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.

1938 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates5–6 February 1938
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Germany (1st title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches6
Goals scored53 (9 per match)
Attendance56,000 (9,333 per match)
Top scorer(s) Yngve Lamberg
Hans Theilig (each 6)
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Venues

All games were played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin. The court had the dimensions 50 × 25 meter (today 40 × 20 meter).

Berlin
Deutschlandhalle
Capacity: 8,764

Squads
Main article: 1938 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Referees

One referee from Denmark and two from Germany were refeering the games.

Results
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany (H, C) 3 3 0 0 23 9 +14 6 — 5–4 7–2 11–3
 Austria 3 2 0 1 16 11 +5 4 — — 5–4 7–2
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 2 — — — 2–1
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0 — — — —
Source: IHF
(C) Champion; (H) Host
5 February 1938
21:05		 Germany  11–3  Denmark Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 8 000
Theilig 4 (4–3) 3 players each 1
Report Denmark
5 February 1938
21:50		 Sweden  4–5  Austria Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 8 000
Lamberg 3 (2–2) Perwein 2
6 February 1938
20:15		 Denmark  1–2  Sweden Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 10 000
Madsen 1 (1–1) Lamberg 2
Report Denmark
6 February 1938
20:45		 Germany  5–4  Austria Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 10 000
Obermark 2 (4–2) 4 players each 1
6 February 1938
22:20		 Denmark  2–7  Austria Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 10 000
2 players each 1 (0–3) Tauscher 3
Report Denmark
6 February 1938
22:45		 Germany  7–2  Sweden Deutschlandhalle, Berlin
Attendance: 10 000
Ortmann 2 (3–1) Åblad & Lamberg each 1

Medallist Squads
Gold Silver Bronze
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

City tournament

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		 Berlin 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
  • 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.


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