# Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament was one of two handball tournaments at the 1976 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of a men's handball tournament as a medal event at the Olympic Games, after 1936 and 1972 (a demonstration event was held in 1952).

## Qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 12 May 1970 | Amsterdam | 1 | Canada |
| 1974 World Championship | 28 February – 10 March 1974 | East Germany | 1 | Romania |
| European qualification tournament | 4 November 1975 – 7 March 1976 | Various | 7 | Czechoslovakia Denmark Hungary Poland Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia |
| Asian qualification tournament | 15 March – April 1976 | Various | 1 | Japan |
| African qualification tournament | 10–18 April 1976 | Tunis | 1 | Tunisia |
| American qualification tournament | | | 1 | United States |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 77 | +34 | 8 | Gold medal game |
| 2 | West Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 76 | +21 | 8 | Bronze medal game |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 110 | 93 | +17 | 8 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 102 | −10 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 111 | −15 | 2 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Canada (H) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 122 | −47 | 0 | |
| 18 July 1976 19:00 | Soviet Union | 26–16 | Japan | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 18 July 1976 19:00 | Chernyshov 7 | (11–5) | Fujinaka 6 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 18 July 1976 19:00 | Yugoslavia | 22–18 | Canada | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 18 July 1976 19:00 | three players 5 | (15–12) | De Roussan 6 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 18 July 1976 19:00 | West Germany | 18–14 | Denmark | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 18 July 1976 19:00 | Deckarm 6 | (7–5) | Dahl-Nielsen 8 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 20 July 1976 20:30 | West Germany | 19–16 | Japan | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 20 July 1976 20:30 | Ehret 5 | (11–5) | Fujinaka 6 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 20 July 1976 20:30 | Yugoslavia | 25–17 | Denmark | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 20 July 1976 20:30 | Miljak 8 | (13–5) | Larsen 9 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 20 July 1976 20:30 | Soviet Union | 25–9 | Canada | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 20 July 1976 20:30 | Gassy 6 | (12–5) | Ferdais 3 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 22 July 1976 19:00 | Yugoslavia | 20–18 | Soviet Union | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 22 July 1976 19:00 | Krivokapić 8 | (11–8) | Gassy 5 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 22 July 1976 19:00 | West Germany | 26–11 | Canada | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 22 July 1976 19:00 | Klühspies 6 | (14–7) | Viens 4 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 22 July 1976 19:00 | Denmark | 21–17 | Japan | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 22 July 1976 19:00 | Larsen 7 | (8–11) | Kino 5 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 24 July 1976 20:30 | Denmark | 24–18 | Canada | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 24 July 1976 20:30 | Andersen, Pazyj 6 | (7–6) | Blankenau, Désormeaux 4 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 24 July 1976 20:30 | West Germany | 16–18 | Soviet Union | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 24 July 1976 20:30 | Larsen 7 | (5–9) | Gassy 6 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 24 July 1976 20:30 | Yugoslavia | 26–22 | Japan | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 24 July 1976 20:30 | Miljak 