1958 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1958 World Men's Handball Championship was the third indoor handball World Championship. It was held in the German Democratic Republic between 27 February and 8 March 1958. Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG. Sweden won the championship.
Qualification
There was no qualification for this edition. Besides Germany which was already qualified as host, the first 15 teams got a spot. Belgium made the last respectively sixteenth application and was therefore denied. They were reservist if an other country would have cancelled.Switzerland was the only participant of the last world championship (1954) which didn't apply. At the meeting of the Schweizerischer Handballausschuss on 27./28. July 1957 the council decided unanimous to boycott the world championship. The reasons for the boycott were that the players behind the Iron Curtain were state amateurs and the politic believe against the host East Germany. Peter Weninger of the "Deutsche Handballwoche" understood the political aspect but sad also that at a world championship every body shut attend. The past boss of the referee commission of the HBA Paul Tanner made a letter to the editor at the newspaper Sport which he criticized the decision. After a verbal fight with the HBA president Albert Wagner, Paul Tanner resigned as referee.
Results
Preliminary round
Group A Venue: Erfurt| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 27 February | – | 31–11 | |
| 27 February | – | 14–14 | |
| 1 March | – | 19–16 | |
| 1 March | – | 19–14 | |
| 3 March | – | 25–11 | |
| 3 March | – | 27–16 |
Group B Venue: East Berlin
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 28 February | – | 46–4 | |
| 28 February | – | 17–13 | |
| 2 March | – | 41–8 | |
| 2 March | – | 32–12 | |
| 4 March | – | 41–8 | |
| 4 March | – | 19–9 |
Group C 'Venue: Magdeburg
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 27 February | – | 27–17 | |
| 27 February | – | 16–16 | |
| 1 March | – | 13–11 | |
| 1 March | – | 26–11 | |
| 3 March | – | 19–16 | |
| 3 March | – | 21–13 |
Group D Venue: Erfurt'
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 28 February | – | 32–12 | |
| 28 February | – | 35–8 | |
| 2 March | – | 24–12 | |
| 2 March | – | 20–12 | |
| 4 March | – | 22–9 | |
| 4 March | – | 22–18 |
Main round
Group 1........Venue: East Berlin| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 5 March | – | 22–15 | |
| 5 March | – | 21–10 | |
| 6 March | – | 23–21 | |
| 6 March | – | 17–14 |
Group 2.......Venue: Leipzig
| Date | Matches | Score | Half |
| 5 March | – | 22–15 | |
| 5 March | – | 26–9 | |
| 6 March | – | 9–7 | |
| 6 March | – | 13–12 |