| Finals | | Game | date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 30.07 | 18:30 | S |  East Germany | 23-22 |  Soviet Union | 10-10 | | aOT ; FT 20-20 | | 3-4 | 30.07 | 14:45 | D |  Romania | 20-18 |  Hungary | 11-7 | | 5-6 | 30.07 | 14:00 | S |  Spain | 24-23 |  Yugoslavia | 12-7 | | 7-8 | 30.07 | 13:00 | D |  Poland | 23-22 |  Switzerland | 11-10 | | 9-10 | 30.07 | 12:30 | S |  Denmark | 28-20 | Algeria | 15-9 | | 11-12 | 30.07 | 11:00 | D |  Cuba | 32-24 |  Kuwait | 16-13 |
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| Final Ranking | Pts | gf | ga | | 1. East Germany | 11 | 131: | 114 | | 2. Soviet Union | 8 | 156: | 98 | | 3. Romania | 10 | 139: | 106 | | 4. Hungary | 8 | 114: | 108 | | 5. Spain | 7 | 126: | 129 | | 6. Yugoslavia | 8 | 155: | 116 | | 7. Poland | 7 | 146: | 119 | | 8. Switzerland | 4 | 132: | 121 | | 9. Denmark | 4 | 124: | 124 | | 10.Algeria | 2 | 114: | 152 | | 11.Cuba | 3 | 135: | 165 | | 12.Kuwait | 0 | 88: | 208 |
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| Final Ranking | Pts | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. East Germany | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 131: | 114 | | 2. Soviet Union | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 156: | 98 | | 3. Romania | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 139: | 106 | | 4. Hungary | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 114: | 108 | | 5. Spain | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 126: | 129 | | 6. Yugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 155: | 116 | | 7. Poland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 146: | 119 | | 8. Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 132: | 121 | | 9. Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 124: | 124 | | 10.Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 114: | 152 | | 11.Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 135: | 165 | | 12.Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 88: | 208 |
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| Goalscorers | | 1. Klempel | POL | 44 | | 2. Zuellig | SWE | 40 | | 3. Stinga | ROU | 36 | | 4. Agramonte | CUB | 34 | | 5. Jurina | YUG | 33 | | 6. Wahl | GDR | 30 |
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| Winners to Final. Rest to Classification. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.East Germany | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 108: | 92 | | 2.Hungary | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 96: | 88 | | 3.Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 102: | 106 | | 4.Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123: | 97 | | 5.Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96: | 104 | | 6.Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 103: | 141 |
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| Team | EaGe | Hung | Spai | Pola | Denm | Cuba | | East Germany | ---- | 14:14 | 21:17 | 22:21 | 24:20 | 27:20 | | Hungary | | ---- | 20:17 | 20:20 | 16:15 | 26:22 | | Spain | | | ---- | 24:22 | 20:19 | 24:24 | | Poland | | | | ---- | 26:12 | 34:19 | | Denmark | | | | | ---- | 30:18 | | Cuba | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 20.07 | 17:00 | S | Denmark | 30-18 | Cuba | 18-8 | | 20.07 | 18:30 | S | Hungary | 20-20 | Poland | 11-7 | | 20.07 | 20:00 | S | East Germany | 21-17 | Spain | 6-9 | | 22.07 | 17:00 | D | Poland | 34-19 | Cuba | 14-10 | | 22.07 | 18:30 | D | Spain | 20-19 | Denmark | 7-7 | | 22.07 | 20:00 | D | East Germany | 14-14 | Hungary | 9-7 | | 24.07 | 17:00 | S | Hungary | 20-17 | Spain | 10-8 | | 24.07 | 18:30 | S | Poland | 26-12 | Denmark | 9-5 | | 24.07 | 20:00 | S | East Germany | 27-20 | Cuba | 13-10 | | 26.07 | 17:00 | D | Spain | 24-24 | Cuba | 9-13 | | 26.07 | 18:30 | D | Hungary | 16-15 | Denmark | 8-6 | | 26.07 | 20:00 | D | East Germany | 22-21 | Poland | 11-9 | | 28.07 | 17:00 | S | Hungary | 26-22 | Cuba | 14-11 | | 28.07 | 18:30 | S | Spain | 24-22 | Poland | 11-13 | | 28.07 | 20:00 | S | East Germany | 24-20 | Denmark | 13-9 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Soviet Union | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 134: | 75 | | 2.Yugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132: | 92 | | 3.Romania | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 119: | 88 | | 4.Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110: | 98 | | 5.Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 94: | 124 | | 6.Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 64: | 176 |
