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 first one was governed by the International Amateur Handball Federation (IAHF).
Qualification Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 Qualification 28 November – 13 December 1953 5 Results
Group A
Group B
Finals 5th–6th-place match
Bronze-medal match
Final match
Final standings Rank Team 4 5 6
Medalists GoldSilver Bronze Gunnar Brusberg Roland Mattsson Sten Åkerstedt Rolf Almqvist Kjell Jönsson Per-Olof Larsson Rune Lindqvist Åke Moberg Bertil Rönndahl Ewerth Sjunnesson Carl-Erik Stockenberg Rolf ZachrissonHarry Kamm Fredi Pankonin Markus Bernhard Heinrich Dahlinger Adolf Giele Karl Hebel Horst Käsler Bernhard Kempa Otto Maychrzak Herbert Podolske Wolfgang Schütze Hinrich Schwenker Werner VickMiloš Bačák Miroslav Baumruk Karel Čermák Jiří Klemm Jiří Korbel Bedřich König Alois Navrátil Vladimír Nykl Zdeněk Pešl Dušan Ruža Oldřich Spáčil Josef Trojan Jiří Vícha Curt Wadmark (Coach) Fritz Fromm (Coach) Jan Voreth (Coach)
References Source: International Handball Federation Games of Sweden Games of Germany (Helmut Laaß and Stephan Müller)