| Finals played in Montreal | | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 28.07 |  Soviet Union | 19-15 |  Romania | 10-6 | | 3-4 | 28.07 |  Poland | 21-18 |  West Germany | 11-9 | | 5-6 | 27.07 |  Yugoslavia | 21-19 |  Hungary | 11-9 | | 7-8 | 27.07 |  Czechoslovakia | 25-21 |  Denmark | 11-13 | | 9-10 | 27.07 |  Japan | 27-20 |  United States | 12-8 |
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| Final Ranking | Pts | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Soviet Union | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 130: | 92 | | 2. Romania | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 106: | 90 | | 3. Poland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 101: | 89 | | 4. West Germany | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 115: | 97 | | 5. Yugoslavia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 131: | 112 | | 6. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 111: | 103 | | 7. Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 110: | 103 | | 8. Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 113: | 127 | | 9. Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 123: | 131 | | 10.United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100: | 149 | | 11.Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75: | 122 | | 12.Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21: | 47 |
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| Goalscorers | | 1. Birtalan | ROU | 32 | | 1. Larsen | DEN | 32 | | 3. Miljak | YUG | 30 | | 4. Dekcarm | FRG | 28 | | 5. Fujinaka | JPN | 26 | | 6. Gassi | URS | 25 | | 6. Mikes | TCH | 25 |
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| Winners to Final. Rest to Classification. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Soviet Union | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111: | 77 | | 2.West Germany | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 97: | 76 | | 3.Yugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 110: | 93 | | 4.Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 92: | 102 | | 5.Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96: | 111 | | 6.Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75: | 122 |
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| Team | Sovi | WeGe | Yugo | Denm | Japa | Cana | | Soviet Union | ---- | 18:16 | | 24:16 | 26:16 | 25:9 | | West Germany | | ---- | 18:17 | 18:14 | 19:16 | 26:11 | | Yugoslavia | 20:18 | | ---- | 25:17 | 26:22 | 22:18 | | Denmark | | | | ---- | 21:17 | 24:18 | | Japan | | | | | ---- | 25:19 | | Canada | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 18.07 | Montreal | Soviet Union | 26-16 | Japan | 11-5 | | 18.07 | Quebec City | Yugoslavia | 22-18 |  Canada | 15-12 | | 18.07 | Sherbrooke | West Germany | 18-14 | Denmark | 7-5 | | 20.07 | Montreal | West Germany | 19-16 | Japan | 11-5 | | 20.07 | Quebec City | Yugoslavia | 25-17 | Denmark | 13-5 | | 20.07 | Sherbrooke | Soviet Union | 25- 9 | Canada | 12-5 | | 22.07 | Montreal | Yugoslavia | 20-18 | Soviet Union | 11-8 | | 22.07 | Quebec City | West Germany | 26-11 | Canada | 14-7 | | 22.07 | Sherbrooke | Denmark | 21-17 | Japan | 8-11 | | 24.07 | Montreal | Denmark | 24-18 | Canada | 7-6 | | 24.07 | Quebec City | Soviet Union | 18-16 | West Germany | 9-5 | | 24.07 | Sherbrooke | Yugoslavia | 26-22 | Japan | 13-12 | | 26.07 | Montreal | West Germany | 18-17 | Yugoslavia | 8-7 | | 26.07 | Quebec City | Japan | 25-19 | Canada | 9-9 | | 26.07 | Sherbrooke | Soviet Union | 24-16 | Denmark | 13-7 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Romania | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91: | 71 | | 2.Poland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80: | 71 | | 3.Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92: | 82 | | 4.Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85: | 82 | | 5.United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80: | 122 | | 6.Tunisia | Withdrew after 2 matches. |
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| Team | Roma | Pola | Hung | Czec | Unga | Tuni | | Romania | ---- | 17:15 | 23:18 | 19:19 | 32:19 | NP | | Poland | | ---- | 18:16 | 21:18 | 26:20 | 26:12 | | Hungary | | | ---- | 22:20 | 36:21 | NP | | Czechoslovakia | | | | ---- | 28:20 | 21:9 | | United States | | | | | ---- | NP | | Tunisia | | | | | | ---- |
