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Handball, Men

Date	20 – 30 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets sporta Dynamo, Moskva / Dvorets sporta Sokolniki, Mosvka
Participants	164 from 12 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The first six teams of the 1978 World Championships qualified for Moscow, but the champion West Germans withdrew because of the boycott. Otherwise, the event had a strong line-up, even though two weaker nations, African champion Tunisia and Asian champion Japan, also boycotted, and they were replaced by Algeria and Kuwait respectively.

As in 1976, the winners of the pools qualified for the final directly, making the pool matches of vital importance. In Pool A, the East Germans didn’t have too much trouble reaching first place. They were held to a draw by Hungary (14-14), but as the Hungarians had also drawn against Poland, they held matters in their own hand. The fourth pool match against Poland was close (22-21), but East Germany reached the final. The second pool was much closer. Yugoslavia turned their match against Romania around, trailing 10-16 in the second half but winning 23-21 eventually. The Soviets failed to beat Romania (19-22), despite the fact that they had led 15-9 at half-time and that one of the Romanians was sent off at 19-20. This meant the final pool match between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia was decisive: if the Soviets won by four or more goals, they would reach the final. The home nation pulled off that feat (22-17), helped by goalkeeper Mykola Tomin, who stopped five penalty shots.

The final, between the second and third finishers at the World Championships, was as close as could be expected. At half-time, the score was 10-10, and at full time both teams had double their scores: 20-20 - the Soviets having equalized a mere 22 seconds before the final whistle. Aleksandre Anp’ilogovi scored the first goal of overtime, the Soviets then saw a penalty shot stopped by East German goalie Wieland Schmidt, who had also saved at 16-18. The DDR then rallied to pull ahead 23-21. Anp’ilogovi scored again in the final minute, but the scored remained at 23-22, giving the Germans their first Olympic title. Scorer of the final German goal, Hans-Georg Beyer, enjoyed a successful family Olympics: his brother Udo won a shot put bronze (he was the 1976 champion), while sister Gisela came fourth in the discus throw.

The team coming in last was Kuwait. They had qualified because first Japan and then South Korea had forfeited their place due to their nations’ boycott of the Games. They lost all six of their matches, averaging 14.6 goals for and 34.6 against. Against Yugoslavia, they lost 44-10. The goal difference from that match, 34, is still an Olympic record as of 2008. It also remains a record for goals scored by a male team in one match. The record was equalled in 2000 (Sweden-Australia 44-23) although the Austrian women beat Brazil 45-26 at those same Olympics.

