| Northern Group | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Denmark | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72: | 52 | | 2. Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14: | 22 | | 3. Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38: | 50 |
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| Team | Denm | Norw | Finl | | Denmark | ---- | | 26:15 | | Norway | 14:22 | ---- | | | Finland | 23:24 | | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 17.11 | Naestved | Denmark | 26-15 | Finland | 13-7 | | 25.11 | Helsinki | Finland | 23-24 | Denmark | 10-18 | | 27.11 | Oslo | Norway | 14-22 | Denmark | 6-9 |
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| Western Group | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 48: | 24 | | 2. Belgium | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35: | 47 | | 3. Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33: | 45 |
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| Team | Neth | Belg | Luxe | | Netherlands | ---- | | 22:12 | | Belgium | 12:26 | ---- | 23:21 | | Luxembourg | | 21:23 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | | 18.12 | Eindhoven | Netherlands | 22-12 | Luxembourg | 12-4 | Goals | | 07.01 | Thionville | Luxembourg | 21-23 | Belgium | 15-8 | | | 14.01 | | Belgium | 12-26 | Netherlands | 5-10 | |
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| Team | Fran | Spai | Port | | France | ---- | 17:9 | 16:7 | | Spain | 12:12 | ---- | 14:13 | | Portugal | 9:10 | 16:18 | ---- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 15.10.60 | Madrid | Spain | 12-12 | France | | | 29.10.60 | Bordeaux | France | 16-7 | Portugal | | | 26.11.60 | S.Joao Madeira | Portugal | 16-18 | Spain | 8-13 | Stats | | 10.12.60 | Paris | France | 17-9 | Spain | | | 28.12.60 | Porto | Portugal | 9-10 | France | | Stats | | 14.01.61 | Madrid | Spain | 14-13 | Portugal | |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | agg. | qualified | | Central Group A | | 11.12.60 | Wien | Austria | 11-14 | Switzerland | | 24-26 | Switzerland | | 07.01.61 | Basel | Switzerland | 12-13 | Austria | 8-7 | | Central Group B | | 11.12.60 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia | 18-14 | Hungary | 12-8 | 31-29 | Yugoslavia | | 23.12.60 | Budapest | Hungary | 15-13 | Yugoslavia | 10-6 | | Eastern Group A | | | Warsawa | Poland | 12-24 | Czechoslovakia | | 46-22 | Czechoslovakia | | 14.01.61 | Praha | Czechoslovakia | 22-10 | Poland | 12-5 | | Eastern Group B | | 05.01.61 | Moskva | Soviet Union | 12-9 | Romania | | 25-27 | Romania | | 15.01.61 | Bucuresti | Romania | 18-13 | Soviet Union | |
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