# 1954 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.

## Qualification

| Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | | 1 | Sweden |
| Qualification | 28 November – 13 December 1953 | 5 | Czechoslovakia Denmark France West Germany Switzerland |

## Results
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 22 | 1.773 | 4 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 36 | 0.889 | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 0.618 | 0 |
| 13 January 1954 | Sweden | 16–8 | Denmark | Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 4200 |
| 13 January 1954 | Stockenberg 6 | (7–5) | Madsen & Theilmann each 2 | Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 4200 |
| 13 January 1954 | | Report Denmark | | Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 4200 |
| 14 January 1954 | Czechoslovakia | 18–13 | Denmark | Jönköping |
| 14 January 1954 | | (9–8) | Theilmann 4 | Jönköping |
| 14 January 1954 | | Report Denmark | | Jönköping |
| 14 January 1954 | Sweden | 23–14 | Czechoslovakia | Idrottshallen, Örebro Attendance: 2000 |
| 14 January 1954 | Almqvist 4 | (10–6) | | Idrottshallen, Örebro Attendance: 2000 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| West Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 13 | 3.615 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 31 | 0.645 | 1 |
| France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 0.395 | 1 |
| 13 January 1954 | West Germany | 27–4 | France | Sporthallen, Kristianstad Attendance: 1925 |
| 13 January 1954 | Maychrzak 7 | (12–1) | | Sporthallen, Kristianstad Attendance: 1925 |
| 14 January 1954 | France | 11–11 | Switzerland | Malmö Attendance: 1200 Referees: Sohre (BRD) |
| 14 January 1954 | 3 players each 3 | (2–3) | Bertschinger 6 | Malmö Attendance: 1200 Referees: Sohre (BRD) |
| 14 January 1954 | | Report Switzerland | | Malmö Attendance: 1200 Referees: Sohre (BRD) |
| 15 January 1954 | West Germany | 20–9 | Switzerland | Idrottshallen, Lund Attendance: 2000 Referees: Kling (SWE) |
| 15 January 1954 | Maychrzak 6 | (11–4) | Bertschinger 3 | Idrottshallen, Lund Attendance: 2000 Referees: Kling (SWE) |
| 15 January 1954 | | Report Switzerland | | Idrottshallen, Lund Attendance: 2000 Referees: Kling (SWE) |

## Finals
### 5th–6th-place match

| 16 January 1954 | Denmark | 23–11 | France | Växjö |
| 16 January 1954 | Theilmann 10 | (9–3) | Pichot 4 | Växjö |
| 16 January 1954 | | Report Denmark | | Växjö |

### Bronze-medal match

| 17 January 1954 | Czechoslovakia | 24–11 | Switzerland | Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500 |
| 17 January 1954 | | (13–3) | Bertschinger 3 | Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500 |
| 17 January 1954 | | Report Switzerland | | Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500 |

### Final match

| 17 January 1954 | Sweden | 17–14 | West Germany | Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500 |
| 17 January 1954 | Almqvist 5 | (8–5) | 3 players each 3 | Mässhallen, Gothenburg Attendance: 5500 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Sweden |
| | West Germany |
| | Czechoslovakia |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | France |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| SwedenGunnar Brusberg Roland Mattsson Sten Åkerstedt Rolf Almqvist Kjell Jönsson Per-Olof Larsson Rune Lindqvist Åke Moberg Hans Olsson [sv] Bertil Rönndahl Ewerth Sjunnesson Carl-Erik Stockenberg Rolf Zachrisson | West GermanyHarry Kamm Fredi Pankonin Markus Bernhard Heinrich Dahlinger Adolf Giele Karl Hebel Horst Käsler Bernhard Kempa Otto Maychrzak Herbert Podolske Wolfgang Schütze Hinrich Schwenker Werner Vick | CzechoslovakiaMiloš Bačák Miroslav Baumruk Karel Čermák Jiří Klemm Jiří Korbel Bedřich König Alois Navrátil Vladimír Nykl Zdeněk Pešl Dušan Ruža Oldřich Spáčil Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha |
| Curt Wadmark (Coach) | Fritz Fromm (Coach) | Jan Voreth (Coach) |