1997 World Men's Handball Championship

1997 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
1997年男子世界ハンドボール選手権大会
Host country	Japan
Dates	16 May–1 June
Teams	24
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	France
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches	79
Top scorer(s)	Yoon Kyung-shin (KOR) 62 (12)
Best player	Talant Duyshebaev (ESP)
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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.

Venues

The 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 Gym

Preliminary round

The 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	P	GS	GA	+/-
1	Iceland	5	4	1	0	9	124	106	+18
2	Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	8	129	111	+18
3	Lithuania	5	2	1	2	5	110	102	+8
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	4	101	104	-3
5	Algeria	5	1	2	2	4	103	112	-9
6	Saudi Arabia	5	0	0	5	0	94	126	-32

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	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	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	Lithuania	19 – 19	Algeria	Park Dome, Kumamoto
		(10-10)

22 may 15:00	Iceland	27 – 18	Yugoslavia	Park Dome, Kumamoto
		(11-9)

24 may 15:00	Saudi Arabia	20 – 32	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	Yugoslavia	28 – 24	Algeria	Park Dome, Kumamoto
		(14-12)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	P	GS	GA	+/-
1	France	5	4	0	1	8	127	114	+13
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	8	141	101	+40
3	South Korea	5	3	1	1	7	128	127	+1
4	Norway	5	1	2	2	4	104	109	-5
5	Italy	5	1	1	3	3	100	105	-5
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	0	96	140	-44

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	P	GS	GA	+/-
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	9	141	103	+38
2	Egypt	5	4	1	0	9	129	94	+35
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	6	119	105	+14
4	Tunisia	5	2	0	3	4	92	108	-16
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	2	119	123	-4
6	Brazil	5	0	0	5	0	65	132	-67

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	P	GS	GA	+/-
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	10	150	84	+66
2	Hungary	5	4	0	1	8	128	103	+25
3	Cuba	5	2	1	2	5	128	117	+11
4	Croatia	5	2	1	2	5	123	115	+8
5	China	5	1	0	4	2	101	160	-59
6	Morocco	5	0	0	5	0	90	141	-51

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)

Knockout stage

Eight-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Iceland

Norway

Iceland

Hungary

Czech Republic

Hungary

Sweden

Spain

Croatia

Spain

Sweden

Lithuania

Sweden

Russia

Cuba

Egypt

France

Japan

Bronze final

France

Hungary

Russia

France

Russia

Tunisia

South Korea

Russia

South Korea

Yugoslavia

Placement matches

Iceland

Spain

5th position match

Iceland

Egypt

South Korea

7th position match

Spain

South Korea

Eight-finals

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)	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

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

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

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

5th place match

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

Semi-finals

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

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

Final

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

Final standings

References

↑ "Men Handball XV World Championship 1997 Kumamoto (JPN) 17.05-01.06 Champion Russia".

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