Men's field handball world championship 1959

The 5th men's field handball world championship took place in Austria from June 13 to 21, 1959 . The host was the International Handball Federation (IHF). Germany became world champion, represented by a joint selection of the Federal Republic and the GDR (eight players each, one coach each). In the run-up to the event, there were two unofficial viewing games between the two German teams in April and July 1957 , which were attended by 30,000 spectators in Hanover and 80,000 in Leipzig. Both games were won by the respective visiting team (GDR in Hanover 16:13, BR Germany in Leipzig 19:14).

Twelve nations had registered for the tournament: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Yugoslavia, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Hungary. However, Belgium, France, Spain and Yugoslavia did not take part. After Spain's cancellation, a B-team from Austria was set up out of competition in order to be able to offer eight teams in the group stage. The games against this team were not counted.

Was played by an elimination round in the knockout format in a main round with two groups "all against all", concluded three finals to determine the locations 1 to 6. Top scorer was Olimpiu Nodea (Romania) with 28 goals before Josef Steffelbauer (Austria A ) with 27 goals.

Elimination round

In the elimination round, four matches were scheduled, the losers of which were eliminated, while the winners (Romania, Hungary, Denmark and Spain) advanced to the main round:

Romania	-	Poland	11: 7	in Racibórz
Hungary	-	Yugoslavia	without a fight for Hungary
Denmark	-	Belgium	without a fight for Denmark
Spain	-	France	without a fight / both renounce

Main round

In two groups of four, "everyone should play against everyone". As Spain did not play the elimination round, Group A consisted of only three teams. The first of these groups fought for places 1 and 2 in the final, the second for 3 and 4, the third for 5 and 6:

Group A

Germany	-	Denmark	20: 6	in Salzburg
Sweden	-	Austria B	9: 2	in Innsbruck	Without rating
Germany	-	Sweden	17: 7	in Linz
Austria B	-	Denmark	10: 5	in Klagenfurt	Without rating
Sweden	-	Denmark	20: 5	in Vienna
Germany	-	Austria B	19: 5	In Graz	Without rating

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Germany	37:13	4th
2	Sweden	27:22	2
3	Denmark	11:40	0
AK	Austria B		-

Group B

Switzerland	-	Hungary	11: 7	in Bregenz
Romania	-	Austria	19: 6	in Krems
Romania	-	Hungary	18:12	in Bruck
Austria	-	Switzerland	15:13	in Vienna
Austria	-	Hungary	16:14	in Linz
Romania	-	Switzerland	14: 9	in Baden b. Vienna

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Romania	51:27	6th
2	Austria	37:46	4th
3	Switzerland	33:36	2
4th	Hungary	33:45	0

final

7/8: Hungary - Austria B	15:11	in Linz	Without rating
5/6: Switzerland - Denmark	17: 7	in Vienna
3/4: Sweden - Austria	18: 9	in Linz
1/2: Germany - Romania	14:11	in Vienna

Final score

rank	country
1	Germany
2	Romania
3	Sweden
4th	Austria
5	Switzerland
6th	Denmark
7th	Hungary

The world championship team in 1959: Germany

Dieter Nau ( SG Eintracht Mombach ) 2 games / 0 goals, Heinz Stuhlmann ( BSG Motor Fraureuth ) 2/0 - Peter Baronsky ( VfL Wolfsburg ) 1/4, Hans Lietz ( SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen ) 2/0, Erwin Porzner ( TSV 1860 Ansbach ) 3/1, Hans Ruff ( TSG Haßloch ) 3/1, Hinrich Schwenker ( ATSV habenhausen ) 3/9, Paul Schwope (VfL Wolfsburg) 3/0, Werner Tiemann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 1/1, Hans Haberhauffe ( ASK Vorwärts Berlin ) 2/5, Rudi Hirsch ( SC Dynamo Berlin ) 3/9, Klaus-Dieter Matz (SC Dynamo Berlin) 3/12, Dr. Wolfgang Niescher ( BSG Motor Gohlis Nord ) 2/2, Waldemar Pappusch (ASK Vorwärts Berlin) 3/6, Hans-Gert Stein ( SC DHfK Leipzig ) 1/0, Hans-Jürgen Wende ( SC Aufbau Magdeburg ) 3/1. - Trainer: Werner Vick (DHB) and Heinz Seiler (DHV)

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• IHF archive (PDF file; 91 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfil: España ausente del campeonato mundial al no poder formar equipo . In: El Mundo Deportivo . tape 54 , no. 11,107 . Barcelona June 10, 1959, p. 4 ( Online [PDF; accessed July 27, 2020]).