1954 World Men's Handball Championship

1954 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Czechoslovakia
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The 1954 World Men's Handball Championship was the second team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden, and the hosts also won the championship

Final standings

	Sweden
	West Germany
	Czechoslovakia
4	Switzerland
5	Denmark
6	France

Standings

Intermediate round

GROUP A

Match	Res.
Sweden - Denmark	16-8
Czechoslovakia - Denmark	18-13
Sweden - Czechoslovakia	23-14

Group A	Matches	Goals	Points
Sweden	2	39-22	4
Czechoslovakia	2	32-36	2
Denmark	2	21-34	0

GROUP B

Match	Res.
West Germany - France	27-4
France - Switzerland	11-11
West Germany - Switzerland	20-9

Group B	Matches	Goals	Points
West Germany	2	47-13	4
Switzerland	2	20-31	1
France	2	15-38	1

Finals

Match	Res.
5th/6th place match
Denmark - France	23-11
Bronze Medal match
Czechoslovakia - Switzerland	24-11
Final
Sweden - West Germany	17-14

Source: International Handball Federation

International handball

World Championships (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) Olympic Games Youth Olympics World Games (beach) Super Globe National teams Player of the Year

Africa	African Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth) All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) Pan American Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games Caribbean Championship Central American Championship North American and Caribbean Championship South American Championship Bolivarian Games

Asia	Asian Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth men's beach women's beach) Asian Games South Asian Games West Asian Games Asian Youth Games GCC Championship (men women) South Asian Championship Southeast Asian Championship GCC Games GCC Women's Games

Europe	European Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) EYOF

Oceania	Nations Cup (men women) Challenge Trophy (men's junior women's junior) Youth Championship (men) Pacific Cup (men women)

Intercontinental	CPLP Games IHF Emerging Nations Championships European Open Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Championship Pan Arab Games Summer Universiade World University Championship

International Handball Federation (IHF) Achievements by nation

World Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 Sweden 1954 East Germany 1958 West Germany 1961 Czechoslovakia 1964 Sweden 1967 France 1970 East Germany 1974 Denmark 1978 West Germany 1982 Switzerland 1986 Czechoslovakia 1990 Sweden 1993 Iceland 1995 Japan 1997 Egypt 1999 France 2001 Portugal 2003 Tunisia 2005 Germany 2007 Croatia 2009 Sweden 2011 Spain 2013 Qatar 2015 France 2017 Denmark/Germany 2019 Egypt 2021 Poland/Sweden 2023

Squads	1938 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria/Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark/Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 2021 2023

Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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