| Finals | | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 11.08 | 15:30 |  Yugoslavia | 18-17 |  West Germany | 8-7 | | 3-4 | 11.08 | 14:00 |  Romania | 24-16 |  Denmark | 15-10 | | Classification | | 5-6 | 10.08 | 12:30 |  Sweden | 26-23 |  Iceland | 14-9 | | 7-8 | 10.08 | 11:00 |  Switzerland | 18-17 |  Spain | 9-9 | | 9-10 | 10.08 | 18:30 |  United States | 24-16 |  Japan | 9-5 | | 11-12 | 10.08 | 20:00 |  South Korea | 25-21 | Algeria | 10-9 |
Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Cuba non-participated.
West Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Iceland and South Korea were added.
Canada was invited to replace Cuba, but South Korea took this berth.
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| Final Ranking | Pts | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 141: | 93 | | 2. West Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 126: | 113 | | 3. Romania | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 144: | 107 | | 4. Denmark | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 131: | 123 | | 5. Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 145: | 133 | | 6. Iceland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 125: | 122 | | 7. Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 101: | 119 | | 8. Spain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 122: | 124 | | 9. United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 115: | 116 | | 10.Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 100: | 141 | | 11.South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148: | 173 | | 12.Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96: | 130 |
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| | | Winners to Final. Rest to cslassification games. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 123: | 76 | | 2. Romania | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 120: | 91 | | 3. Iceland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 102: | 96 | | 4. Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 83: | 102 | | 5. Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 84: | 117 | | 6. Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75: | 105 |
| Team | Ju | Ro | Ic | Sw | Ja | Al | | Yugoslavia | ---- | 19:18 | 22:22 | 25:11 | 32:15 | 25:10 | | Romania | | ---- | 26:17 | 23:17 | 28:22 | 25:16 | | Iceland | | | ---- | 23:16 | 21:17 | 19:15 | | Switzerland | | | | ---- | 20:13 | 19:18 | | Japan | | | | | ---- | 17:16 | | Algeria | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 31.07 | 14:00 | Yugoslavia | 22-22 | Iceland | 8-12 | | 31.07 | 18:30 | Switzerland | 20-13 | Japan | 7-6 | | 31.07 | 20:00 | Romania | 25-16 | Algeria | 11-7 | | 02.08 | 18:30 | Yugoslavia | 32-15 | Japan | 14-8 | | 02.08 | 20:00 | Romania | 26-17 | Iceland | 16-11 | | 02.08 | 21:30 | Switzerland | 19-18 | Algeria | 10-10 | | 04.08 | 11:00 | Iceland | 21-17 | Japan | 9-9 | | 04.08 | 14:00 | Yugoslavia | 25-10 | Algeria | 13-3 | | 04.08 | 20:00 | Romania | 23-17 | Switzerland | 13-9 | | 06.08 | 18:30 | Romania | 28-22 | Japan | 12-11 | | 06.08 | 20:00 | Iceland | 19-15 | Algeria | 7-7 | | 06.08 | 21:30 | Yugoslavia | 25-11 | Switzerland | 12-6 | | 08.08 | 11:00 | Iceland | 23-16 | Switzerland | 9-8 | | 08.08 | 12:30 | Yugoslavia | 19-18 | Romania | 8-10 | | 08.08 | 18:30 | Japan | 17-16 | Algeria | 11-7 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.West Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109: | 95 | | 2.Denmark | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115: | 99 | | 3.Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119: | 110 | | 4.Spain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 105: | 106 | | 5.United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 91: | 100 | | 6.South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 123: | 152 |
| Team | We | De | Sw | Sp | Un | So | | West Germany | ---- | 20:18 | 18:17 | 18:16 | 21:19 | 32:25 | | Denmark | | ---- | 26:19 | 21:16 | 19:16 | 31:28 | | Sweden | | | ---- | 26:25 | 21:18 | 36:23 | | Spain | | | | ---- | 17:16 | 31:25 | | United States | | | | | ---- | 22:22 | | South Korea | | | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 31.07 | 11:00 | Sweden | 36-23 | South Korea | 16-11 | | 31.07 | 12:30 | Denmark | 21-16 | Spain | 6-8 | | 31.07 | 21:30 | West Germany | 21-19 | United States | 12-8 | | 02.08 | 11:00 | Denmark | 31-28 | South Korea | 17-14 | | 02.08 | 12:30 | West Germany | 18-16 | Spain | 7-9 | | 02.08 | 14:00 | Sweden | 21-18 | United States | 10-6 | | 04.08 | 12:30 | West Germany | 18-17 | Sweden | 11-7 | | 04.08 | 18:03 | Spain | 31-25 | South Korea | 12-11 | | 04.08 | 21:30 | Denmark | 19-16 | United States | 8-7 | | 06.08 | 11:00 | West Germany | 32-25 | South Korea | 18-11 | | 06.08 | 12:30 | Denmark | 26-19 | Sweden | 11-9 | | 06.08 | 14:00 | Spain | 17-16 | United States | 10-9 | | 08.08 | 14:00 | West Germany | 20-18 | Denmark | 9-9 | | 08.08 | 20:00 | Sweden | 26-25 | Spain | 16-13 | | 08.08 | 21:30 | United States | 22-22 | South Korea | 13-12 |
