1938 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Germany |
Final positions | |
Champions | Germany |
Runner-up | Austria |
Third place | Sweden |
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The 1938 World Men's Handball Championship was the first ever team 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.
Final standings
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Austria | |
Sweden | |
4 | Denmark |
Final round
Match | Res. |
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Germany - Denmark | 11-3 |
Sweden - Denmark | 2-1 |
Germany - Sweden | 7-2 |
Austria - Sweden | 5-4 |
Germany - Austria | 5-4 |
Austria - Denmark | 7-2 |
Rank | Country | Pts | W | D | L | Gf | Ga | Diff |
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1 | Germany | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 |
2 | Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
3 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | -5 |
4 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | -14 |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Germany | Austrian | Sweden |
Karl Herbolzheimer Herbert Scmidt Gerard Brüntgens Walter Homke Hans Keiter Kurt Lubenow Kurt Mahnkopf Hans Obermark Günther Ortmann Gerd Schauer Will Steininger Hans Theilig Adolar Woczinski Philipp Zimmermann |
Franz Axmann Otto Cerny Hans Houschka Zdenko Kucera Robert Leu Otto Licha Ferdinand Mantler Anton Perwein Alfred Schmalzer Alois Schnabel Rudolf Tauscher Jaroslav Volak Leopold Woh |
Sven Åblad Torsten Andersson (handballer) Erik Floberg Åke Forslund Stig Hjortsberg Sture Hultberg Åke Kallerdahl Yngve Lamberg Roland Nilsson Allan Rollander Sigfrid Schonning Tage Sjöberg Gustaf Adolf Thoren |
Source: International Handball Federation
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