| Virtual European Qyualification for World Championship Women 1978 |
| Finals 10.12 | | Game | data | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 10.12 | |  Yugoslavia | 22-17 |  Poland | | | 3-4 | | |  Romania | 14-13 |  West Germany | 5-6 | | 5-6 | 09.12 | Minden |  Netherlands | 16-15 |  Denmark | | | 7-8 | 10.12 | Lubbecke |  Sweden | 18-15 |  France | |
| Classification | | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 06.12 | Wildershausen | Switzerland | 24-6 | Great Britain | |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100: | 62 | | 2. Poland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 110: | 66 | | 3. Romania | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 73: | 51 | | 4. West Germany | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 77: | 63 | | 5. Netherlands | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 84: | 75 | | 6. Denmark | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 97: | 41 | | 7. Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 55: | 63 | | 8. France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 62: | 89 | | eliminated in First Groups Round | | 9. Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33: | 32 | | 10.Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17: | 42 | | 11.Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23: | 66 | | 12.Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26: | 38 | | 13.Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29: | 50 | | 14.Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20: | 104 |
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| Group E | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57: | 34 | | 2. West Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36: | 33 | | 3. Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41: | 41 | | 4. France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30: | 56 |
| Team | Ju | Ge | Ne | Fr | | Yugoslavia | ---- | 13:12 | 22:11 | 22:11 | | West Germany | | ---- | 10:10 | 14:10 | | Netherlands | | | ---- | 20: 9 | | France | | | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 07.12 | Espelkanis | West Germany | 14-10 | France | | | 07.12 | Porta Westfalica | Yugoslavia | 22-11 | Netherlands | 13-6 | | 08.12 | | West Germany | 12-13 | Yugoslavia | | | 08.12 | Bad Neunhkirchen | Netherlands | 20- 9 | France | |
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| Group F | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Poland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44: | 34 | | 2. Romania | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33: | 31 | | 3. Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29: | 24 | | 4. Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21: | 38 |
| Team | Po | Ro | De | Sw | | Poland | ---- | 15:15 | 9:9 | 20:10 | | Romania | | ---- | 11: 9 | 7:7 | | Denmark | | | ---- | 11:4 | | Sweden | | | | ---- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 07.12 | Poland | 15-15 | Romania | 5-7 | | 07.12 | Denmark | 11-4 | Sweden | | | 08.12 | Romania | 11-9 | Denmark | 5-5 | | 08.12 | Poland | 20-10 | Sweden | |
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. West Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38: | 26 | | 2. Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37: | 29 | | 3. Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33: | 32 | | 4. Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29: | 50 |
| Team | We | Ne | No | Sp | | West Germany | ---- | 10:10 | 10:6 | 18:10 | | Netherlands | | ---- | 12:10 | 15:9 | | Norway | | | ---- | 17:10 | | Spain | | | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 03.12 | |  Norway | 17-10 |  Spain | | | 03.12 | West Berlin | West Germany | 10-10 | Netherlands | 3-5 | | transferred to Group E | | 04.12 | | Netherlands | 15-9 | Spain | | | 04.12 | | West Germany | 10-6 | Norway | | | 05.12 | | Netherlands | 12-10 | Norway | 5-5 | | 05.12 | | West Germany | 18-10 | Spain | 10-4 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43: | 22 | | 2. France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28: | 37 | | 3. Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26: | 38 |
| Team | Ju | Fr | Bu | | Yugoslavia | ---- | 22:11 | 21:11 | | France | | ---- | 17:15 | | Bulgaria | | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 03.12 | Hambourg | Yugoslavia | 22-11 | France | 11-5 | | transferred to Group E | | 04.12 | | France | 17-15 |  Bulgaria | 8-6 | | 05.12 | | Yugoslavia | 21-11 | Bulgaria | 11-5 |
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33: | 14 | | 2. Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23: | 17 | | 3. Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17: | 42 |
| Team | Ro | Sw | Sw | | Romania | ---- | 7:7 | 26:7 | | Sweden | | ---- | 16:10 | | Switzerland | | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 03.12 | Steinhagen | Romania | 26-7 |  Switzerland | 13-3 | | 04.12 | Gutersloh | Sweden | 16-10 | Switzerland | | | 05.12 | | Romania | 7-7 | Sweden | 5-2 | | transferred to Group F |
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Denmark | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62: | 10 | | 2. Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58: | 19 | | 3. Israel | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17: | 42 | | 4. Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14: | 80 |
| Team | De | Po | Is | En | | Denmark | --- | 9:9 | 17:0 | 36:1 | | Poland | | --- | 19:3 | 30:7 | | Israel | | | --- | 14:6 | | Great Britain | | | | --- |
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 03.12 | Poland | 19-3 |  Israel | 11-0 | | 03.12 | Denmark | 36-1 |  Great Britain | 17-1 | | 04.12 | Poland | 30-7 | Great Britain | | | 04.12 | Denmark | 17-0 | Israel | | | 05.12 | Israel | 14-6 | Great Britain | 8-1 | | 05.12 | Denmark | 9-9 | Poland | 4-3 | | transferred to Group F |
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