IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

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IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship
SportField handball
Founded1938
FounderInternational Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF)
Inaugural season
No. of teams6
ContinentInternational (IHF)
Most recent
champion(s)		 West Germany (3rd title)
Most titles West Germany (3 titles)

IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship was the world championship of field handball and was organized by the International Handball Federation (IHF) in the period 1948–1966. The first edition was organized by the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF) the predecessor of the IHF. In total, seven editions were held. West Germany and East Germany did not participate in the 1948 championship due to the end of World War II.

Tournament[]

Year Host Country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1938[1]
 Germany
Germany
Germany 		23–0
Switzerland
Hungary 		10–2
Sweden
1948[2]
 France
France
Sweden 		11–4
Denmark
Switzerland 		21–4
France
1952[3]
 Switzerland
Switzerland
West Germany 		19–8
Sweden
Switzerland 		12–10
Austria
1955[4]
 Germany
West Germany
West Germany 		25–13
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia 		13–10
Sweden
1959[5]
 Austria
Austria
Germany1 		14–11
Romania
Sweden 		18–9
Austria
1963[6]
 Switzerland
Switzerland
East Germany 		14–7
West Germany
Switzerland 		10–6
Poland
1966[7]
 Austria
Austria
West Germany 		Round-robin
(15–15)
East Germany
Austria 		Round-robin
(19–15)
Poland

1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Germany3104
2 Germany2002
3 Sweden1113
4 East Germany1102
5  Switzerland0235
6 Denmark0101
 Romania0101
8 Austria0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 Hungary0011
Totals (10 nations)77721

National team appearances in the IHF World Championship[]

Main article: National team appearances in the World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

Comprehensive team results by tournament[]

Source: IHF official site.[8]

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place
  • 6th – Sixth place
  • 7th – Seventh place
  • 8th – Eighth place
  • 9th – Ninth place
  • 10th – Tenth place
  • IR – Intermediary round
  • PR – Preliminary round
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter
  •    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team Germany

(10) 		France

(12) 		Switzerland

(10) 		West Germany

(17) 		Austria

(7) 		Switzerland

(8) 		Austria

(6) 		Total
 Austria Part of  Germany IR 4th 7th 4th 5th 3rd 6
 Belgium × PR • PR • × × 2
 Denmark 8th 2nd 5th PR 6th × × 5
 Spain × × PR PR •• × × 2
 Finland × PR × PR × × × 2
 France × 4th PR 8th • × × 3
 Germany (including
West Germany)		 1st × 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 6
 Hungary 3rd PR × PR 7th × × 4
 Netherlands 9th IR 6th PR × 6th 6th 5
 Norway × × • PR × × × 1
 Israel × × × × × 7th × 1
 Luxembourg 10th PR • PR × × × 3
 Poland 7th IR × × • 4th 4th 4
 Portugal × IR • PR × × × 2
 Romania 5th × × × 2nd × × 2
  Switzerland 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 5th 3rd 5th 7
 Sweden 4th 1st 2nd 4th 3rd × × 5
 United States × × × × × 8th × 1
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia 6th × × 3rd × × × 2
 East Germany Part of  Germany × × × × 1st 2nd 2
  Part of  Germany × PR 6th See  West Germany 2
 Yugoslavia × × • 5th • × × 1

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1938 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 89 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1948 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 78 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1952 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 92 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1955 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 91 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1959 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 91 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1963 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 75 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  7. ^ Mosch, T. (20 November 2003). "1966 Men Outdoor" (PDF; 87 KB). International Handball Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Medals Table - Ranking at Men's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 941 KB). 20 October 2010. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

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