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1997 World Men's Handball Championship

December 13, 2023

The 1997 World Men's Handball Championship was the 15th team handball World Championship. It was held in Kumamoto, Japan and was the first World Championship not played in a European country. Russia won the championship.

1997 World Men's Handball Championship
1997年男子世界ハンドボール選手権大会
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Dates16 May–1 June
Teams24
Venue(s)4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Russia (2nd title)
Runner-up Sweden
Third place France
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches80
Goals scored3,741 (47 per match)
Top scorer(s) Yoon Kyung-shin (KOR) 62 (12)
Best player Talant Duyshebaev (ESP)
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Qualification edit

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Japan
1995 World Men's Handball Championship 7–21 May 1995 1   France
Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament 24 July – 4 August 1996 1   Croatia
1996 European Men's Handball Championship 24 May – 2 June 1996 4   Russia
  Spain
  FR Yugoslavia
  Sweden
1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 8–13 October 1996 3   Cuba
  Argentina
  Brazil
1996 African Men's Handball Championship 16–29 October 1996 4   Algeria
  Tunisia
  Egypt
  Morocco
European qualification 20 August – 1 December 1996 6   Czech Republic
  Hungary
  Iceland
  Italy
  Norway
  Portugal
Asian qualification 30 September – 4 December 1996 3   Saudi Arabia
  China
  South Korea
EHF v OCHF Play-off 31 January – 2 February 1997 1   Lithuania

Venues edit

The organizing committee used four venues to host the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship:[1]

Preliminary round edit

The top 4 placed teams of each group continues to the knockout stage. The teams are ranked through the following rules.

