| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Czechoslovakia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94: | 62 | | 2. Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64: | 66 | | 3. Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 63: | 93 |
| Team | Czec | Norw | Aust | | Czechoslovakia | ---- | 15:8 | 35:15 | | Norway | 20:22 | ---- | 24:12 | | Austria | 19:22 | 17:12 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 04.12.65 | Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 35-15 | Austria | 17-7 | | 08.12.65 | Wien | Austria | 17-12 | Norway | 10-8 | | 10.12.65 | Praga | Czechoslovakia | 15-8 | Norway | 9-4 | | 05.03.66 | Wien | Austria | 19-22 | Czechoslovakia | 10-10 | | 09.02.66 | Oslo | Norway | 24-12 | Austria | 10-6 | | 20.03.66 | Elverum | Norway | 20-22 | Czechoslovakia | |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. West Germany | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 142: | 73 | | 2. Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 122: | 93 | | 3. Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77: | 91 | | 4. Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86: | 170 |
| Team | WeGe | Swit | Neth | Belg | | West Germany | ---- | 30:15 | 18:13 | 37:18 | | Switzerland | 13:14 | ---- | 13: 8 | 31:14 | | Netherlands | 8:17 | 8:14 | ---- | 19:14 | | Belgium | 6:26 | 19:36 | 15:21 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 20.11.65 | Liege | Belgium | 19-36 | Switzerland | | | 27.11.65 | Antwerp | Belgium | 6-26 | West Germany | | | 11.12.65 | Basel | Switzerland | 13-8 | Netherlands | 4-2 | | 07.01.66 | Gelleen | Netherlands | 19-14 | Belgium | 9-5 | | 14.01.66 | Basel | Switzerland | 13-14 | West Germany | 7-8 | | 30.01.66 | Den Haag | Netherlands | 8-17 | West Germany | | | 11.02.66 | Oberhausen | West Germany | 18-13 | Netherlands | 10-5 | | 12.02.66 | Chaux-de-Fonds | Switzerland | 31-14 | Belgium | 16-5 | | 26.02.66 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 8-14 | Switzerland | 3-8 | | 12.03.66 | Aalst | Belgium | 15-21 | Netherlands | 9-8 | | 19.03.66 | Ludwigshafen | West Germany | 30-15 | Switzerland | | | 20.03.66 | | West Germany | 37-18 | Belgium | |
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. East Germany | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90: | 58 | | 2. Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 83: | 63 | | 3. Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51: | 103 |
| Team | EaGe | SoUn | Finl | | East Germany | ---- | 24:16 | 27:9 | | Soviet Union | 17:13 | ---- | 26:11 | | Finland | 16:26 | 15:24 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01.12.65 | Helsinki | Finland | 16-26 | East Germany | 9-12 | | 02. | | Soviet Union | 26-11 | Finland | | | 16.01.66 | Schwerin | East Germany | 24-16 | Soviet Union | 13-9 | | 29.01.66 | Rostock | East Germany | 27-9 | Finland | 14-2 | | 28.02.66 | | Finland | 15-24 | Soviet Union | 7-14 | | 06. | Tbilisi | Soviet Union | 17-13 | East Germany | 5-5 |
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Denmark | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 76: | 66 | | 2. Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82: | 78 | | 3. Iceland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 74: | 88 |
| Team | Denm | Pola | Icel | | Denmark | ---- | 22:18 | 17:12 | | Poland | 18:14 | ---- | 27:19 | | Iceland | 20:23 | 23:21 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 11.12.65 | Roskilde | Denmark | 22-16 | Poland | 12-8 | | 16.01.66 | Gdansk | Poland | 27-19 | Iceland | 14-8 | | 19.01.66 | Nyborg | Denmark | 17-12 | Iceland | 11-8 | | 09.02.66 | Warsaw | Poland | 18-14 | Denmark | 7-6 | | 13.02.66 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 23-21 | Poland | 12-11 | | 02.04.66 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 20-23 | Denmark | 14-9 |
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| Group E | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Hungary | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90: | 55 | | 2. France | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 63: | 67 | | 3. Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 54: | 85 |
| Team | Hung | Fran | Spai | | Hungary | ---- | 31:17 | 23:11 | | France | 10:10 | ---- | 22:12 | | Spain | 17:26 | 14:14 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 28.11.65 | Madrid | Spain | 14-14 | France | 7-6 | | 11.12.65 | Budapest | Hungary | 24-15 | Spain | 10-7 | | 23.01.66 | Nantes | France | 10-10 | Hungary | 5-8 | | 29.01.66 | Madrid | Spain | 17-26 | Hungary | 10-13 | | 13.02.66 | Bordeaux | France | 22-12 | Spain | 13-6 | | 20.03.66 | Budapest | Hungary | 31-17 | France | 8-9 |
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| Group F | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42: | 22 | | 2. Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22: | 42 |
| Team | Yugo | Isra | | Yugoslavia | ---- | 23:11 | | Israel | 11:19 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 31.01 | Ljubljana | Yugoslavia | 23-11 | Israel | 9-5 | | also reported 20-11 | | 22.03 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 11-19 | Yugoslavia | 5-10 |
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