| MEN HANDBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1997 Japan 17.05-01.06 |
| Finals | | Game | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | Gold | Russia | 23-21 | Sweden | 11-10 | | Bronze | France | 28-27 | Hungary | 15-12 | | 5-6 | Iceland | 23-20 | Egypt | 10-9 | | 7-8 | Spain | 33-26 | South Korea 17-12 |
| Semifinals | | Game | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | FT | | 1/2 | Russia | 25-24 | France | 14-12 | 21-21 | | 1/2 | Sweden | 32-19 | Hungary | 14-7 | | 5-8 | Egypt | 28-27 | South Korea | 15-11 | | 5-8 | Iceland | 32-23 | Spain | 11-11 |
| Quarterfinals | | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | FT | | Hungary | 26-25 | Iceland | 14-11 | | Russia | 32-15 | South Korea | 16-6 | | Sweden | 28-24 | Spain | 12-12 | 21-21 | | France | 22-19 | Egypt | 13-8 |
| Eightfinals | | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | FT | | Iceland | 32-28 | Norway | 13-15 | | South Korea | 37-33 | Jugoslavia | 12-13 | 30-30 | | Sweden | 32-20 | Lithuania | 18-9 | | France | 22-21 | Japan | 11-11 | | Spain | 31-25 | Croatia | 16-14 | | Egypt | 24-20 | Cuba | 10-9 | | Hungary | 20-19 | Czech Republic | 11-9 | | Russia | 20-14 | Tunisia | 12-5 |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Russia | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 250: | 158 | | 2.Sweden | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 254: | 187 | | 3.France | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 223: | 206 | | 4.Hungary | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 220: | 207 | | 5.Iceland | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 205: | 180 | | 6.Egypt | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 193: | 159 | | 7.Spain | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 229: | 183 | | 8.South Korea | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 206: | 226 | | 9.Jugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 162: | 148 | | 10.Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 130: | 134 | | 11.Czech Republic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 138: | 125 | | 12.Norway | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 132: | 141 | | 13.Croatia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 148: | 146 | | 14.Cuba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 148: | 141 | | 15.Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 122: | 126 | | 16.Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 106: | 128 | | 17.Algeria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 103: | 112 | | 18.Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100: | 105 | | 19.Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 119: | 123 | | 20.China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 101: | 160 | | 21.Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94: | 126 | | 22.Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96: | 140 | | 23.Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90: | 141 | | 24.Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 65: | 132 |
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Iceland | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 124: | 106 | | 2.Jugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 129: | 111 | | 3.Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 110: | 102 | | 4.Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 101: | 104 | | 5.Algeria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 103: | 112 | | 6.Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94: | 126 |
| Team | Ju | Ic | Li | Al | Sa | Ja | | Jugoslavia | ---- | - | 29:21 | 28:24 | 32:20 | 22:19 | | Iceland | 27:18 | ---- | 21:19 | 27:27 | 25:22 | 24:20 | | Lithuania | - | - | ---- | 19:19 | 27:18 | 24:15 | | Algeria | - | - | - | ---- | 19:14 | - | | Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | - | ---- | - | | Japan | - | - | - | 24:14 | 23:20 | ---- |
| rnd | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01. | Lithuania | 27-18 | Saudi Arabia | 12-6 | | 01. | Jugoslavia | 22-19 | Japan | 9-7 | | 01. | Iceland | 27-27 | Algeria | 15-13 | | 02. | Iceland | 24-20 | Japan | 14-10 | | 02. | Jugoslavia | 29-21 | Lithuania | 17-10 | | 02. | Algeria | 19-14 | Saudi Arabia | 6-3 | | 03. | Japan | 23-20 | Saudi Arabia | 15-10 | | 03. | Lithuania | 19-19 | Algeria | 10-10 | | 03. | Iceland | 27-18 | Jugoslavia | 11-9 | | 04. | Jugoslavia | 32-20 | Saudi Arabia | 15-11 | | 04. | Japan | 24-14 | Algeria | 13-4 | | 04. | Iceland | 21-19 | Lithuania | 10-8 | | 05. | Iceland | 25-22 | Saudi Arabia | 15-12 | | 05. | Lithuania | 24-15 | Japan | 11-7 | | 05. | Jugoslavia | 28-24 | Algeria | 14-12 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.France | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 127: | 114 | | 2.Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 141: | 101 | | 3.South Korea | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 128: | 127 | | 4.Norway | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 104: | 109 | | 5.Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100: | 105 | | 6.Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96: | 140 |
