Played between the best 8 teams form World Men 1978. | Hungary replaced Romania. |
Final at Malmoe | Game | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | Final | 18.11 | Soviet Union | 25-17 | Poland | 11-7 | 3-4 | | East Germany | 24-19 | Hungary | | 5-6 | | Denmark | 18-15 | West Germany | | 7-8 | | Yugoslavia | | Sweden | |
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Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | ns | 1. Soviet Union | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94: | 67 | | 2. Poland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70: | 70 | | 3. East Germany | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 78: | 71 | | 4. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 80: | 84 | | 5. Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 64: | 65 | | 6. West Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 55: | 63 | | 7. Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50: | 66 | 1 | 8. Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51: | 56 | 1 |
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Groups Round. Winners to Final. Rest to Classification Games. |
Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1. Poland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53: | 45 | 2. East Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54: | 52 | 3. West Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40: | 45 | 4. Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51: | 56 |
Team | Po | Ea | We | Sw | Poland | ---- | 19:16 | 15:11 | 19:18 | East Germany | | ---- | 16:14 | 22:19 | West Germany | | | ---- | 15:14 | Sweden | | | | ---- |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | 13.11 | | Poland | 19-16 | East Germany | 8-9 | 13.11 | | West Germany | 15-14 | Sweden | 8-9 | 14.11 | | East Germany | 22-19 | Sweden | | 14.11 | | Poland | 15-11 | West Germany | | 15.11 | Halmstad | Poland | 19-18 | Sweden | 11-9 | 15.11 | | East Germany | 16-14 | West Germany | |
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Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1. Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69: | 50 | 2. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61: | 60 | 3. Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46: | 50 | 4. Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50: | 66 |
Team | So | Hu | De | Yu | Soviet Union | ---- | 24:19 | 18:14 | 27:17 | Hungary | | ---- | 20:15 | 22:21 | Denmark | | | ---- | 17:12 | Yugoslavia | | | | ---- |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | 13.11 | | Soviet Union | 24-19 | Hungary | 10-14 | 13.11 | | Denmark | 17-12 | Yugoslavia | 10-7 | 14.11 | | Soviet Union | 18-14 | Denmark | | 14.11 | | Hungary | 22-21 | Yugoslavia | | 15.11 | Kristiansad | Soviet Union | 27-17 | Yugoslavia | 13-10 | 15.11 | | Hungary | 20-15 | Denmark | |
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