The 1961 World Men's Handball Championship was the fourth team handball World Championship. It was held in West Germany. A united team composed of players from the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany competed. Romania won the championship.

Final standings

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Standings

Preliminary Round

GROUP A Date Match Res. 1 Mar Sweden - Norway 15-11 2 Mar Norway - Yugoslavia 18-17 3 Mar Sweden - Yugoslavia 14-12 Group A Matches Goals Points 2 29-23 4 2 29-32 2 2 29-32 0	GROUP B Date Match Res. 1 mar Germany - Netherlands 33-7 2 mar France - Netherlands 21-11 3 mar Germany - France 21-7 Group B Matches Goals Points 2 54-14 4 2 28-32 2 2 18-54 0
GROUP C Date Match Res. 1 mar Czechoslovakia - Japan 38-10 2 mar Romania - Japan 29-11 3 mar Czechoslovakia - Romania 12-8 Group C Matches Goals Points 2 50-18 4 2 37-23 2 2 21-67 0	GROUP D Date Match Res. 1 Mar Denmark - Iceland 24-13 2 Mar Iceland - Switzerland 14-12 3 Mar Denmark - Switzerland 18-13 Group D Matches Goals Points 2 42-26 4 2 27-36 2 2 25-32 0

Main Round

GROUP 1 Date Match Res. 5 Mar Sweden - France 15 - 11 5 Mar Czechoslovakia - Iceland 15 - 15 7 Mar Sweden - Iceland 18 - 10 7 Mar Czechoslovakia - France 25 - 6 9 Mar Czechoslovakia - Sweden 15- 10 9 Mar Iceland - France 20 - 13 Group 1 Matches Goals Points 3 55-31 5 3 43-36 4 3 45-46 3 3 30-60 0

GROUP 2 Date Match Res. 5 mar Germany - Norway 15- 8 5 mar Romania - Denmark 15 -13 7 mar Romania - Germany 12 - 9 7 mar Denmark - Norway 10 - 9 9 mar Germany - Denmark 15 - 13 9 mar Romania - Norway 16 - 14 Group 2 Matches Goals Points 3 43-36 6 3 39-33 4 3 36-39 2 3 31-41 0

Final matches

Source: International Handball Federation

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