Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

1976 Men's Olympic handball tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	18–28 July
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
Runner-up	Romania
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	West Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	1,215 (40.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ștefan Birtalan Bent Larsen (32 goals)

The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games, after 1936 and 1972 (a demonstration event was held in 1952).[1]

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	12 May 1970	Amsterdam	1	Canada
1974 World Championship	28 February – 10 March 1974	East Germany	1	Romania
European qualification tournament[2]	4 November 1975 – 7 March 1976	Various	7	Czechoslovakia  Denmark  Hungary  Poland  Soviet Union  West Germany  Yugoslavia
Asian qualification tournament[3]	15 March – April 1976	Various	1	Japan
African qualification tournament[4]	10–18 April 1976	Tunis	1	Tunisia
American qualification tournament[5]			1	United States
Total			12

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	111	77	+34	8	Gold medal game
2	West Germany	5	4	0	1	97	76	+21	8	Bronze medal game
3	Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	110	93	+17	8	Fifth place game
4	Denmark	5	2	0	3	92	102	−10	4	Seventh place game
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	96	111	−15	2	Ninth place game
6	Canada (H)	5	0	0	5	75	122	−47	0

Source: ^[citation needed]
(H) Hosts

18 July 1976 19:00	Soviet Union	26–16	Japan	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Chernyshov 7	(11–5)	Fujinaka 6

18 July 1976 19:00	Yugoslavia	22–18	Canada	PEPS, Quebec City
	three players 5	(15–12)	De Roussan 6

18 July 1976 19:00	West Germany	18–14	Denmark	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Deckarm 6	(7–5)	Dahl-Nielsen 8

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20 July 1976 20:30	West Germany	19–16	Japan	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Ehret 5	(11–5)	Fujinaka 6

20 July 1976 20:30	Yugoslavia	25–17	Denmark	PEPS, Quebec City
	Miljak 8	(13–5)	Larsen 9

20 July 1976 20:30	Soviet Union	25–9	Canada	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Gassy 6	(12–5)	Ferdais 3

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22 July 1976 19:00	Yugoslavia	20–18	Soviet Union	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Krivokapić 8	(11–8)	Gassy 5

22 July 1976 19:00	West Germany	26–11	Canada	PEPS, Quebec City
	Klühspies 6	(14–7)	Viens 4

22 July 1976 19:00	Denmark	21–17	Japan	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Larsen 7	(8–11)	Kino 5

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24 July 1976 20:30	Denmark	24–18	Canada	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Andersen, Pazyj 6	(7–6)	Blankenau, Désormeaux 4

24 July 1976 20:30	West Germany	16–18	Soviet Union	PEPS, Quebec City
	Larsen 7	(5–9)	Gassy 6

24 July 1976 20:30	Yugoslavia	26–22	Japan	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Miljak 12	(13–12)	Fujinaka, Gamo 6

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26 July 1976 19:00	West Germany	18–17	Yugoslavia	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Ehret, Klühspies 4	(8–7)	Pavićević 10

26 July 1976 19:00	Japan	25–19	Canada	PEPS, Quebec City
	three players 5	(9–9)	Ferdais 5

26 July 1976 19:00	Soviet Union	24–16	Denmark	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Klimov 6	(13–7)	Larsen 6

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	4	3	1	0	91	71	+20	7	Gold medal game
2	Poland	4	3	0	1	80	71	+9	6	Bronze medal game
3	Hungary	4	2	0	2	92	82	+10	4	Fifth place game
4	Czechoslovakia	4	1	1	2	85	82	+3	3	Seventh place game
5	United States	4	0	0	4	80	122	−42	0	Ninth place game
–	Tunisia[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Source: ^[citation needed]
Notes:

1. Tunisia withdrew after 2 matches.[6]

18 July 1976 20:30	Romania	23–18	Hungary	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG)
	Birtalan 6	(13–8)	Szilágyi, Vass 4

18 July 1976 20:30	Czechoslovakia	28–20	United States	PEPS, Quebec City
	Jarý 5	(15–13)	Abrahamson 7

18 July 1976 20:30	Poland	26–12 (Annulled)	Tunisia	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke

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20 July 1976 19:00	Czechoslovakia	21–9 (Annulled)	Tunisia	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal

20 July 1976 19:00	Romania	32–19	United States	PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Rodil, Ohlsen (DEN)
	Birtalan 8	(16–8)	Abrahamson, Rogers 5

20 July 1976 19:00	Poland	18–16	Hungary	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke
	Kałuziński 8	(7–8)	Varga 7

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22 July 1976 20:30	Hungary	36–21	United States	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Varga 9	(18–9)	Ra. Dean 6

22 July 1976 20:30	Poland	21–18	Czechoslovakia	PEPS, Quebec City
	Gmyrek, Melcer 5	(8–7)	Mikeš 6

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24 July 1976 19:00	Poland	26–20	United States	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Klempel, Przybysz 8	(14–10)	Rogers 8

24 July 1976 19:00	Romania	19–19	Czechoslovakia	Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Referees: Rodil, Ohlsen (DEN)
	Birtalan 7	(13–10)	three players 4

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26 July 1976 20:30	Czechoslovakia	20–22	Hungary	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Mikeš 7	(11–10)	Vass 7

26 July 1976 20:30	Romania	17–15	Poland	PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG)
	Birtalan 8	(8–6)	Klempel 6

Final round

Ninth place game

27 July 1976 14:00	Japan	27–20	United States	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	three players 5	(12–8)	Ra. Dean 6

Seventh place game

27 July 1976 15:30	Denmark	21–25	Czechoslovakia	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Bock, Dahl-Nielsen 4	(13–11)	three players 5

