Men Handball Olympic Games 1972 European Qualification played in Spain - 15-25.03 Winner Soviet Union

Men Handball Olympic Games 1972 European Qualification played in Spain - 15-25.03 Winner Soviet Union

Finals
Game	date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT
Final	25.03	Madrid	Soviet Union	15-14	Norway	8-7
3-4	24.03	Madrid	Iceland	21-19	Poland	12-10
5-6	24.03	Madrid	Spain	18-15	Bulgaria	11-5
7-8	25.03	Madrid	Switzerland	22-11	Austria
9-10	23.03	Vigo	France	16-11	Luxembourg
11-12	23.03	La Coruna	Finland	25-15	Portugal
13-14	23.03	Leon	Netherlands	28-10	Italy
15-16	23.03	Leon	Belgium	31- 1	Great Britain
9-12	21.03	La Coruna	France	14- 7	Finland
9-12	21.03	Pontevedra	Luxembourg	23-22	Portugal
13-16	21.03	Leon	Netherlands	15-14	Belgium
13-16	21.03	Leon	Italy	23-13	Great Britain

Main Round
Group E San Sebastian	Group F Barcelona
Preliminary Round
Group A	Group B
Group C	Group D

First 5 qualify to

Olympic Men 1972

Final ranking	P	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Soviet Union	12	6	0	0	133:	70
2. Norway	9	4	1	1	115:	59
3. Iceland	10	4	2	0	120:	82
4. Poland	8	4	0	2	139:	90
5. Spain	8	4	0	2	138:	92
6. Bulgaria	4	2	0	4	73:	91
7. Switzerland	6	3	0	3	126:	86
8. Austria	4	2	0	4	83:	109
9. France	6	3	0	2	75:	62
10.Luxembourg	4	2	0	3	105:	110
11.Finland	5	2	1	2	79:	76
12.Portugal	2	1	0	4	75:	113
13.Netherlands	6	3	0	2	80:	63
14.Italy	2	1	0	4	70:	140
15.Belgium	2	1	0	4	71:	104
16.Great Britain	0	0	0	5	33:	168

Group E	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Norway	5	2	1	0	50:	34
2. Iceland	5	2	1	0	58:	43
3. Bulgaria	2	1	0	2	36:	47
4. Austria	0	0	0	3	39:	59

Team	No	Ic	Bu	Au
Norway	----	14:14	17:11	19: 9
Iceland		----	19:10	25:19
Bulgaria			----	15:11
Austria				----

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	HT
played at San Sebastian
20.03		Norway	17-11	Bulgaria	7-4
20.03		Iceland	25-19	Austria	12-8
22.03	19:30	Norway	19-9	Austria	9-3
22.03	21:00	Iceland	19-10	Bulgaria	8-5

Group F	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Soviet Union	6	3	0	0	58:	40
2. Poland	4	2	0	1	52:	46
3. Spain	2	1	0	2	50:	55
4. Switzerland	0	0	0	3	37:	56

Team	So	Po	Sp	Sw
Soviet Union	----	17:13	22:15	19:12
Poland		----	21:16	18:13
Spain			----	19:12
Switzerland				----

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	HT
played at Barcelona
20.03	19:30	Poland	21-16	Spain	11-8
20.03	21:00	Soviet Union	22-12	Switzerland	10-5
22.03	19:30	Poland	18-13	Switzerland	6-6
22.03	21:00	Soviet Union	22-15	Spain	11-5

Preliminary Round

Group A	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Norway	5	2	1	0	65:	24
2. Iceland	4	1	2	0	55:	34
3. Finland	1	0	1	1	47:	47
4. Belgium	0	0	0	2	26:	88

Team	No	Ic	Fi	Be
Norway	----	14:14	22: 9	29: 1
Iceland		----	10:10	31:10
Finland			----	28:15
Belgium				----

date	team 1	score	team 2	HT
played at Bilbao
15.03	Iceland	10-10	Finland	5-2
15.03	Norway	29-1	Belgium	15-1
17.03	Norway	22-9	Finland	12-3
17.03	Iceland	31-10	Belgium	17-4
18.03	Norway	14-14	Iceland	10-7
18.03	Finland	28-15	Belgium

Group B	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Austria	4	2	0	1	44:	43
2. Bulgaria	4	2	0	1	37:	37
3. France	2	1	0	2	45:	44
4. Netherlands	2	1	0	2	37:	39

Team	Au	Bu	Fr	Ne
Austria	----		20:19	13: 9
Bulgaria	15:11	----	12:10
France			----	16:12
Netherlands		16:10		----

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT
15.03	Zaragossa	Austria	20-19	France	11-10
15.03	Pamplona	Netherlands	16-10	Bulgaria	6-5
17.03	Zaragossa	Bulgaria	12-10	France	9-4
17.03	Pamplona	Austria	13- 9	Netherlands	5-4
18.03	Pamplona	Bulgaria	15-11	Austria	6-4
18.03	Zaragossa	France	16-12	Netherlands	7-3

Group C	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Spain	6	3	0	0	89:	34
2. Switzerland	4	2	0	1	79:	38
3. Luxembourg	2	1	0	2	71:	72
4. Great Britain	0	0	0	3	19:	114

Team	Sp	Sw	Lu	Gr
Spain	----	19:12	30:17	40: 5
Switzerland		----	17:16	37: 2
Luxembourg			----	37:12
Great Britain				---

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT
15.03	Granollers	Switzerland	17-16	Luxembourg	9-7
15.03	Sabadell	Spain	40-5	Great Britain	16-3
17.03	Sabadell	Switzerland	37-2	Great Britain	16-0
17.03	Granollers	Spain	30-17	Luxembourg	14-7
18.03	Sabadell	Luxembourg	37-12	Great Britain	17-6
18.03	Granollers	Spain	19-12	Switzerland	11-5

Group D	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Soviet Union	6	3	0	0	77:	29
2. Poland	4	2	0	1	81:	40
3. Portugal	2	1	0	2	38:	65
4. Italy	0	0	0	3	37:	99

Team	So	Po	Po	It
Soviet Union	----	17:13	23: 6	37:10
Poland		----	29: 9	39:14
Portugal			----	23:13
Italy				----

date	venue	team 1	score	team 2	HT
15.03	Piontevedra	Soviet Union	23-6	Portugal	10-2
15.03	Orense	Poland	39-14	Italy	19-7
17.03	La Coruna	Soviet Union	37-10	Italy	20-2
17.03	Orense	Poland	29-9	Portugal	12-3
18.03	Vigo	Soviet Union	17-13	Poland
18.03	La Coruna	Portugal	23-13	Italy


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