World men's field handball championship 1938

Honorary award from Adolf Hitler for the winner,
bronze sculpture by the Berlin sculptor Otto Schnitzer

The 1st men's field handball world championship took place from July 7th to 10th, 1938 in the German Reich under the leadership of the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF). World champions became the team of the German Reich, which could win all of their games.

Ten teams took part, all from Europe: Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. It was the only World Cup without Austria, since it had been part of the German Reich since the “ Anschluss ” in March of that year. Austria was originally intended as the venue. Ultimately, however, the World Cup was held in the Berlin area. The final took place in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The game was played in a knockout system . Germany actually competed with two teams. From the team that played the quarter-finals in Leipzig, no one was used in the semi-finals and with Eifler, Klingler and Zimmermann only three players in the final in Berlin, but three players from the Berlin squad with Braselmann, Hansen and Hübner only played the semi-finals. None of the 22 German players played all three World Cup games.

The top scorer was Günter Ortmann (Germany) with 13 goals.

game schedule

Source:

Preliminary round

Intermediate round

Semifinals

final

German Empire

19th

Czechoslovakia

6th

German Empire

14th

Hungary

3

Hungary

10

Denmark

6th

German Empire

23

Switzerland

0

Switzerland

9

Poland

2

Switzerland

5

Sweden

2

Sweden

8th

3rd place match

Netherlands

4th

Sweden

7th

Hungary

10

Romania

6th

Romania

12

Sweden

2

Luxembourg

6th

Preliminary round and intermediate round

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round there were five pairings, from which three winners went straight to the semi-finals (Germany, Switzerland, Hungary), while two other winners (Romania and Sweden) had to play an intermediate round match:

date	place		Result		referee	spectator
0July 7, 1938	Leipzig	German Empire	19: 6 (12: 3)	Czechoslovakia	Schuschnig ( Romania )	10,000
0July 7, 1938	Weissenfels	Switzerland	09: 2 0(6: 0)	Poland	Müller ( German Empire )	04,000
0July 7, 1938	Dessau	Hungary	10: 6 0(4: 2)	Denmark	Schwinitzky ( German Empire )	05,000
0July 7, 1938	Magdeburg	Romania	12: 6 0(7: 2)	Luxembourg	Lanz ( German Empire )	04,000 05,000
0July 7, 1938	Magdeburg	Sweden	08: 4 0(4: 2)	Netherlands	Stühmer ( German Empire )

Intermediate round

date	place		Result		(Remarks)	spectator
0July 8, 1938	Magdeburg, police sports field	Romania	6: 7 (3: 3)	Sweden		4,000

Winner Sweden also made it to the semi-finals. Loser Romania got 5th place.

Consolation round

	Elimination game				Semifinals				Placement games
									Game for 5th and 10th place
									Romania	12
					Czechoslovakia	6th			Luxembourg	6th
					Denmark	5
									Game for 6th and 7th place
									Czechoslovakia	12
									Poland	10
	Netherlands	9
	Luxembourg	3
					Poland	12			Game for 8th and 9th place
					Netherlands	5			Denmark	9
									Netherlands	3

The five losers in the preliminary round played in a consolation round for places 6 to 10. First there was an elimination game between the Netherlands and Luxembourg, which was ranked 10th as the loser.

date	place		Result		(Remarks)	spectator
Elimination game
0July 8, 1938	Magdeburg, police sports field	Luxembourg	03: 9 0(0: 5)	Netherlands		4,000
Semifinals
0July 9, 1938	Berlin	Czechoslovakia	06: 5 0(2: 2)	Denmark
0July 9, 1938	Berlin	Poland	12: 5 0(5: 1)	Netherlands
Placement games
July 10, 1938	Berlin, Tiergarten Sports Ground	Luxembourg	06:12 (3: 5)	Romania	(Match for 5th and 10th place)
July 10, 1938	Berlin, Tiergarten Sports Ground	Czechoslovakia	12:10 (5: 7)	Poland	(Game for 6th and 7th place)
July 10, 1938	Berlin, Tiergarten Sports Ground	Denmark	09: 3 0(3: 3)	Netherlands	(Game for 8th and 9th place)

The other four teams played for places 6 to 9 in two semi-finals, a small and a large final.

