1966 men's world field handball championship

The 7th men's field handball world championship took place in Austria from June 25 to July 3, 1966 . The host was the International Handball Federation (IHF). It was the last world championship on the field. An event planned for 1969 no longer came about. The Federal Republic of Germany was the last world champion. The top scorer for the second time after 1963 was the Austrian Josef Steffelbauer with 25 goals ahead of the DHB players Herbert Lübking (also like 1963) and Josef Karrer with 24 goals each.

Only six teams took part: the GDR, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland and Switzerland.

Placement round

The game was played in a “everyone against everyone” group. There were three matches on each of the first four game days, two on the fifth, and on the sixth day the two favorites, the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR, who had won all their games by then, met. They parted in a draw 15:15, so the better goal difference was decisive: Federal Republic +51, GDR +41.

1 day
Poland	-	Switzerland	15:13	in Dornbirn
BR Germany	-	Netherlands	28: 7	in Dornbirn
German Democratic Republic	-	Austria	24: 8	in Innsbruck
2 day
BR Germany	-	Poland	26: 4	in Salzburg
German Democratic Republic	-	Switzerland	13: 8	in Linz
Austria	-	Netherlands	12: 5	in Linz
3rd day
BR Germany	-	Austria	17:15	in Bärnbach
German Democratic Republic	-	Poland	15: 9	in Bruck
Switzerland	-	Netherlands	20:13	in Welz
4th day
BR Germany	-	Switzerland	18:12	in Neunkirchen b. Vienna
German Democratic Republic	-	Netherlands	23: 9	in Vienna
Austria	-	Poland	19:15	in Eggenburg
5th day
Austria	-	Switzerland	17:15	in Vienna
Poland	-	Netherlands	14:12	in Laa / Thaya
6th day
BR Germany	-	German Democratic Republic	15:15	in Linz

Final score

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	BR Germany	104: 53	9
2	German Democratic Republic	90:49	9
3	Austria	71:76	6th
4th	Poland	57:85	4th
5	Switzerland	68:76	2
6th	Netherlands	46:97	0

The decisive game

In the course of the tournament so far, both German teams had won all of their games, which meant that the last game had the character of a final because the winner of this encounter would be world champion. In the event of a draw, the DHB team would have the edge, as they had scored the better goal difference in the tournament. The DHV selection got off to a better start in the decisive game and was in the lead 5: 3 after a good quarter of an hour, but with a small run the DHB team turned the game to 7: 5. At the break, the West Germans were 10: 8 ahead. The DHV selection quickly equalized at 10:10 and was even in the front with 13:11 and 14:12, until the DHB selection could turn the game again and take the lead with 15:14. The DHV team only managed to equalize at 15:15 with Klaus Müller. DHB keeper Wriedt held Senger's last throw with the final whistle and made his team the "eternal" world champion.

DHB: Wriedt - Finkelmann (1), Hattig; Heuer, Herbert Schmidt, farmhand; Schneller (1), Porzner (2), Karrer (3), Lübking (4), Zwierkowski (3); Munck (1) - Trainer: Vick.

DHV: Prüsse - Lietke, Bernhardt; Hirsch (2), Warm, Langhoff; Ganschow, Tiedemann (2), Klaus Müller (5), Senger (2), Zimmermann (4) - Trainer: Seiler.

Referee: Hansjakob Bertschinger (Switzerland), audience: 10,000 in Linz

The world championship team 1966: Federal Republic of Germany

Gerhard Biefang ( ESV Jahn Rheinhausen ) 2 games / 0 goals, Karl Öhlschläger ( SG Leutershausen ) 2/0, Günther Wriedt ( Büdesldorfer TSV ) 5/0 - Diethard Finkelmann ( Reinickendorfer Füchse ) 4/1, Peter Hattig ( TuS 05 Wellinghofen ) 4/0, Erwin Heuer ( TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen ) 4/0, Josef Karrer ( TV Großwallstadt ) 5/24, Rudolf Kirsch ( TB Stöcken 1896 ) 3/2, Werner Knecht ( TS Esslingen 1890 ) 4/1, Erich Kolb ( Flensburger TB ) 2/1, Herbert Lübking (TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen) 5/24, Bernd Munck ( MTV Eintracht Hildesheim ) 4/11, Erwin Porzner ( TSV 1860 Ansbach ) 5/14, Herbert Schmidt (TuS 05 Wellinghofen ) 5/0, Volker Schneller (TSV 1860 Ansbach) 5/15, Max Zwierkowski ( TV 1894 Oppum ) 5/11 - Trainer: Werner Vick

Vice world champion 1966: GDR

Klaus Prüsse ( SC Empor Rostock ) 4/0, Klaus Weiß ( SC Dynamo Berlin ) 3/0 - Dieter Bernhardt ( SC Magdeburg ) 5/0, Reiner Ganschow (SC Empor Rostock) 5/8, Rudi Hirsch (SC Dynamo Berlin) 4/6, Klaus Langhoff ( SC DHfK Leipzig ) 4/3, Herbert Liedtke ( ASK Vorwärts Berlin ) 5/0, Klaus Müller (ASK Vorwärts Berlin) 5/19, Klaus Petzold (SC Dynamo Berlin) 3/0, Karlheinz Rost ( SC Leipzig ) 1/1, Werner Senger (SC Dynamo Berlin) 5/12, Paul Tiedemann (SC DHfK Leipzig) 5/18, Siegfried Warm (SC DHfK Leipzig) 5/0, Hans-Dieter Wöhler (SC DHfK Leipzig) 2/3, Günter Zeitler (SC Dynamo Berlin) 1/1 - Trainer: Heinz Seiler

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