1954 World Men's Handball Championship squads

This article displays the squads for the 1954 World Men's Handball Championship. Each team consisted of 13 players.

Appearances, goals and ages as of tournament start, 13 January 1954.

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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

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]

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

• Squads at Todor66