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| On 30.08 IHF suspended the tournament due to Soviet invasion in Czechoslovakia. |
| Qualification - Europe Qual Women 1968 - 5 teams. | | Hungary - Champion, Soviet Union - Host and West Germany - by draw, were pre-qualified. | | Japan was the only team outside Europe! |
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| Draw pots were distributed as Ranking of World Championship Women 1965. | | Soviet Union and East Germany were in pot 3, because they did not play in 1965 championship. |
| Group A | pot | 1965 | | Yugoslavia | 1. | 2. | | Czechoslovakia | 2. | 4. | | Soviet Union | 3. | |
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| Group B | pot | 1965 | | Hungary | 1. | 1. | | Romania | 2. | 6. | | East Germany | 3. | |
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| Group C | pot | 1965 | | West Germany | 1. | 3. | | Denmark | 2. | 5. | | Japan | 3. | 7. |
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| In December Soviet Union organised a tournament called "As strong as World Championship". | | 4 teams qualifed to World 1968, Soviet Union, East Germany, Hungary and Romania played. |
| Final Ranking | pts | w | d | l | gf | ga | ns | | 1. Soviet Union | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 67: | 36 | | | 2. East Germany | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61: | 37 | | | 3. Hungary | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 44: | 44 | | | 4. Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 32: | 51 | 1 | | 5. Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46: | 55 | | | 6. Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24: | 51 | 1 |
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| Team | Sovi | EaGe | Hung | Pola | Roma | Bulg | | Soviet Union | ---- | 7:7 | 14:7 | 16:6 | 16:11 | 14:5 | | East Germany | | ---- | 13:9 | 14:8 | 8:7 | 19:6 | | Hungary | | | ---- | 11:7 | 10:7 | 7:3 | | Poland | | | | ---- | 11:10 | bt | | Romania | | | | | ---- | 11:10 | | Bulgaria | | | | | | ---- |
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| Luzhniki-Sportpalast | | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Played at Luzhniki-Sportpalast, Moskva | | 17.12 |  Poland | bt |  Bulgaria | | | 17.12 |  East Germany | 13-9 |  Hungary | | | 17.12 |  Soviet Union | 16-11 |  Romania | | | 18.12 | Hungary | 10-7 | Romania | | | 18.12 | East Germany | 19-6 | Bulgaria | | | 18.12 | Soviet Union | 16-6 | Poland | 10-4 | | 19.12 | Romania | 11-10 | Bulgaria | 5-5 | | 19.12 | East Germany | 14-8 | Poland | | | 19.12 | Soviet Union | 14-7 | Hungary | 9-4 | | 21.12 | East Germany | 8-7 | Romania | 1-3 | | 21.12 | Hungary | 11-7 | Poland | | | 21.12 | Soviet Union | 14-5 | Bulgaria | | | 22.12 | Poland | 11-10 | Romania | | | 22.12 | Hungary | 7-3 | Bulgaria | | | 22.12 | Soviet Union | 7-7 | East Germany | 3-6 |
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