Pos	Team	NOC	Games	Goals / Saves	Attempts / Shots on Goal	Shots % / Save %	Wing Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	7 metre Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Fastbreak Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Breakthrough Shots / Attempts - Saves / Shots	Technical Faults	Warnings	Suspensions	Disqualifications	Exclusions	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	East Germany	GDR	6	131	207	0.633	0/4	27/32	12/19	92/152	46	13	27	2	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Gold
	Siegfried Voigt		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Günter Dreibrodt		6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Rost		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Klaus Gruner		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hans-Georg Beyer		5	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Dietmar Schmidt		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hartmut Krüger		6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lothar Doering		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	8	2	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ernst Gerlach		1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Frank-Michael Wahl		6	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ingolf Wiegert		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Wieland Schmidt		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rainer Höft		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hans-Georg Jaunich		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Paul Tiedemann
2	Soviet Union	URS	6	156	221	0.706	0/4	34/46	26/36	96/135	52	12	25	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–	Silver
	Mikhail Ishchenko		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Viktor Makhorin		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sergey Kushniryuk		5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aleksandr Karshakevich		4	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vladimir Kravtsov		4	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vladimir Belov		6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Anatoly Fedyukin		5	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aleksandre Anp'ilogovi		6	29	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yevgeny Chernyshov		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Aleksey Zhuk		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Nikolay Tomin		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	1	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Yury Kidyayev		5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vladimir Repyev		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Valdemaras Novickis		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Anatoly Yevtushenko
3	Romania	ROU	6	139	218	0.638	0/8	21/30	24/29	94/151	49	10	20	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–	Bronze
	Nicolae Munteanu		6	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Marian Dumitru		4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Iosif Boroș		6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Maricel Voinea		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vasile Stîngă		6	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Radu Voina		4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Cezar Drăgăniță		4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Cornel Durău		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ștefan Birtalan		6	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Alexandru Fölker		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Neculai Vasilcă		4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lucian Vasilache		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Adrian Cosma		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Claudiu Ionescu		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Niculae Nedeff
4	Hungary	HUN	6	114	199	0.573	0/8	19/24	17/20	78/147	75	7	23	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Béla Bartalos		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	László Szabó		6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Péter Kovács		6	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sándor Vass		6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	János Fodor		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	István Szilágyi		3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	József Kenyeres		6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	László Jánovszki		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ambrus Lele		3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ernő Gubányi		6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zsolt Kontra		6	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Alpár Jegenyés		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Árpád Pál		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Miklós Kovacsics		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	László Horvath
5	Spain	ESP	6	126	230	0.548	0/4	22/29	18/26	86/171	78	6	17	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	José María Pagoaga		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jesús Albisu		6	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Vicente Calabuig		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan de la Puente		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rafael López		2	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	José Novoa		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan José Uria		6	24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Agustín Millán		5	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Francisco López		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Eugenio Serrano		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Gregorio López		6	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Pedro de Miguel		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Francisco Muñoz		6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Javier Cabanas DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Emilio Alonso
6	Yugoslavia	YUG	6	155	242	0.640	0/7	15/21	38/53	102/161	59	7	27	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zlatan Arnautović		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Momir Rnić		6	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Enver Koso		4	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Drago Jovović		6	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Stjepan Obran		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jasmin Mrkonja		6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Mahne		2	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pavao Jurina		6	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Goran Nerić		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jovica Cvetković		5	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Velibor Nenadić		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Adnan Dizdar		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mile Isaković		5	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jovan Elezović		4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Petar Lazarević
7	Poland	POL	6	146	251	0.582	0/8	21/23	19/28	106/192	70	11	18	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Andrzej Kącki		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zbigniew Gawlik		6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Piotr Czaczka		4	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Marek Panas		5	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jerzy Klempel		6	44	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Janusz Brzozowski		6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Zbigniew Tłuczyński		6	14	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Grzegorz Kosma		5	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Daniel Waszkiewicz		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ryszard Jedliński		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Henryk Rozmiarek		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Alfred Kałuziński		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jerzy Garpiel		5	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mieczysław Wojczak		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Jacek Zglinicki
8	Switzerland	SUI	6	132	225	0.587	0/14	26/28	24/35	82/148	81	9	18	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Eduard Wickli		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ernst Züllig		6	40	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Robert Jehle		6	17	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Roland Brand		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Max Schär		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Maag		6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Walter Müller		6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ruedi Weber		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hans Huber		6	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Konrad Affolter		6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hanspeter Lutz		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ugo Jametti		1	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Peter Jehle		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Martin Ott DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Nikola Andric
9	Denmark	DEN	6	124	226	0.549	0/9	13/19	23/29	88/169	59	6	14	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ole Nørskov Sørensen		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Michael Berg		6	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Anders Dahl-Nielsen		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Thomas Pazyj		4	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Bjarne Jeppesen		5	19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Iver Grunnet		3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Morten Stig Christensen		4	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Carsten Haurum		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Palle Jensen		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Erik Bue Pedersen		5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Hans Henrik Hattesen		5	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mogens Jeppesen		6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Poul Kjær Poulsen		6	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Per Skaarup		6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Leif Christensen Mikkelsen
10	Algeria	ALG	6	114	200	0.570	0/7	25/37	14/23	75/133	113	6	13	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ahmed Farfar		4	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Krim Hamiche		6	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Azzedine Bouzerar		6	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Omar Azzeb		6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ali Akacha		6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ahcen Djeffal		6	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Kamel Hebri		3	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mouloud Mekhnache		6	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Madjid Slimani		3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Krim Ben Djemil		6	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Atif Bergheul		6	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Atif Bakir		5	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Rashid Mokhrani		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mohamed Machou		3	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Mohamed Aziz Derouaz
11	Cuba	CUB	6	135	249	0.542	0/7	18/28	23/29	94/185	89	9	28	2	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Pablo Pedroso		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Roberto Casuso		6	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jesús Agramonte		6	34	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	1	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Miguel Izquierdo		5	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	José Nenínger		1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Llanes		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Querol		6	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Juan Prendes		6	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Sabino Medina		6	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Roberto Zulueta		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Moisés Casales		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ibrain Crombet		6	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lázaro Jiménez		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Lázaro Pedroso DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	Manuel Quiala
12	Kuwait	KUW	6	88	203	0.433	0/9	16/23	11/15	61/156	173	5	13	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Faraj Al-Mutairi		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Khaled Shah		6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Saleh Najem		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Fawzi Al-Shuwairbat		5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jasem Al-Deyab		6	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ismael Shah Al-Zadah		5	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Jasem Al-Qassar		3	18	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Majid Al-Khamis		6	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri		6	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Mohamed Al-Qassar		6	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Musa'ed Al-Randi		6	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Khamis Bashir		6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Abdullah Al-Qenai		5	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–-–
	Ahmad Al-Emran DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–-–
Coach	János Adorján

