IHF_World_Men's_Outdoor_Handball_Championship

IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

World championship of field handball

IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship was the world championship of field handball and was organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF) in the period 1948–1966. The first edition was organized by the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF) the predecessor of the IHF. In total, seven editions were held. West Germany and East Germany did not participate in the 1948 championship due to the end of World War II.

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Tournament

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1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.

Medal table

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National team appearances in the IHF World Championship

Main article: National team appearances in the World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Source: IHF official site.[8]

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5-10th – Fifth to tenth place
  • IR – Intermediary round
  • PR – Preliminary round
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter
  •    — Hosts
  •  flag  — Part of corresponding country.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team Germany
1938
(10)		 France
1948
(12)		 Switzerland
1952
(10)		 West Germany
1955
(17)		 Austria
1959
(7)		 Switzerland
1963
(8)		 Austria
1966
(6)		 Total
 AustriaGermanyIR4th7th4th5th3rd6
 Belgium×PR•PR•××2
 Czechoslovakia6th××3rd×××2
 Denmark8th2nd5thPR6th××5
 Finland×PR×PR×××2
 France×4thPR8th•××3
Germany/Germany (West) Germany1st×1st1st1st2nd1st6
 East GermanyGermany×××Germany1st2nd2
 Hungary3rdPR×PR7th××4
 Israel×××××7th×1
 Luxembourg10thPR•PR×××3
 Netherlands9thIR6thPR×6th6th5
 Norway×וPR×××1
 Poland7thIR×ו4th4th4
 Portugal×IR•PR×××2
 Romania5th×××2nd××2
 SaarGermanyFrancePR6thGermanyWest Germany2
 Spain××PRPR••××2
 Sweden4th1st2nd4th3rd××5
  Switzerland2nd3rd3rd2nd5th3rd5th7
 United States×××××8th×1
 Yugoslavia×ו5th•××1

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1938 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 89 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. [2]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1948 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 78 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1952 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 92 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. [4]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1955 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 91 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. [5]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1959 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 91 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. [6]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1963 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 75 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. [7]
    Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1966 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 87 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Medals Table - Ranking at Men's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 941 KB). 20 October 2010. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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