

| Dortmund

| align="left"|West Germany - Switzerland

| 16-16

| (8-9)

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|team2=POL|name_POL={{hb|POL}}

|team3=GDR|name_GDR={{hb|GDR}}

|team4=FRG|name_FRG={{hb|GER|name=West Germany}}

|team5=TCH|name_TCH={{hb|TCH}}

|team6=SUI|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}

|win_URS=5|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=0|gf_URS=130|ga_URS=85

|win_POL=2|draw_POL=1|loss_POL=2|gf_POL=97|ga_POL=102

|win_GDR=2|draw_GDR=1|loss_GDR=2|gf_GDR=92|ga_GDR=98

|win_FRG=2|draw_FRG=1|loss_FRG=2|gf_FRG=85|ga_FRG=94

|win_TCH=1|draw_TCH=1|loss_TCH=3|gf_TCH=99|ga_TCH=112

|win_SUI=0|draw_SUI=2|loss_SUI=3|gf_SUI=76|ga_SUI=88

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|result1=A

|col_B=#bbf3ff|text_B=

|result2=B

|update=complete|source=

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=Group 2=

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

28.02.1982

| Munich

| align="left"|Denmark - Spain

| 23-22

| (14-14)

28.02.1982

| Munich

| align="left"|Romania - Sweden

| 31-24

| (13-11)

28.02.1982

| Offenburg

| align="left"|Hungary - Yugoslavia

| 20-20

| (12-12)

02.03.1982

| Böblingen

| align="left"| Yugoslavia - Spain

| 28-25

| (11-12)

02.03.1982

| Böblingen

| align="left"|Romania - Hungary

| 24-19

| (12-11)

02.03.1982

| Günzburg

| align="left"|Denmark - Sweden

| 21-20

| (11-9)

04.03.1982

| Frankfurt

| align="left"|Spain - Romania

| 22-20

| (10-7)

04.03.1982

| Frankfurt

| align="left"| Hungary - Denmark

| 19-19

| (9-8)

04.03.1982

| Elsenfeld

| align="left"|Yugoslavia - Sweden

| 30-19

| (15-9)

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|team3=ROM|name_ROM={{hb|ROM}}

|team4=ESP|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|team5=HUN|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|team6=SWE|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|win_YUG=3|draw_YUG=1|loss_YUG=1|gf_YUG=118|ga_YUG=104

|win_DEN=3|draw_DEN=1|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=100|ga_DEN=99

|win_ROM=3|draw_ROM=0|loss_ROM=2|gf_ROM=116|ga_ROM=105

|win_ESP=2|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=2|gf_ESP=112|ga_ESP=111

|win_HUN=0|draw_HUN=4|loss_HUN=1|gf_HUN=98|ga_HUN=103

|win_SWE=0|draw_SWE=1|loss_SWE=4|gf_SWE=103|ga_SWE=125

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13th to 16th place

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! width="45px"|Date

! Venue

! Game

! width="100px"|Res.

! Half

28.02.1982

| Gütersloh

| align="left"|Kuwait - Algeria

| 22-20

| (8-9)

28.02.1982

| Osnabrück

| align="left"|Cuba - Japan

| 25-20

| (12-10)

02.03.1982

| Haltern

| align="left"| Japan - Kuwait

| 31-20

| (13-10)

02.03.1982

| Brake

| align="left"|Algeria - Cuba

| 21-21

| (12-13)

03.03.1982

| Halle

| align="left"|Cuba - Kuwait

| 34-30

| (16-12)

03.03.1982

| Unna

| align="left"| Japan - Algeria

| 22-21

| (11-12)

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|team3=KUW|name_KUW={{hb|KUW}}

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|win_CUB=2|draw_CUB=1|loss_CUB=0|gf_CUB=80|ga_CUB=71

|win_JAP=2|draw_JAP=0|loss_JAP=1|gf_JAP=73|ga_JAP=66

|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=0|loss_KUW=2|gf_KUW=72|ga_KUW=85

|win_ALG=0|draw_ALG=1|loss_ALG=2|gf_ALG=62|ga_ALG=65

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11th / 12th place

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bgcolor="lightsteelblue"

!width=15%|Date

!width=60% colspan=3|Match1

!width=15%|Score

!Half

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|align=center| 07.03.1982

|align=right| {{hb-rt|SWE}}

{{center
}}{{left| {{hb|SWI}} }}

|align=center| 25–17

|align=center| (10–5)

9th / 10th place

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bgcolor="lightsteelblue"

!width=15%|Date

!width=60% colspan=3|Match1

!width=15%|Score

!Half

style=font-size:95%

|align=center| 06.03.1982

|align=right| {{hb-rt|HUN}}

{{center
}}{{left| {{hb|TCH}} }}

|align=center| 24–18

|align=center|(16–7)

  • (1) - In Minden

7th / 8th place

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bgcolor="lightsteelblue"

!width=15%|Date

!width=60% colspan=3|Match1

!width=15%|Score

!Half

style=font-size:95%

|align=center| 07.03.1982

|align=right| {{hb-rt|FRG}}

{{center
}}{{left| {{hb|ESP}} }}

|align=center| 19–15

|align=center|(8–9)

  • (1) - In Dortmund

5th / 6th place

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bgcolor="lightsteelblue"

!width=15%|Date

!width=60% colspan=3|Match1

!width=15%|Score

!Half

06.03.1982

|align=right| {{hb-rt|ROU}}

{{center
}}{{left| {{hb|DDR}} }}

|align=center| 24–21

|align=center| (12–10)

  • (1) - In Dortmund

3rd / 4th place

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bgcolor="lightsteelblue"

!width=15%|Date

!width=60% colspan=3|Match1

!width=15%|Score

!Half

06.03.1982

|align=right| {{hb-rt|POL}}

{{center
}}{{left| {{hb|DEN}} }}

|align=center| 23–22

|align=center| (12–13)

  • (1) - In Dortmund

Final

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bgcolor="lightsteelblue"

! width="100px"|Date

! width="360px" colspan=3|Match1

! width="80px"|Score

! width="260px"|Half

07.03.1982

|align=right| {{hb-rt|URS}}

{{center
}}{{left| {{hb|YUG}} }}

|align=center| 30–27

|(12–13) 23–23 (24–23 after extra time)

  • (1) - In Dortmund

Final standings

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! style="width: 40px;" | Rank

! style="width: 180px;" | Team

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|align=center|File:gold medal icon.svg

{{Hb|URS}}
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|align=center|File:silver medal icon.svg

{{Hb|YUG}}
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|align=center|File:bronze medal icon.svg

{{Hb|POL}}
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|align=center|4

{{Hb|DEN}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|5

{{Hb|ROM}}
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|align=center|6

{{Hb|GDR}}
bgcolor=#ccccff

|align=center|7

{{Hb|GER|name=West Germany}}
bgcolor=#ccccff

|align=center|8

{{Hb|ESP}}
align=center|9{{Hb|HUN}}
align=center|10{{Hb|TCH}}
align=center|11{{Hb|SWE}}
align=center|12{{Hb|SUI}}
align=center|13{{Hb|CUB}}
align=center|14{{Hb|JPN}}
align=center|15{{Hb|KUW}}
align=center|16{{Hb|ALG}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc|Winner and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
width=10px bgcolor=#ccccff|Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics after the boycott

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|1982 Men's World Champions

Image:Flag of Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
First title

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