  1. Team with the most points (2 points for each won game, 1 point for each drawn game).
  2. If two teams get the same points, the winner in the game between the two teams get ranked first.
  3. If the game between the teams ended in a draw, the team with the best goal difference get ranked first.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iceland 5 4 1 0 124 106 +18 9 Round of 16
2   FR Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 129 111 +18 8
3   Lithuania 5 2 1 2 110 102 +8 5
4   Japan 5 2 0 3 101 104 −3 4
5   Algeria 5 1 2 2 103 112 −9 4
6   Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 5 94 126 −32 0
Source:[citation needed]
17 May
19:30 		Iceland   24 – 20   Japan Park Dome, Kumamoto
(14-10)
18 May
15:00 		Saudi Arabia   18 – 27   Lithuania Park Dome, Kumamoto
(6-12)
18 May
17:00 		FR Yugoslavia   22 – 19   Japan Park Dome, Kumamoto
(9-7)
18 May
19:00 		Algeria   27 – 27   Iceland Park Dome, Kumamoto
(13-15)
19 May
13:00 		FR Yugoslavia   29 – 21   Lithuania Park Dome, Kumamoto
(17-10)
19 May
15:00 		Algeria   19 – 14   Saudi Arabia Park Dome, Kumamoto
(6-3)
21 May
19:00 		Japan   23 – 20   Saudi Arabia Park Dome, Kumamoto
(15-10)
22 May
13:00 		Lithuania   19 – 19   Algeria Park Dome, Kumamoto
(10-10)
22 May
15:00 		Iceland   27 – 18   FR Yugoslavia Park Dome, Kumamoto
(11-9)
24 May
15:00 		Saudi Arabia   20 – 32   FR Yugoslavia Park Dome, Kumamoto
(11-15)
24 May
17:00 		Algeria   14 – 24   Japan Park Dome, Kumamoto
(4-13)
24 May
19:00 		Lithuania   19 – 21   Iceland Park Dome, Kumamoto
(8-10)
25 May
15:00 		Saudi Arabia   22 – 25   Iceland Park Dome, Kumamoto
(12-15)
25 May
17:00 		Japan   15 – 24   Lithuania Park Dome, Kumamoto
(7-11)
25 May
19:00 		FR Yugoslavia   28 – 24   Algeria Park Dome, Kumamoto
(14-12)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 5 4 0 1 127 114 +13 8 Round of 16
2   Sweden 5 4 0 1 141 101 +40 8
3   South Korea 5 3 1 1 128 127 +1 7
4   Norway 5 1 2 2 104 109 −5 4
5   Italy 5 1 1 3 100 105 −5 3
6   Argentina 5 0 0 5 96 140 −44 0
Source:[citation needed]
18 May
15:00 		France   25 – 21   Italy City gym, Kumamoto
(12-10)
18 May
17:00 		Norway   21 – 21   South Korea City gym, Kumamoto
(11-8)
18 May
19:00 		Sweden   36 – 17   Argentina City gym, Kumamoto
(17-6)
20 May
13:00 		France   26 – 27   South Korea City gym, Kumamoto
(18-11)
20 May
15:00 		Sweden   24 – 17   Norway City gym, Kumamoto
(12-8)
21 May
18:00 		Italy   19 – 19   Norway City gym, Kumamoto
(10-9)
21 May
20:00 		Argentina   20 – 24   France City gym, Kumamoto
(8-12)
22 May
13:00 		Argentina   15 – 21   Italy City gym, Kumamoto
(3-10)
22 May
15:00 		South Korea   21 – 36   Sweden City gym, Kumamoto
(9-21)
24 May
15:00 		South Korea   32 – 22   Argentina City gym, Kumamoto
(19-13)
24 May
17:00 		Norway   20 – 23   France City gym, Kumamoto
(10-11)
24 May
19:00 		Sweden   19 – 17   Italy City gym, Kumamoto
(8-10)
25 May
15:00 		Italy   22 – 27   South Korea City gym, Kumamoto
(9-12)
25 May
17:00 		Norway   27 – 22   Argentina City gym, Kumamoto
(14-9)
25 May
19:00 		France   29 – 26   Sweden City gym, Kumamoto
(12-14)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 5 4 1 0 141 103 +38 9 Round of 16
2   Egypt 5 4 1 0 129 94 +35 9
3   Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 119 105 +14 6
4   Tunisia 5 2 0 3 92 108 −16 4
5   Portugal 5 1 0 4 119 123 −4 2
6   Brazil 5 0 0 5 65 132 −67 0
Source:[citation needed]
18 May
15:00 		Portugal   26 – 18   Brazil City gym, Yamaga
(13-7)
18 May
17:00 		Czech Republic   22 – 24   Egypt City gym, Yamaga
(11-12)
18 May
19:00 		Spain   32 – 21   Tunisia City gym, Yamaga
(13-11)
20 May
13:00 		Brazil   10 – 24   Czech Republic City gym, Yamaga
(6-12)
20 May
15:00 		Egypt   19 – 19   Spain City gym, Yamaga
(11-10)
21 May
18:00 		Tunisia   19 – 18   Portugal City gym, Yamaga
(9-7)
21 May
20:00 		Spain   32 – 11   Brazil City gym, Yamaga
(15-3)
22 May
13:00 		Egypt   24 – 17   Tunisia City gym, Yamaga
(12-8)
22 May
15:00 		Czech Republic   28 – 24   Portugal City gym, Yamaga
(14-11)
24 May
15:00 		Brazil   11 – 33   Egypt City gym, Yamaga
(4-18)
24 May
17:00 		Czech Republic   19 – 18   Tunisia City gym, Yamaga
(10-12)
24 May
19:00 		Portugal   26 – 29   Spain City gym, Yamaga
(11-12)
25 May
15:00 		Tunisia   17 – 15   Brazil City gym, Yamaga
(11-6)
25 May
17:00 		Portugal   25 – 29   Egypt City gym, Yamaga
(14-12)
25 May
19:00 		Spain   29 – 26   Czech Republic City gym, Yamaga
(13-11)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 5 5 0 0 150 84 +66 10 Round of 16
2   Hungary 5 4 0 1 128 103 +25 8
3   Cuba 5 2 1 2 128 117 +11 5
4   Croatia 5 2 1 2 123 115 +8 5
5   China 5 1 0 4 101 160 −59 2
6   Morocco 5 0 0 5 90 141 −51 0
Source:[citation needed]
18 May
15:00 		Russia   31 – 17   Cuba City gym, Yatsushiro
(17-9)
18 May
17:00 		Croatia   34 – 21   China City gym, Yatsushiro
(17-9)
18 May
19:00 		Hungary   25 – 19   Morocco City gym, Yatsushiro
(10-8)
19 May
13:00 		China   15 – 34   Russia City gym, Yatsushiro
(6-20)
19 May
15:00 		Morocco   17 – 26   Croatia City gym, Yatsushiro
(7-14)
21 May
18:00 		Russia   30 – 13   Morocco City gym, Yatsushiro
(14-7)
21 May
20:00 		Cuba   21 – 22   Hungary City gym, Yatsushiro
(8-11)
22 May
13:00 		China   21 – 32   Cuba City gym, Yatsushiro
(9-19)
22 May
15:00 		Croatia   20 – 23   Hungary City gym, Yatsushiro
(10-8)
24 May
15:00 		Morocco   21 – 25   China City gym, Yatsushiro
(8-13)
24 May
17:00 		Croatia   23 – 23   Cuba City gym, Yatsushiro
(13-13)
24 May
19:00 		Hungary   19 – 24   Russia City gym, Yatsushiro
(7-13)
25 May
15:00 		Cuba   35 – 20   Morocco City gym, Yatsushiro
(17-16)
25 May
17:00 		Hungary   39 – 19   China City gym, Yatsushiro
(20-12)
25 May
19:00 		Russia   31 – 20   Croatia City gym, Yatsushiro
(15-7)