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| Team | Sovi | Roma | Yugo | Swed | Alge | Kuwa | | Soviet Union | ---- | | 22:17 | 22:15 | 33:10 | 38:11 | | Romania | 22:19 | ---- | | 18:16 | 26:18 | 32:12 | | Yugoslavia | | 23:21 | ---- | 26:21 | 22:18 | 44:10 | | Switzerland | | | | ---- | 26:18 | 32:14 | | Algeria | | | | | ---- | 30:17 | | Kuwait | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 20.07 | 17:00 | D | Yugoslavia | 22-18 | Algeria | 12-10 | | 20.07 | 18:30 | D | Romania | 32-12 | Kuwait | 18-3 | | 20.07 | 20:00 | D | Soviet Union | 22-15 | Switzerland | 13-8 | | 22.07 | 17:00 | S | Romania | 26-18 | Algeria | 14-7 | | 22.07 | 18:30 | S | Soviet Union | 38-11 | Kuwait | 22-5 | | 22.07 | 20:00 | S | Yugoslavia | 26-21 | Switzerland | 12-8 | | 24.07 | 17:00 | D | Switzerland | 32-14 | Kuwait | 14-6 | | 24.07 | 18:30 | D | Soviet Union | 33-10 | Algeria | 16-3 | | 24.07 | 20:00 | D | Yugoslavia | 23-21 | Romania | 12-9 | | 26.07 | 17:00 | S | Switzerland | 26-18 | Algeria | 11-7 | | 26.07 | 18:30 | S | Yugoslavia | 44-10 | Kuwait | 24-5 | | 26.07 | 20:00 | S | Romania | 22-19 | Soviet Union | 9-15 | | 28.07 | 17:00 | D | Algeria | 30-17 | Kuwait | 11-14 | | 28.07 | 18:30 | D | Romania | 18-16 | Switzerland | 9-6 | | 28.07 | 20:00 | D | Soviet Union | 22-17 | Yugoslavia | 12-9 |
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| 1. East Germany | | Wieland Schmidt | | Siegfried Voigt | | Dreibrodt Günter | | Peter Rost | | Klaus Gruner | | Lothar Doering | | Frank-Michael Wahl | | Dietmar Schmidt | | Ingolf Wiegert | | Hans-Georg Beyer | | Hartmut Krüger | | Rainer Höft | | Ernst Gerlach | | Hans-Georg Jaunich |
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| 2. Soviet Union | | Mikhail Ishchenko | | Nikolay Tomin | | Viktor Makhorin | | Vladimir Belov | | Aleksandre Anp'ilogovi | | Yevgeny Chernyshyov | | Aleksey Zhuk | | Voldemaras Novickis | | Sergey Kushniryuk | | Aleksandr Karshakevich | | Anatoly Fedyukin | | Yury Kidyayev | | Vladimir Kravtsov | | Vladimir Repyev |
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| 3. Romania | | Nicolae Munteanu | | Claudiu Ionescu | | Marian Dumitru | | Vasile Stîngă | | Radu Voina | | Birtalan Ştefan | | Alexandru Fölker | | Neculai Vasilca | | Iosif Boroş | | Maricel Voinea | | Cornel Durău | | Adrian Cosma | | Cezar Drăgăniţă | | Lucian Vasilache |
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| 4. Hungary | | Jegenyés Alpár | | Lele Ambrus | | Pál Árpád | | Béla Bartalos | | Ernő Gubányi | | István Szilágyi | | János Fodor | | József Kenyeres | | László Jánovszki | | Miklós Kovacsics | | Péter Kovács | | Sándor Vass | | Zsolt Kontra | | László Szabó II |
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| 5. Spain | | Agustín Millán | | Eugenio Serrano | | Francisco López | | Gregorio López | | Jesús Albisu | | José Novoa | | José María Pagoaga | | Juan de la Puente | | Juan Pedro de Miguel | | Juan Francisco Muñoz | | Juan José Uria | | Vicente Calabuig | | Rafael López |
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| 6. Yugoslavia | | Adnan Dizdar | | Drago Jovović | | Enver Koso | | Goran Nerić | | Jasmin Mrkonja | | Jovica Cvetković | | Jovan Elezović | | Mile Isaković | | Momir Rnić | | Pavle Jurina | | Peter Mahne | | Stjepan Obran | | Velibor Nenadić | | Zlatan Arnautović |
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| 7. Poland | | Alfred Kałuziński | | Andrzej Kącki | | Grzegorz Kosma | | Henryk Rozmiarek | | Janusz Brzozowski | | Jerzy Garpiel | | Jerzy Klempel | | Marek Panas | | Mieczysław Wojczak | | Piotr Czaczka | | Ryszard Jedliński | | Zbigniew Gawlik | | Zbigniew Tłuczyński | | Daniel Waszkiewicz |
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| 8. Switzerland | | Eduard Wickli | | Hans Huber | | Hanspeter Lutz | | Konrad Affolter | | Martin Ott | | Peter Jehle | | Peter Maag | | Robert Jehle | | Roland Brand | | Rudi Weber | | Ugo Jametti | | Ernst Züllig | | Max Schär | | Walter Müller |
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| 9. Denmark | | Anders Dahl-Nielsen | | Bjarne Jeppesen | | Carsten Haurum | | Erik Bue Pedersen | | Hans Henrik Hattesen | | Iver Grunnet | | Michael Berg | | Mogens Jeppesen | | Morten Stig Christensen | | Ole Nørskov Sørensen | | Palle Jensen | | Per Skaarup | | Poul Kjær Poulsen | | Thomas Pazyj |
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| 10.Algeria | | Abdel Atif Bakir | | Abdel Atif Bergheul | | Abdel Krim Ben Djemil | | Abdel Krim Hamiche | | Abdel Madjid Slimani | | Ahcen Djeffal | | Ahmed Farfar | | Ali Akacha | | Azzedine Bouzerar | | Kamel Hebri | | Mohamed Machou | | Mouloud Mekhnache | | Omar Azzeb | | Rashid Mokhrani |
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| 12.Kuwait | | Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri | | Jasem Al-Deyab | | Majid Al-Khamis | | Faraj Al-Mutairi | | Jasem Al-Qassar | | Mohamed Al-Qassar | | Abdullah Al-Qena'i | | Musa'ed Al-Randi | | Fawzi Al-Shuwairbat | | Khamis Bashir | | Saleh Najem | | Ismael Shah Al-Zadah | | Khaled Shah Al-Zadah | | Ahmad Al-Emran |
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