Preliminary Round

Date	20 – 28 July 1980

Group A

Date	20 – 28 July 1980
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Draws	Losses	Points	Goals
1	East Germany	GDR	4	1	0	9	108-92
2	Hungary	HUN	3	2	0	8	96-88
3	Spain	ESP	2	1	2	5	102-106
4	Poland	POL	2	1	2	5	123-97
5	Denmark	DEN	1	0	4	2	96-104
6	Cuba	CUB	0	1	4	1	103-141

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul 17:00	Denmark	DEN	30 – 18	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	20 Jul 18:30	Hungary	HUN	20 – 20	Poland	POL
Match #3	20 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	21 – 17	Spain	ESP
Match #4	22 Jul 17:00	Poland	POL	34 – 19	Cuba	CUB
Match #5	22 Jul 18:30	Spain	ESP	20 – 19	Denmark	DEN
Match #6	22 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	14 – 14	Hungary	HUN
Match #7	24 Jul 17:00	Hungary	HUN	20 – 17	Spain	ESP
Match #8	24 Jul 18:30	Poland	POL	26 – 12	Denmark	DEN
Match #9	24 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	27 – 20	Cuba	CUB
Match #10	26 Jul 17:00	Cuba	CUB	24 – 24	Spain	ESP
Match #11	26 Jul 18:30	Hungary	HUN	16 – 15	Denmark	DEN
Match #12	26 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	22 – 21	Poland	POL
Match #13	28 Jul 17:00	Hungary	HUN	26 – 22	Cuba	CUB
Match #14	28 Jul 18:30	Spain	ESP	24 – 22	Poland	POL
Match #15	28 Jul 20:00	East Germany	GDR	24 – 20	Denmark	DEN

Group B

Date	20 – 28 July 1980
Format	Round-robin pools.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Soviet Union	URS	4	1	8	134-75
2	Romania	ROU	4	1	8	119-88
3	Yugoslavia	YUG	4	1	8	132-92
4	Switzerland	SUI	2	3	4	110-98
5	Algeria	ALG	1	4	2	94-124
6	Kuwait	KUW	0	5	0	64-176

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul 17:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	22 – 18	Algeria	ALG
Match #2	20 Jul 18:30	Romania	ROU	32 – 12	Kuwait	KUW
Match #3	20 Jul 20:00	Soviet Union	URS	22 – 15	Switzerland	SUI
Match #4	22 Jul 17:00	Romania	ROU	26 – 18	Algeria	ALG
Match #5	22 Jul 18:30	Soviet Union	URS	38 – 11	Kuwait	KUW
Match #6	22 Jul 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	26 – 21	Switzerland	SUI
Match #7	24 Jul 17:00	Switzerland	SUI	32 – 14	Kuwait	KUW
Match #8	24 Jul 18:30	Soviet Union	URS	33 – 10	Algeria	ALG
Match #9	24 Jul 20:00	Yugoslavia	YUG	23 – 21	Romania	ROU
Match #10	26 Jul 17:00	Switzerland	SUI	26 – 18	Algeria	ALG
Match #11	26 Jul 18:30	Yugoslavia	YUG	44 – 10	Kuwait	KUW
Match #12	26 Jul 20:00	Romania	ROU	22 – 19	Soviet Union	URS
Match #13	28 Jul 17:00	Algeria	ALG	30 – 17	Kuwait	KUW
Match #14	28 Jul 18:30	Romania	ROU	18 – 16	Switzerland	SUI
Match #15	28 Jul 20:00	Soviet Union	URS	22 – 17	Yugoslavia	YUG

Final Round

Date	30 July 1980
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Jul 18:30	East Germany	GDR	23 – 22	Soviet Union	URS
Match 3/4	30 Jul 14:45	Romania	ROU	20 – 18	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	30 Jul 13:00	Spain	ESP	24 – 23	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match 7/8	30 Jul 14:00	Poland	POL	23 – 22	Switzerland	SUI
Match 9/10	30 Jul 12:30	Denmark	DEN	28 – 20	Algeria	ALG
Match 11/12	30 Jul 11:00	Cuba	CUB	32 – 24	Kuwait	KUW