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{{Infobox International Handball Competition
| other_titles   = 
| image          = 
| size           = 
| caption        = 
| country        = Germany
| country-flagvar= 1935
| dates          = 5–6 February 
| num_teams      = 4
| confederations = 
| venues         = 1
| cities         = 1
| champion_other = {{Hb|Germany|1935}}
| count          = 1
| second_other   = {{Hb|Austria}}
| third_other    = {{Hb|Sweden}}
| fourth_other   = {{Hb|Denmark}}
| matches        = 6
| goals          = 53
| attendance     = 56000
| top_scorer     = {{flagdeco|GER|1935}} [[Hans-Werner Obermark]]<br />{{flagdeco|GER|1935}} [[Hans Theilig]]<br />{{flagdeco|SWE}} [[Yngve Lamberg]]<br />(6 goals each)
| player         =
| updated        =
| previous       = 
| next           = 1954 World Men's Handball Championship
}}
The '''1938 [[World Men's Handball Championship]]''' was the first ever [[handball]] World Championship. It was played in [[Germany]] on 5 and 6 February 1938.
Contested by just 4 national teams, the tournament was won by hosts Germany.

==History==
Only two years before at the fourth [[International Amateur Handball Federation|IAHF]] congress the first international rules for indoor handball were created. The only game between indoor handball national teams had been played between the Danish and Swedish teams in Copenhagen on 8 March 1935. Sweden had won 18 to 12. In Germany and Austria indoor handball was not regularly played and they had no international appearance yet. An unofficial German national team like team played at tournament in Copenhagen on 28 August 1934.

==Venues==
All games were played in the [[Deutschlandhalle]] in [[Berlin]]. The court had the dimensions 50 × 25 meter (today 40 × 20 meter) and the games were 2 × 15 minutes (today (2× 30 minutes).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
![[Berlin]]
|rowspan="4" | {{Location map+ |Germany 1937 |width=250 |float=center |caption= |places=
{{Location map~ |Germany 1937 |lat_deg=52|lat_min=30|lon_deg=13|lon_min=16|position=right |label='''[[Berlin]]'''}}
}}
|-
|[[Deutschlandhalle]]
|-
|Capacity: '''8,764'''
|-
|[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-P018933, Berlin, Deutschlandhalle.jpg|200px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{Main|1938 World Men's Handball Championship squads}}

==Referees==
One referee from Denmark and two from Germany were refereeing the games.

==Results==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|winpoints=2

|team1=GER |team2=AUT |team3=SWE |team4=DEN
|pos_GER={{gold1}} |pos_AUT={{silver2}} |pos_SWE={{bronze3}}

|win_AUT=2 |draw_AUT=0 |loss_AUT=1 |gf_AUT=16 |ga_AUT=11
|win_DEN=0 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=3 |gf_DEN= 6 |ga_DEN=20
|win_GER=3 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=0 |gf_GER=23 |ga_GER= 9 |status_GER=HC
|win_SWE=1 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=2 |gf_SWE= 8 |ga_SWE=13

|show_matches=true

|match_AUT_DEN=7-2 |match_DEN_AUT=—
|match_GER_AUT=5-4 |match_AUT_GER=—
|match_AUT_SWE=5-4 |match_SWE_AUT=—
|match_GER_DEN=11-3 |match_DEN_GER=—
|match_SWE_DEN=2-1 |match_DEN_SWE=—
|match_GER_SWE=7-2 |match_SWE_GER=—

|name_AUT={{hb|AUT}} |short_AUT={{flagdeco|AUT}}
|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}} |short_DEN={{flagdeco|DEN}}
|name_GER={{hb|GER|1935}} |short_GER={{flagdeco|GER|1935}}
|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}} |short_SWE={{flagdeco|SWE}}