12 | (13–12) | Fujinaka, Gamo 6 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 26 July 1976 19:00 | West Germany | 18–17 | Yugoslavia | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 26 July 1976 19:00 | Ehret, Klühspies 4 | (8–7) | Pavićević 10 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 26 July 1976 19:00 | Japan | 25–19 | Canada | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 26 July 1976 19:00 | three players 5 | (9–9) | Ferdais 5 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 26 July 1976 19:00 | Soviet Union | 24–16 | Denmark | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 26 July 1976 19:00 | Klimov 6 | (13–7) | Larsen 6 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Romania | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 71 | +20 | 7 | Gold medal game |
| 2 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 71 | +9 | 6 | Bronze medal game |
| 3 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 82 | +10 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 85 | 82 | +3 | 3 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | United States | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 122 | −42 | 0 | Ninth place game |
| – | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn |
* ↑ Tunisia withdrew after 2 matches.
| 18 July 1976 20:30 | Romania | 23–18 | Hungary | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG) |
| 18 July 1976 20:30 | Birtalan 6 | (13–8) | Szilágyi, Vass 4 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal Referees: Valčić, Stanojević (YUG) |
| 18 July 1976 20:30 | Czechoslovakia | 28–20 | United States | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 18 July 1976 20:30 | Jarý 5 | (15–13) | Abrahamson 7 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 18 July 1976 20:30 | Poland | 26–12 (Annulled) | Tunisia | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 20 July 1976 19:00 | Czechoslovakia | 21–9 (Annulled) | Tunisia | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 20 July 1976 19:00 | Romania | 32–19 | United States | PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Rodil, Ohlsen (DEN) |
| 20 July 1976 19:00 | Birtalan 8 | (16–8) | Abrahamson, Rogers 5 | PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Rodil, Ohlsen (DEN) |
| 20 July 1976 19:00 | Poland | 18–16 | Hungary | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 20 July 1976 19:00 | Kałuziński 8 | (7–8) | Varga 7 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke |
| 22 July 1976 20:30 | Hungary | 36–21 | United States | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 22 July 1976 20:30 | Varga 9 | (18–9) | Ra. Dean 6 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 22 July 1976 20:30 | Poland | 21–18 | Czechoslovakia | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 22 July 1976 20:30 | Gmyrek, Melcer 5 | (8–7) | Mikeš 6 | PEPS, Quebec City |
| 24 July 1976 19:00 | Poland | 26–20 | United States | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 24 July 1976 19:00 | Klempel, Przybysz 8 | (14–10) | Rogers 8 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 24 July 1976 19:00 | Romania | 19–19 | Czechoslovakia | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Referees: Rodil, Ohlsen (DEN) |
| 24 July 1976 19:00 | Birtalan 7 | (13–10) | three players 4 | Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Referees: Rodil, Ohlsen (DEN) |
| 26 July 1976 20:30 | Czechoslovakia | 20–22 | Hungary | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 26 July 1976 20:30 | Mikeš 7 | (11–10) | Vass 7 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 26 July 1976 20:30 | Romania | 17–15 | Poland | PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG) |
| 26 July 1976 20:30 | Birtalan 8 | (8–6) | Klempel 6 | PEPS, Quebec City Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG) |

