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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Germany |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 5–6 February |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-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 scorers | Hans-Werner Obermark Hans Theilig Yngve Lamberg (6 goals each) |
History
editOnly 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
editAll 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 × 10 minutes (today (2× 30 minutes).
| Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Deutschlandhalle | |
| Capacity: 8,764 | |
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Squads
editReferees
editOne referee from Denmark and two from Germany were refereeing the games.
Results
edit| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 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 |
1–2 | 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 |
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 Referees: Carl F.H. Sörensen (DNK) |
| Ortmann 2 Hömke, Obermark, Schauer, Theilig & Zimmermann 1 |
(3–1) | Åblad & Lamberg 1 | ||
| Report Sweden |
Top scorers
edit| Rank | Name | Nation | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Medallist Squads
editCity tournament
editBesides 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 |
References
edit- 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.
- "Titelkämpfe in der Halle...". Geschichten des internationalen Handballs (in German). Bern: International Handball Federation. 1960. pp. 27–28.