|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/ger38.pdf IHF]
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=5 February 1938
|time=21:05
|team1={{hb-rt|GER|1935}}
|score=11–3
|team2={{hb|DNK}}
|report=[https://www.haandbold.dk/statistik/kampe/7897 Report Denmark]
|goals1=[[Hans Theilig|Theilig]] 4<br />[[Hans-Werner Obermark|Obermark]] 3<br />[[Kurt Mahnkopf|Mahnkopf]] 2<br />[[Günter Ortmann|Ortmann]] & [[Gerd Schauer|Schauer]] 1
|goals2=[[Svend Aage Madsen (handballer)|S. Madsen]], [[Walter Madsen|W. Madsen]] & [[Leif Nielsen (handballer)|Nielsen]] 1
|HT=4–3
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=8 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=5 February 1938
|time=21:50
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=4–5
|team2={{hb|AUT}}
|report=[http://handboll.capmind.se/match/59c0fbca9b8a737c570031b9 Report Sweden]
|goals1=[[Yngve Lamberg|Lamberg]] 3<br />[[Sven Åblad|Åblad]] 1
|goals2=[[Anton Perwein|Perwein]] 2<br />[[Otto Cerny|Cerny]], [[Rudolf Tauscher|Tauscher]] & [[Jaroslav Volak|Volak]] 1
|HT=2–2
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=8 000
|referee=[[Carl F.H. Sörensen]]
|refnat=DNK
}}
----
{{handballbox 
|date=6 February 1938
|time=20:15
|team1={{hb-rt|DNK}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|report=[https://www.haandbold.dk/statistik/kampe/7907 Report Denmark]<br />[http://handboll.capmind.se/match/59c1489f420539a127ea963d Report Sweden]
|goals1=[[Walther Madsen|W. Madsen]] 1
|goals2=[[Yngve Lamberg|Lamberg]] 2
|HT=1–1
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=10 000
|referee=[[Hans Schwinietsky]]
|refnat=GER
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=6 February 1938
|time=20:45
|team1={{hb-rt|GER|1935}}
|score=5–4
|team2={{hb|AUT}}
|report=
|goals1=[[Hans-Werner Obermark|Obermark]] 2<br />[[Günter Ortmann|Ortmann]], [[Kurt Mahnkopf|Mahnkopf]] & [[Hans Theilig|Theilig]] 1
|goals2=[[Hans Houschka|Houschka]], [[Anton Perwein|Perwein]], [[Alfred Schmalzer|Schmalzer]] & [[Rudolf Tauscher|Tauscher]] 1
|HT=4–2
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=10 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=6 February 1938
|time=22:20
|team1={{hb-rt|DNK}}
|score=2–7
|team2={{hb|AUT}}
|report=[https://www.haandbold.dk/statistik/kampe/7902 Report Denmark]
|goals1=[[Ove Jørner|Jørner]] & [[Kaj Piasecki|Piasecki]] 1
|goals2=[[Rudolf Tauscher|Tauscher]] 3<br />[[Jaroslav Volak|Volak]] 2<br />[[Hans Houschka|Houschka]] & [[Anton Perwein|Perwein]] 1
|HT=0–3
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=10 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=6 February 1938
|time=22:45
|team1={{hb-rt|GER|1935}}
|score=7–2
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|report=[http://handboll.capmind.se/match/59c15595420539a127ea963f Report Sweden]
|goals1=[[Günther Ortmann|Ortmann]] 2<br />[[Walter Hömke|Hömke]], [[Hans-Werner Obermark|Obermark]], [[Gerd Schauer|Schauer]], [[Hans Theilig|Theilig]] & [[Philipp Zimmermann|Zimmermann]] 1
|goals2=[[Sven Åblad|Åblad]] & [[Yngve Lamberg|Lamberg]] 1
|HT=3–1
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=10 000
|referee=[[Carl F.H. Sörensen]]
|refnat=DNK
}}

== Top scorers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank!!Name!!Nation!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|1||[[Yngve Lamberg]]||{{hb|SWE}}||rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|6
|-
|[[Hans-Werner Obermark]]||rowspan="2"|{{hb|GER|1935}}
|-
|[[Hans Theilig]]
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4||[[Rudolf Tauscher]]||{{hb|AUT}}||style="text-align:center"|5
|-
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5||[[Günther Ortmann]]||{{hb|GER|1935}}||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4
|-
|[[Jaroslav Volak]]||{{hb|AUT}}
|-
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|7||[[Kurt Mahnkopf]]||{{hb|GER|1935}}||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3
|-
|[[Anton Perwein]]||{{hb|AUT}}
|-
|rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|9||[[Sven Åblad]]||{{hb|SWE}}||rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"|2
|-
|[[Hans Houschka]]||{{hb|AUT}}
|-
|[[Walter Madsen]]||{{hb|DNK}}
|-
|[[Gerd Schauer]]||{{hb|GER|1935}}
|-
| style="text-align:center"|13||8 players|| ||style="text-align:center"|1
|}

==Medallist Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:1em;"
! style="width:150px; background:gold;"|Gold
! style="width:150px; background:silver;"|Silver
! style="width:150px; background:#cc9966;"|Bronze
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagicon|GER|1935}} Germany
| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagicon|AUT}} Austria
| style="text-align:center;"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| style="padding-left:5px;"|[[Karl Herbolzheimer]]<br/>[[Herbert Schmidt (handball player)|Herbert Schmidt]]<br/>[[Gerard Brüntgens]]<br/>[[Walter Homke]]<br/>[[Hans Keiter]]<br/>[[Kurt Lubenow]]<br/>[[Kurt Mahnkopf]]<br/>[[Hans Obermark]]<br/>[[Günther Ortmann]]<br/>[[Gerd Schauer]]<br/>[[Will Steininger]]<br/>[[Hans Theilig]]<br/>[[Adolar Woczinski]]<br/>[[Philipp Zimmermann]]
| style="padding-left:5px;"|[[Franz Axmann]]<br/>[[Otto Cerny]]<br/>[[Hans Houschka]]<br/>[[Zdenko Kucera]]<br/>[[Robert Leu]]<br/>[[Otto Licha]]<br/>[[Ferdinand Mantler]]<br/>[[Anton Perwein]]<br/>[[Alfred Schmalzer]]<br/>[[Alois Schnabel]]<br/>[[Rudolf Tauscher]]<br/>[[Jaroslav Volak]]<br/>[[Leopold Woh]]
| style="padding-left:5px;"|[[Sven Åblad]]<br/>[[Torsten Andersson (handballer)|Torsten Andersson]]<br/>[[Erik Floberg]]<br/>[[Åke Forslund]]<br/>[[Stig Hjortsberg]]<br/>[[Sture Hultberg]]<br/>[[Åke Kallerdahl]]<br/>[[Yngve Lamberg]]<br/>[[Roland Nilsson (handballer)|Roland Nilsson]]<br/>[[Allan Rollander]]<br/>[[Sigfrid Schönning]]<br/>[[Tage Sjöberg]]<br/>[[Gustaf Adolf Thoren]]
|}

