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Yugoslavia - Beograd - 1979 - 6 May 1979

Winner : Hungary

 

Final standings

1	Hungary
2	United States
3	Yugoslavia
4	U.S.S.R.
5	West Germany
6	Italy
7	Romania
8	Bulgaria

 

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Hungary	11	7	5	1	1	37	28	+9
2	United States	10	7	5	0	2	40	26	+14
3	Yugoslavia	10	7	5	0	2	38	32	+6
4	U.S.S.R.	9	7	4	1	2	34	24	+10
5	West Germany	8	7	3	2	2	29	31	-2
6	Italy	4	7	1	2	4	40	45	-5
7	Romania	3	7	0	3	4	29	37	-8
8	Bulgaria	1	7	0	1	6	21	45	-24

Last matches

1979
	Yugoslavia	3 - 4	West Germany
	United States	4 - 2	West Germany
	Hungary	4 - 3	U.S.S.R.
	Hungary	4 - 4	West Germany
	West Germany	5 - 4	Italy
	Hungary	5 - 2	Italy
	U.S.S.R.	6 - 6	Italy
	Yugoslavia	6 - 4	Romania
	Italy	8 - 8	Romania
	U.S.S.R.	9 - 4	West Germany
29 April 1979
	Romania	3 - 3	Bulgaria
	United States	4 - 6	Yugoslavia
30 April 1979
	United States	6 - 3	Bulgaria
1 May 1979
	Yugoslavia	7 - 2	Bulgaria
	United States	8 - 4	Romania
2 May 1979
	United States	6 - 3	U.S.S.R.
	Hungary	8 - 4	Bulgaria
4 May 1979
	Yugoslavia	1 - 5	U.S.S.R.
	Hungary	5 - 4	Romania
	Italy	10 - 5	Bulgaria
5 May 1979
	West Germany	4 - 4	Romania
	Hungary	4 - 3	United States
	U.S.S.R.	5 - 1	Bulgaria
	Yugoslavia	7 - 6	Italy
6 May 1979
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 2	Romania
	West Germany	6 - 3	Bulgaria
	Hungary	7 - 8	Yugoslavia
	United States	9 - 4	Italy

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 1
  • Number of rounds : 1
  • Matches : 28
  • Home victories : 19 (68 %)
  • Away victories : 4 (14 %)
  • Drawn matches : 5 (18 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (268 points)
  • Average points per match : 9.57
  • Average points scored at home : 5.61
  • Scoring average: away games : 3.96
  • Total number of points : 268
  • Average points per round : 268
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	Hungary	5
  2	United States	5
  3	Yugoslavia	5
  4	U.S.S.R.	4
  5	West Germany	3
  6	Italy	1

  Drawn matches

  1	Romania	3
  2	Italy	2
  3	West Germany	2
  4	Bulgaria	1
  5	Hungary	1
  6	U.S.S.R.	1

  Losses

  1	Bulgaria	6
  2	Italy	4
  3	Romania	4
  4	U.S.S.R.	2
  5	United States	2
  6	West Germany	2

Men's World Cup 1979 - Participating teams

Bulgaria

Hungary

Italy

Romania

U.S.S.R.

United States

West Germany

Yugoslavia

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