Final round edit

Bracket edit

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
A1   Iceland 32
B4   Norway 28
A1   Iceland 25
D2   Hungary 26
C3   Czech Republic 19
D2   Hungary 20
D2   Hungary 19
B2   Sweden 31
C1   Spain 31
D4   Croatia 25
C1   Spain 24
B2   Sweden 28
A3   Lithuania 20
B2   Sweden 32
B2   Sweden 21
D1   Russia 23
D3   Cuba 20
C2   Egypt 24
C2   Egypt 19
B1   France 22
B1   France 22
A4   Japan 21
B1   France 24
D1   Russia 25
B3   South Korea 37 Third place
A2   FR Yugoslavia 33
B3   South Korea 15 D2   Hungary 27
D1   Russia 32 B1   France 28
D1   Russia 20
C4   Tunisia 14
5-8th place semifinals 5th place
      
A1   Iceland 32
C1   Spain 23
A1   Iceland 23
C2   Egypt 20
C2   Egypt 28
B3   South Korea 27 7th place
C1   Spain 33
B3   South Korea 26

Round of 16 edit

27 May
13:00 		Iceland   32 – 28   Norway Park Dome, Kumamoto
(13-15)
27 May
13:00 		Spain   31 – 25   Croatia City gym, Kumamoto
(16-14)
27 May
15:00 		South Korea   37 – 33 (ET)   FR Yugoslavia Park Dome, Kumamoto
(12-13)

FT: 30-30 ET: 7-3

27 May
15:00 		Cuba   20 – 24   Egypt City gym, Kumamoto
(9-10)
27 May
18:00 		Lithuania   20 – 32   Sweden Park Dome, Kumamoto
(9-18)
27 May
18:00 		Czech Republic   19 – 20   Hungary City gym, Kumamoto
(9-11)
27 May
20:00 		France   22 – 21   Japan Park Dome, Kumamoto
(11-11)
27 May
20:00 		Russia   20 – 14   Tunisia City gym, Kumamoto
(12-5)

Quarter-finals edit

29 May
18:00 		Iceland   25 – 26   Hungary Park Dome, Kumamoto
(11-14)
29 May
18:00 		Spain   24 – 28 (ET)   Sweden City gym, Kumamoto
(12-12)

FT: 21-21 ET: 3-7

29 May
20:00 		South Korea   15 – 32   Russia Park Dome, Kumamoto
(6-16)
29 May
20:00 		Egypt   19 – 22   France City gym, Kumamoto
(8-13)

Placement matches edit

30 May
13:00 		Spain   23 – 32   Iceland Park Dome, Kumamoto
(11-11)
30 May
15:00 		South Korea   27 – 28   Egypt Park Dome, Kumamoto
(11-15)

7th place match edit

31 May
16:00 		Spain   33 – 26   South Korea City gym, Kumamoto
(17-12)

5th place match edit

31 May
16:00 		Egypt   20 – 23   Iceland Park Dome, Kumamoto
(9-10)

Semi-finals edit

31 May
18:00 		Hungary   19 – 31   Sweden Park Dome, Kumamoto
(7-14)
31 May
18:00 		France   24 – 25 (ET)   Russia City gym, Kumamoto
(12-14)

