1954 World Men's Handball Championship

1954 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Dates	13–17 January 1954
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	274 (30.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Otto Maychrzak 16
Best player	Bernhard Kempa
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The 1954 World Men's Handball Championship was the second indoor handball world championship. It was held in Sweden from 13–17 January 1954, and the hosts also won the championship.

Qualification[edit]

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1	Sweden
Qualification	28 November – 13 December 1953	5	Czechoslovakia Denmark France West Germany Switzerland

Results[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
Sweden	2	2	0	39	22	1.773	4
Czechoslovakia	2	1	1	32	36	0.889	2
Denmark	2	0	2	21	34	0.618	0

Source: ^[1]

13 January 1954	Sweden	16–8	Denmark	Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 4200^[2]
	Stockenberg 6	(7–5)	Madsen & Theilmann each 2
		Report Denmark

14 January 1954	Czechoslovakia	18–13	Denmark	Jönköping
		(9–8)	Theilmann 4
		Report Denmark

14 January 1954	Sweden	23–14	Czechoslovakia	Idrottshallen, Örebro Attendance: 2000^[1]
	Almqvist 4	(10–6)

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
West Germany	2	2	0	0	47	13	3.615	4
Switzerland	2	0	1	1	20	31	0.645	1
France	2	0	1	1	15	38	0.395	1

Source: ^[1]

13 January 1954	West Germany	27–4	France	Sporthallen, Kristianstad Attendance: 1925
	Maychrzak 7	(12–1)

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14 January 1954	France	11–11	Switzerland	Malmö Attendance: 1200 Referees: Sohre (BRD)
	3 players each 3	(2–3)	Bertschinger 6
		^[4] Report Switzerland

15 January 1954	West Germany	20–9	Switzerland	Idrottshallen, Lund Attendance: 2000 Referees: Kling (SWE)
	Maychrzak 6	(11–4)	Bertschinger 3
		^[1]^[5] Report Switzerland

Finals[edit]

5th–6th-place match[edit]

16 January 1954	Denmark	23–11	France	Växjö
	Theilmann 10	(9–3)	Pichot 4^[6]
		Report Denmark

Bronze-medal match[edit]

17 January 1954	Czechoslovakia	24–11	Switzerland	Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500^[7]
		(13–3)	Bertschinger 3
		Report Switzerland

Final match[edit]

17 January 1954	Sweden	17–14	West Germany	Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500^[7]
	Almqvist 5	(8–5)	3 players each 3

Final standings[edit]

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	West Germany
	Czechoslovakia
4	Switzerland
5	Denmark
6	France

Medalists[edit]

References[edit]

Source:

International Handball Federation
Games of Sweden
Games of Germany (Helmut Laaß and Stephan Müller)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Der Bund (in German). 105 (26). Sportinformation Si: 11. 17 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (14). Sportinformation Si: 6. 15 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Tyskland vann stor seger över Frankrike". Trelleborgstidningen. 14 January 1954. p. 6.
^ "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Der Bund (in German). 105 (24). Sportinformation Si: 4. 15 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (16). Sportinformation Si: 6. 17 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (17). Sportinformation Si: 8. 18 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (18): 8. 19 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[Bund_1954-01-17-1] "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Der Bund (in German). 105 (26). Sportinformation Si: 11. 17 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[2] "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (14). Sportinformation Si: 6. 15 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[3] "Tyskland vann stor seger över Frankrike". Trelleborgstidningen. 14 January 1954. p. 6.

[4] "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Der Bund (in German). 105 (24). Sportinformation Si: 4. 15 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[5] "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (16). Sportinformation Si: 6. 17 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[6] "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (17). Sportinformation Si: 8. 18 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[TAT_1954-01-19-7] "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden" [The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden]. Die Tat (in German). 19 (18): 8. 19 January 1954. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sweden Gunnar Brusberg Roland Mattsson Sten Åkerstedt Rolf Almqvist Kjell Jönsson Per-Olof Larsson Rune Lindqvist Åke Moberg Hans Olsson [sv] Bertil Rönndahl Ewerth Sjunnesson Carl-Erik Stockenberg Rolf Zachrisson	West Germany Harry Kamm Fredi Pankonin Markus Bernhard Heinrich Dahlinger Adolf Giele Karl Hebel Horst Käsler Bernhard Kempa Otto Maychrzak Herbert Podolske Wolfgang Schütze Hinrich Schwenker Werner Vick	Czechoslovakia Miloš Bačák Miroslav Baumruk Karel Čermák Jiří Klemm Jiří Korbel Bedřich König Alois Navrátil Vladimír Nykl Zdeněk Pešl Dušan Ruža Oldřich Spáčil Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha
Curt Wadmark (Coach)	Fritz Fromm (Coach)	Jan Voreth (Coach)

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1954 World Men's Handball Championship

Qualification[edit]

Results[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Finals[edit]

5th–6th-place match[edit]

Bronze-medal match[edit]

Final match[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Medalists[edit]

References[edit]

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