1970 World Men's Handball Championship – qualification

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Qualification matches for the 1970 World Men's Handball Championship took place in 1969.

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Europe and Africa

The draw took place on 15 March in Basel, Switzerland. [1]

Draw

Pot 1 (seeded) (WC 67)Pot 2 (unseeded)

East Germany – Israel

15. November 1969 East Germany  Flag of East Germany.svg35–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Schwerin
Reiner Ganschow (13)(19–2)
[2]
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–5Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Kfar Giladi
Referees: ? (ROU)
(forfeit)

The second game between East Germany and Israel was a forfeit loss because Israel had not a correct handball hall. This was decided by executive committee of the IHF at the weekend 29–30 November 1969.

In Tel Aviv was only an outdoor small field handball place available and the hall in Kfar Giladi had not the official handball court dimensions of 20×40 meter.

On 28 November 1969 the Israel Handball Association found an alternative place but it was too late.

The Israel Handball Association made a protest against the decision of the IHF. They said the dimensions were correct and on Tuesday two officials of the East Germany team and the two referees had no complains against the field. The Israelis said there were political reasons that the Germany didn't travel to Israel. [3]

On 21 December 1969 the IHF rejected the protest. [4]

Hungary – Bulgaria

15. November 1969 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg29–11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Játékcsarnok, Budapest
(15–6)
[5]
30. November 1969 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svg15–23Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Sofia
(8–12)
[5]

Iceland – Austria

List of games form Iceland Archived 2009-04-22 at the National and University Library of Iceland : 15.11.1969 and 7.12.1969

15 November 1969 Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg28–10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Reykjavík
Geir Hallsteinsson Report
7 December 1969 Austria  Flag of Austria.svg21–20Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Vienna

Norway – Belgium

16. November 1969
18:30		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svg26–6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Oslo
Per Graver (8)(15–2)
Report
30. November 1969 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg6–35Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Per Graver (11)

Poland – Morocco

Morocco gave forfeit. First was Morocco directly qualified for the World championship, one year later the IHF recall this decision. [6]

Soviet Union – Finland

16. November 1969 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg22–10Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Leningrad or Moscow [a]
(11–6)
[7] [8]
  1. ↑ According to the Russian book in Leningrad. According to the Swiss newsletter in Moscow.
30. November 1969 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg19–33Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Helsinki
[8] [9]

Sweden – Portugal

Portugal gave forfeit [6]

Switzerland – Luxembourg

15. November 1969 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg11–10Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Steinli, Möhlin
Attendance: 1.800
Hansjürg Rudolf (5)(5–7)
Report
29. November 1969 Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svg9–22Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Differdange
Attendance: 1.200
(1–12) Willy Glaus (6)
Report

West Germany – Netherlands

28. November 1969 Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg16–16Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Utrecht
(9–10) Herbert Hönnige & Hans-Günther Schmidt (3)
[2]
30. November 1969 West Germany  Flag of Germany.svg22–10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Münster
Attendance: 5.000 [9]
Max Müller (9–6)
[2]

Yugoslavia – Spain

15 November 1969 Yugoslavia  Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg28–14Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Pančevo
[10]
29 November 1969 Spain  Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg15–26Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Vigo
[10]

North America

In March Die Tat from Switzerland wrote that Canada and the United States were already qualified. [1]

15. November 1969 United States  Flag of the United States.svg17–21Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Edmonton International Handball Club Livingston, New Jersey
[7] [11] [12]
30. November 1969 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg19–17Flag of the United States.svg  United States Toronto
Mario Savage (7) [13] Vince Drake (9)

The USA submitted a protest in December after a research of a private investigator because the Canadian Eric Jacobsen is Danish and has not a passport from Canada. [14] On 21 December 1969 the protest was rejected because of missing evidence by the IHF. In January the USA was able to prove the claimed and Canada was disqualified. Therefore the Spanish team should be the substitute. But they rejected because they have no time to build a good team again. On 28 January 1970 the former rival USA was taken as replacement. [15] [16]

References and notes

  1. 1 2 es (17 March 1969). "Auslosung für die Weltmeisterschaft". Die Tat (in Swiss High German). 34 (64). Zürich: Migros: 9. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  2. 1 2 3 Müller, Stephan; Laaß, Helmut (2017-07-20). "Deutsche Handball Länderspiele" (CD; 87 MB). Sport-record.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Sportinformation Si (2 December 1969). "Ostdeutschland für die Handball-Wm qualifiziert" . Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German) (Morning edition, 706). Zürich: 35. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Sportinformation Si (22 December 1969). "Israelischer Protest abgewiesen" . Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German) (Noon edition, 740). Zürich: 7. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Válogatott mérközések - férfiak". kezitortenelem.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  6. 1 2 Sportinformation Si (13 November 1969). "Auch Polen kampflos in der WM-Endrunde". Die Tat (in Swiss High German). 34 (267). Zürich: Migros: 9. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. 1 2 "Weitere WM-Ausscheidungsspiele". Die Tat (in Swiss High German). 34 (271). Zürich: Migros: 10. 18 November 1969. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  8. 1 2 ГАНДБОЛ (in Russian). Moscow: ФИЗКУЛЬТУРА И СПОРТ. 1982. p. 99.
  9. 1 2 es (2 December 1969). "WM-Ausscheidung". Die Tat (in Swiss High German). 34 (283). Zürich: Migros: 10. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  10. 1 2 "RESULTADOS SELECCIONES". Royal Spanish Handball Federation . Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 7 July 2020.; (Input following: In FECHA11-1969 and TIPOOFICIAL
  11. ↑ "Well quarded secret finally leaks out". Edmonton Journal : 29. 14 November 1969. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "City Team nips U.S. in handball". Edmonton Journal : 11. 17 November 1969. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Canada wins handball championship". Montreal Gazette . 192: 20. 1 December 1969. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Handball: Graves accusations de la Fédération Américaine". Feuille d'avis de Lausanne (in French): 37. 18 January 1970 – via Scriptorium.
  15. ↑ Associated Press (30 January 1970). "U.S. Entry Accepted In Handball Tourney". The Bridgeport Post : 22. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Die USA für WM qualifiziert". Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (in Swiss High German). 66 (25). Zürich: 27. 31 January 1970. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
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