|  Finals |  | Game | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | Final | 15.12 | Katowice |   East Germany | 20-19 |   Poland | 8-8 |  | 3-4 | 15.12 | Katowice |   Romania | 24-20 |   West Germany | 11-9 |  | 5-6 | 15.12 | Katowice |   Czechoslovakia | 28-26 |   Bulgaria | 11-11 |  | 7-8 | 14.12 | Chorzow |   Denmark | 23-13 |   Austria | 14-6 |  |  9-10 | 14.12 | Chorzow |   Sweden | 28-26 |   Norway | 10-11 |  |  a2OT ; FT 22-22 ; 1OT 24-24 |  |  11-12 | 14.12 | Chorzow |   Spain | 24-23 |   Netherlands | 11-11 |  |  aOT ; FT 21-21 |   
| South Korea, West Germany and Austria replaced  |  | Soviet Union, Hungary and East Germany for Olympic Women 1984  |   
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| Final ranking | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. East Germany | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 177: | 88 |  | 2. Poland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 128: | 121 |  | 3. Romania | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 132: | 96 |  | 4. West Germany | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 111: | 108 |  | 5. Czechoslovakia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 132: | 115 |  | 6. Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 128: | 133 |  | 7. Denmark | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 92: | 101 |  | 8. Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 112: | 127 |  | 9. Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 111: | 138 |  | 10.Norway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 125: | 127 |  | 11.Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 95: | 162 |  | 12.Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 102: | 128 |   
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|   |  | Winners to Final. Rest to Classification. |   
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. East Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 157: | 69 |  | 2. Romania | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 108: | 76 |  | 3. Bulgaria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 102: | 105 |  | 4. Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 68: | 88 |  | 5. Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 83: | 112 |  | 6. Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71: | 139 |   
| Team | East | Roma | Bulg | Denm | Swed | Spai |  | East Germany | ---- | 20:19 | 35:14 | 26:11 | 38:9 | 38:16 |  | Romania |   | ---- | 23:17 | 10:0 | 25:22 | 31:17 |  | Bulgaria |   |   | ---- | 23:19 | 19:17 | 29:11 |  | Denmark |   | 18:17 |   | ---- | 18:14 | 20:15 |  | Sweden |   |   |   |   | ---- | 21:12 |  | Spain |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Chorzow |  | 07.12 |   East Germany | 38-9 |   Sweden | 18-3 |  | 07.12 |   Romania | 31-17 |   Spain | 15-8 |  | 07.12 |   Bulgaria | 23-19 |   Denmark | 12-12 |  | 08.12 |   East Germany | 26-11 |   Denmark | 12-6 |  | 08.12 |   Romania | 25-22 |   Sweden | 13-8 |  | 08.12 |   Bulgaria | 29-11 |   Spain | 13-8 |  | 10.12 |   East Germany | 38-16 |   Spain | 20-8 |  | 10.12 |   Romania | 23-17 |   Bulgaria | 12-7 |  | 10.12 |   Denmark | 18-14 |   Sweden | 8-9 |  | 11.12 |   East Germany | 35-14 |   Bulgaria | 20-6 |  | 11.12 |   Denmark | 18-17 |   Romania | 9-8 |  | the score was reverted to 0-10 for doping offense |  | 11.12 |   Sweden | 21-12 |   Spain | 10-7 |  | 13.12 |   Denmark | 20-15 |   Spain | 6-8 |  | 13.12 |   Bulgaria | 19-17 |   Sweden | 8-11 |  | 13.12 |   East Germany | 20-19 |   Romania | 10-10 |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Poland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109: | 101 |  | 2. Czechoslovakia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 104: | 89 |  | 3. West Germany | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 91: | 84 |  | 4. Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 99: | 104 |  | 5. Norway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 99: | 99 |  | 6. Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 79: | 104 |   
| Team | Pola | Czec | West | Aust | Norw | Neth |  | Poland | ---- | 26:25 |   | 27:21 | 23:20 | 22:18 |  | Czechoslovakia |   | ---- | 17:17 | 18:16 | 23:19 | 21:11 |  | West Germany | 17:11 |   | ---- | 22:20 |   | 18:18 |  | Austria |   |   |   | ---- | 22:19 | 20:18 |  | Norway |   |   | 18:17 |   | ---- | 23:14 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Katowice |  | 07.12 |   Austria | 22-19 |   Norway | 9-6 |  | 07.12 |   West Germany | 18-18 |   Netherlands | 12-11 |  | 07.12 |   Poland | 26-25 |   Czechoslovakia | 13-10 |  | 08.12 |   Czechoslovakia | 21-11 |   Netherlands | 11-6 |  | 08.12 |   West Germany | 22-20 |   Austria | 14-9 |  | 08.12 |   Poland | 23-20 |   Norway | 9-12 |  | 10.12 |   Czechoslovakia | 18-16 |   Austria | 9-10 |  | 10.12 |   Norway | 18-17 |   West Germany | 9-8 |  | 10.12 |   Poland | 22-18 |   Netherlands | 12-10 |  | 11.12 |   Czechoslovakia | 17-17 |   West Germany | 5-7 |  | 11.12 |   Norway | 23-14 |   Netherlands | 11-5 |  | 11.12 |   Poland | 27-21 |   Austria | 13-10 |  | 13.12 |   Czechoslovakia | 23-19 |   Norway | 13-9 |  | 13.12 |   Austria | 20-18 |   Netherlands | 9-10 |  | 13.12 |   West Germany | 17-11 |   Poland | 8-6 |   
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| Group qA | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60: | 32 |  | 2. Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38: | 45 |  | 3. Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31: | 52 |   
| Team | Au | It | Is |  | Austria | ---- | 31:15 | 29:17 |  | Italy |   | ---- | 23:14 |  | Israel |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Gaeta (ITA) |  | 27.05 |   Italy | 23-14 |   Israel |   |  | 28.05 |   Austria | 29-17 |   Israel | 13-10 |  | 29.05 |   Austria | 31-15 |   Italy | 18-7 |   
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|  Group qB - Home/Away |  | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | aggr. |  | 21.05 | La Bereire |   Switzerland | 13-17 |   Spain |   | 23-35 |  | 28.05 | Santa Coloma |   Spain | 18-10 |   Switzerland |   |   
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|  Group qC |  | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | aggr. |  | 07.05 | Rijswijk |   Netherlands | 35-7 |   Great Britain | 13-4 | 70-12 |  | 08.05 | Oudenbosch |   Netherlands | 35-5 |   Great Britain | 16-4 |   
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