World men's field handball championship 1948
The final round of the 2nd men's field handball world championship was held from June 3 to 6, 1948 in France and the Saar region . The actual tournament only included the semifinals, third place play-off and the final. Three of these four games were played in Paris, the semi-finals between France and Denmark in Saarbrücken. Preliminary round and quarter-finals were played in simple home games. Sweden became world champion and won all of its games.
Twelve teams took part - all from Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Hungary. It was the only World Cup without a team from Germany, since after the Second World War there was still no association that could represent Germany in the IHF. The game was played in a knockout system .
World champions Sweden only played twelve players in the four games, ten of which played all games in full. The line-up in the first three games was identical, in the final Sjunnesson replaced his club-mate Stockenberg. The top scorer was the Swede Sten Akerstedt with 21 goals in front of his compatriot Juthage, who scored 15 goals.
Preliminary round
In the preliminary round there were four pairings, the losers of which were eliminated, while the winners (Sweden, the Netherlands, France and Austria) advanced to the intermediate round:
 Sweden - Finland
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26: 0 | in Bosön (near Stockholm) |
 Belgium - Netherlands
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4:12 | in Eupen |
 France - Luxembourg
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16: 5 | in Fougères |
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4: 2 | In Graz |
Intermediate round
The four winners of the preliminary round played the quarter-finals against four seeded teams:
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19: 4 | in Kristianstad |
Netherlands - Denmark
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5:15 | in Amsterdam |
Austria - Switzerland
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10:12 | in Linz |
France - Portugal
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6: 3 | in Niort |
Semifinals
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Sweden - Switzerland
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8: 4 | in Paris |
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Denmark - France
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17: 4 | in Saarbrücken |
final
| 3/4: Switzerland - France
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21: 4 | in Paris |
| 1/2: Sweden - Denmark
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11: 4 | in Paris |
Final score
| rank | country |
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| 1 |
Sweden
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| 2 |
Denmark
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| 3 |
Switzerland
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| 4th |
France
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The world championship team in 1948: Sweden
Hans Regnell ( IK Göta Stockholm ) 4 games / 0 goals - Sten Akerstedt ( Redbergslids IK ) 4/21, Erik Ek ( IFK Lindigö ) 4/2, Olle Ingemar Juthage 4/15, Valter Larsson 4/2 (both Redbergslids IK) , Ake Moberg ( IFK Kristianstad ) 4/7, Lars-Erik Olsson 4/6 (Redbergslids IK), Bertil Rönndahl (IFK Kristianstad) 4/2, Sven-Olof Schönberger ( Hellas Nacka ) 4/2, Ewerth Sjunnesson 1/2 , Carl-Erik Stockenberg 3/5 (both IFK Kristianstad), Gösta Swerin (Redbergslids IK) 4/0
Trainer: Curt Wadmark