== City tournament ==
Besides the World Men's Handball Championship there was also a city tournament played. [[Berlin]] won the city tournament.
{{handballbox 
|date=5 February 1938
|time=20:15
|team1=[[Frankfurt]] [[File:DEU Frankfurt am Main COA.svg|20px]]
|score=5–6
|team2=[[File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png|20px]] [[Munich]]
|report=
|goals1=
|goals2=
|HT=
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=8 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=5 February 1938
|time=20:40
|team1=[[Berlin]] [[File:Coat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg|20px]]
|score=11–7
|team2=[[File:Coat of Arms of Königsberg.svg|20px]] [[Königsberg]]
|report=
|goals1=
|goals2=
|HT=
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=8 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=5 February 1938
|time=22:20
|team1=[[Munich]] [[File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png|20px]]
|score=
|team2=[[File:Coat of Arms of Königsberg.svg|20px]] [[Königsberg]]
|report=
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|HT=
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=8 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=5 February 1938
|time=22:45
|team1=[[Berlin]] [[File:Coat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg|20px]]
|score=
|team2=[[File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png|20px]] [[Munich]]
|report=
|goals1=
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|HT=
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=8 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}
----
{{handballbox 
|date=6 February 1938
|time=21:15
|team1=[[Munich]] [[File:Wappen München 1936-1945.png|20px]]
|score=
|team2=[[File:Coat of Arms of Königsberg.svg|20px]] [[Königsberg]]
|report=
|goals1=
|goals2=
|HT=
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=10 000
|referee= 
|ref
}}
{{handballbox 
|date=6 February 1938
|time=21:55
|team1=[[Berlin]] [[File:Coat of arms of Berlin (1935).svg|20px]]
|score=
|team2=[[File:DEU Frankfurt am Main COA.svg|20px]] [[Frankfurt]]
|report=
|goals1=
|goals2=
|HT=
|stadium=[[Deutschlandhalle]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance=10 000
|referee= 
|refnat= 
}}

==References==
* [http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/MenWorldChampionships/tabid/4861/Default.aspx International Handball Federation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126092631/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/MenWorldChampionships/tabid/4861/Default.aspx |date=2010-11-26 }}
* [https://www.handbollslandslaget.se/herr/landskamper/ Games of Sweden]
* [https://www.sport-record.de/handball/handball-nm.html Games of Germany] (Helmut Laaß and Stephan Müller)
*{{Cite journal|date=5 February 1938|title=Wer wird Weltmeister?|trans-title=Who becomes World Champion?|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19380205&seite=5&zoom=100|journal=(Wiener) Sporttagblatt|language=de|volume=72|issue=35/36|pages=5}}
*{{Cite journal|date=7 February 1938|title=Die Weltmeisterschaft im Hallen-Handball|trans-title=The World Championship in Indoor-Handball|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19380207&query=%22Berlin%22&ref=anno-search&seite=4|journal=(Wiener) Sporttagblatt|language=de|volume=72|issue=37|pages=4}}
*{{Cite journal|date=8 February 1938|title=Die erste Weltmeisterschaft im Hallen-Handball|trans-title=The first World Championship in Indoor-Handball|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19380208&seite=4&zoom=33&query=%22Handball%22&ref=anno-search|journal=(Wiener) Sporttagblatt|language=de|volume=72|issue=38|pages=4}}
*{{Cite journal|date=9 February 1938|title=Oesterreichs zweiter Platz|trans-title=Austrians second place|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19380209&seite=4&zoom=96|journal=(Wiener) Sporttagblatt|language=de|volume=72|issue=39|pages=4}}
*{{Cite journal|date=10 February 1938|title=Weltmeisterschaft im Hallenhandball|trans-title= World Championship in Indoor-Handball|url=https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wst&datum=19380210&seite=3&zoom=96|journal=(Wiener) Sporttagblatt|language=de|volume=72|issue=40|pages=3-4}}
*{{Cite book |title=Geschichten des internationalen Handballs |publisher=[[International Handball Federation]] |year=1960 |location=Bern |pages=27–28 |language=de |chapter=Titelkämpfe in der Halle...}}

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{{World Handball Championship}}

[[Category:World Men's Handball Championship]]
[[Category:1938 in handball|H]]
[[Category:1938 in German sport]]
[[Category:International handball competitions hosted by Germany|World Championship, Men, 1938]]
[[Category:February 1938 sports events in Europe]]