Finals played in East Berlin Game date team 1 score team 2 HT Final 08.03 Sweden 22-12 Czechoslovakia 10-5 Goals 3-4 08.03 Germany 16-13 Denmark 10-6 5-6 07.03 Poland 20-18 Norway 11-8 7-8 07.03 Hungary 24-16 Yugoslavia 10-9 Formula Final ranking P w d l gf ga 1. Sweden 12 6 0 0 138: 74 2. Czechoslovakia 10 5 0 1 124: 87 3. Germany 10 5 0 1 149: 70 4. Denmark 8 4 0 2 121: 86 5. Poland 7 3 1 2 97: 91 6. Norway 6 3 0 3 118: 102 7. Hungary 5 2 1 3 106: 119 8. Yugoslavia 4 2 0 4 101: 96 eliminated in First Groups Round 9. France 2 1 0 2 66: 57 10.Iceland 2 1 0 2 46: 57 11.Austria 2 1 0 2 50: 69 12.Spain 2 1 0 2 41: 72 13.Romania 1 0 1 2 40: 50 14.Finland 1 0 1 2 46: 60 15.Brazil 0 0 0 3 33: 78 16.Luxembourg 0 0 0 3 20: 128 Second Groups Round Group E East Berlin TCH GER NOR HUN Group F Leipzig SWE DEN POL YUG First Groups Round Group A Erfurt SWE POL ESP FIN Group B East Berlin GER NOR FRA LUX Group C Magdeburg TCH HUN ISL ROU Group D Rostock DEN YUG AUT BRA No qualification Teams Europe 15 America 1 Belgium was Reserve! Teams Composition Germany played with unified team. Second Groups Round. Winners to Final. Rest to Classification. Group E p w d l gf ga 1. Czechoslovakia 6 3 0 0 64: 35 2. Germany 4 2 0 1 55: 41 3. Norway 2 1 0 2 42: 61 4. Hungary 0 0 0 3 47: 71 Team Czec Germ Norw Hung Czechoslovakia ---- 17:14 21:10 26:11 Germany ---- 19:9 22:15 Norway ---- 23:21 Hungary ---- date team 1 score team 2 HT played in East Berlin 04.03 Czechoslovakia 21-10 Norway 10-3 04.03 Germany 22-15 Hungary 14-8 06.03 Czechoslovakia 17-14 Germany 10-6 06.03 Norway 23-21 Hungary 13-12 Group F p w d l gf ga 1. Sweden 6 3 0 0 58: 35 2. Denmark 4 2 0 1 54: 40 3. Poland 2 1 0 2 38: 48 4. Yugoslavia 0 0 0 3 28: 55 Team Swed Denm Pola Yugo Sweden ---- 13:12 19:14 26:9 Denmark ---- 22:15 20:12 Poland ---- 9:7 Yugoslavia ---- date team 1 score team 2 HT played in Leipzig 04.03 Denmark 22-15 Poland 8-6 04.03 Sweden 26-9 Yugoslavia 14-5 06.03 Sweden 13-12 Denmark 8-5 06.03 Poland 9-7 Yugoslavia 4-6 First Groups Round. First 2 to Second Groups Round. Rest eliminated. Scores are transferred. Group A p w d l gf ga 1. Sweden 6 3 0 0 77: 41 2. Poland 3 1 1 1 53: 44 3. Spain 2 1 0 2 41: 72 4. Finland 1 0 1 2 46: 60 Team Swed Pola Spai Finl Sweden ---- 19:14 31:11 27:16 Poland ---- 25:11 14:14 Spain ---- 19:16 Finland ---- date team 1 score team 2 HT played in Erfurt 27.02 Sweden 31-11 Spain 15-5 27.02 Poland 14-14 Finland 8-6 01.03 Sweden 19-14 Poland 11-5 01.03 Spain 19-16 Finland 12-6 02.03 Sweden 27-16 Finland 14-6 02.03 Poland 25-11 Spain 12-3 Group B p w d l gf ga 1. Germany 6 3 0 0 97: 25 2. Norway 4 2 0 1 67: 40 