1954 World Men's Handball Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
Dates | 13–17 January 1954 |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 274 (30.44 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player | ![]() |
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 |
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Host nation | 1 | ![]() | |
Qualification | 28 November – 13 December 1953 | 5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Results
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 22 | 1.773 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 36 | 0.889 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 0.618 | 0 |
Source: [1]
13 January 1954 | Sweden ![]() |
16–8 | ![]() |
Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 4200[2] |
Stockenberg 6 | (7–5) | Madsen & Theilmann each 2 | ||
Report Denmark |
14 January 1954 | Czechoslovakia ![]() |
18–13 | ![]() |
Jönköping |
(9–8) | Theilmann 4 | |||
Report Denmark |
14 January 1954 | Sweden ![]() |
23–14 | ![]() |
Idrottshallen, Örebro Attendance: 2000[1] |
Almqvist 4 | (10–6) | |||
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 3.615 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 0.645 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 0.395 | 1 |
Source: [1]
13 January 1954 | West Germany ![]() |
27–4 | ![]() |
Sporthallen, Kristianstad Attendance: 1925 |
Maychrzak 7 | (12–1) | |||
14 January 1954 | France ![]() |
11–11 | ![]() |
Malmö Attendance: 1200 Referees: Sohre (BRD) |
3 players each 3 | (2–3) | Bertschinger 6 | ||
[4] Report Switzerland |
15 January 1954 | West Germany ![]() |
20–9 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Växjö |
Theilmann 10 | (9–3) | Pichot 4[6] | ||
Report Denmark |
Bronze-medal match
[edit]17 January 1954 | Czechoslovakia ![]() |
24–11 | ![]() |
Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500[7] |
(13–3) | Bertschinger 3 | |||
Report Switzerland |
Final match
[edit]17 January 1954 | Sweden ![]() |
17–14 | ![]() |
Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500[7] |
Almqvist 5 | (8–5) | 3 players each 3 | ||
Final standings
[edit]Rank | Team |
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4 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
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.