FT: 21-21 ET: 3-4

Bronze final edit

1 June
14:00 		France   28 – 27   Hungary Park Dome, Kumamoto
(15-12)

Final edit

1 June
16:00 		Sweden   21 – 23   Russia Park Dome, Kumamoto
Attendance: 11,100
(10-11)
Report

Final standings edit

  1.   Russia  
  2.   Sweden  
  3.   France  
  4.   Hungary
  5.   Iceland
  6.   Egypt
  7.   Spain
  8.   South Korea
  9.   FR Yugoslavia
  10.   Lithuania
  11.   Czech Republic
  12.   Norway
  13.   Croatia
  14.   Cuba
  15.   Japan
  16.   Tunisia
  17.   Algeria
  18.   Italy
  19.   Portugal
  20.   China
  21.   Saudi Arabia
  22.   Argentina
  23.   Morocco
  24.   Brazil

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Russia
  Sweden
  France

All Star Team edit

References edit

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 24 August 2011.

External links edit

  • Official report

December 13, 2023
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The 1997 World Men s Handball Championship was the 15th team handball World Championship It was held in Kumamoto Japan and was the first World Championship not played in a European country Russia won the championship 1997 World Men s Handball Championship1997年男子世界ハンドボール選手権大会Tournament detailsHost country JapanDates16 May 1 JuneTeams24Venue s 4 in 3 host cities Final positionsChampions Russia 2nd title Runner up SwedenThird place FranceFourth place HungaryTournament statisticsMatches80Goals scored3 741 47 per match Top scorer s Yoon Kyung shin KOR 62 12 Best player Talant Duyshebaev ESP PreviousNext Contents 1 Qualification 2 Venues 3 Preliminary round 3 1 Group A 3 2 Group B 3 3 Group C 3 4 Group D 4 Final round 4 1 Bracket 4 2 Round of 16 4 3 Quarter finals 4 4 Placement matches 4 5 7th place match 4 6 5th place match 4 7 Semi finals 4 8 Bronze final 4 9 Final 5 Final standings 6 Medalists 7 All Star Team 8 References 9 External linksQualification editCompetition Dates Vacancies QualifiedHost nation 1 nbsp Japan1995 World Men s Handball Championship 7 21 May 1995 1 nbsp FranceHandball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men s tournament 24 July 4 August 1996 1 nbsp Croatia1996 European Men s Handball Championship 24 May 2 June 1996 4 nbsp Russia nbsp Spain nbsp FR Yugoslavia nbsp Sweden1996 Pan American Men s Handball Championship 8 13 October 1996 3 nbsp Cuba nbsp Argentina nbsp Brazil1996 African Men s Handball Championship 16 29 October 1996 4 nbsp Algeria nbsp Tunisia nbsp Egypt nbsp MoroccoEuropean qualification 20 August 1 December 1996 6 nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Hungary nbsp Iceland nbsp Italy nbsp Norway nbsp PortugalAsian qualification 30 September 4 December 1996 3 nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp China nbsp South KoreaEHF v OCHF Play off 31 January 2 February 1997 1 nbsp LithuaniaVenues editThe organizing committee used four venues to host the 1997 World Men s Handball Championship 1 Group A Park Dome Kumamoto Group B Kumamoto City Gym Group C Yamaga City Gym Group D Yatsushiro City GymPreliminary round editThe top 4 placed teams of each group continues to the knockout stage The teams are ranked through the following rules Team with the most points 2 points for each won game 1 point for each drawn game If two teams get the same points the