Fifth place game

27 July 1976 19:00	Yugoslavia	21–19	Hungary	Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal
	Serdarušić 7	(11–9)	Vass 6

Bronze medal game

28 July 1976 17:00	West Germany	18–21	Poland	Montreal Forum, Montreal
	three players 4	(9–11)	Kałuziński, Klempel 6

Gold medal game

28 July 1976 18:30	Soviet Union	19–15	Romania	Montreal Forum, Montreal Attendance: 3,000[7] Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG)
	Gassy 6	(10–6)	Grabovschi, Licu 4

Rankings and statistics

Final ranking Rank Team  Soviet Union  Romania  Poland 4  West Germany 5  Yugoslavia 6  Hungary 7  Czechoslovakia 8  Denmark 9  Japan 10  United States 11  Canada –  Tunisia

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals 1 Ștefan Birtalan 32 Bent Larsen 3 Zdravko Miljak 30 4 Joachim Deckarm 28 5 Kenji Fujinaka 26 6 Valeri Gassy 25 Pavel Mikeš 8 Richard Abrahamson 24 Randy Dean 10 Jerzy Klempel 23 Vladimir Maksimov

Team rosters

Canada	Czechoslovakia	Denmark	Hungary	Japan	Poland
Wolfgang Blankenau Christian Chagnon François Dauphin Hugues de Roussan Pierre Désormeaux Pierre Ferdais Robert Johnson Richard Lambert Claude Lefebvre Danny Power Pierre St. Martin Stan Thorseth Luc Tousignant Claude Viens Coach: Eugen Trofin	Bohumil Cepák Jozef Dobrotka Vladimír Haber Jiří Hanzl Vladimír Jarý Jiří Kavan Jindřich Krepindl Jiří Liška Pavel Mikeš Ján Packa Jaroslav Papiernik Ivan Satrapa František Šulc Coach: Jiří Vícha Štefan Katušák	Søren Andersen Lars Bock Anders Dahl-Nielsen Jørgen Frandsen Claus From Henrik Jacobsgaard Palle Jensen Kay Jørgensen Bent Larsen Thor Munkager Thomas Pazyj Jesper Petersen Johnny Piechnik Coach: Jørgen Gaarskjær Morten Stig Christensen	Béla Bartalos (Honvéd Szondy SE) Ferenc Buday (Budapest Honvéd SE) Ernő Gubányi (TBSC) László Jánovszki (Budapest Spartacus SC) József Kenyeres (Budapest Honvéd SE) Zsolt Kontra (Honvéd Szondy SE) Péter Kovács (Budapest Honvéd SE) Mihály Süvöltős (Debreceni Dózsa) István Szilágyi (FTC) István Varga (Debreceni Dózsa) Károly Vass (Elektromos SE) Gábor Verőci (Budapest Honvéd SE) Coach: Mihály Faludi Zoltán Bartalos Pál Kocsis	Kenji Fujinaka Seimei Gamo Hiroshi Hanawa Hiroshi Honda Toyohiko Hozumi Satoshi Kikuchi Minoru Kino Kozo Matsubara Takezo Nakai Kenichi Sasaki Yoji Sato Masaki Shibata Coach: Tomoaki Takeno	Zdzisław Antczak Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Cieśla Jan Gmyrek Alfred Kałuziński Jerzy Klempel Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Melcer Ryszard Przybysz Henryk Rozmiarek Andrzej Sokołowski Andrzej Szymczak Mieczysław Wojczak Włodzimierz Zieliński Coach: Janusz Czerwiński
Romania	Soviet Union	Tunisia	United States	West Germany	Yugoslavia
Ștefan Birtalan Adrian Cosma Cezar Drăgăniṭă Alexandru Fölker Cristian Gațu Mircea Grabovschi Roland Gunesch Gabriel Kicsid Ghiță Licu Nicolae Munteanu Cornel Penu Werner Stöckl Constantin Tudosie Radu Voina Coach: Nicolae Nedef	Aleksandr Anpilogov Yevgeni Chernyshov Anatoli Fedyukin Valeri Gassy Vasily Ilyin Mykhaylo Ishchenko Yury Kidyayev Yury Klimov Vladimir Kravtsov Serhiy Kushniryuk Yuriy Lahutyn Vladimir Maksimov Oleksandr Rezanov Mykola Tomyn Coach: Anatoli Yevtushenko	Mohamed Abdel Khaled Khaled Achour Habib Ammar Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj Abderraouf Ben Samir Moncef Besbes Raouf Chabchoub Slaheddine Deguechi Mohamed Naceur Jelili Mounir Jelili Habib Kheder Lotfi Rebai	Richard Abrahamson Roger Baker Peter Buehning, Jr. Randolph Dean Robert Dean Vincent DiCalogero Ezra Glantz William Johnson Patrick O'Neill Sandor Rivnyak James Rogers Kevin Serrapede Robert Sparks Harry Winkler Coach: Dennis Berkholtz	Gerd Becker Günter Böttcher Heiner Brand Bernhard Busch Joachim Deckarm Arno Ehret Jürgen Hahn Manfred Hofmann Peter Jaschke Peter Kleibrink Kurt Klühspies Rudolf Rauer Horst Spengler Walter von Oepen Coach: Vlado Štencl	Abaz Arslanagić Vlado Bojović Hrvoje Horvat Milorad Karalić Radivoj Krivokapić Zdravko Miljak Željko Nimš Radisav Pavićević Branislav Pokrajac Nebojša Popović Zdravko Rađenović Zvonimir Serdarušić Predrag Timko Zdenko Zorko Coach: Ivan Snoj

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