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

Preliminary round

Group A

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×Red card [2][3]  1×Red card
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

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

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

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Romania
4 Denmark
5 Norway
6 Spain
7 Japan

Teams

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Handball". Der Bund. 114 (6): 11. 7 January 1963.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Handball championnats du monde". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 627: 2. 2 January 1963.
  3. 1 2 "Balonmano – El Campeonato Mundial Universitario de balonmano". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish): 2. 2 January 1963.
  4. 1 2 3 "Handball". Der Bund. 114 (4): 4. 5 January 1963.
  5. 1 2 "Ante el Japón (31–9)". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish): 1. 6 January 1963.
  6. 1 2 "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.
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