1938 World Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 5–6 February |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany (1st title) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria |
| Third place | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 53 (8.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 56,000 (9,333 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Hans-Werner Obermark File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Hans Theilig File:Flag of Sweden.svg Yngve Lamberg (6 goals each) |
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The 1938 World Men's Handball Championship was the first ever handball World Championship. It was played in Germany on 5 and 6 February 1938. Contested by just 4 national teams, the tournament was won by hosts Germany.
History
Only two years before at the fourth IAHF congress the first international rules for indoor handball were created. The only game between indoor handball national teams had been played between the Danish and Swedish teams in Copenhagen on 8 March 1935. Sweden had won 18 to 12. In Germany and Austria indoor handball was not regularly played and they had no international appearance yet. An unofficial German national team like team played at tournament in Copenhagen on 28 August 1934.
Venues
All games were played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. The court had the dimensions 50 × 25 meter (today 40 × 20 meter) and the games were 2 × 15 minutes (today (2× 30 minutes).
| Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Deutschlandhalle | |
| Capacity: 8,764 | |
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Squads
Referees
One referee from Denmark and two from Germany were refereeing the games.
Results
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | File:Flag of Austria.svg | File:Flag of Sweden.svg | File:Flag of Denmark.svg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Germany (H, C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 6 | — | 5–4 | 7–2 | 11–3 | |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 4 | — | — | 5–4 | 7–2 | |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | — | — | — | 2–1 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 February 1938 21:05 |
Germany File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | 11–3 | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| Theilig 4 Obermark 3 Mahnkopf 2 Ortmann & Schauer 1 |
(4–3) | S. Madsen, W. Madsen & Nielsen 1 | ||
| Report Denmark |
| 5 February 1938 21:50 |
Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg | 4–5 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 Referees: Carl F.H. Sörensen (DNK) |
| Lamberg 3 Åblad 1 |
(2–2) | Perwein 2 Cerny, Tauscher & Volak 1 | ||
| Report Sweden |
| 6 February 1938 20:15 |
Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg | 1–2 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 Referees: Hans Schwinietsky (GER) |
| W. Madsen 1 | (1–1) | Lamberg 2 | ||
| Report Denmark Report Sweden |
| 6 February 1938 20:45 |
Germany File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | 5–4 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
| Obermark 2 Ortmann, Mahnkopf & Theilig 1 |
(4–2) | Houschka, Perwein, Schmalzer & Tauscher 1 | ||
| 6 February 1938 22:20 |
Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg | 2–7 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
| Jørner & Piasecki 1 | (0–3) | Tauscher 3 Volak 2 Houschka & Perwein 1 | ||
| Report Denmark |
| 6 February 1938 22:45 |
Germany File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg | 7–2 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 Referees: Carl F.H. Sörensen (DNK) |
| Ortmann 2 Hömke, Obermark, Schauer, Theilig & Zimmermann 1 |
(3–1) | Åblad & Lamberg 1 | ||
| Report Sweden |
Top scorers
Medallist Squads
City tournament
Besides the World Men's Handball Championship there was also a city tournament played. Berlin won the city tournament.
| 5 February 1938 20:15 |
Frankfurt File:Wappen Frankfurt am Main.svg | 5–6 | File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png Munich | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 5 February 1938 20:40 |
Berlin File:Coat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg | 11–7 | File:Coat of Arms of Königsberg.svg Königsberg | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
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| 5 February 1938 22:20 |
Munich File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png | v | File:Coat of Arms of Königsberg.svg Königsberg | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 5 February 1938 22:45 |
Berlin File:Coat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg | v | File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png Munich | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 6 February 1938 21:15 |
Munich File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png | v | File:Coat of Arms of Königsberg.svg Königsberg | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
| 6 February 1938 21:55 |
Berlin File:Coat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg | v | File:Wappen Frankfurt am Main.svg Frankfurt | Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
References
- International Handball Federation Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Games of Sweden
- Games of Germany (Helmut Laaß and Stephan Müller)
- "Wer wird Weltmeister?" [Who becomes World Champion?]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in Deutsch). 72 (35/36): 5. 5 February 1938.
- "Die Weltmeisterschaft im Hallen-Handball" [The World Championship in Indoor-Handball]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in Deutsch). 72 (37): 4. 7 February 1938.
- "Die erste Weltmeisterschaft im Hallen-Handball" [The first World Championship in Indoor-Handball]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in Deutsch). 72 (38): 4. 8 February 1938.
- "Oesterreichs zweiter Platz" [Austrians second place]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in Deutsch). 72 (39): 4. 9 February 1938.
- "Weltmeisterschaft im Hallenhandball" [World Championship in Indoor-Handball]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in Deutsch). 72 (40): 3–4. 10 February 1938.
- "Titelkämpfe in der Halle...". Geschichten des internationalen Handballs (in Deutsch). Bern: International Handball Federation. 1960. pp. 27–28.