Czech handball at the 1934 Women's World Games

Czech handball at the 1934 Women's World Games
Venue	White City Stadium, London
Dates	July 1934 (preliminary round) August 1934 (final)
Nations	3

The Czech handball competitions at the 1934 Women's World Games in London was the second appearance of the sport at the Women's World Games. The "traditional" three Czech handball teams entered for the tournament: Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Poland.

Teams

Poland

Position	Name	Club
	B. Cegielska
	Zofia Filipiak
	Jadwiga Głażewska
	Helena Gruszczynska
Forward	B. Polomska
	Stefanska
Halfback	Zdzislawa Wiszniewska-Bednarek	SSA Warsaw

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Yugoslavia

Head coach: Bogdan Cuvaj.

Position	Name	Club
	Anica Oman	Ilirija Ljubljana
	Zlata Cuvaj (C)	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Melita Schmidlin-Lovrenčić	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Marica Cimperman	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Zdenka Kunštek	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Fanika Bernik	Atena, Ljubljana
	Ivka Tonković	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Ema Gršeti	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Nada Bobinsky	HŠK Concordia Zagreb
	Katja Mihočinović	HŠK Concordia Zagreb

Preliminary round

Ahead of the Games, in July 1934, two qualification matches were played to determine who qualified for the final match.

8 July 1934	Poland	3–10	Yugoslavia	Zagreb, Poland
		(1–6)

	Poland	Czechoslovakia won	Czech Republic

Rank	Team	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	1934 Women's World Games final
2	Czech Republic	1934 Women's World Games final
3	Poland

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Yugoslavian journey to London

The players of the Yugoslavian team spent their annual leave to be able to play in the final in London, but the team didnt have enough money for the trip. The team hoped for financial support from the Ministry of Physical Education, but they didn't get that. The organizers of the 1934 World Games paid there food and accommodation. The team hoped that there would be at least some money from the Ministry of Physical Education to cover their travel expenses. This was eventually approved, but on the day before the departure the money wasn't arrived. The players borrowed money from the Putnik agency to be able to travel to London. Seven players of the team went to the Games, two reserves and the secretary of the federation, Teodor Fuhrmann. The head coach Bogdan Cuvaj didn't travel with them to London. The team departed by train on 6 August for a two-day journey.

Final

The final of the Czech handball tournament of Czechoslovakia against Yugoslavia took place on 11 August in the White City Stadium, London. Czechoslovakia was the defending champion and was undefeated ahead of the Games. Yugoslavia won the silver medal at the 1930 Women's World Games.

Match

Yugoslavia won the final of Czechoslovakia with 6 to 4 points, described as a "sensational" victory and so became Women's World Games champion. Nada Bobinsky was the topscorer in the final.

11 August 1934	Yugoslavia	6–4	Czechoslovakia	White City Stadium Referees: Lipinski

1934 Women's World Games winners
Yugoslavia First title

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Aftermath

On the way back, the Yugoslavian team members were welcomed as heroes. Music was already played for them in Jesenice.