1938_World_Men's_Handball_Championship
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Germany |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 5–6 February 1938 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Germany (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Austria |
| Third place |  Sweden |
| Fourth place |  Denmark |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 53 (8.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 56,000 (9,333 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Hans-Werner Obermark Hans Theilig Yngve Lamberg (6 goals each) |
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All games were played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. The court had the dimensions 50 × 25 meter (today 40 × 20 meter).
Main article: 1938 World Men's Handball Championship squads
One referee from Denmark and two from Germany were refereeing the games.
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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Germany (H, C) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 6 | — | 5–4 | 7–2 | 11–3 | |
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Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 4 | — | — | 5–4 | 7–2 | |
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Sweden |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 2 | — | — | — | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Denmark |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
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| 5 February 1938 21:05 |
Germany |
11–3 | 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 |
4–5 | Austria |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| Lamberg 3 Åblad 1 |
(2–2) | Perwein 2 Cerny, Tauscher & Volak 1 | ||
| 6 February 1938 20:15 |
Denmark |
1–2 | Sweden |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
| W. Madsen 1 | (1–1) | Lamberg 2 | ||
| Report Denmark |
| 6 February 1938 20:45 |
Germany |
5–4 | 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 |
2–7 | 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 |
7–2 | Sweden |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
| Ortmann 2 Hömke, Obermark, Schauer, Theilig & Zimmermann 1 |
(3–1) | Åblad & Lamberg 1 | ||
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Nation | Goals |
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| 1 | Yngve Lamberg | Sweden | 6 |
| Hans-Werner Obermark | Germany | ||
| Hans Theilig | |||
| 4 | Rudolf Tauscher | Austria | 5 |
| 5 | Günther Ortmann | Germany | 4 |
| Jaroslav Volak | Austria | ||
| 7 | Kurt Mahnkopf | Germany | 3 |
| Anton Perwein | Austria | ||
| 9 | Sven Åblad | Sweden | 2 |
| Hans Houschka | Austria | ||
| Walter Madsen | Denmark | ||
| Gerd Schauer | Germany | ||
| 13 | 8 players | 1 |
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More information Gold, Silver ...
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Germany |
Austria |
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 |
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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  |
5–6 |  Munich |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 5 February 1938 20:40 |
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11–7 |  Königsberg |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 5 February 1938 22:20 |
Munich |
v | Königsberg |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 5 February 1938 22:45 |
Berlin |
v | Munich |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 8 000 |
| 6 February 1938 21:15 |
Munich |
v | Königsberg |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
| 6 February 1938 21:55 |
Berlin |
v | Frankfurt |
Deutschlandhalle, Berlin Attendance: 10 000 |
- 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 German). 72 (35/36): 5. 5 February 1938.
- "Die Weltmeisterschaft im Hallen-Handball" [The World Championship in Indoor-Handball]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in German). 72 (37): 4. 7 February 1938.
- "Die erste Weltmeisterschaft im Hallen-Handball" [The first World Championship in Indoor-Handball]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in German). 72 (38): 4. 8 February 1938.
- "Oesterreichs zweiter Platz" [Austrians second place]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in German). 72 (39): 4. 9 February 1938.
- "Weltmeisterschaft im Hallenhandball" [World Championship in Indoor-Handball]. (Wiener) Sporttagblatt (in German). 72 (40): 3–4. 10 February 1938.