The 15th men's handball world championship was held from May 17 to June 1, 1997 in Japan . Germany could not qualify for this tournament. A total of 24 teams initially competed against each other in groups. This was followed by elimination games with round of 16 , quarter-finals , semi-finals and finals as well as placement games for places three to eight. Russia became world champion in 1997 after beating Sweden 23:21 in the final.
game schedule Group stage The first four in each group qualified for the round of 16.
May 17, 1997, 7:30 p.m.
- Iceland
20: 24 (10:14)
May 18, 1997, 3 p.m.
- Lithuania
18: 27 (6:12)
May 18, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Yugoslavia
-
22: 19 (9: 7)
May 18, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Algeria
-
27: 27 (13:15)
May 19, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
Yugoslavia
-
29: 21 (17:10)
May 19, 1997, 3 p.m.
Algeria Algeria
-
19: 14 (6: 3)
May 21, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Japan
-
23: 20 (15:10)
May 22, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
- Algeria
Algeria
19: 19 (10:10)
May 22, 1997, 3 p.m.
Iceland
-
27: 18 (11: 9)
May 24, 1997, 3 p.m.
- Yugoslavia
20: 32 (11:15)
May 24, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Algeria Algeria Algeria
- Japan
14: 24 (4:13)
May 24, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
- Iceland
19: 21 (8:10)
May 25, 1997, 3 p.m.
- Iceland
22: 25 (12:15)
May 25, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
- Lithuania
15: 24 (7:11)
May 25, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Yugoslavia
- Algeria
Algeria
28: 24 (14:12)
May 18, 1997, 3 p.m.
France
-
25: 21 (12:10)
May 18, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
- South Korea
Korea South
21: 21 (11: 8)
May 18, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Sweden
-
36: 17 (17: 6)
May 20, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
- South Korea Korea South
26: 27 (18:11)
May 20, 1997, 3 p.m.
Sweden
-
24: 17 (12: 8)
May 21, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
-
19: 19 (10: 9)
May 21, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
- France
20: 24 (8:12)
May 22, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
- Italy
15: 21 (3:10)
May 22, 1997, 3 p.m.
Korea South
- Sweden
21: 36 (9:21)
May 24, 1997, 3 p.m.
Korea South South Korea
-
32: 22 (19:13)
May 24, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
- France
20: 23 (10:11)
May 24, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Sweden
-
19: 17 (8:10)
May 25, 1997, 3 p.m.
- South Korea Korea South
22: 27 (9:12)
May 25, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Norway
-
27: 22 (14: 9)
May 25, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
France
-
29: 26 (12:14)
May 18, 1997, 3 p.m.
Portugal
-
26: 18 (13: 7)
May 18, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Czech Republic
- Egypt
22: 24 (11:12)
May 18, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Spain
-
32: 21 (13:11)
May 20, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
- Czech Republic Czech Republic
10: 24 (6:12)
May 20, 1997, 3 p.m.
-
19: 19 (11:10)
May 21, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
Tunisia
-
19: 18 (9: 7)
May 21, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
Spain
-
32: 11 (15: 3)
May 22, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
Egypt
-
24: 17 (12: 8)
May 22, 1997, 3 p.m.
Czech Republic Czech Republic
-
28: 24 (14:11)
May 24, 1997, 3 p.m.
- Egypt
11: 33 (4:18)
May 24, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Czech Republic Czech Republic
-
19: 18 (10:12)
May 24, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
- Spain
26: 29 (11:12)
May 25, 1997, 3 p.m.
Tunisia
-
17: 15 (11: 6)
May 25, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
- Egypt
25: 29 (14:12)
May 25, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Spain
- Czech Republic
Czech Republic
29: 26 (13:11)
May 18, 1997, 3 p.m.
Russia Russia
-
31: 17 (17: 9)
May 18, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Croatia
-
34: 21 (17: 9)
May 18, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Hungary
-
25: 19 (10: 8)
May 19, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
- Russia Russia
15: 34 (6:20)
May 19, 1997, 3 p.m.
- Croatia
17: 26 (7:14)
May 21, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
Russia Russia
-
30: 13 (14: 7)
May 21, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
- Hungary
21: 22 (8:11)
May 22, 1997, 1:00 p.m.
- Cuba
21: 32 (9:19)
May 22, 1997, 3 p.m.
