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.

Group A

Head coach: René Ricard and Raymond Hoinant

Players^[1]

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

Players

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

Players

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

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