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{{Infobox international handball competition
| country = Sweden
| dates = 13–17 January  
| num_teams = 6 
| confederations = 1
| venues = 7
| cities = 7
| champion_other = {{Hb|Sweden}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{Hb|FRG}}
| third_other = {{Hb|Czechoslovakia}}
| fourth_other = 
| matches = 9
| goals  = 274
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Otto Maychrzak]] 16
| player = {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernhard Kempa]]
| updated =
| previous = 1938 World Men's Handball Championship
| next = 1958 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.

It was the first world championship governed by the [[International Handball Federation]], after the [[1938 World Men's Handball Championship|first one]] was governed by the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF).<ref name=history>{{cite web | url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/international-handball-federation-timeline-milestones | title=IHF &#124; the International Handball Federation – Timeline of Milestones }}</ref> 

==Qualification==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition
! Dates
! Vacancies
! Qualified
|-
| Host nation
| 
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|{{hb|SWE}}
|-
| [[1954 World Men's Handball Championship – qualification|Qualification]]
| 28 November – 13 December 1953
| style="text-align: center;" | 5
|{{hb|TCH}}<br />{{hb|DEN}}<br />{{hb|FRA}}<br />{{hb|FRG}}<br />{{hb|CHE}}
|}
==Results==

===Group A===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|show_positions=n
|use_goal_ratio=yes

|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}
|team2=TCH|name_TCH={{hb|TCH}}
|team3=DEN|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}
|win_SWE=2|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=0|gf_SWE=39|ga_SWE=22
|win_TCH=1|draw_TCH=0|loss_TCH=1|gf_TCH=32|ga_TCH=36
|win_DEN=0|draw_DEN=0|loss_DEN=2|gf_DEN=21|ga_DEN=34

|col_A=green1|text_A=
|result1=A
|col_B=yellow1|text_B=
|result2=B
|col_E=red1|text_E=
|result3=E
|update=complete|source=<ref name="Bund_1954-01-17">{{Cite journal|date=17 January 1954|title=Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden|trans-title=Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19540117-01.2.26.8.1|journal=[[Der Bund]]|language=de|publisher=[[Sportinformation Si]]|volume=105|issue=26|pages=11|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref>
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=13 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score= 16–8
|report=[https://www.haandbold.dk/landsholdsinfo/kamp/8034 Report Denmark]
|team2={{hb|DEN}}
|goals1= [[Carl-Erik Stockenberg|Stockenberg]] 6
|goals2= [[Svend Aage Madsen (handballer)|Madsen]] & [[Per Theilmann|Theilmann]] each 2
|HT=7–5
|stadium= [[Mässhallen Gothenburg|Mässhallen]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=4200<ref>{{Cite journal|date=15 January 1954|title=Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden|trans-title=The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DTT19540115-01.2.20|journal=[[Die Tat]]|language=de|publisher=[[Sportinformation Si]]|volume=19|issue=14|pages=6|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref>
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=14 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|TCH}}
|score= 18–13
|report=[https://www.haandbold.dk/landsholdsinfo/kamp/8038 Report Denmark]
|team2={{hb|DEN}}
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Per Theilmann|Theilmann]] 4
|HT=9–8
|stadium = [[Jönköping]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=14 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score= 23–14
|team2={{hb|TCH}}
|goals1=[[Rolf Almqvist|Almqvist]] 4 
|goals2= 
|HT=10–6
|stadium = [[Idrottshallen]], [[Örebro]]
|attendance=2000<ref name="Bund_1954-01-17" />
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|show_positions=n
|use_goal_ratio=yes

|team1=FRG|name_FRG={{hb|FRG}}
|team2=SUI|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}
|team3=FRA|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}
|win_FRG=2|draw_FRG=0|loss_FRG=0|gf_FRG=47|ga_FRG=13
|win_SUI=0|draw_SUI=1|loss_SUI=1|gf_SUI=20|ga_SUI=31
|win_FRA=0|draw_FRA=1|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=15|ga_FRA=38

|col_A=green1|text_A=
|result1=A
|col_B=yellow1|text_B=
|result2=B
|col_E=red1|text_E=
|result3=E
|update=complete|source=<ref name="Bund_1954-01-17" />
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=13 January 1954
|time=
|team1= {{hb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 27–4
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|goals1= [[Otto Maychrzak|Maychrzak]] 7
|goals2= 
|HT=12–1
|stadium=Sporthallen, [[Kristianstad]]
|attendance=1925}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 1954 |title=Tyskland vann stor seger över Frankrike |pages=6 |work=Trelleborgstidningen}}</ref>
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{{handballbox
|date=14 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score= 11–11
|report=<ref>{{Cite journal|date=15 January 1954|title=Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden|trans-title=Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DBB19540115-02.2.35.1|journal=[[Der Bund]]|language=de|publisher=[[Sportinformation Si]]|volume=105|issue=24|pages=4|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><br />[https://www.handball.ch/de/matchcenter/spiele/140953 Report Switzerland]
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|goals1= 3 players each 3
|goals2= [[Hansjakob Bertschinger|Bertschinger]] 6
|HT=2–3
|stadium=[[Malmö]]
|attendance=1200
|referee= Sohre
|refnat=BRD
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=15 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|FRG}}
|score= 20–9
|report=<ref name="Bund_1954-01-17" /><ref>{{Cite journal|date=17 January 1954|title=Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden|trans-title=The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DTT19540117-01.2.22|journal=[[Die Tat]]|language=de|publisher=[[Sportinformation Si]]|volume=19|issue=16|pages=6|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref><br />[https://www.handball.ch/de/matchcenter/spiele/140952 Report Switzerland]
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|goals1= [[Otto Maychrzak|Maychrzak]] 6
|goals2= [[Hansjakob Bertschinger|Bertschinger]] 3
|HT=11–4
|stadium=Idrottshallen, [[Lund]]
|attendance=2000
|referee= Kling
|refnat=SWE
}}
----