- Hungary
20: 23 (10: 8)
May 24, 1997, 3 p.m.
- China
21: 25 (8:13)
May 24, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
-
23: 23 (13:13)
May 24, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
- Russia Russia
19: 24 (7:13)
May 25, 1997, 3 p.m.
Cuba
-
35: 20 (17: 6)
May 25, 1997, 5:00 p.m.
Hungary
-
39: 19 (20:12)
May 25, 1997, 7:00 p.m.
Russia Russia
-
31: 20 (15: 7)
Final round Round of 16
May 27, 1997, 1:00 p.m. in Kumamoto
Iceland
- Norway
32: 28 (13:15)
May 27, 1997, 3 p.m. in Kumamoto
Korea South South Korea
- Yugoslavia
37: 33 a.d. (30: 30/12: 13)
May 27, 1997, 6:00 p.m. in Kumamoto
Lithuania
- Sweden
20: 32 (9:18)
May 27, 1997, 8:00 p.m. in Kumamoto
France
- Japan
22: 21 (11:11)
May 27, 1997, 1:00 p.m. in Kumamoto
Spain
- Croatia
31: 25 (16:14)
May 27, 1997, 3 p.m. in Kumamoto
Cuba
- Egypt
20: 24 (9:10)
May 27, 1997, 6:00 p.m. in Kumamoto
Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Hungary
19: 20 (9:11)
May 27, 1997, 8:00 p.m. in Kumamoto
Russia Russia
- Tunisia
20: 14 (12: 5)
Quarter finals Placement games The losers in the quarterfinals competed against each other in two games. The winners of the two games played for 5th place the next day, the two losers for 7th place.
May 31, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
Hungary
- Sweden
19: 31 (7:14)
May 31, 1997, 6:00 p.m.
France
- Russia Russia
24 25 n. V. (21: 21/12: 14)
Play for 7th place in Kumamoto Play for 5th place in Kumamoto Game for 3rd place in Kumamoto
June 1, 1997, 4:00 p.m.
Sweden
- Russia Russia
21: 23 (10:11)
The half-time results are in brackets. In the event of overtime, the scores after the end of regular playing time are also shown there.
Final placements
rank
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Russia Russia
9
9
0
0
250: 158
+ 0 92
Sweden Sweden
9
7th
0
2
253: 187
+ 0 66
France France
9
7th
0
2
223: 206
+ 0 17
0 4th
Hungary Hungary
9
6th
0
3
220: 206
+ 0 14
0 5.
Iceland Iceland
9
7th
1
1
236: 203
+ 0 33
0 6th
Egypt Egypt
9
6th
1
2
220: 186
+ 0 34
0 7th
Spain Spain
9
6th
1
2
252: 214
+ 0 38
0 8th.
Korea South South Korea
9
4th
1
4th
233: 253
- 0 20
0 9.
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992 Yugoslavia
6th
4th
0
2
162: 148
+ 0 14
10.
Lithuania 1989 Lithuania
6th
2
1
3
130: 134
- 0 4th
11.
Czech Republic Czech Republic
6th
3
0
3
138: 125
+ 0 13
12.
Norway Norway
6th
1
2
3
132: 141
- 0 9
13.
Croatia Croatia
6th
2
1
3
148: 146
+ 0 2
14th
Cuba Cuba
6th
2
1
3
148: 141
+ 0 7
15th
Japan Japan
6th
2
0
4th
122: 126
- 0 4th
16.
Tunisia Tunisia
6th
2
0
4th
106: 128
- 0 22
17th
Algeria Algeria
5
1
2
2
103: 112
- 0 9
18th
Italy Italy
5
1
1
3
100: 105
- 0 5th
19th
Portugal Portugal
5
1
0
4th
119: 123
- 0 4th
20th
China People's Republic China
5
1
0
4th
101: 160
- 0 59
21st
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
5
0
0
5
94: 126
- 0 32
22nd
Argentina Argentina
5
0
0
5
96: 140
- 0 44
23.
Morocco Morocco
5
0
0
5
90: 141
- 0 51
24.
Brazil Brazil
5
0
0
5
65: 132
- 0 67
Awards Allstar team statistics
Goal scorers
FT… field gates; 7m ... seven meters
Bids Medalist swell Web links
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