German field handball championship 1963

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Final round of the
German field handball championship in 1963
master VfL Wolfsburg
Teams 16
Games 21st
Gates 506  (ø 24.1 per game)
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The German field handball championship in 1963 was played in a final tournament between September 22nd and October 27th, 1963. The tournament was the 14th championship round in men's field handball organized by the DHB . The final took place on October 27, 1963 in front of 30,000 spectators in the Wuppertal stadium at the zoo .

The new German champion was VfL Wolfsburg , which was able to celebrate the first championship in the club's history with the seventh participation in the finals in a row and the second participation since the finals in 1958 . Wolfsburg defeated BSV Solingen in the final in 1898 9: 6.

mode

16 teams competed against each other in an elimination tournament, the preliminary round (round of 16) was played in the simple knockout system , in the intermediate round (quarter-finals) and in the semifinals, the winners of the respective pairings were determined in the first and second legs. The winners of the semi-finals contested the final, no further placement games were held.

The following 15 teams had qualified directly for the preliminary round of the tournament via the respective regional championships; The 1963 German indoor handball champions, like the THW Kiel in the previous year , did not qualify for the large field finals:

North German Championship:

  1. VfL Wolfsburg
Büdelsdorfer TSV
ATSV habenhausen
Hamburger SV

West German Championship:

  1. TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen
TuS Lintfort
BSV Solingen 1898

Southwest German Championship:

  1. TSG Haßloch
TuS 1860 Neunkirchen
TV Großwallstadt

South German Championship:

  1. TC Frisch Auf Göppingen
TSV 1860 Ansbach (defending champion)
TSG ketch
TSV Zirndorf

Berlin state / regional championship:

  1. OSC Berlin

In addition, the fourth team of the West German Championship, TuS 05 Wellinghofen , came as the 16th team , who had prevailed against the Berlin runner-up Berliner SV 1892 in a qualifying game on September 15 with 14:12.

The playing time was 2 × 30 minutes, in the event of a tie after regular playing time, an extension of 2 × 10 minutes was carried out.

Tournament course

As expected, the favored teams usually prevailed in the preliminary round; Surprising, however, was the clear opening win of TuS Wellinghofen, which had only been able to qualify afterwards, against the "old master" Frisch Auf Göppingen, the winner of the South German Championship. And Wellinghofen was able to use the momentum from the opening game in the intermediate rounds against Hamburger SV: After a narrow defeat in Hamburg, a clear home win followed in the second leg. Wellinghofen only had to admit defeat in the semifinals against the West German rivals from Solingen. After a 12:10 win in the first leg and a 0: 3 lead in the second leg in Solingen v. a. Recognize the tactical superiority of the opponent, Solingen turned the game to the final score of 7: 3.

VfL Wolfsburg had not given up a game on the way to the final, but had prevailed against strong opponents such as the champions of the 1961 season , TuS Lintfort. Noteworthy were the victories against the runner-up of the 1962 season , Grün-Weiß Dankersen, who had previously defeated the title holder from Ansbach. The BSV Solingen, on the other hand, had to deal with opponents who were to be assessed as being weaker, had also lost two of their games, but had shown the necessary cleverness and strong nerves. to be able to keep tight results.

In the final, however, Wolfsburg proved to be the tactically superior team - after the Solingen's early assault was slowed down: Solingen was still leading 2: 5 in the 25th minute. After that, however, the ball athletes did not succeed much. While Wolfsburg made it 4: 5 in the remaining five minutes before the break, the Solingen strikers discarded two penalty throws in the same period. The reporter for the Hamburger Abendblatt attributed the Solingen's break-in in the second half and the ultimately safe victory of VfL Wolfsburg to the "ice-cold routine" and team unity: the meanwhile 30-year-olds have been playing at a high level in the same formation for years together, had won the North German Championship six times in a row and thus the qualification for the finals. With three quick goals after the break, VfL created some distance to wear down the opponent in the game, which was then based on ball possession and goal protection.

Preliminary round

September 22

VfL Wolfsburg - TuS Lintfort: 18:15 (after extra time)
BSV Solingen 1898 - TuS 1860 Neunkirchen: 14:11
TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen - ATSV habenhausen: 24: 9
TC Frisch Auf Göppingen - TuS 05 Wellinghofen : 6:12
TV Großwallstadt - TSV 1860 Ansbach : 15:18 (September 21)
TSG Haßloch - Hamburger SV : 9:14 (September 21)
OSC Berlin - TSG Ketsch : 10:16
Büdelsdorfer TSV - TSV 1861 Zirndorf: 11:10

Intermediate round

September 29 (first leg) / October 6 (second leg)

TSG Ketsch - VfL Wolfsburg : 11:16 / 10:20
BSV Solingen 1898 - Büdelsdorfer TSV: 11: 9/8: 9
TSV 1860 Ansbach - TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen : 16:18 / 15:17
Hamburger SV - TuS 05 Wellinghofen : 5: 4 / 5:12

Semifinals

October 13 (first leg) / October 20 (second leg)

TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen - VfL Wolfsburg : 14:15 / 14:18
TuS 05 Wellinghofen - BSV Solingen 1898 : 12:10 / 3: 7

Endgame

October 27

VfL Wolfsburg - BSV Solingen 1898: 9: 6 (halftime: 4: 5)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, October 21, 1963, p. 11 (see web links)
  2. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, October 28, 1963, p. 11 (see web links)