Men's handball world championship 1990

12th Men's Handball World Championship 1990
12th Men's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	16
World Champion	Sweden (3rd title)
venue	Czechoslovakia
Opening game	February 28, 1990
Endgame	March 10, 1990
Games	54
Gates	2,443   (∅: 45.24 per game)
Top scorer	Julián Duranona Alexander Tutschkin , 55 goals
Best player	Jackson Richardson (MVP)
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The 12th men's handball world championship was held from February 28 to March 10, 1990 in Czechoslovakia . A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Sweden became the world champion, defeating the USSR in the final 27:23. The GDR team took eighth place, the Federal Republic of Germany could not qualify for the tournament.

game schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the teams competed against each other in four groups. The first three teams in each group qualified for the main round.

Group A in Pilsen

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	71:57	6-0
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	61:59	4: 2
3	France	3	1	0	2	59:65	2: 4
4th	Algeria	3	0	0	3	55:65	0: 6

02/28/1990	Hungary	-	France	19:18 (9: 7)
02/28/1990	Sweden	-	Algeria	20:19 (11: 8)
03/01/1990	Algeria	-	Hungary	16:22 (7:11)
03/01/1990	France	-	Sweden	18:26 (9:13)
03/03/1990	Hungary	-	Sweden	20:25 (8:14)
03/03/1990	France	-	Algeria	23:20 (7: 7)

Group B in Prešov

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	75:57	6-0
2	South Korea	3	1	0	2	69:72	2: 4
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	0	2	58:62	2: 4
4th	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	55:65	2: 4

02/28/1990	South Korea	-	Romania	24:26 (12:12)
02/28/1990	Czechoslovakia	-	Switzerland	12:13 (5: 7)
03/01/1990	Switzerland	-	South Korea	17:21 (5:11)
03/01/1990	Romania	-	Czechoslovakia	25:17 (11: 9)
03/03/1990	South Korea	-	Czechoslovakia	24:29 (10:17)
03/03/1990	Romania	-	Switzerland	24:16 (12: 8)

Group C in Zlín

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	66:61	6-0
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	72:65	4: 2
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	65:69	2: 4
4th	Cuba	3	0	0	3	76:84	0: 6

02/28/1990	Yugoslavia	-	Spain	17:18 (9: 6)
02/28/1990	Iceland	-	Cuba	27:23 (17: 8)
03/01/1990	Cuba	-	Yugoslavia	27:28 (14:16)
03/01/1990	Spain	-	Iceland	19:18 (11:11)
03/03/1990	Yugoslavia	-	Iceland	27:20 (10:11)
03/03/1990	Spain	-	Cuba	29:26 (12:10)

Group D in Žilina

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	95:56	6-0
2	GDR	3	2	0	1	70:73	4: 2
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	63:68	2: 4
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	55:86	0: 6

02/28/1990	USSR	-	Poland	26:21 (13: 9)
02/28/1990	GDR	-	Japan	26:22 (18:17)
03/01/1990	Japan	-	USSR	16:35 (14:16)
03/01/1990	Poland	-	GDR	17:25 (9: 9)
03/03/1990	USSR	-	GDR	34:19 (15:10)
03/03/1990	Poland	-	Japan	25:17 (12:11)

Main round

The top three teams in each group reached the main round. The teams from the preliminary round groups A and B came into group I, the teams from groups C and D into group II. The results from the direct duels of the respective teams from the same preliminary round group were included in the main round.

