International field handball match between Germany and Austria 1925

International field handball game between the German Empire and Austria in 1925
date	September 13, 1925
place	Halle (Saale) , German Empire
station	Stadium at the zoo
Game number
German Empire	1
Austria	1
Previous game
German Empire	none
Austria	none
Next game
German Empire	No. 2 , against Austria June 12, 1927, Vienna
Austria	No. 2 , against the German Reich June 12, 1927, Vienna

The international field handball game Germany - Austria 1925 was played on September 13, 1925 in Halle. It was the first official international match in handball history.

prehistory

In Austria handball had only been played for three and a half years.

By contrast, there were already around 3,000 teams in Germany, but these were divided between many associations. Germany was represented in the international match by the selection of the German Sports Authority for Athletics , the third largest association in terms of members, behind the associations - German Turnerschaft and the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund , the third largest association. The largest association, the German Gymnastics Association, rejected any international comparison of sports and the Workers 'Gymnastics and Sports Association played national games against other workers' sports associations in the period from 1925 to 1932. The first international match of the ATSB took place on July 25, 1925 during the Workers' Olympics in Frankfurt am Main against Belgium and was won 12-2.

The Germans thought that this game would be a hopeless fight for the Austrians.

Choice of the referee

It was agreed that the host country would propose three referees and the opponent could choose the referee.

Course of the game

German Empire		Austria
	September 13, 1925 in Halle (Saale) , German Reich ( Stadion am Zoo )   Result: 3: 6 (1: 3) Spectators: 5,000 Referee: Grobe ( TuB Leipzig , German Reich )
	SC Charlottenburg Berlin : Hans Klatt SpVgg 1899 Leipzig : Riedrich Police SV Berlin : Karl Adebar , Karl Axmann , Hermann Bergemann , Fritz Burkowsky , Fritz Wolff Police SV Halle : Erich Knobbe SpVg Police Hamburg : Albert Damerius SV 1904 Freital : Kurt Böhme , Albert Männel Substitute: SpVgg 1899 Leipzig : Reinhardt, Voigtländer Police SV Halle : Mareczinski Trainer: Carl Schelenz	BAC: Doneseez FAC: R. Fischer, Grünwald, Köpf, Reumayer, Rohut Ferrowatt: Wlascher Vienna: Triebner W.AC: Engineer Fischer, Stodler, Wurmböck Replacement: Lehrer-Sp. Bg .: Hrnesir W.AC: Peterlik
	1: 0 men 2: 4 Burkowsky 3: 4 Kurt Böhme	1: 1 Reumayer 1: 2 Köpf 1: 3 Stodler 1: 4 Rohut 3: 5 Stodler 25 ′ 3: 6 Reumayer

Reactions

The Sport-Tagblatt found the Austrian team to be "technically and tactically" superior. They saw the greatest advantage in the "uniformity and balance of the whole team".

Around 100 people received the athletes at the train station.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The first international match . Germany against Austria. - Tomorrow, Sunday in Halle. In: Sport-Tagblatt . Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. tape 59 , no. 250/251 . Steyrermühl Group , September 12, 1925, OCLC 724386894 , ZDB -ID 821320-3 , p. 9 ( Online ANNO [accessed March 25, 2020]).
2. ↑ A triumph of our selection team . Austria beats Germany 6: 3! In: Sport-Tagblatt . Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. tape 59 , no. 252 . Steyrermühl Group , September 14, 1925, OCLC 724386894 , ZDB -ID 821320-3 , p. 5 ( Online ANNO [accessed March 25, 2020]).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The first fight, the first victory of Austria . From the international match in Halle. In: Sport-Tagblatt . Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. tape 59 , no. 254 . Steyrermühl Group , September 16, 1925, OCLC 724386894 , ZDB -ID 821320-3 , p. 5 ( Online ANNO [accessed March 25, 2020]).
4. ↑ Helmut Laaß: Handball international games in Germany from 1925 to 1942 . March 19, 2020, season 1925/26 - Trainer Carl Schelenz, p. 2 .