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1958 World Men's Handball Championship

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Field	Value
image	HallenWM.Logo.JPG
size	180
country	German Democratic Republic
country-flagvar	1949
dates	27 February and 8 March
num_teams	16
champion_other
count	2
second_other
third_other
matches	36
goals	1296
top_scorer	DEN Mogens Olsen 46
previous	1954 World Men's Handball Championship
next	1961 World Men's Handball Championship

| country-flagvar= 1949 The 1958 World Men's Handball Championship was the third indoor handball World Championship. It was held in the German Democratic Republic between 27 February and 8 March 1958. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG. Sweden won the championship.

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1
First 15 teams		15

There was no qualification for this edition. Besides Germany which was already qualified as host, the first 15 teams got a spot. Belgium made the last respectively sixteenth application and was therefore denied. They were reservist if an other country would have cancelled.

Switzerland was the only participant of the last world championship (1954) which didn't apply. At the meeting of the Schweizerischer Handballausschuss (HBA) on 27./28. July 1957 the council decided unanimous to boycott the world championship. The reasons for the boycott were that the players behind the Iron Curtain were state amateurs and the politic believe against the host East Germany. Peter Weninger of the "Deutsche Handballwoche" understood the political aspect but sad also that at a world championship every body shut attend. The past boss of the referee commission of the HBA Paul Tanner made a letter to the editor at the newspaper Sport which he criticized the decision. After a verbal fight with the HBA president Albert Wagner, Paul Tanner resigned as referee.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A Venue: Erfurt

Date	Matches	Score	Half
27 February	–	31–11	(15-5)
27 February	–	14–14	(6-8)
1 March	–	19–16	(12-6)
1 March	–	19–14	(11-5)
3 March	–	25–11	(12-3)
3 March	–	27–16	(14-6)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	77–41	6
3	53–44	3
3	41–72	2
3	46–60	1

Group B Venue: East Berlin

Date	Matches	Score	Half
28 February	–	46–4	(23-1)
28 February	–	17–13	(8-7)
2 March	–	41–8	(25-3)
2 March	–	32–12	(16-8)
4 March	–	41–8	(19-0)
4 March	–	19–9	(11-4)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	97–25	6
3	67–40	4
3	66–57	2
3	20–128	0

Group C Venue: Magdeburg

Date	Matches	Score	Half
27 February	–	27–17	(15-9)
27 February	–	16–16	(8-8)
1 March	–	13–11	(7-6)
1 March	–	26–11	(12-3)
3 March	–	19–16	(11-7)
3 March	–	21–13	(9-9)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	74–41	6
3	46–58	3
3	46–57	2
3	40–50	1

Group D Venue: Erfurt

Date	Matches	Score	Half
28 February	–	32–12	(14-6)
28 February	–	35–8	(16-2)
2 March	–	24–12	(9-5)
2 March	–	20–12	(8-8)
4 March	–	22–9	(11-2)
4 March	–	22–18	(13-10)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	74–42	6
3	69–37	4
3	50–69	2
3	33–78	0

Main round

Group 1........Venue: East Berlin

Date	Matches	Score	Half
5 March	–	22–15	(14-8)
5 March	–	21–10	(10-3)
6 March	–	23–21	(13-12)
6 March	–	17–14	(10-6)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	64–35	6
3	55–42	4
3	42–61	2
3	47–71	0

Group 2.......Venue: Leipzig

Date	Matches	Score	Half
5 March	–	22–15	(8-6)
5 March	–	26–9	(14-5)
6 March	–	9–7	(4-6)
6 March	–	13–12	(8-5)

Matches	Goals	Points
3	58–35	6
3	54–40	4
3	38–48	2
3	28–55	0

Final round

Final matches .........Venue: East Berlin

Date	Matches	Score	Half
Match for 7th place
7 March	**** –	24–16	(10-9)
Match for 5th place
7 March	– ****	18–20	(8-11)
Bronze medal match
8 March	**** –	16–13	(10-6)
Final
8 March	– ****	12–22	(5-10)

Final standings

Rank	Team
[[Image:gold medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

References

Source: International Handball Federation

References

(6 October 1957). "Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft 1958". [[Neue Zeit (East Germany).
f, w. (8 August 1957). "Eindrücke von der Sitzung des Schweizerischen Handball-Ausschusses". [[Schweizerischer Handballausschuss]].
Weniger, Peter. (6 August 1957). "Die Schweiz macht nicht mit...". Deutsche Handballwoche.
Tanner, Paul. (16 August 1957). "Was unsere Leser schreiben". Sport.
f, w. (22 August 1957). "Das "Nein" des HBA zur Hallen-Weltmeisterschaft 1958 in Ostdeutschland". [[Schweizerischer Handballausschuss]].

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