Main round

Semifinals

date	place		Result		(Remarks)	spectator
0July 9, 1938	Berlin	German Empire	14: 3 (5: 3)	Hungary	Goals: Theilig (7), Ortmann (5), Brüntgens, Hübner	9,000
0July 9, 1938	Berlin	Switzerland	05: 2 (2: 1)	Sweden

final

date	place		Result		(Remarks)	spectator
Third place game
July 10, 1938	Berlin, Olympic Stadium	Hungary	10: 2 0(4: 2)	Sweden
final
July 10, 1938	Berlin, Olympic Stadium	German Empire	23: 0 (12: 0)	Switzerland	Goals: Ortmann (8), Theilig (5), Klingler (4), Brüntgens (3), Zimmermann (2), Hammerich	30,000

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	German Empire	3	3	0	0	56: 90	+ 47
	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	14:27	- 13
	Hungary	3	2	0	1	23:22	+  01
04th	Sweden	4th	2	0	2	19:25	-  06
05.	Romania	3	2	0	1	30:19	+ 11
06th	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	24:34	- 10
07th	Poland	3	1	0	2	24:26	-  02nd
08th.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	20:19	+  01
09.	Netherlands	4th	1	0	3	21:32	- 11
10.	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	15:33	- 18th

Squad

The world championship team in 1938: Germany

• Squad Leipzig (quarter finals): Franz Paar ( Police SV Vienna ) 1/0 - Werner Badstübner ( MTSA Leipzig ) 1/4, Erich Herrmann ( SC Charlottenburg ) 1/5, Hans Keiter ( Police SV Berlin ) 1/0, Robert Müller ( MSV Glogau ) 1/0, Wilhelm Müller ( SV 07 Waldhof ) 1/0, Fritz Prosser (MTSA Leipzig) 1/1, Leo Wiese ( CT Hessen-Prussia Kassel ) 1/0.
• Squad Berlin (semifinals and final): Otto Lüdicke ( SG 1898 Junkers Dessau ) 2/0 - Helmut Braselmann ( TuRa Wuppertal ) 1/0, Gerd Brüntgens ( Lintforter SpV ) 2/4, Gerhard Hammerich ( MTSA Leipzig ) 2/1, Hermann Hansen ( VfL Königsberg ) 1/0, Werner Huebner ( MSV Weißenfels ) 1/1, Günter Ortmann ( MSV Borussia Carlowitz ) 2/13, Heinz Pfeiffer ( Police SV Berlin ) 2/0, Kurt Pfennig ( SS-SG Leibstandarte Berlin ) 2/0, Hans Theilig ( Oberalster VfW Hamburg ) 2/12, Leopold Wohlrab ( 1st Vienna HC Alt-Turm ) 2/0.
• Deployed in Leipzig and Berlin (only final): Paul Eifler ( TuRa Wuppertal ) 2/0, Alfred Klingler ( MSV Weißenfels ) 2/10, Philipp Zimmermann ( SV 07 Waldhof ) 2/5.
• Trainer: Otto Günther Kaundinya .

Luxembourg

•  CA Dudelange : Fiorentin, Schmit, R. Halsdorf, Diederich
• Schifflingen: Fleschen, Marth, Hoferlin Bert
•  CS Fola Esch : Mey, Meyer, Leger
•  Jeunesse Esch : Bichel, Lutzi, Koster
•  Racing Club Luxembourg : Hole

Source:

swell

• IHF archive (the Reichstrainer's name is misspelled there). (PDF file; 89 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The honorary award of Adolf Hitler for the handball world championship . In: Paul Faber (Ed.): Obermosel-Zeitung . tape 58 , no. 156 , July 8, 1938, ZDB -ID 629622-1 , p. 7 ( Online Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg [accessed March 18, 2020]).
2. ↑ www.dhf.dk: Dansk håndbolds historie ( Memento of August 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 3, 2014
3. ↑ About the handball world championship . Luxembourg also takes part. In: Escher Tageblatt . No. 153 . Publishing house of the Luxembourg printing cooperative, July 5, 1938, OCLC 643151711 , ZDB -ID 629612-9 , p. 8 ( Online Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg [accessed March 18, 2020]).
4. ↑ Today the handball world championship begins. In: Sport-Tagblatt of July 7, 1938, p. 1 ( online ( Memento of May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} The handball world championship. In: Sport-Tagblatt dated July 8, 1938, p. 3 ( online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).  
6. ↑ About the World Championship Games . In: Luxemburger Wort . tape 91 , no. 190 & 191 . Saint-Paul Luxembourg , July 9, 1938, OCLC 645097830 , ZDB -ID 2421054-7 , p. 6 ( Online Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg [accessed March 18, 2020]).
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The handball world championship. In: Sport-Tagblatt dated July 9, 1938, p. 4 ( online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ).  
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Germany is handball world champion. In: Sport-Tagblatt of July 11, 1938, p. 2 ( online ( Memento of May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )).
9. ↑ ^{a b} From the world championship . In: Luxemburger Wort . tape 91 , no. 193 . Saint-Paul Luxembourg , July 12, 1938, OCLC 645097830 , ZDB -ID 2421054-7 , p. 6 ( Online Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg [accessed March 18, 2020]).
10. ↑ ^{a b} Germany in the final round. In: Reichspost of July 10, 1938, p. 15 ( online ( Memento of May 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )).
11. ↑ Handball . In: Paul Faber (Ed.): Obermosel-Zeitung . tape 58 , no. 153 , July 5, 1938, ZDB -ID 629622-1 , p. 4 ( Online Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg [accessed March 18, 2020]).