Workers' Summer Olympics 1937 / handball

Handball at the 1937 Summer Workers Olympiad
information
venue	Antwerp
Competition venue	Stadium of RC Borgerhout ( FR ) Stadium of Tubantia ( EN ) Olympiastadion (final)
Teams	3
Nations	3
Athletes
date	July 30 to August 1, 1937
decisions	1
← Vienna 1931

With the III. The 1937 Workers' Olympics in Antwerp was the third and last time a men's field handball competition was held. The Swiss team won the final against the Dutch team in extra time.

There were also numerous friendlies.

Results

	Semifinals					final
		Belgium
		Switzerland
							Switzerland	8th
							Netherlands	6th
		Netherlands	11
		League of Nations mandate for Palestine	5
						3rd place match
							Belgium
							League of Nations mandate for Palestine

Semifinals

Friday, July 30, 1937 4:45 p.m.	Belgium	Win SUI	Switzerland	RC Borgerhout, Antwerp

Friday, July 30, 1937 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	9: 9	League of Nations mandate for Palestine	RC Borgerhout, Antwerp

Replay

Saturday July 31, 1937	Netherlands	11: 5	League of Nations mandate for Palestine	Antwerp

3rd place match

Saturday, July 31, 1937 4:45 p.m.	Belgium	Victory Unknown	League of Nations mandate for Palestine	Tubantia, Antwerp

final

Switzerland		Netherlands
	final Sunday 1st August at 4:00 p.m. in Antwerp ( Olympic Stadium ) Result: 8: 6 n.v. (4: 4, 6: 6) Spectators: 50,000
	Player unknown	Player unknown
	1: 0 2: 2 3: 4 4: 4 5: 4 6: 5 7: 6 8: 6	1: 1 1: 2 2: 3 2: 4 5: 5 6: 6

Final score

rank	country
	Switzerland
	Belgium
	Unknown
4th	Unknown

literature

• Handball . In: Tijd programma, Programs horaire . Antwerp 1937, OCLC 914634713 , 181223 , p. 8 (Dutch, French, online Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung [PDF; 2.6 MB ; accessed on April 1, 2020]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ De Intern. Arbeidersspelen . The results of the Nederlanders. In: Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant ( NL ) . May 31, 1937, p. 5 (Dutch, online [accessed April 11, 2020]).
2. ↑ Intern. Arbeidersspelen . Performing the Nederlanders. Een snelle Rus. In: Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant ( NL ) . May 2, 1937, p. 7 (Dutch, online [accessed 11 April 2020]).
3. ↑ La IIIe Olympiade ouvrière d'Anvers . Les derniers résultats La Suisse champion olympique de hand-ball. In: Le Droit du Peuple . Quotidien socialiste. No. 179 . Lausanne August 4, 1937, p. 3 (French, online BCUL [accessed April 1, 2020]).
4. ↑ La troisième olympiade ouvrière . In: La Sentinelle . Quotidien socialiste. tape 48 , no. 177 , August 3, 1937, ZDB -ID 1055076-8 , p. 2 (French, online e-nespaperarchives.ch [accessed April 1, 2020]).