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1954 World Men's Handball Championship

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1954 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Dates13–17 January
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up West Germany
Third place Czechoslovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored274 (30.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Otto Maychrzak 16
Best playerWest Germany 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

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

Results

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Group A

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

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

Finals

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5th–6th-place match

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

Bronze-medal match

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

Final match

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

Final standings

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

Medalists

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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)

References

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Source:

  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  7. ^ 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.
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