| Team | Fr | Sw | So | No | It | Ar | | France | ---- | 29:26 | - | 23:20 | 25:21 | 24:20 | | Sweden | - | ---- | 36:21 | 24:17 | 19:17 | 36:17 | | South Korea | 27:26 | - | ---- | 21:21 | 27:22 | 32:22 | | Norway | - | - | - | ---- | 19:19 | 27:22 | | Italy | - | - | - | - | ---- | 21:15 | | Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | ---- |
| rnd | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01. | France | 25-21 | Italy | 12-10 | | 01. | South Korea | 21-21 | Norway | 8-11 | | 01. | Sweden | 36-17 | Argentina | 17-6 | | 02. | South Korea | 27-26 | France | 11-18 | | 02. | Sweden | 24-17 | Norway | 12-8 | | 02. | Italy | 21-15 | Argentina | 10-3 | | 03. | Norway | 19-19 | Italy | 9-10 | | 03. | France | 24-20 | Argentina | 12-8 | | 03. | Sweden | 36-21 | South Korea | 21-9 | | 04. | South Korea | 32-22 | Argentina | 19-13 | | 04. | France | 23-20 | Norway | 11-10 | | 04. | Sweden | 19-17 | Italy | 8-10 | | 05. | South Korea | 27-22 | Italy | 12-9 | | 05. | Norway | 27-22 | Argentina | 14-9 | | 05. | France | 29-26 | Sweden | 12-14 |
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Spain | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 141: | 103 | | 2.Egypt | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 129: | 94 | | 3.Czech Republic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 119: | 105 | | 4.Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 92: | 108 | | 5.Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 119: | 123 | | 6.Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 65: | 132 |
| Team | Sp | Eg | Po | Cz | Tu | Br | | Spain | ---- | 19:19 | 29:26 | 29:26 | 32:21 | 32:11 | | Egypt | - | ---- | 29:25 | 24:22 | 24:17 | 33:11 | | Portugal | - | - | ---- | - | - | 26:18 | | Czech Republic | - | - | 28:24 | ---- | 19:18 | 24:10 | | Tunisia | - | - | 19:18 | - | ---- | 17:15 | | Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | ---- |
| rnd | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01. | Portugal | 26-18 | Brazil | 13-7 | | 01. | Egypt | 24-22 | Czech Republic | 12-11 | | 01. | Spain | 32-21 | Tunisia | 13-11 | | 02. | Czech Republic | 24-10 | Brazil | 12-6 | | 02. | Spain | 19-19 | Egypt | 10-11 | | 02. | Tunisia | 19-18 | Portugal | 9-7 | | 03. | Spain | 32-11 | Brazil | 15-3 | | 03. | Egypt | 24-17 | Tunisia | 12-8 | | 03. | Czech Republic | 28-24 | Portugal | 14-11 | | 04. | Egypt | 33-11 | Brazil | 18-4 | | 04. | Czech Republic | 19-18 | Tunisia | 10-12 | | 04. | Spain | 29-26 | Portugal | 12-11 | | 05. | Tunisia | 17-15 | Brazil | 11-6 | | 05. | Egypt | 29-25 | Portugal | 12-14 | | 05. | Spain | 29-26 | Czech Republic | 13-11 |
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1.Russia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150: | 84 | | 2.Hungary | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 128: | 103 | | 3.Cuba | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 128: | 117 | | 4.Croatia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123: | 115 | | 5.China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 101: | 160 | | 6.Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 90: | 141 |
| Team | Ru | Cr | Hu | Cu | Mo | Ch | | Russia | ---- | 31:20 | 24:19 | 31:17 | 30:13 | 34:15 | | Croatia | - | ---- | - | 23:23 | 26:17 | 34:21 | | Hungary | - | 23:20 | ---- | 22:21 | 25:19 | 39:19 | | Cuba | - | - | - | ---- | 35:20 | 32:21 | | Morocco | - | - | - | - | ---- | - | | China | - | - | - | - | 25:21 | ---- |
| rnd | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01. | Russia | 31-17 | Cuba | 17-9 | | 01. | Croatia | 34-21 | China | 17-9 | | 01. | Hungary | 25-19 | Morocco | 10-8 | | 02. | Russia | 34-15 | China | 20-6 | | 02. | Croatia | 26-17 | Morocco | 26-17 | | 02. | Hungary | 22-21 | Cuba | 11-8 | | 03. | Russia | 30-13 | Morocco | 14-7 | | 03. | Cuba | 32-21 | China | 32-21 | | 03. | Hungary | 23-20 | Croatia | 8-10 | | 04. | China | 25-21 | Morocco | 13-8 | | 04. | Croatia | 23-23 | Cuba | 13-13 | | 04. | Russia | 24-19 | Hungary | 13-7 | | 05. | Cuba | 35-20 | Morocco | 17-6 | | 05. | Hungary | 39-19 | China | 20-12 | | 05. | Russia | 31-20 | Croatia | 15-7 |
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Last updated: 21 Nov 2005
