1958 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1958 World Championship for men in team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

was the 3rd World Handball Championship. It was held in the German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...

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

Final standings




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Preliminary round

GROUP A

Date	Matches	Res.
27 Feb	-	31-11
27 Feb	-	14-14
1 Mar	-	19-16
1 Mar	-	19-14
3 Mar	-	25-11
3 Mar	-	27-16

Matches	Goals	Points
3	77-41	6
3	53-44	3
3	41-72	2
3	46-60	1

GROUP B

Date	Matches	Res.
28 Feb	-	46-4
28 Feb	-	17-13
2 Mar	-	41-8
2 Mar	-	32-12
4 Mar	-	41-8
4 Mar	-	19-9

Matches	Goals	Points
3	97-25	6
3	67-40	4
3	66-57	2
3	20-128	0

GROUP C

Date	Matches	Res.
27 Feb	-	27-17
27 Feb	-	16-16
1 Mar	-	13-11
1 Mar	-	26-11
3 Mar	-	19-16
3 Mar	-	21-13

Matches	Goals	Points
3	74-41	6
3	46-58	3
3	46-57	2
3	40-50	1

GROUP D

Date	Matches	Res.
28 Feb	-	32-12
28 Feb	-	35-8
2 Mar	-	24-12
2 Mar	-	20-12
4 Mar	-	22-9
4 Mar	-	22-18

Matches	Goals	Points
3	74-42	6
3	69-37	4
3	50-69	2
3	33-78	0

Main Round

GROUP 1

Date	Matches	Res.
5 Mar	-	22-15
5 Mar	-	21-10
6 Mar	-	23-21
6 Mar	-	17-14

Matches	Goals	Points
3	64-35	6
3	55-42	4
3	42-61	2
3	47-71	0

GROUP 2

Date	Matches	Res.
5 Mar	-	22-15
5 Mar	-	26-9
6 Mar	-	9-7
6 Mar	-	13-12

Matches	Goals	Points
3	58-35	6
3	54-40	4
3	38-48	2
3	28-55	0

Final matches

Date	Matches	Res.
Match for 7th place
7 Mar	-	24-16
Match for 5th place
7 Mar	-	18-20
Bronze medal match
8 Mar	-	16-13
Final
8 Mar	-	12-22

Source: International Handball Federation

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