==Finals==
===5th–6th-place match===
{{handballbox
|date=16 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|DEN}}
|score= 23–11
|report=[https://www.haandbold.dk/landsholdsinfo/kamp/8042 Report Denmark]
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|goals1= [[Per Theilmann|Theilmann]] 10
|goals2= Pichot 4<ref>{{Cite journal|date=18 January 1954|title=Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden|trans-title=The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DTT19540118-01.2.25|journal=[[Die Tat]]|language=de|publisher=[[Sportinformation Si]]|volume=19|issue=17|pages=8|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref>
|HT=9–3
|stadium=[[Växjö]]
}}
----
===Bronze-medal match===
{{handballbox
|date=17 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|TCH}}
|score= 24–11
|report=[https://www.handball.ch/de/matchcenter/spiele/140951 Report Switzerland]
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Hansjakob Bertschinger|Bertschinger]] 3
|HT=13–3
|stadium=[[Frölundaborg]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=5500<ref name="TAT_1954-01-19">{{Cite journal|date=19 January 1954|title=Die Hallenhandball-Weltmeisterschaft in Schweden|trans-title=The Indoor Handball - World Championship in Sweden|url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=DTT19540119-01.2.28|journal=[[Die Tat]]|language=de|volume=19|issue=18|pages=8|access-date=28 November 2021}}</ref>
}}
----
===Final match===
{{handballbox
|date=17 January 1954
|team1= {{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score= 17–14
|team2={{hb|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Rolf Almqvist|Almqvist]] 5
|goals2= 3 players each 3
|HT=8–5
|stadium= [[Mässhallen Gothenburg|Mässhallen]], [[Gothenburg]]
|attendance=5500<ref name="TAT_1954-01-19" />
}}
----

==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width: 40px;" | Rank
! style="width: 180px;" | Team
|-
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.svg]]|| {{Hb|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.svg]]|| {{Hb|FRG}}
|-
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]|| {{Hb|TCH}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{Hb|SUI}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{Hb|DEN}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{Hb|FRA}}
|-
|}

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"
|-
|style="width: 15em; background: gold"|'''Gold'''
|style="width: 15em; background: silver"|'''Silver''' 
|style="width: 15em; background: #CC9966"|'''Bronze''' 
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|SWE}}<hr>[[Gunnar Brusberg]]<br /> [[Roland Mattsson]]<br /> [[Sten Åkerstedt]]<br /> [[Rolf Almqvist]]<br /> [[Kjell Jönsson]]<br /> [[Per-Olof Larsson]]<br /> [[Rune Lindqvist]]<br /> [[Åke Moberg]]<br />{{ill|Hans Olsson (handballer)|lt=Hans Olsson|sv|Hans Olsson (handbollsspelare)}}<br /> [[Bertil Rönndahl]]<br /> [[Ewerth Sjunnesson]]<br /> [[Carl-Erik Stockenberg]]<br /> [[Rolf Zachrisson]]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|FRG}}<hr>[[Harry Kamm]]<br /> [[Fredi Pankonin]]<br /> [[Markus Bernhard]]<br /> [[Heinrich Dahlinger]]<br /> [[Adolf Giele]]<br /> [[Karl Hebel]]<br /> [[Horst Käsler]]<br /> [[Bernhard Kempa]]<br /> [[Otto Maychrzak]]<br /> [[Herbert Podolske]]<br /> [[Wolfgang Schütze]]<br /> [[Hinrich Schwenker]]<br /> [[Werner Vick]]
|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|TCH}}<hr>[[Miloš Bačák]]<br /> [[Miroslav Baumruk]]<br /> [[Karel Čermák]]<br /> [[Jiří Klemm]]<br /> [[Jiří Korbel]]<br /> [[Bedřich König]]<br /> [[Alois Navrátil]]<br /> [[Vladimír Nykl]]<br /> [[Zdeněk Pešl]]<br /> [[Dušan Ruža]]<br /> [[Oldřich Spáčil]]<br /> [[Josef Trojan (handball)|Josef Trojan]]<br /> [[Jiří Vícha]]
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
| [[Curt Wadmark]] <small>(Coach)</small>
| [[Fritz Fromm]] <small>(Coach)</small>
| [[Jan Voreth]] <small>(Coach)</small>
|}

==References==
Source: 
* [http://ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/CompetitionsArchive/MenWorldChampionships/tabid/4861/Default.aspx International Handball Federation]
* [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)
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{{International Handball}}
{{World Handball Championship}}

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