Group I in Ostrava

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	5	4th	0	1	130: 101	8: 2
2	Romania	5	4th	0	1	117: 105	8: 2
3	Hungary	5	3	1	1	110: 108	7: 3
4th	Czechoslovakia	5	1	2	2	107: 116	4: 6
5	France	5	1	1	3	109: 115	3: 7
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	5	119: 147	0:10

05.03.1990	Sweden	-	Czechoslovakia	26:20 (15: 9)
05.03.1990	South Korea	-	Hungary	24:27 (11:14)
05.03.1990	France	-	Romania	21:25 (11:12)
03/06/1990	Czechoslovakia	-	France	21:21 (9: 9)
03/06/1990	Romania	-	Hungary	21:24 (10:13)
03/06/1990	South Korea	-	Sweden	23:34 (7:17)
07.03.1990	France	-	South Korea	31:24 (13:12)
07.03.1990	Hungary	-	Czechoslovakia	20:20 (8:10)
07.03.1990	Sweden	-	Romania	19:20 (9:12)

Group II in Bratislava

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	148: 109	10-0
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	120: 102	6: 4
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	109: 114	6: 4
4th	GDR	5	2	0	3	106: 111	4: 6
5	Iceland	5	1	0	4th	101: 117	2: 8
6th	Poland	5	1	0	4th	102: 133	2: 8

05.03.1990	Spain	-	Poland	24:17 (12:10)
05.03.1990	Yugoslavia	-	GDR	21:20 (9:11)
05.03.1990	Iceland	-	USSR	19:27 (8:14)
03/06/1990	USSR	-	Yugoslavia	24:22 (11: 8)
03/06/1990	Poland	-	Iceland	27:25 (11:13)
03/06/1990	GDR	-	Spain	25:20 (11: 9)
07.03.1990	Spain	-	USSR	28:37 (17:14)
07.03.1990	Yugoslavia	-	Poland	33:20 (18:10)
07.03.1990	Iceland	-	GDR	19:17 (8:12)

Placement rounds 13-16 in Zlín

The fourth placed in the preliminary round groups A – D played for places 13 to 16.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
13	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	76:56	6-0
14th	Cuba	3	1	1	1	69:72	3: 3
15th	Japan	3	1	0	2	53:65	2: 4
16	Algeria	3	0	1	2	58:63	1: 5

March 5th, 1990, 8 p.m.	Algeria	-	Cuba	20:20 (8:11)
March 5th, 1990, 8 p.m.	Switzerland	-	Japan	22:12 (15: 3)
March 6, 1990, 8 p.m.	Cuba	-	Japan	23:20 (10:13)
March 6, 1990, 8 p.m.	Algeria	-	Switzerland	18:22 (10:14)
07.03.1990, 5 p.m.	Cuba	-	Switzerland	26:32 (11:16)
07.03.1990, 5 p.m.	Algeria	-	Japan	20:21 (10:10)

Finals in Prague

The first two of the two main round groups played the final, the second two the game for 3rd place. The other teams played for the other placements.

Game for 11th place

March 9th, 1990, 5.30 p.m.

Poland

-

South Korea

33:27 (13:13)

Play for 9th place

March 10, 1990, 9 a.m.

France

-

Iceland

29:23 (15:11)

Game for 7th place

March 10, 1990, 11.00 a.m.

Czechoslovakia

-

GDR

17:16 (8: 6)

Play for 5th place

March 9, 1990, 8 p.m.

Hungary

-

Spain

19:23 (8:10)

3rd place match

March 10, 1990, 1.30 p.m.

Romania

-

Yugoslavia

27:21 (10:12)

final

March 10, 1990, 4.30 p.m.

Sweden

-

Soviet Union

27:23 (11:12)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Sweden	7th	6th	0	1	177: 143	+ 034
	Soviet Union	7th	6th	0	1	206: 152	+ 054
	Romania	7th	6th	0	1	168: 142	+ 026
04th	Yugoslavia	7th	4th	0	3	169: 156	+ 013
05.	Spain	7th	5	0	2	161: 159	+ 02
06th	Hungary	7th	4th	1	2	151: 147	+ 04
07th	Czechoslovakia	7th	2	2	3	136: 145	- 09
08th.	GDR	7th	3	0	4th	148: 150	- 02nd
09.	France	7th	3	1	3	161: 158	+ 03
10.	Iceland	7th	2	0	5	151: 169	- 018th
11.	Poland	7th	3	0	4th	160: 177	- 017th
12.	South Korea	7th	1	0	6th	167: 197	- 030
13.	Switzerland	6th	4th	0	2	122: 113	+ 09
14th	Cuba	6th	1	1	4th	145: 156	- 011
15th	Japan	6th	1	0	5	108: 151	- 043
16.	Algeria	6th	0	1	5	113: 128	- 015

