1938 World Men's Handball Championship

1938 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
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

	Germany
	Austria
	Sweden
4	Denmark

Final Round

Match	Result
Germany -  Denmark	11-3
Sweden -  Denmark	2-1
Germany -  Sweden	7-2
Austria -  Sweden	5-4
Germany -  Austria	5-4
Austria -  Denmark	7-2

Point Table

Rank	Country	Pts	W	D	L	Gf	Ga	Diff
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

Medallist Squads

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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 Erik Floberg Åke Forslund Stig Hjortsberg Sture Hultberg Åke Kallerdahl Yngve Lamberg Roland Nilsson Allan Rollander Sigfrid Schonning Tage Sjöberg Gustaf Adolf Thoren

External Links

Source: International Handball Federation

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