1954 World Men's Handball Championship squads

1954 World Men's Handball Championship squads
Main article: 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

Group B

 France

Head coach: René Ricard and Raymond Hoinant

Players[1]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
Jacques Pluen FC Sochaux
Jean Robart AS Police Paris
Claude Sagna (1930-02-15)15 February 1930 (aged 23) 1.75m AS Police Paris
Michel Pichot AS Police Paris
Félix Gaonac'h AS Police Paris
Marcel Gaudion (1924-02-12)12 February 1924 (aged 29) 1.86m Villemomble Sports
Maurice Chastanier (1931-06-27)27 June 1931 (aged 22) Villemomble Sports
Jean Lasnier CSL Dijon
Bernard Santona (1921-11-10)10 November 1921 (aged 32) CSL Dijon
Pierre Imberty Paris Université Club
Jean Goupy Paris Université Club
Raymond Quaglia Cheminots Paris
Pierre Grenier Cheminots Paris

  Switzerland

Head coach: Karl Schmid; President of HBA: Albert Wagner[2]

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
GK Karl Masiero (1928-10-06)6 October 1928 (aged 25)[3] 1 0 STV Rorschach-Stadt
GK Alex Mundwyler (1928-01-01)1928 (aged 25–26) 3 0 BSC Young Boys
D Kurt Hartmann (1928-07-14)14 July 1928 (aged 25)[4] 2 5 TV Unterstrass Zürich
D Ernst Dubs (1924-08-01)1 August 1924 (aged 29) 1 0 Grasshopper Club Zürich
D Otto Schwarz (1928-05-29)29 May 1928 (aged 25) 7 7 Grasshopper Club Zürich
D Jenny Walter (1924-01-01)1924 (aged 29–30) 1 0 TV Unterstrass Zürich
D Walter Strohmeier (1930-06-22)22 June 1930 (aged 23) 3 4 Grasshopper Club Zürich
D Hugo Baumgartner (1925-01-01)1925 (aged 28–29) 2 1 TV Kaufleute Zürich
O Hansjakob Bertschinger (1923-06-09)9 June 1923 (aged 30) 7 7 Grasshopper Club Zürich
O Roger Buschor (1928-01-01)1928 (aged 25–26) 5 6 Grasshopper Club Zürich
O Erhard Minder (1925-01-16)16 January 1925 (aged 28) 1.83m 0 0 Pfadi Winterthur
O Romeo Brianza (1930-08-21)21 August 1930 (aged 23)[5] 1 1 TV Kaufleute Basel
O Fritz Riess (1932-01-01)1932 (aged 21–22) 1 2 TV Kaufleute Basel
  • GK=Goalkeeper; D=Defender; O=Offendner
  • Apps. and Goals: [6]

 West Germany

Head coach: Fritz Fromm[7]

Players

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
GK Harry Kamm (1922-08-20)20 August 1922 (aged 31) 0 0 Polizei SV Berlin
GK Fredy Pankonin (1927-02-27)27 February 1927 (aged 26) 3 0 Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf
Markus Bernhard (1921-02-13)13 February 1921 (aged 32) 3 4 FC Bayern München
Heinrich Dahlinger (1922-10-30)30 October 1922 (aged 31) 9 21 THW Kiel
Adolf Giele (1929-12-17)17 December 1929 (aged 24) 4 3 SC Victoria Hamburg
Karl Hebel (1923-05-13)13 May 1923 (aged 30) 3 5 Polizei SV Hamburg
Horst Käsler (1926-04-18)18 April 1926 (aged 27) 5 7 Berliner SV 1892
Bernhard Kempa (1920-11-19)19 November 1920 (aged 33) 4 3 Frisch Auf Göppingen
Otto Maychrzak (1927-03-06)6 March 1927 (aged 26) 1.92m 7 27 Polizei SV Hamburg
Herbert Podolske (1919-07-20)20 July 1919 (aged 34) 4 4 THW Kiel
Wolfgang Schütze (1927-06-19)19 June 1927 (aged 26) 10 22 Berliner SV 1892
Hinrich Schwenker (1934-07-08)8 July 1934 (aged 19) 1 0 ATSV Habenhausen
Werner Vick (1920-12-03)3 December 1920 (aged 33) 8 4 Polizei SV Hamburg

References

  1. ^ "Les Tricolores de la Coupe du Monde". Handball (in French) (49). French Handball Federation: 14. July 1968.
  2. ^ "Hallen-Handball-Weltmeisterschaft 1954". Schweizerische Handball-Zeitung (in German). 9 (2). Schweizerischer Handballausschuss: 6. 25 January 1954.
  3. ^ "Abschied". todesanzeigenportal.ch (in German). 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Todesanzeige". Hommages. 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  5. ^ "In liebevoller Erinnerung an". todesanzeigenportal.ch (in German). 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Hall of Fame". Swiss Handball Association. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Das Aufgebot des DHB bei der WM 1954". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
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