title: 1963 World University Men's Handball Championship
text: # 1963 World University Men's Handball Championship
  
  The 1963 World University Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the indoor World Cup for students.
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sweden (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 6 | Final |
  | 2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 4 | Third place game |
  | 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 2 | |
  | 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 91 | −56 | 0 | |
  | 1 January 1963 | Denmark | 24–17 | Spain | Lund |
  | 1 January 1963 | Andersen 9 | (13–7) | Alcalde 7 | Lund |
  | 1 January 1963 | 1× | | 1× | Lund |
  | 1 January 1963 | Sweden | 26–15 | Japan | Lund |
  | 3 January 1963 | Denmark | 34–11 | Japan | Lund |
  | 3 January 1963 | Sweden | 22–12 | Spain | Lund |
  | 4 January 1963 | Sweden | 17–11 | Denmark | Lund |
  | 4 January 1963 | | (9–7) | | Lund |
  | 4 January 1963 | Spain | 31–9 | Japan | Lund |
  | 4 January 1963 | Aguirre 8 | (14–3) | Adachi 5 | Lund |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | West Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 4 | Final |
  | 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 2 | Third place game |
  | 3 | Norway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 0 | |
  | 4 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdraw |
  
  Bulgaria withdraw from the competition. On the first match day Germany played against the local handball club H43 Lund.
  
  | 1 January 1963 | Romania | 22–15 or 22–11 | Norway | Lund |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 January 1963 | H43 Lund | 28–12 | West Germany | Lund |
  | 3 January 1963 | West Germany | 14–13 | Norway | Lund |
  | 4 January 1963 | West Germany | 16–15 | Romania | Lund |
  
  ## Placement games
  
  ### Third place game
  
  | 6 January 1963 | Romania | 27–18 | Denmark | Lund |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 January 1963 | | (15–8) | | Lund |
  
  ### Final
  
  | 6 January 1963 | Sweden | 14–11 | West Germany | Lund |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 January 1963 | | (6–8) | | Lund |
  
  ## Final ranking
  
  According to the Romanian Handball Federation following was the final ranking:
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Sweden |
  | | West Germany |
  | | Romania |
  | 4 | Denmark |
  | 5 | Norway |
  | 6 | Spain |
  | 7 | Japan |
  
  ## Teams
  
  ### Rumania
  
  Virgil Tale, Ioan Bogolea, Valentin Samungi, Cornel Oțelea, Ion Popescu, Mihai Fabian, Adrian Jianu, Liviu Constantinescu, Mihail Marinescu, Ion Paraschiv, Francisc Pall, Mircea Duca, Gheorghe Gruia, Adrian Jianu
  
  Coach: Eugen Trofin
  
  