1954 World Men's Handball Championship squads

1954 World Men's Handball Championship squads 1938 1958 1954 World Men's Handball Championship The 1954 World Men's Handball Championship represented a pivotal moment in the history of the sport, marking the first time the tournament was held indoors and featuring a standardized squad format of 13 players per national team. Held in Sweden, this second edition of the indoor world championships saw six elite nations—Denmark, Czechoslovakia, France, Norway, Switzerland, and the host nation—compete in a high-stakes group stage followed by a knockout final. The rosters showcased the early technical evolution of handball, transitioning from the outdoor 11-a-side game to the faster, more strategic 7-a-side indoor variant. Key figures of the era, such as the legendary Swedish goalkeeper Roland Mattsson and the prolific scoring units of the German and Czechoslovak sides, defined the tactical landscape of the tournament. These squads were not only selected for their physical prowess but also for their ability to adapt to the smaller court dimensions, which necessitated improved ball-handling and rapid transitions between defense and attack. Appearances, goals and ages as of tournament start, 13 January 1954. Group A 2 April 2025 Group B FRA Head coach: René Ricard and Raymond Hoinant PlayersJuly 1968 Les Tricolores de la Coupe du Monde https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9692055b/f12.item Handball fr French Handball Federation 49 14 Jacques Pluen FC Sochaux FRA Jean Robart AS Police Paris FRA Claude Sagna 1954 01 13 1930 02 15 y 1.75m AS Police Paris FRA Michel Pichot AS Police Paris FRA Félix Gaonac'h AS Police Paris FRA Marcel Gaudion 1954 01 13 1924 02 12 y 1.86m Villemomble Sports FRA Maurice Chastanier 1954 01 13 1931 06 27 y Villemomble Sports FRA Jean Lasnier CSL Dijon FRA Bernard Santona 1954 01 13 1921 11 10 y CSL Dijon FRA Pierre Imberty Paris Université Club FRA Jean Goupy Paris Université Club FRA Raymond Quaglia Cheminots Paris FRA Pierre Grenier Cheminots Paris FRA CHE Head coach: CHE Karl Schmid; President of HBA: CHE Albert Wagner25 January 1954 Hallen-Handball-Weltmeisterschaft 1954 Schweizerische Handball-Zeitung de Schweizerischer Handballausschuss 9 2 6 Players GK Karl Masiero 1954 01 13 1928 10 06 y2015 Abschied https://www.todesanzeigenportal.ch/?HxCkSa04MqS83m 27 April 2025 todesanzeigenportal.ch de 1 0 STV Rorschach-Stadt CHE GK Alex Mundwyler (1928-01-01)1928 (aged 25–26) 3 0 BSC Young Boys CHE D Kurt Hartmann 1954 01 13 1928 07 14 y28 March 2024 Todesanzeige https://www.hommages.ch/de/traueranzeige/kurt-hartmann-2 live https://web.archive.org/web/20250427104030/https://www.hommages.ch/de/traueranzeige/kurt-hartmann-2 27 April 2025 27 April 2025 Hommages 2 5 TV Unterstrass Zürich CHE D Ernst Dubs 1954 01 13 1924 08 01 y 1 0 Grasshopper Club Zürich CHE D Otto Schwarz 1954 01 13 1928 05 29 y 7 7 Grasshopper Club Zürich CHE D Jenny Walter (1924-01-01)1924 (aged 29–30) 1 0 TV Unterstrass Zürich CHE D Walter Strohmeier 1954 01 13 1930 06 22 y 3 4 Grasshopper Club Zürich CHE D Hugo Baumgartner (1925-01-01)1925 (aged 28–29) 2 1 TV Kaufleute Zürich CHE O Hansjakob Bertschinger 1954 01 13 1923 06 09 y 7 7 Grasshopper Club Zürich CHE O Roger Buschor (1928-01-01)1928 (aged 25–26) 5 6 Grasshopper Club Zürich CHE O Erhard Minder 1954 01 13 1925 01 16 y 1.83m 0 0 Pfadi Winterthur CHE O Romeo Brianza 1954 01 13 1930 08 21 y2021 In liebevoller Erinnerung an https://www.todesanzeigenportal.ch/?8i31ia1UuVNCr2 27 April 2025 todesanzeigenportal.ch de 1 1 TV Kaufleute Basel CHE O Fritz Riess (1932-01-01)1932 (aged 21–22) 1 2 TV Kaufleute Basel CHE GK=Goalkeeper; D=Defender; O=Offendner Apps. and Goals: Hall of Fame https://www.handball.ch/de/nationalteams/hall-of-fame/ 27 April 2025 Swiss Handball Association FRG Head coach: FRG Fritz FrommDas Aufgebot des DHB bei der WM 1954 http://bundesligainfo.de/Archiv/MWM/WM1954/Aufgebot.php live https://web.archive.org/web/20250417034953/http://www.bundesligainfo.de/Archiv/MWM/WM1954/Aufgebot.php 17 April 2025 27 April 2025 bundesligainfo.de de Players GK Harry Kamm 1954 01 13 1922 08 20 y 0 0 Polizei SV Berlin FRG GK Fredy Pankonin 1954 01 13 1927 02 27 y 3 0 Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf FRG Markus Bernhard 1954 01 13 1921 02 13 y 3 4 FC Bayern München FRG Heinrich Dahlinger 1954 01 13 1922 10 30 y 9 21 THW Kiel FRG Adolf Giele 1954 01 13 1929 12 17 y 4 3 SC Victoria Hamburg FRG Karl Hebel 1954 01 13 1923 05 13 y 3 5 Polizei SV Hamburg FRG Horst Käsler 1954 01 13 1926 04 18 y 5 7 Berliner SV 1892 FRG Bernhard Kempa 1954 01 13 1920 11 19 y 4 3 Frisch Auf Göppingen FRG Otto Maychrzak 1954 01 13 1927 03 06 y 1.92m 7 27 Polizei SV Hamburg FRG Herbert Podolske 1954 01 13 1919 07 20 y 4 4 THW Kiel FRG Wolfgang Schütze 1954 01 13 1927 06 19 y 10 22 Berliner SV 1892 FRG Hinrich Schwenker 1954 01 13 1934 07 08 y 1 0 ATSV Habenhausen FRG Werner Vick 1954 01 13 1920 12 03 y 8 4 Polizei SV Hamburg FRG References External links Squads at Todor66 World Mens Handball Championship Squads, 1954 1954