Saarland men's field handball national team

Saarland
Association	Saarland Handball Federation (SHB)
home	Away
Balance sheet
	25 games ; 11 wins ; 1 draw ; 13 losses
statistics
	First international game Saarland 9:18 Switzerland 4th June 1950, Saarbrücken; ;
	Last international match BR Germany B 19:14 Saarland October 14, 1956, Liège; ;
	Highest victory Saarland 31: 4 Luxembourg June 30, 1955, Hattingen; ;
	Biggest defeat West Germany 19: 2 Saarland June 9, 1952, Lucerne; ;
List of international matches ;
	Handball world championship
Participation	2 of 7 (First: 1952 )
best result	6th place ( 1955 )
	(As of April 12, 2020)

The Saarland men's national field handball team represented the Saarland at international matches and international tournaments.

Olympic games

The Saarland national handball teams did not take part in the only event in which field handball was played, as Saarland was not independent at that time.

year	venue	Participation until ...	Result	medal
1936	Berlin , German EmpireGerman Reich NS	no participation

World championships

The Saarland national handball teams took part in two field handball world championships . Participation in the other events was not possible because the Saarland did not have any state independence at the time, or there was no internationally recognized handball association for the 1948 World Cup.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Result	rank
1938	German Reich NS German Empire	no participation
1948	France 1946 France	no participation
1952	Switzerland Switzerland	Preliminary round	Saarland 1947 Saarland 0 points	7th - 9th place
1955	Germany Federal Republic BR Germany	Play for 5th place	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Yugoslavia 12: 5 SaarlandSaarland 1947	6th place
1959	Austria Austria	no participation
1963	Switzerland Switzerland	no participation
1966	Austria Austria	no participation

The Saarlanders qualified for the 1952 World Cup with a 15:13 away win in Yugoslavia. In the final round they lost against Germany with 2:19 and against Denmark with 13:14.
At the 1955 World Cup, the Saarlanders won in the preliminary round against Luxembourg (31: 4) and Sweden (7: 6) and finished as group winners. In the second round they lost to the Swedes 9:12, defeated France 13:12 and lost to group winners Switzerland 8:13. The Saarlanders took third place and came into the final for 5th place, which was lost to Yugoslavia with 5:12.

literature

Saarland . In: Handball Committee (Ed.): Handball World Championship 1952 . Official Illustrated Program. 1952, OCLC 602157604 , swissbib: 072313641 , teams, p. 33 ( online version [PDF; 65.9 MB ; accessed on April 12, 2020]).

Individual evidence

↑ Stephan Müller & Helmut Laaß: German handball international games. (CD; 87MB) Sport-record.de, July 20, 2015, accessed on June 21, 2019 .
^ For the first time: Saarland - Switzerland in Saarbrücken. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, June 4, 1950, p. 4 , accessed on June 21, 2019 .
↑ International handball match in Saarbrücken. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, June 6, 1950, p. 6 , accessed on June 21, 2019 .

[1] Stephan Müller & Helmut Laaß: German handball international games. (CD; 87MB) Sport-record.de, July 20, 2015, accessed on June 21, 2019 .

[tat_1950-06-04-2] For the first time: Saarland - Switzerland in Saarbrücken. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, June 4, 1950, p. 4 , accessed on June 21, 2019 .

[tat_1950-06-06-3] International handball match in Saarbrücken. In: The deed . Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, June 6, 1950, p. 6 , accessed on June 21, 2019 .