winner in the game between the two teams get ranked first If the game between the teams ended in a draw the team with the best goal difference get ranked first Group A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Iceland 5 4 1 0 124 106 18 9 Round of 162 nbsp FR Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 129 111 18 83 nbsp Lithuania 5 2 1 2 110 102 8 54 nbsp Japan 5 2 0 3 101 104 3 45 nbsp Algeria 5 1 2 2 103 112 9 46 nbsp Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 5 94 126 32 0Source citation needed 17 May 19 30 Iceland nbsp 24 20 nbsp Japan Park Dome Kumamoto 14 10 18 May 15 00 Saudi Arabia nbsp 18 27 nbsp Lithuania Park Dome Kumamoto 6 12 18 May 17 00 FR Yugoslavia nbsp 22 19 nbsp Japan Park Dome Kumamoto 9 7 18 May 19 00 Algeria nbsp 27 27 nbsp Iceland Park Dome Kumamoto 13 15 19 May 13 00 FR Yugoslavia nbsp 29 21 nbsp Lithuania Park Dome Kumamoto 17 10 19 May 15 00 Algeria nbsp 19 14 nbsp Saudi Arabia Park Dome Kumamoto 6 3 21 May 19 00 Japan nbsp 23 20 nbsp Saudi Arabia Park Dome Kumamoto 15 10 22 May 13 00 Lithuania nbsp 19 19 nbsp Algeria Park Dome Kumamoto 10 10 22 May 15 00 Iceland nbsp 27 18 nbsp FR Yugoslavia Park Dome Kumamoto 11 9 24 May 15 00 Saudi Arabia nbsp 20 32 nbsp FR Yugoslavia Park Dome Kumamoto 11 15 24 May 17 00 Algeria nbsp 14 24 nbsp Japan Park Dome Kumamoto 4 13 24 May 19 00 Lithuania nbsp 19 21 nbsp Iceland Park Dome Kumamoto 8 10 25 May 15 00 Saudi Arabia nbsp 22 25 nbsp Iceland Park Dome Kumamoto 12 15 25 May 17 00 Japan nbsp 15 24 nbsp Lithuania Park Dome Kumamoto 7 11 25 May 19 00 FR Yugoslavia nbsp 28 24 nbsp Algeria Park Dome Kumamoto 14 12 Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp France 5 4 0 1 127 114 13 8 Round of 162 nbsp Sweden 5 4 0 1 141 101 40 83 nbsp South Korea 5 3 1 1 128 127 1 74 nbsp Norway 5 1 2 2 104 109 5 45 nbsp Italy 5 1 1 3 100 105 5 36 nbsp Argentina 5 0 0 5 96 140 44 0Source citation needed 18 May 15 00 France nbsp 25 21 nbsp Italy City gym Kumamoto 12 10 18 May 17 00 Norway nbsp 21 21 nbsp South Korea City gym Kumamoto 11 8 18 May 19 00 Sweden nbsp 36 17 nbsp Argentina City gym Kumamoto 17 6 20 May 13 00 France nbsp 26 27 nbsp South Korea City gym Kumamoto 18 11 20 May 15 00 Sweden nbsp 24 17 nbsp Norway City gym Kumamoto 12 8 21 May 18 00 Italy nbsp 19 19 nbsp Norway City gym Kumamoto 10 9 21 May 20 00 Argentina nbsp 20 24 nbsp France City gym Kumamoto 8 12 22 May 13 00 Argentina nbsp 15 21 nbsp Italy City gym Kumamoto 3 10 22 May 15 00 South Korea nbsp 21 36 nbsp Sweden City gym Kumamoto 9 21 24 May 15 00 South Korea nbsp 32 22 nbsp Argentina City gym Kumamoto 19 13 24 May 17 00 Norway nbsp 20 23 nbsp France City gym Kumamoto 10 11 24 May 19 00 Sweden nbsp 19 17 nbsp Italy City gym Kumamoto 8 10 25 May 15 00 Italy nbsp 22 27 nbsp South Korea City gym Kumamoto 9 12 25 May 17 00 Norway nbsp 27 22 nbsp Argentina City gym Kumamoto 14 9 25 May 19 00 France nbsp 29 26 nbsp Sweden City gym Kumamoto 12 14 Group C edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Spain 5 4 1 0 141 103 38 9 Round of 162 nbsp Egypt 5 4 1 0 129 94 35 93 nbsp Czech Republic 5 3 0 2 119 105 14 64 nbsp Tunisia 5 2 0 3 92 108 16 45 nbsp Portugal 5 1 0 4 119 123 4 26 nbsp Brazil 5 0 0 5 65 132 67 0Source citation needed 18 May 15 00 Portugal nbsp 26 18 nbsp Brazil