Men's handball world championship 1938

1st men's handball world championship 1938
Number of nations	4th
World Champion	Germany (1st title)
venue	Germany
Opening game	February 5, 1938
Endgame	February 6, 1938
Games	6th
Gates	53   (∅: 8.83 per game)
Top scorer	Hans Theilig , Yngve Lamberg , both 6 goals
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The 1st handball world championship took place on February 5 and 6, 1938 in the German Reich under the leadership of the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF). The German team that won all games became world champions. The tournament was played in the everyone against everyone mode. All games took place in the Berlin Deutschlandhalle , the playing time was 2 × 15 minutes each.

The four participating nations were the German Empire , Austria , Denmark and Sweden .

Results

February 5th, 1938, in Berlin	Denmark	-	Germany	3:11 (3: 4)
February 5th, 1938, in Berlin	Sweden	-	Austria	4: 5 (2: 2)
February 5th, 1938, in Berlin	Denmark	-	Sweden	1: 2 (1: 1)
February 6, 1938, in Berlin	Austria	-	Germany	4: 5 (2: 4)
February 6, 1938, in Berlin	Austria	-	Denmark	7: 2 (3: 1)
February 6, 1938, in Berlin	Sweden	-	Germany	2: 7 (1: 3)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	P
	Germany	3	3	0	0	23: 09	+ 014	6th
	Austria	3	2	0	1	16:11	+ 05	4th
	Sweden	3	1	0	2	8:13	- 05th	2
04th	Denmark	3	0	0	3	6:20	- 014	0

Best goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Yngve Lamberg	Sweden	6th
	Hans Theilig	Germany	6th
03.	Hans Obermark	Germany	5
	Günter Ortmann	Germany	5

Medalist

Germany	Austria	Sweden
Karl Herbolzheimer Herbert Schmidt Gerd Brüntgens Walter Hömke Hans Keiter Kurt Lubenow Kurt Mahnkopf Hans Obermark Günter Ortmann Gerd Schauer Will Steininger Hans Theilig Adolar Woczinski Philipp Zimmermann	Franz Axmann Otto Cerny Hans Houschka Zdenko Kucera Robert Leu Otto Licha Ferdinand Mantler Anton Perwein Alfred Schmalzer Alois Schnabel Rudolf Tauscher Jaroslav Volak Leopold Wohlrab	Sven Ablad Torsten Andersson Erik Floberg Åke Forslund Stig Hjortsberg Sture Hultberg Åke Kallerdahl Yngve Lamberg Roland Nilsson Allan Rolander Sigfrid Schönning days Sjöberg Gustaf Adolf Thorén
Otto Kaundinya (trainer)	Wilhelm Tolar (trainer)	Herbert Johansson (coach)

4th place: Denmark

Arne Pedersen Carl Muschner Leif Nielsen Walter Madsen

Egon Sørensen Svend Aage Madsen Kai Piasecki Ove Jørner

Holger Christensen Egon Sander

Trainer: Aksel Pedersen

Web links

• Statistics on the Handball World Cup 1938 (PDF file; 86 kB)
• Results of the 1938 World Handball Championship