3. France 2 1 0 2 66: 57 4. Luxembourg 0 0 0 3 20: 128 Team Germ Norw Fran Luxe Germany ---- 19:9 32:12 46:4 Norway ---- 17:13 41:8 France ---- 41:8 Luxembourg ---- date team 1 score team 2 HT played in East Berlin 27.02 Germany 46-4 Luxembourg 23-1 27.02 Norway 17-13 France 8-7 01.03 Germany 32-12 France 16-8 01.03 Norway 41-8 Luxembourg 25-3 02.03 Germany 19-9 Norway 11-4 02.03 France 41-8 Luxembourg 19-0 Group C p w d l gf ga 1. Czechoslovakia 6 3 0 0 74: 41 2. Hungary 3 1 1 1 46: 58 3. Iceland 2 1 0 2 46: 57 4. Romania 1 0 1 2 40: 50 Team Czec Hung Icel Roma Czechoslovakia ---- 26:11 27:17 21:13 Hungary ---- 19:16 16:16 Iceland ---- 13:11 Romania ---- date team 1 score team 2 HT played in Magdeburg 27.02 Czechoslovakia 27-17 Iceland 15-9 27.02 Hungary 16-16 Romania 8-8 01.03 Czechoslovakia 26-11 Hungary 12-3 01.03 Iceland 13-11 Romania 7-6 02.03 Czechoslovakia 21-13 Romania 9-9 02.03 Hungary 19-16 Iceland 11-7 Group D p w d l gf ga 1. Denmark 6 3 0 0 74: 42 2. Yugoslavia 4 2 0 1 69: 37 3. Austria 2 1 0 2 50: 69 4. Brazil 0 0 0 3 33: 78 Team Denm Yugo Aust Braz Denmark ---- 20:12 22:18 32:12 Yugoslavia ---- 35:8 22:9 Austria ---- 24:12 Brazil ---- date team 1 score team 2 HT played in Rostock 27.02 Denmark 32-12 Brazil 14-6 27.02 Yugoslavia 35-8 Austria 16-2 01.03 Denmark 20-12 Yugoslavia 8-8 01.03 Austria 24-12 Brazil 9-5 02.03 Denmark 22-18 Austria 13-10 02.03 Yugoslavia 22-9 Brazil 11-2 Teams Composition. Sweden 1958 Team 1. Sweden team G M Donald Lindblom Redbergslids IK 3 Roland Mattsson Örebro SK 3 Lennart Ring AIK 6 Gösta Carlsson Redbergslids IK 2 1 Hasse Carlsson IK Heim 16 6 Uno Danielsson Lugi 5 5 Nils Ekeroth Majornas IK 6 6 Sten Hellberg Lugi 1 1 Kjell Jönsson IFK Malmö 23 6 Gunnar Kämpendahl Redbergslids IK 22 6 Hans Olsson Redbergslids IK 7 5 Åke Reimer IFK Malmö 1 1 Lars-Erik Olsson Redbergslids IK 1 1 Stig Lennart Olsson IK Heim 6 5 Rolf Zachrisson IK Heim 9 5 Rune Åhrling Örebro SK 23 6 Coach: Curt Wadmark 2. Czechoslovakia team G M Jiri Vicha Dukla Prague Vladimir Nykl Spartak Pilsen Karel Cermak Spartak Pilsen Jiri Klemm Spartak Prague Bedrich König Dukla Prague Dusan Ruza TJ Gottwaldow Oldrich Spacil Dukla Prague Josef Trojan Dukla Prague Jaroslav Provaznik Dukla Prague Vojtech Mares Spartak Prague Antonin Frolo Dukla Prague Frantisek Vykouril Sokol Telnice Zdenek Rada Dukla Prague Miroslav Vicha Spartak Plzen Vaclav Eret Dukla Prague 46 Josef Caniga Slovan Bratislava Coach: Jan Vorreth Top scorers: 1. Mogens Olsen DEN 46 2. Vaclav Eret CZE 35 3. Ferenc Som HUN 33 3. Germany team G M Hans Beier SC Empor Rostock 1 Hans-Jürgen Heinrichs THW Kiel-FRG 4 Fredy Pankonin