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| 1. Yugoslavia | | Zlatan Arnautović | | Momir Rnić | | Veselin Vuković | | Milan Kalina | | Jovan Elezović | | Zdravko Zovko | | Branko Štrbac | | Pavle Jurina | | Veselin Vujović | | Slobodan Kuzmanovski | | Mirko Bašić | | Dragan Mladenović | | Zdravko Rađenović | | Mile Isaković |
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| 2. West Germany | | Andreas Thiel | | Arnulf Meffle | | Neitzel Rüdiger | | Martin Schwalb | | Dirk Rauin | | Michael Paul | | Michael Roth | | Thomas Happe | | Sepp Wunderlich | | Thomas Springel | | Klaus Wöller | | Jochen Fraatz | | Uwe Schwenker | | Siegfried Roch | | Ulrich Roth |
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| 3. Romania | | Nicolae Munteanu | | Marian Dumitru | | Iosif Boroş | | Maricel Voinea | | Vasile Stîngă | | George Drăgoiescu | | Gheorghe Covaciu | | Cornel Durău | | Alexandru Fölker | | Dumitru Berbece | | Neculai Vasilca | | Alexandru Buligan | | Vasile Oprea | | Mircea Bedivan | | Adrian Simion |
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| 4. Denmark | | Anders Dahl-Nielsen | | Carsten Haurum | | Erik Veje Rasmussen | | Hans Henrik Hattesen | | Jens Erik Roepstorff | | Gluver Jørgen | | Keld Nielsen | | Klaus Sletting Jensen | | Mogens Jeppesen | | Morten Stig Christensen | | Per Skaarup | | Michael Fenger | | Poul Sørensen | | Michael Strøm |
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| 5. Sweden | | Björn Jilsén | | Christer Magnusson | | Claes Hellgren | | Daniel Augustsson | | Lars-Erik Hansson | | Lennarth Ebbinge | | Mats Lindau | | Mats Olsson | | Per Carlén | | Peter Olofsson | | Rolf Hertzberg | | Bengtsson Göran | | Per Öberg | | Sten Sjögren | | Jilsén Pär |
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| 6. Iceland | | Alfreð Gíslason | | Atli Hilmarsson | | Bjarni Guðmundsson | | Brynjar Kvaran | | Einar Þorvarðarson | | Guðmundur Guðmundsson | | Steinar Birgisson | | Jakob Sigurðsson | | Jens Einarsson | | Kristján Arason | | Sigurður Gunnarsson | | Sigurður Sveinsson | | Þorbergur Aðalsteinsson | | Jensson Þorbjörn | | Mathiesen Þorgils |
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| 7. Switzerland | | Heinz Karrer | | Jürgen Bätschmann | | Markus Braun | | Martin Glaser | | Martin Ott | | Martin Rubin | | Max Delhees | | Max Schär | | Norwin Platzer | | Peter Hürlimann | | Peter Jehle | | Peter Weber | | René Barth | | Roland Gassmann | | Uwe Mall |
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| 8. Spain | | Agustín Millán | | Cecilio Alonso | | Eugenio Serrano | | Jaime Puig | | Javier Reino | | José Novoa | | Juan Javier Cabanas | | Juan de la Puente | | Juan Pedro de Miguel | | Juan Francisco Muñoz | | Juan José Uria | | Julián Ruiz | | Rafael López | | Lorenzo Rico | | Pedro García |
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| 9. United States | | Jim Buehning | | Bob Djokovich | | Tim Dykstra | | Craig Gilbert | | Greg Morava | | Steve Goss | | Bill Kessler | | Stephen Kirk | | Peter Lash, Jr. | | Michael Lenard | | Joe McVein | | Rod Oshita | | Tom Schneeberger | | Joe Story |
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| 10.Japan | | Hidetada Ito | | Katsutoshi Taguchi | | Kenzo Seki | | Kiyoshi Nishiyama | | Koji Matsui | | Mitsuaki Nakamoto | | Nobuo Sasaki | | Seiichi Takamura | | Seimei Gamo | | Shinji Yamamoto | | Takahiro Ohata | | Takashi Ikenoue | | Yasuo Ikoma | | Yoshihiro Shiga | | Yukihiko Uemura |
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| 11.South Korea | | An Jin-Su | | Choi Geun-Nyeon | | Choi Tae-Seop | | Hwang Yak-Na | | Gang Deok-Su | | Gang Jae-Won | | Gang Tae-Gu | | Go Seok-Chang | | Lee Gwang-Nam | | Lee Sang-Hyo | | Im Gyu-Ha | | Im Yeong-Cheol | | Park Byeong-Hong | | Park Yeong-Dae | | Sim Jeong-Man |
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| 12.Algeria | | Abdel Krim Ben Djemil | | Abdel Salem Ben Magh Soula | | Abu Sofiane Draouci | | Azzedine Ouhib | | Brahim Bourdrali | | Djaffar Bel Hocine | | Kamel Maoudj | | Kamel Ouchia | | Mouloud Mekhnache | | Hocine Ledra | | Mourad Boussebt | | Mustapha Doballah | | Omar Azzeb | | Rashid Mokhrani | | Zineddine Mohamed Seghir |
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