City gym Yamaga 13 7 18 May 17 00 Czech Republic nbsp 22 24 nbsp Egypt City gym Yamaga 11 12 18 May 19 00 Spain nbsp 32 21 nbsp Tunisia City gym Yamaga 13 11 20 May 13 00 Brazil nbsp 10 24 nbsp Czech Republic City gym Yamaga 6 12 20 May 15 00 Egypt nbsp 19 19 nbsp Spain City gym Yamaga 11 10 21 May 18 00 Tunisia nbsp 19 18 nbsp Portugal City gym Yamaga 9 7 21 May 20 00 Spain nbsp 32 11 nbsp Brazil City gym Yamaga 15 3 22 May 13 00 Egypt nbsp 24 17 nbsp Tunisia City gym Yamaga 12 8 22 May 15 00 Czech Republic nbsp 28 24 nbsp Portugal City gym Yamaga 14 11 24 May 15 00 Brazil nbsp 11 33 nbsp Egypt City gym Yamaga 4 18 24 May 17 00 Czech Republic nbsp 19 18 nbsp Tunisia City gym Yamaga 10 12 24 May 19 00 Portugal nbsp 26 29 nbsp Spain City gym Yamaga 11 12 25 May 15 00 Tunisia nbsp 17 15 nbsp Brazil City gym Yamaga 11 6 25 May 17 00 Portugal nbsp 25 29 nbsp Egypt City gym Yamaga 14 12 25 May 19 00 Spain nbsp 29 26 nbsp Czech Republic City gym Yamaga 13 11 Group D edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Russia 5 5 0 0 150 84 66 10 Round of 162 nbsp Hungary 5 4 0 1 128 103 25 83 nbsp Cuba 5 2 1 2 128 117 11 54 nbsp Croatia 5 2 1 2 123 115 8 55 nbsp China 5 1 0 4 101 160 59 26 nbsp Morocco 5 0 0 5 90 141 51 0Source citation needed 18 May 15 00 Russia nbsp 31 17 nbsp Cuba City gym Yatsushiro 17 9 18 May 17 00 Croatia nbsp 34 21 nbsp China City gym Yatsushiro 17 9 18 May 19 00 Hungary nbsp 25 19 nbsp Morocco City gym Yatsushiro 10 8 19 May 13 00 China nbsp 15 34 nbsp Russia City gym Yatsushiro 6 20 19 May 15 00 Morocco nbsp 17 26 nbsp Croatia City gym Yatsushiro 7 14 21 May 18 00 Russia nbsp 30 13 nbsp Morocco City gym Yatsushiro 14 7 21 May 20 00 Cuba nbsp 21 22 nbsp Hungary City gym Yatsushiro 8 11 22 May 13 00 China nbsp 21 32 nbsp Cuba City gym Yatsushiro 9 19 22 May 15 00 Croatia nbsp 20 23 nbsp Hungary City gym Yatsushiro 10 8 24 May 15 00 Morocco nbsp 21 25 nbsp China City gym Yatsushiro 8 13 24 May 17 00 Croatia nbsp 23 23 nbsp Cuba City gym Yatsushiro 13 13 24 May 19 00 Hungary nbsp 19 24 nbsp Russia City gym Yatsushiro 7 13 25 May 15 00 Cuba nbsp 35 20 nbsp Morocco City gym Yatsushiro 17 16 25 May 17 00 Hungary nbsp 39 19 nbsp China City gym Yatsushiro 20 12 25 May 19 00 Russia nbsp 31 20 nbsp Croatia City gym Yatsushiro 15 7 Final round editBracket edit Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal A1 nbsp Iceland32B4 nbsp Norway28A1 nbsp Iceland25D2 nbsp Hungary26C3 nbsp Czech Republic19D2 nbsp Hungary20D2 nbsp Hungary19B2 nbsp Sweden31C1 nbsp Spain31D4 nbsp Croatia25C1 nbsp Spain24B2 nbsp Sweden28A3 nbsp Lithuania20B2 nbsp Sweden32B2 nbsp Sweden21D1 nbsp Russia23D3 nbsp Cuba20C2 nbsp Egypt24C2 nbsp Egypt19B1 nbsp France22B1 nbsp France22A4 nbsp Japan21B1 nbsp France24D1 nbsp Russia25B3 nbsp South Korea37Third placeA2 nbsp FR Yugoslavia33B3 nbsp South Korea15D2 nbsp Hungary27D1 nbsp Russia32B1 nbsp France28D1 nbsp Russia20C4 nbsp Tunisia145 8th place semifinals5th place A1 nbsp Iceland32C1 nbsp Spain23A1 nbsp Iceland23C2 nbsp Egypt20C2 nbsp Egypt28B3 nbsp South Korea277th placeC1 nbsp Spain33B3 nbsp South Korea26Round of 16 edit 27 May 13 00 Iceland nbsp 32 28 nbsp Norway Park Dome Kumamoto 13 15 27 May 13 00 Spain nbsp 31 25 nbsp Croatia City gym Kumamoto 16 14 27 May 15 00 South Korea nbsp 37 33 ET