RSC Rehberge Berlin-FRG 2 Harald Gleinig Charlottenburger HCF-FRG 6 1 Günter Herzog SC Lokomotive Leipzig 10 2 Adolf Giele SC Victoria Hamburg-FRG 15 5 Rudolf Hirsch SC Dynamo Berlin 22 6 Horst Käsler Berliner SV 1892-FRG 11 4 Peter Kretzschmar SC Lokomotive Leipzig 3 3 Otto Maychrzak Polizei SV Hamburg-FRG 20 5 Klaus-Dieter Matz SC Dynamo Berlin 19 5 Günter Mundt SC Empor Rostock 4 3 Wolfgang Niescher Motor Gohlis Nord Leipzig 4 2 Paul Tiedemann SC DHfK Leipzig 8 5 Edwin Vollmer Frisch Auf Göppingen-FRG 8 4 Hinrich Schwenker ATSV Habenhausen-FRG 19 5 Coach: Werner Vick (West Germany) 8 players from West Germany and 8 players from East Germany 4. Denmark team G M Bent Mortensen Schneekloth 6 Bent Mortensen Helsingør IF 3 Knud Sørensen HG København 3 Mogens Olsen Århus KFUM 46 6 Jørgen Peter Hansen Tarup HK 3 2 Steen Petersen Helsingør IF 1 5 Mogens Cramer Helsingør IF 11 6 Erik Jacobsen Helsingør IF 1 4 Paul Locht AGF Aarhus 15 6 Preben Marott HG København 8 6 Aage Holm-Pedersen AGF Aarhus 9 6 Per Theilmann Helsingør IF 23 6 Ole Halskov HG København 3 3 Poul Michelsen AGF Aarhus 1 Bent Jørgensen Skovbakken 1 1 Jørgen Nielsen Gullfoss 1 2 Coach: Aksel Pedersen 5. Poland team G M Henryk Gąsior Slask Wroclaw 6 Pawel Malaka Orzeł Szczepanowice 3 Jan Suski Sparta Katowice ? 15 6 Stanislaw Świetliński 16 6 Kazimierz Frąszczak Slask Wroclaw 19 6 Jozef Cieślak Sparta Katowice 16 6 Edward Hyla Slask Wroclaw 7 6 Marian Rozwadowski Wybrzeże Gdańsk 5 6 Rutkowski 2 2 Kazimierz Dauksza Wybrzeże Gdańsk 8 6 Roman Pyjos Zwierzyniecki KS 4 6 Engelbert Jezusek Slask Wroclaw 1 Piotr Kulik Slask Wroclaw 3 1 Zygfryd Nowak 1 Franciszek Cholewa Pogon Katowice 1 Coach: Tadeusz Bregula note. 2 goals missing, Jan Suski possibly Warszawianka 6. Norway team G M Oddvar Klepperås 6 Rolf Rustad 5 Ivar Gundersen 1 Knut Reese Larsen 2 3 Ivar Sandboe 16 6 Kjell Svestad 3 5 Agnar Hagen 7 4 Jon Narvestad 18 5 Jan Flatla 17 6 Erik Vellan 10 4 Roy Yssen 9 3 Finn Arne Johansen 1 2 John Tresse 2 1 Jonny Hovde 10 5 Hans Lien 14 5 Odd Nielsen 9 5 Coach: Ragnar Pettersen 7. Hungary team G M Miklós Kele Ferencváros 4 Tibor Kőszegi Vörös Meteor SC 4 Mihály Faludi Honved 4 Jenő Balázs Honved 8 5 István Bányai Vörös Meteor SC 1 3 Ottó Bencsik Elektromos 2 József Berendi Ferencváros 2 Rudolf Bolla Vörös Meteor SC 8 4 Sándor Fekete 18 5 Ottó Hetényi 8 5 Jenő Horváth Spartacus 3 4 Gábor Lengyel Vörös Meteor SC 2 5 Béla Schvajda Ujpest Dosza 14 6 Ferenc Som Ferencváros 33 6 Károly Töltő Vörös Meteor SC 2 3 István Vajna Ferencváros 9 4 Coach: Sándor Cséfai 8. Yugoslavia 9. France team G M Jean Ferignac Paris UC Gérard Balassi Police