### Final round
#### Ninth place game

| 27 July 1976 14:00 | Japan | 27–20 | United States | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 27 July 1976 14:00 | three players 5 | (12–8) | Ra. Dean 6 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |

#### Seventh place game

| 27 July 1976 15:30 | Denmark | 21–25 | Czechoslovakia | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 27 July 1976 15:30 | Bock, Dahl-Nielsen 4 | (13–11) | three players 5 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |

#### Fifth place game

| 27 July 1976 19:00 | Yugoslavia | 21–19 | Hungary | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |
| 27 July 1976 19:00 | Serdarušić 7 | (11–9) | Vass 6 | Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal |

#### Bronze medal game

| 28 July 1976 17:00 | West Germany | 18–21 | Poland | Montreal Forum, Montreal |
| 28 July 1976 17:00 | three players 4 | (9–11) | Kałuziński, Klempel 6 | Montreal Forum, Montreal |

#### Gold medal game

| 28 July 1976 18:30 | Soviet Union | 19–15 | Romania | Montreal Forum, Montreal Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG) |
| 28 July 1976 18:30 | Gassy 6 | (10–6) | Grabovschi, Licu 4 | Montreal Forum, Montreal Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Reichel, Tetens (FRG) |

## Team rosters

| Canada | Czechoslovakia | Denmark | Hungary | Japan | Poland |
| Wolfgang Blankenau Christian Chagnon François Dauphin Hugues de Roussan Pierre Désormeaux Pierre Ferdais Robert Johnson Richard Lambert Claude Lefebvre Danny Power Pierre St. Martin Stan Thorseth Luc Tousignant Claude Viens Coach: Eugen Trofin | Bohumil Cepák Jozef Dobrotka Vladimír Haber Jiří Hanzl Vladimír Jarý Jiří Kavan Jindřich Krepindl Jiří Liška Pavel Mikeš Ján Packa Jaroslav Papiernik Ivan Satrapa František Šulc Coach: Jiří VíchaŠtefan Katušák | Søren Andersen Lars Bock Anders Dahl-Nielsen Jørgen Frandsen Claus From Henrik Jacobsgaard Palle Jensen Kay Jørgensen Bent Larsen Thor Munkager Thomas Pazyj Jesper Petersen Johnny Piechnik Coach: Jørgen GaarskjærMorten Stig Christensen | Béla Bartalos (Honvéd Szondy SE) Ferenc Buday (Budapest Honvéd SE) Ernő Gubányi (TBSC) László Jánovszki (Budapest Spartacus SC) József Kenyeres (Budapest Honvéd SE) Zsolt Kontra (Honvéd Szondy SE) Péter Kovács (Budapest Honvéd SE) Mihály Süvöltős (Debreceni Dózsa) István Szilágyi (FTC) István Varga (Debreceni Dózsa) Károly Vass (Elektromos SE) Gábor Verőci (Budapest Honvéd SE) Coach: Mihály FaludiZoltán Bartalos Pál Kocsis | Kenji Fujinaka Seimei Gamo Hiroshi Hanawa Hiroshi Honda Toyohiko Hozumi Satoshi Kikuchi Minoru Kino Kozo Matsubara Takezo Nakai Kenichi Sasaki Yoji Sato Masaki Shibata Coach: Tomoaki Takeno | Zdzisław Antczak Janusz Brzozowski Piotr Cieśla Jan Gmyrek Alfred Kałuziński Jerzy Klempel Zygfryd Kuchta Jerzy Melcer Ryszard Przybysz Henryk Rozmiarek Andrzej Sokołowski Andrzej Szymczak Mieczysław Wojczak Włodzimierz Zieliński Coach: Janusz Czerwiński |
| Romania | Soviet Union | Tunisia | United States | West Germany | Yugoslavia |
| Ștefan Birtalan Adrian Cosma Cezar Drăgăniṭă Alexandru Fölker Cristian Gațu Mircea Grabovschi Roland Gunesch Gabriel Kicsid Ghiță Licu Nicolae Munteanu Cornel Penu Werner Stöckl Constantin Tudosie Radu Voina Coach: Nicolae Nedef | Aleksandr Anpilogov Yevgeni Chernyshov Anatoli Fedyukin Valeri Gassy Vasily Ilyin Mykhaylo Ishchenko Yury Kidyayev Yury Klimov Vladimir Kravtsov Serhiy Kushniryuk Yuriy Lahutyn Vladimir Maksimov Oleksandr Rezanov Mykola Tomyn Coach: Anatoli Yevtushenko | Mohamed Abdel Khaled Khaled Achour Habib Ammar Ahmed Bechir Bel Hadj Abderraouf Ben Samir Moncef Besbes Raouf Chabchoub Slaheddine Deguechi Mohamed Naceur Jelili Mounir Jelili Habib Kheder Lotfi Rebai | 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 Coach: Dennis Berkholtz | Gerd Becker Günter Böttcher Heiner Brand Bernhard Busch Joachim Deckarm Arno Ehret Jürgen Hahn Manfred Hofmann Peter Jaschke Peter Kleibrink Kurt Klühspies Rudolf Rauer Horst Spengler Walter von Oepen Coach: Vlado Štencl | Abaz Arslanagić Vlado Bojović Hrvoje Horvat Milorad Karalić Radivoj Krivokapić Zdravko Miljak Željko Nimš Radisav Pavićević Branislav Pokrajac Nebojša Popović Zdravko Rađenović Zvonimir Serdarušić Predrag Timko Zdenko Zorko Coach: Ivan Snoj |