nbsp FR Yugoslavia Park Dome Kumamoto 12 13 FT 30 30 ET 7 327 May 15 00 Cuba nbsp 20 24 nbsp Egypt City gym Kumamoto 9 10 27 May 18 00 Lithuania nbsp 20 32 nbsp Sweden Park Dome Kumamoto 9 18 27 May 18 00 Czech Republic nbsp 19 20 nbsp Hungary City gym Kumamoto 9 11 27 May 20 00 France nbsp 22 21 nbsp Japan Park Dome Kumamoto 11 11 27 May 20 00 Russia nbsp 20 14 nbsp Tunisia City gym Kumamoto 12 5 Quarter finals edit 29 May 18 00 Iceland nbsp 25 26 nbsp Hungary Park Dome Kumamoto 11 14 29 May 18 00 Spain nbsp 24 28 ET nbsp Sweden City gym Kumamoto 12 12 FT 21 21 ET 3 729 May 20 00 South Korea nbsp 15 32 nbsp Russia Park Dome Kumamoto 6 16 29 May 20 00 Egypt nbsp 19 22 nbsp France City gym Kumamoto 8 13 Placement matches edit 30 May 13 00 Spain nbsp 23 32 nbsp Iceland Park Dome Kumamoto 11 11 30 May 15 00 South Korea nbsp 27 28 nbsp Egypt Park Dome Kumamoto 11 15 7th place match edit 31 May 16 00 Spain nbsp 33 26 nbsp South Korea City gym Kumamoto 17 12 5th place match edit 31 May 16 00 Egypt nbsp 20 23 nbsp Iceland Park Dome Kumamoto 9 10 Semi finals edit 31 May 18 00 Hungary nbsp 19 31 nbsp Sweden Park Dome Kumamoto 7 14 31 May 18 00 France nbsp 24 25 ET nbsp Russia City gym Kumamoto 12 14 FT 21 21 ET 3 4Bronze final edit 1 June 14 00 France nbsp 28 27 nbsp Hungary Park Dome Kumamoto 15 12 Final edit 1 June 16 00 Sweden nbsp 21 23 nbsp Russia Park Dome Kumamoto Attendance 11 100 10 11 ReportFinal standings edit nbsp Russia nbsp nbsp Sweden nbsp nbsp France nbsp nbsp Hungary nbsp Iceland nbsp Egypt nbsp Spain nbsp South Korea nbsp FR Yugoslavia nbsp Lithuania nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Norway nbsp Croatia nbsp Cuba nbsp Japan nbsp Tunisia nbsp Algeria nbsp Italy nbsp Portugal nbsp China nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Argentina nbsp Morocco nbsp BrazilMedalists editGold Silver Bronze nbsp Russia Andrey LavrovPavel SukosyanVasily KudinovVyacheslav GorpishinDmitri TorgovanovStanislav KulinchenkoOleg GrebnevVyacheslav AtavinIgor LavrovOleg KuleshovLev VoroninSergey PogorelovEduard KoksharovValery GopinDenis Krivoshlykov Head coach Mr Vladimir Maksimov nbsp Sweden Magnus AnderssonMartin FrandesjoPeter GentzelRobert HedinOla LindgrenStefan LovgrenMats OlssonStaffan OlssonJohan PeterssonTomas SivertssonJan StankiewiczTomas SvenssonPierre ThorssonLjubomir VranjesMagnus Wislander Head coach Mr Bengt Johansson nbsp France Christian GaudinBruno MartiniFrancis FranckEric AmalouPatrick CazalStephane CordinierGuillaume GilleStephane JoulinPhilippe JuliaGueric KervadecBernard LatchimyYannick ReverdyJackson RichardsonStephane StoecklinMarc WiltbergerSemir Zuzo Head coach Mr Daniel CostantiniAll Star Team editGoalkeeper Mats Olsson nbsp Sweden Left Wing Valery Gopin nbsp Russia Left Back Vasily Kudinov nbsp Russia Center Back Talant Duyshebaev nbsp Spain Pivot Gueric Kervadec nbsp France Right Back Staffan Olsson nbsp Sweden Right Wing Valdimar Grimsson nbsp IcelandReferences edit Men Handball XV World Championship 1997 Kumamoto JPN 17 05 01 06 Champion Russia Archived from the original on 24 August 2011 External links editOfficial report WC97 by todor66 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 World Men 27s Handball Championship amp 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