Paris Michel Paolini Paris UC Robert Rios ASPOM Bordeaux Jean Goupy SPN Vernon Etienne Lupatin Gérard Dumont Michel Pichot Police Paris Maurice Chastanier Police Paris Georges Leroy AS Mulhouse André Beacourt Police Paris Marcel Lartigau Roger Orvain Police Paris Jaques Moneghetti Jean-Pierre Lacoux Jaques Labrot Coach: Bernhard Kempa (Germany) 10.Iceland team G M Gudjón Ólafsson KR Reykjavik Kristófer Magnússon FH Hafnarfjördur Ragnar Jónsson FH Hafnarfjördur Bergthór Jónsson FH Hafnarfjördur Birgir Björnsson FH Hafnarfjördur Hördur Jónsson FH Hafnarfjördur Einar Sigurdsson FH Hafnarfjördur Sverrir Jónsson FH Hafnarfjördur Gunnlaugur Hjálmarsson ÍR Reykjavik Hermann Samúelsson ÍR Reykjavik Karl Benediktsson Fram Reykjavik Karl Jóhannsson KR Reykjavik Reynir Ólafsson KR Reykjavik Thórir Thorsteinsson KR Reykjavik Coach: Hallstein Hinriksson 12.Spain team G M Martin Font Masana Granollers 2 Juan González Espinosa Real Madrid 2 José Luis Alcántara Real Madrid 2 3 Aléjandro Anchustegui Atletico Madrid Antonio Casajuana Rovira Granollers 1 2 Carlos Farrés CD Sabadell 4 3 Jósé Luis Garcia Mir Barcelona 3 3 Eduardo Góngora Atletico Madrid 1 Valentin Maestre Quiroga Real Madrid 1 Miguel J. Medina Belenciaga San Fernando 4 3 Lluis Miracle Barcelona 2 3 Rafael Orbe San Fernando 8 3 Francisco Pregona Ferrer Granollers 7 2 Josep Miguel Fontdevila Granollers 9 3 Jesus Perez Morante (Susi) Real Madrid Emilio Villanueva (Villita) Real Madrid Coach: Domingo Barcenas 13.Romania team G M Mihai Redl Dinamo Bucuresti Emil Barbu Stiinta Timisoara Virgil Tale Stiinta Bucuresti Mircea Costache I Rapid Bucuresti Aurel Bulgariu Steaua Bucuresti Gheorghe Coman Rapid Bucuresti Virgil Hnat ICF Bucuresti Olimpiu Nodea Steaua Bucuresti Petre Ivănescu Dinamo Bucuresti Gheorghe Covaci Dinamo Bucuresti Iulian Caliman Dinamo Bucuresti Tudor Ristoiu Dinamo Bucuresti Liviu Constantinescu Dinamo Bucuresti Pompiliu Simion Dinamo Bucuresti Constantin Tananescu Dinamo Bucuresti Ioan Moser Stiinta Timisoara Coach: Ioan Kunst Germanescu Coach: Nicolae Nedef 14.Finland team G M Rolf Schönberg Arsenal, Helsinki Matti Kannas Aarre Klinga Karhun Pojat Helsinki Aulis Lundén Pertti Mutru Unto Repo Karhun Pojat Helsinki Coach: Per-Elof Roos 11.Austria 15.Brazil 16.Luxembourg Final 08.03 East Berlin att:6400 Sweden 22-12 Czechoslovakia 10-5 Schweden - Mattson, Ring ; Ahrling-2, Danielsson-5, Ekeroth-2, Jonsson-7, Kampendahl-2, Karlsson-2, H.Olsson-2, S.Olsson, Zackrisson Czechoslovakia - Nykl, J.Vicha ; Eret-1, Frolo-1, Klemm, Konig-2, Mares, Provaznik-2, Ruza-2, Trojan-2, M.Vicha-2

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