# 1970 World Men's Handball Championship – qualification

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

## Europe and Africa

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

### Draw

| Pot 1 (seeded) (WC 67) | Pot 2 (unseeded) |
| Soviet Union (4)  Sweden (5)  West Germany (6)  Yugoslavia (7)  Hungary (8)  East Germany (9)  Poland (12)  Norway (13)  Switzerland (14)  Iceland (Not participate) | Spain  Finland  Portugal  Belgium  Netherlands  Austria  Israel  Morocco  Bulgaria  Luxembourg |

### East Germany – Israel

| 15. November 1969 | East Germany | 35–2 | Israel | Schwerin |
| 15. November 1969 | Reiner Ganschow (13) | (19–2) | | Schwerin |
| Israel | 0–5 | East Germany | Kfar Giladi Referees: ? (ROU) |
| | (forfeit) | | Kfar Giladi Referees: ? (ROU) |
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.
On 21 December 1969 the IHF rejected the protest.

### Hungary – Bulgaria

| 15. November 1969 | Hungary | 29–11 | Bulgaria | Játékcsarnok, Budapest |
| 15. November 1969 | | (15–6) | | Játékcsarnok, Budapest |
| 30. November 1969 | Bulgaria | 15–23 | Hungary | Sofia |
| 30. November 1969 | | (8–12) | | Sofia |

### 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 | 28–10 | Austria | Reykjavík |
| 15 November 1969 | Geir Hallsteinsson | Report | | Reykjavík |
| 7 December 1969 | Austria | 21–20 | Iceland | Vienna |

### Norway – Belgium

| 16. November 1969 18:30 | Norway | 26–6 | Belgium | Oslo |
| 16. November 1969 18:30 | Per Graver (8) | (15–2) | | Oslo |
| 16. November 1969 18:30 | | Report | | Oslo |
| 30. November 1969 | Belgium | 6–35 | Norway |
| 30. November 1969 | | 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.

### Soviet Union – Finland

| 16. November 1969 | Soviet Union | 22–10 | Finland | Leningrad or Moscow |
| 16. November 1969 | | (11–6) | | Leningrad or Moscow |
* ↑ According to the Russian book in Leningrad. According to the Swiss newsletter in Moscow.
| 30. November 1969 | Finland | 19–33 | Soviet Union | Helsinki |

### Sweden – Portugal

Portugal gave forfeit

### Switzerland – Luxembourg

| 15. November 1969 | Switzerland | 11–10 | Luxembourg | Steinli, Möhlin Attendance: 1.800 |
| 15. November 1969 | Hansjürg Rudolf (5) | (5–7) | | Steinli, Möhlin Attendance: 1.800 |
| 15. November 1969 | | Report | | Steinli, Möhlin Attendance: 1.800 |
| 29. November 1969 | Luxembourg | 9–22 | Switzerland | Differdange Attendance: 1.200 |
| 29. November 1969 | | (1–12) | Willy Glaus (6) | Differdange Attendance: 1.200 |
| 29. November 1969 | | Report | | Differdange Attendance: 1.200 |

### West Germany – Netherlands

| 28. November 1969 | Netherlands | 16–16 | West Germany | Utrecht |
| 28. November 1969 | | (9–10) | Herbert Hönnige & Hans-Günther Schmidt (3) | Utrecht |
| 30. November 1969 | West Germany | 22–10 | Netherlands | Münster Attendance: 5.000 |
| 30. November 1969 | Max Müller | (9–6) | | Münster Attendance: 5.000 |

### Yugoslavia – Spain

| 15 November 1969 | Yugoslavia | 28–14 | Spain | Pančevo |
| 29 November 1969 | Spain | 15–26 | Yugoslavia | Vigo |

## North America

In March Die Tat from Switzerland wrote that Canada and the United States were already qualified.
| 15. November 1969 | United States | 17–21 | Canada Edmonton International Handball Club | Livingston, New Jersey |
| 30. November 1969 | Canada | 19–17 | United States | Toronto |
| 30. November 1969 | Mario Savage (7) | | Vince Drake (9) | Toronto |
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. 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.

## References and notes

* 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.
* 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Sportinformation Si (22 December 1969). "Israelischer Protest abgewiesen". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German) (Noon edition, 740). Zürich: 7. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
* 1 2 "Válogatott mérközések - férfiak". kezitortenelem.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
* 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.
* 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.
* 1 2 ГАНДБОЛ (in Russian). Moscow: ФИЗКУЛЬТУРА И СПОРТ. 1982. p. 99.
* 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.
* 1 2 "RESULTADOS SELECCIONES". Royal Spanish Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 7 July 2020.; (Input following: In FECHA 11-1969 and TIPO OFICIAL
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "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.
* ↑ "Handball: Graves accusations de la Fédération Américaine". Feuille d'avis de Lausanne (in French): 37. 18 January 1970 – via Scriptorium.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ "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.