# 1958 World Men's Handball Championship

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.

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 27 February | Sweden – Spain | 31–11 | (15-5) |
| 27 February | Poland – Finland | 14–14 | (6-8) |
| 1 March | Spain – Finland | 19–16 | (12-6) |
| 1 March | Sweden – Poland | 19–14 | (11-5) |
| 3 March | Poland – Spain | 25–11 | (12-3) |
| 3 March | Sweden – Finland | 27–16 | (14-6) |
| Group A | Matches | Goals | Points |
| Sweden | 3 | 77–41 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 53–44 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 41–72 | 2 |
| Finland | 3 | 46–60 | 1 |
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 28 February | Germany – Luxembourg | 46–4 | (23-1) |
| 28 February | Norway – France | 17–13 | (8-7) |
| 2 March | Norway – Luxembourg | 41–8 | (25-3) |
| 2 March | Germany – France | 32–12 | (16-8) |
| 4 March | France – Luxembourg | 41–8 | (19-0) |
| 4 March | Germany – Norway | 19–9 | (11-4) |
| Group B | Matches | Goals | Points |
| Germany | 3 | 97–25 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 67–40 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 66–57 | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 20–128 | 0 |
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 27 February | Czechoslovakia – Iceland | 27–17 | (15-9) |
| 27 February | Hungary – Romania | 16–16 | (8-8) |
| 1 March | Iceland – Romania | 13–11 | (7-6) |
| 1 March | Czechoslovakia – Hungary | 26–11 | (12-3) |
| 3 March | Hungary – Iceland | 19–16 | (11-7) |
| 3 March | Czechoslovakia – Romania | 21–13 | (9-9) |
| Group C | Matches | Goals | Points |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 74–41 | 6 |
| Hungary | 3 | 46–58 | 3 |
| Iceland | 3 | 46–57 | 2 |
| Romania | 3 | 40–50 | 1 |
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 28 February | Denmark – Brazil | 32–12 | (14-6) |
| 28 February | Yugoslavia – Austria | 35–8 | (16-2) |
| 2 March | Austria – Brazil | 24–12 | (9-5) |
| 2 March | Denmark – Yugoslavia | 20–12 | (8-8) |
| 4 March | Yugoslavia – Brazil | 22–9 | (11-2) |
| 4 March | Denmark – Austria | 22–18 | (13-10) |
| Group D | Matches | Goals | Points |
| Denmark | 3 | 74–42 | 6 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 69–37 | 4 |
| Austria | 3 | 50–69 | 2 |
| Brazil | 3 | 33–78 | 0 |

## Main round

| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 5 March | Germany – Hungary | 22–15 | (14-8) |
| 5 March | Czechoslovakia – Norway | 21–10 | (10-3) |
| 6 March | Norway – Hungary | 23–21 | (13-12) |
| 6 March | Czechoslovakia – Germany | 17–14 | (10-6) |
| Group 1 | Matches | Goals | Points |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 64–35 | 6 |
| Germany | 3 | 55–42 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 42–61 | 2 |
| Hungary | 3 | 47–71 | 0 |
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 5 March | Denmark – Poland | 22–15 | (8-6) |
| 5 March | Sweden – Yugoslavia | 26–9 | (14-5) |
| 6 March | Poland – Yugoslavia | 9–7 | (4-6) |
| 6 March | Sweden – Denmark | 13–12 | (8-5) |
| Group 2 | Matches | Goals | Points |
| Sweden | 3 | 58–35 | 6 |
| Denmark | 3 | 54–40 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 38–48 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 28–55 | 0 |

## Final round

Final matches .........Venue: East Berlin
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| Match for 7th place |||
| 7 March | Hungary – Yugoslavia | 24–16 | (10-9) |
| Match for 5th place |||
| 7 March | Norway – Poland | 18–20 | (8-11) |
| Bronze medal match |||
| 8 March | Germany – Denmark | 16–13 | (10-6) |
| Final |||
| 8 March | Czechoslovakia – Sweden | 12–22 | (5-10) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Sweden |
| | Czechoslovakia |
| | Germany |
| 4 | Denmark |
| 5 | Poland |
| 6 | Norway |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Yugoslavia |
| 9 | France |
| 10 | Iceland |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Spain |
| 13 | Romania |
| 14 | Finland |
| 15 | Brazil |
| 16 | Luxembourg |