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1954 World Men's Handball Championship

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Field	Value
country	Sweden
dates	13–17 January
num_teams	6
confederations	1
venues	7
cities	7
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
matches	9
goals	274
top_scorer	FRG Otto Maychrzak 16
player	FRG Bernhard Kempa
previous	1938 World Men's Handball Championship
next	1958 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1954 World Men's Handball Championship was the second indoor handball world championship. It was held in Sweden from 13–17 January 1954, and the hosts also won the championship.

It was the first world championship governed by the International Handball Federation, after the first one was governed by the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF).

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies
Host nation		1
Qualification	28 November – 13 December 1953	5

Results

Group A

Group B

Report Switzerland

Finals

5th–6th-place match

Bronze-medal match

Final match

Final standings

Rank	Team
[[Image:gold medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6

Medalists

Curt Wadmark (Coach)	Fritz Fromm (Coach)	Jan Voreth (Coach)

References

Source:

International Handball Federation
Games of Sweden
Games of Germany (Helmut Laaß and Stephan Müller)

References

"IHF | the International Handball Federation – Timeline of Milestones".
(17 January 1954). "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden". [[Sportinformation Si]].
(15 January 1954). "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden". [[Sportinformation Si]].
(14 January 1954). "Tyskland vann stor seger över Frankrike". Trelleborgstidningen.
(15 January 1954). "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden". [[Sportinformation Si]].
(17 January 1954). "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden". [[Sportinformation Si]].
(18 January 1954). "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden". [[Sportinformation Si]].
(19 January 1954). "Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden". [[Die Tat]].

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