Awards

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Jackson Richardson

All-Star Team

position	Surname	country
Goal:
Left winger:
Back left:
Back center:
Back right:
Right winger:
Circle:

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	FT	7 m
01.	Alexander Tutschkin	Soviet Union	55	43	12
	Julián Duranona	Cuba	55	35	20th
03.	Kim Ye-huan	South Korea	50	32	18th
04th	Philippe Debureau	France	39	39	00
05.	Irfan Smajlagic	Yugoslavia	38	38	00
06th	Marian Dumitru	Romania	37	37	00
	Yafar Belhosin	Algeria	37	19th	18th
08th.	Bogdan Wenta	Poland	36	36	00
	Aleix Franch	Spain	36	34	02
	László Marosi	Hungary	36	34	02
	Javier Cabanas	Spain	36	28	08th

FT - field gates; 7m - seven meters;

Bids

Medalist

Sweden	Soviet Union	Romania
Björn Jilsén Erik Hajas Johan Eklund Jonas Persson Magnus Andersson Magnus Cato Magnus Wislander Mats Fransson Mats Olsson Ola Lindgren Per Carlén Pierre Thorsson Staffan Olsson Sten Sjögren Tomas Svensson Axel Sjöblad	Vyacheslav Atawin Jurij Hawrylow Valeri Gopin Aleksandr Karshakevich Oleg Kiselyov Igor Kustow Andrei Lavrov Yuri Nesterov Konstantin Scharowarow Georgi Swiridenko Igor Chumak Alexander Tutschkin Andrei Tjumenzew Vadim Vasilyev Andrei Xepkin Mikhail Jakimowitsch	Dumitru Berbece Alexandru Buligan Ianos Cicu Vasile Cocuz Marian Dumitru (Captain) Cornel Durău Adrian Ghimeș Robert Licu Ion Mocanu Costică Neagu Nicolae Popescu Rudi Prisăcaru Maricel Voinea Valentin Cristian Zaharia
Bengt Johansson (coach)	Anatoly Yevtushenko (coach)	Cornel Oțelea (Trainer)

8th place: German Democratic Republic

Peter Hofmann Jens Pumpkin Lutz Grosser Rüdiger Borchardt Frank-Michael Wahl

Matthias Hahn Jean Baruth Stephan Hauck Jürgen Querengässer Heiko Bonath

Mike Fuhrig Bernd Metzke Heiko Triepel Holger Winselmann Holger Schneider

Trainer: Klaus Langhoff

Web links

• Indoor / en salle / Halle - 1990 - TCH 28.2. – 10.3.1990. (pdf, 73 kB) In: ihf.info. November 20, 2003(Statistics on the 1990 World Handball Championship). 
• Handball World Championship 1990 in Czechoslovakia - World Champion Sweden - Results / Tables. In: handball-wm-statistik.de. 2006. 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karlheinz Heckert: Handball - World Championships - Men's Hall. In: sport-komplett.de. Retrieved January 21, 2019 . World Championships men. In: dhb.de. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015 ; accessed on January 21, 2019 . 
    
2. ↑ Istoria Handbalului Românesc 1921 - 2014 Volumul Ii Sinteză Retrospectivă Anexele 1 - 6 Palmares Date Statistice - Retrospectivă Competiţii Interne Şi Internaţionale. (pdf, 1.4 MB) Bucharest, November 25, 2014, p. 16 , archived from the original on October 11, 2018 ; accessed on January 21, 2019 (Romanian). 
3. ↑ Handball world championships since 1938. In: World Online . January 17, 2009, accessed January 21, 2019 .