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 Germany
5
5
0
0
153
92
61
10
Poland Poland
5
4th
0
1
129
114
15th
8th
Austria Austria
5
3
0
2
132
115
17th
6th
Angola Angola
5
1
1
3
126
143
−17
3
Japan Japan
5
1
1
3
105
130
−25
3
Brazil Brazil
5
0
0
5
104
155
−51
0
Group B
country
Games
S.
U
N
Goals scored
Goals conceded
Pt
Croatia Croatia
5
5
0
0
146
90
56
10
Norway Norway
5
4th
0
1
155
93
62
8th
France France
5
3
0
2
140
95
45
6th
Belarus 1995 Belarus
5
2
0
3
122
125
−3
4th
Canada Canada
5
0
1
4th
77
139
−62
1
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
5
0
1
4th
83
181
−98
1
Group C
country
Games
S.
U
N
Goals scored
Goals conceded
Pt
Korea South South Korea
5
5
0
0
160
101
59
10
Hungary Hungary
5
4th
0
1
156
102
54
8th
Romania Romania
5
3
0
2
153
124
29
6th
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
5
2
0
3
121
129
−8
4th
Algeria Algeria
5
1
0
4th
101
146
−45
2
Uruguay Uruguay
5
0
0
5
74
163
−89
0
Group D
Round of 16
Quarter finals
Placement games 5–8
Semifinals
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
Placement game 5-6
Placement game 3-4
final
Final placements
List of goalscorers
Allstar team
Individual evidence
↑ a b c berliner-zeitung.de: Handball World Cup 2007
↑ Franziska Heinz ( Memento from January 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ faz-archiv.de: The town of Rotenburg gets the contract from the association
↑ berliner-zeitung.de: Games sold out in Berlin
^ J. Winterfeldt, A. Baumann: In the dispute, he pulled the jackknife. In: The world. December 15, 2011
Web links
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