The 1954

World Men's Handball Championship The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title. France is the most successful team with six ...

was the second indoor

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

world championship. It was held in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

from 13–17 January 1954, and the hosts also won the championship. It was the first world championship governed by the

International Handball Federation The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball C ...

, after the first one was governed by the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF).

Qualification

Results

Group A

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Group B

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Finals

5th–6th-place match

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Bronze-medal match

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Final match

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Final standings

Medalists

References

Source:
International Handball Federation

Games of Sweden

(Helmut Laaß and Stephan Müller) {{World Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship H H International handball competitions hosted by Sweden

International sports competitions in Gothenburg World Men's Handball Championship, 1954