| After two games Tunisia left the tournament |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 18.07 | Montreal | Romania | 23-18 | Hungary | 13-8 | | 18.07 | Quebec City | Czechoslovakia | 28-20 | United States | 15-13 | | 18.07 | Sherbrooke | Poland | 26-12 |  Tunisia | | | 20.07 | Montreal | Czechoslovakia | 21-9 | Tunisia | | | 20.07 | Quebec City | Romania | 32-19 | United States | 16-8 | | 20.07 | Sherbrooke | Poland | 18-16 | Hungary | 7-8 | | 22.07 | Montreal | Hungary | 36-21 | United States | 18-9 | | 22.07 | Quebec City | Poland | 21-18 | Czechoslovakia | 8-7 | | 24.07 | Montreal | Poland | 26-20 | United States | 14-10 | | 22.07 | Sherbrooke | Romania | NP | Tunisia | | | 24.07 | Quebec City | Hungary | NP | Tunisia | | | 24.07 | Sherbrooke | Romania | 19-19 | Czechoslovakia | 13-10 | | 26.07 | Montreal | Hungary | 22-20 | Czechoslovakia | 10-11 | | 26.07 | Quebec City | Romania | 17-15 | Poland | 8-6 | | 26.07 | Sherbrooke | United States | NP | Tunisia | |
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| 1. Soviet Union | | Mikhail Ishchenko | | Anatoly Fedyukin | | Vladimir Maksimov | | Sergey Kushniryuk | | Vladimir Kravtsov | | Yury Klimov | | Aleksandre Anp'ilogovi | | Yevgeny Chernyshyov | | Valery Gassy | | Nikolay Tomin | | Yury Kidyayev | | Aleksandr Rezanov | | Vasily Ilyin | | Yury Lagutin |
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| 2. Romania | | Cornel Penu | | Gabriel Kicsid | | Cristian Gaţu | | Ghiţă Licu | | Radu Voina | | Roland Guneš | | Birtalan Ştefan | | Adrian Cosma | | Constantin Tudosie | | Nicolae Munteanu | | Werner Stöckl | | Mircea Grabovschi | | Cezar Drăgăniţă | | Alexandru Fölker |
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| 3. Poland | | Andrzej Szymczak | | Piotr Cieśla | | Zdzisław Antczak | | Zygfryd Kuchta | | Jerzy Klempel | | Janusz Brzozowski | | Ryszard Przybysz | | Jerzy Melcer | | Andrzej Sokołowski | | Jan Gmyrek | | Henryk Rozmiarek | | Alfred Kałuziński | | Zieliński Włodzimierz | | Mieczysław Wojczak |
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| 4. West Germany | | Arno Ehret | | Gerd Becker | | Günter Böttcher | | Heiner Brand | | Horst Spengler | | Joachim Deckarm | | Hahn Jürgen | | Kurt Klühspies | | Manfred Hofmann | | Peter Jaschke | | Peter Kleibrink | | Rudi Rauer | | Walter van Oepen | | Bernhard Busch |
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| 5. Yugoslavia | | Abaz Arslanagić | | Branislav Pokrajac | | Hrvoje Horvat | | Milorad Karalić | | Nebojša Popović | | Predrag Timko | | Radislav Pavičević | | Radivoj Krivokapić | | Vlado Bojovič | | Zdenko Zorko | | Zdravko Miljak | | Zdravko Rađenović | | Nimš Željko | | Zvonimir Serdarušić |
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| 6. Hungary | | Béla Bartalos | | Ernő Gubányi | | Ferenc Buday | | Gábor Verőci | | István Szilágyi | | István Varga | | József Kenyeres | | Károly Vass | | László Jánovszki | | Mihály Süvöltős | | Péter Kovács | | Zsolt Kontra |
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| 7. Czechoslovakia | | Bohumil Cepák | | František Šulc | | Jindřich Krepindl | | Ivan Satrapa | | Packa Ján | | Jaroslav Papiernik | | Jiří Hanzl | | Jiří Kavan | | Jiří Liška | | Jozef Dobrotka | | Pavel Mikeš | | Vladimír Haber | | Vladimír Jarý |
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| 8. Denmark | | Anders Dahl-Nielsen | | Bent Larsen | | Claus From | | Henrik Jacobsgaard | | Jesper Munk Petersen | | Johnny Piechnik | | Frandsen Jørgen | | Kay Jørgensen | | Lars Bock | | Palle Jensen | | Thomas Pazyj | | Thor Munkager | | Søren Andersen |
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| 9. Japan | | Hiroshi Hanawa | | Hiroshi Honda | | Kenichi Sasaki | | Kenji Fujinaka | | Kozo Matsubara | | Masaki Shibata | | Minoru Kino | | Satoshi Kikuchi | | Seimei Gamo | | Takezo Nakai | | Toyohiko Hozumi | | Yoji Sato |
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| 10.United States | | Eiko Kawada | | Emiko Yamashita | | Hiroko Kosahara | | Hitomi Matsushita | | Kuriko Komori | | Mihoko Hozumi | | Mikiko Kato | | Nanami Kino | | Natsue Shimada | | Shoko Wada | | Terumi Kurata | | Tokuko Kubo |
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| 11.Canada | | 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, Jr. |
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| 12.Tunisia | | Wolfgang Blankenau | | Christian Chagnon | | Francois Dauphin | | Hugues De Roussan | | Pierre Desormeaux | | Pierre Ferdais | | Robert Johnson | | Richard Lambert | | Claude Lefebvre | | Danny Power | | Pierre St. Martin | | Stan Thorseth | | Luc Tousignant | | Claude Viens |
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