| Played between the best 8 teams form World Men 1990 | | Denmark replaced Germany (East Germany). |
| Finals | | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Final | 19.01 | | Sweden | 28-23 | Yugoslavia | | | 3-4 | 19.01 | | Spain | 23-17 | Soviet Union | 11-10 | | 5-6 | 18.01 | | Denamrk | | Czechoslovakia | | | 7-8 | 18.01 | | Hungary | 26-23 | Romania | 12-13 | | 1/2 | 18.01 | 15:15 | Yugoslavia | 22-21 | Spain | 7-7 | | aOT ; FT 17-17 | | 1/2 | 18.01 | | Sweden | bt | Soviet Union | |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 98: | 87 | | 2. Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 115: | 114 | | 3. Spain | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115: | 102 | | 4. Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 70: | 68 | | -. Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60: | 65 | | -. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15: | 19 | | 7. Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69: | 75 | | 8. Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100: | 112 |
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| Groups Round. First 2 to 1/2 Finals. Rest to Classification. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Spain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71: | 63 | | 2. Sweden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70: | 64 | | 3. Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60: | 65 | | 4. Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77: | 86 |
| Team | Sp | Sw | De | Ro | | Spain | ---- | 24:23 | 21:17 | 26:23 | | Sweden | | ---- | 17:13 | 30:27 | | Denmark | | | ---- | 30:27 | | Romania | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 14.01 | 17:45 | Spain | 26-23 | Romania | 12-12 | | 14.01 | | Sweden | 17-13 | Denmark | | | 15.01 | 19:45 | Spain | 24-23 | Sweden | 11-9 | | 15.01 | | Denmark | 30-27 | Romania | 15-14 | | 16.01 | | Spain | 21-17 | Denmark | 12-9 | | 16.01 | | Sweden | 30-27 | Romania | |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Soviet Union | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53: | 45 | | 2. Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70: | 65 | | 3. Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15: | 19 | | 4. Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43: | 52 |
| Team | So | Yu | Cz | Hu | | Soviet Union | ---- | 29:23 | - | 24:22 | | Yugoslavia | | ---- | 19:15 | 28:21 | | Czechoslovakia | | | ---- | - | | Hungary | | | | ---- |
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 14.01 | | Yugoslavia | 19-15 | Czechoslovakia | | | 14.01 | | Soviet Union | 24-22 | Hungary | | | 15.01 | | Yugoslavia | 28-21 | Hungary | 14-4 | | 15.01 | | Soviet Union | | Czechoslovakia | | | 16.01 | | Czechoslovakia | | Hungary | | | 16.01 | | Soviet Union | 29-23 | Yugoslavia | |
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