Women's handball world championship 1997

13th Women's Handball World Championship 1997
13th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Denmark (1st title)
venue	Germany
Opening game	November 30, 1997
Endgame	December 14, 1997
Top scorer	Indira Kastratović (71 goals)
Best player	Franziska Heinz
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The 13th women's handball world championship was held in Germany from November 30th to December 14th, 1997 . 24 teams took part in the world championship.

Venues

The Max-Schmeling-Halle - venue for the finals

The world championship was held in the cities of Berlin , Hanover , Saarbrücken , Hamburg , Sindelfingen , Neubrandenburg and Rotenburg an der Fulda . The two semi-finals and the final took place in Berlin's Max-Schmeling-Halle .

Preliminary round

Group A

country	Games	S.	U	N	Goals scored	Goals conceded		Pt
Germany	5	5	0	0	153	92	61	10
Poland	5	4th	0	1	129	114	15th	8th
Austria	5	3	0	2	132	115	17th	6th
Angola	5	1	1	3	126	143	−17	3
Japan	5	1	1	3	105	130	−25	3
Brazil	5	0	0	5	104	155	−51	0

Germany	32 - 17	Japan
Austria	36 - 23	Brazil
Poland	29-24	Angola
Japan	16 - 24	Austria
Brazil	19 - 32	Poland
Austria	20 - 32	Germany
Japan	25-21	Brazil
Germany	29-19	Poland
Austria	29-22	Angola
Germany	32-18	Brazil
Angola	30-30	Japan
Poland	26-25	Austria
Brazil	23-30	Angola
Poland	23-17	Japan
Austria	18-28	Germany

Group B

country	Games	S.	U	N	Goals scored	Goals conceded		Pt
Croatia	5	5	0	0	146	90	56	10
Norway	5	4th	0	1	155	93	62	8th
France	5	3	0	2	140	95	45	6th
Belarus	5	2	0	3	122	125	−3	4th
Canada	5	0	1	4th	77	139	−62	1
Uzbekistan	5	0	1	4th	83	181	−98	1

Croatia	27-14	Canada
Norway	34 - 21	Belarus
France	39 - 17	Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan	15 - 45	Croatia
Canada	15 - 32	Norway
Belarus	17-30	France
Canada	13-30	Belarus
Norway	44-13	Uzbekistan
Croatia	21-20	France
Croatia	28-19	Belarus
Uzbekistan	18-18	Canada
France	19-23	Norway
Belarus	35-20	Uzbekistan
France	32 - 17	Canada
Norway	22-25	Croatia

Group C

country	Games	S.	U	N	Goals scored	Goals conceded		Pt
South Korea	5	5	0	0	160	101	59	10
Hungary	5	4th	0	1	156	102	54	8th
Romania	5	3	0	2	153	124	29	6th
Ivory Coast	5	2	0	3	121	129	−8	4th
Algeria	5	1	0	4th	101	146	−45	2
Uruguay	5	0	0	5	74	163	−89	0

Romania	44-23	Algeria
Hungary	36 - 12	Uruguay
South Korea	30-24	Ivory Coast
Uruguay	15 - 34	Romania
Ivory Coast	21 - 33	Hungary
Algeria	16 - 35	South Korea
Romania	26-30	Hungary
Algeria	20-21	Ivory Coast
South Korea	35 - 11	Uruguay
Romania	28-26	Ivory Coast
Uruguay	18-29	Algeria
Hungary	29-30	South Korea
Ivory Coast	29-18	Uruguay
Hungary	28-13	Algeria
South Korea	30-21	Romania

Group D

country	Games	S.	U	N	Goals scored	Goals conceded		Pt
Russia	5	4th	1	0	128	111	17th	9
Macedonia	5	3	1	1	124	115	9	7th
Denmark	5	3	1	1	161	114	47	7th
Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	136	145	−9	5
Slovenia	5	1	0	4th	136	158	−22	2
People's Republic of China	5	0	0	5	118	160	−42	0

Macedonia	26-22	Slovenia
Russia	27-24	Czech Republic
Denmark	38 - 16	People's Republic of China
Slovenia	27-30	Russia
People's Republic of China	24-30	Macedonia
Czech Republic	27 - 41	Denmark
Russia	22-19	Macedonia
Czech Republic	30 - 25	People's Republic of China
Denmark	37-24	Slovenia
Slovenia	28 - 31	Czech Republic
Russia	27-19	People's Republic of China
Macedonia	25-23	Denmark
People's Republic of China	34-35	Slovenia
Macedonia	24 - 24	Czech Republic
Denmark	22-22	Russia

Round of 16

France	20-30	Poland
Germany	33-23	Belarus
Austria	18 - 24	Norway
Croatia	30-22	Angola
South Korea	29-26	Czech Republic
Denmark	30 - 25	Hungary
Romania	33 - 37	Macedonia
Russia	28-20	Ivory Coast

Quarter finals

Germany	24-19	Macedonia
Poland	19 - 24	Russia
Denmark	25-21	Croatia
South Korea	21-27	Norway

Placement games 5–8

South Korea	34-26	Macedonia
Poland	19-20	Croatia

Semifinals

Germany	23-25	Norway
Denmark	32-22	Russia

In the semi-final game Denmark - Russia there was a knife attack in which a drunk German fan stabbed two also drunk Danish fans in Berlin's Max-Schmeling-Halle .

Placement game 7–8

Macedonia	36 - 34	Poland

Placement game 5-6

South Korea	33-32	Croatia

Placement game 3-4

Germany	27-25	Russia

final

Norway	20 - 33	Denmark

Final placements

rank	team
	Denmark
	Norway
	Germany
04th	Russia
05	South Korea
06th	Croatia
07th	Macedonia
08th	Poland
09	Hungary
10	France
11	Austria
12	Romania
13	Czech Republic
14th	Ivory Coast
15th	Angola
16	Belarus
17th	Japan
18th	Slovenia
19th	Algeria
20th	Canada
21st	Uzbekistan
22nd	People's Republic of China
23	Brazil
24	Uruguay

List of goalscorers

rank	Surname	Gates
1	Indira Kastratović	71
2	Han Sun-hee	63
3	Tonje Saystuen	59
4th	Roxana Stănişor	57
5	Aleksandra Pawelska	55
6th	Grit Jurack	54

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Susanne Munk Lauritsen	Denmark
Left winger:	Han Sun-hee	South Korea
Back left:	Franziska Heinz	Germany
Back center:	Camilla Andersen	Denmark
Back right:	Tonje Saystuen	Norway
Right winger:	Natalia Malachowa	Russia
Circle:	Natalia Derjugina	Russia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} berliner-zeitung.de: Handball World Cup 2007
2. ↑ Franziska Heinz ( Memento from January 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ faz-archiv.de: The town of Rotenburg gets the contract from the association
4. ↑ berliner-zeitung.de: Games sold out in Berlin
5. ^ J. Winterfeldt, A. Baumann: In the dispute, he pulled the jackknife. In: The world. December 15, 2011

Web links

• International Handball Federation