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1997 World Men's Handball Championship

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{{Infobox international handball competition

| tourney_name = World Men's Handball Championship

| year = 1997

| yearr =

| other_titles = 1997年男子世界ハンドボール選手権大会

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Japan

| dates = 16 May–1 June

| num_teams = 24

| confederations =

| venues = 4

| cities = 3

| champion = Russia

| count = 2

| second = Sweden

| third = France

| fourth = Hungary

| matches = 80

| goals = 3741

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagathlete|Yoon Kyung-shin|KOR}} 62 (12)

| player = {{flagathlete|Talant Duyshebaev|ESP}}

| updated =

| previous = 1995 World Men's Handball Championship

| next = 1999 World Men's Handball Championship

}}

The 1997 World Men's Handball Championship was the 15th team handball World Championship. It was held in Kumamoto, Japan and was the first World Championship not played in a European country. Russia won the championship.

Qualification

class="wikitable"
CompetitionDatesVacancieswidth="130px"|Qualified
Host nationstyle="text-align:center;"|1{{hb|JPN}}
1995 World Men's Handball Championship7–21 May 1995style="text-align:center;"|1{{hb|FRA}}
Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament24 July – 4 August 1996style="text-align:center;"|1{{hb|CRO}}
1996 European Men's Handball Championship24 May – 2 June 1996style="text-align:center;"|4{{hb|RUS}}
{{hb|ESP}}
{{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}
{{hb|SWE}}
1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship8–13 October 1996style="text-align:center;"|3{{hb|CUB}}
{{hb|ARG}}
{{hb|BRA}}
1996 African Men's Handball Championship16–29 October 1996style="text-align:center;"|4{{hb|ALG}}
{{hb|TUN}}
{{hb|EGY}}
{{hb|MAR}}
European qualification20 August – 1 December 1996style="text-align:center;"|6{{hb|CZE}}
{{hb|HUN}}
{{hb|ISL}}
{{hb|ITA}}
{{hb|NOR}}
{{hb|POR}}
Asian qualification30 September – 4 December 1996style="text-align:center;"|3{{hb|KSA}}
{{hb|CHN}}
{{hb|KOR}}
EHF v OCHF Play-off31 January – 2 February 1997style="text-align:center;"|1{{hb|LTU}}

Venues

The organizing committee used four venues to host the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship:{{cite web|url=http://todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1997.html |title=Men Handball XV World Championship 1997 Kumamoto (JPN) 17.05-01.06 Champion Russia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824145539/http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1997.html |archivedate=24 August 2011 }}

Preliminary round

The top 4 placed teams of each group continues to the knockout stage. The teams are ranked through the following rules.

  1. Team with the most points (2 points for each won game, 1 point for each drawn game).
  2. If two teams get the same points, the winner in the game between the two teams get ranked first.
  3. If the game between the teams ended in a draw, the team with the best goal difference get ranked first.

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=ISL|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}

|team2=YUG|name_YUG={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|team3=LTU|name_LTU={{hb|LTU}}

|team4=JPN|name_JPN={{hb|JPN}}

|team5=ALG|name_ALG={{hb|ALG}}

|team6=KSA|name_KSA={{hb|KSA}}

|win_ISL=4|draw_ISL=1|loss_ISL=0|gf_ISL=124|ga_ISL=106

|win_YUG=4|draw_YUG=0|loss_YUG=1|gf_YUG=129|ga_YUG=111

|win_LTU=2|draw_LTU=1|loss_LTU=2|gf_LTU=110|ga_LTU=102

|win_JPN=2|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=3|gf_JPN=101|ga_JPN=104

|win_ALG=1|draw_ALG=2|loss_ALG=2|gf_ALG=103|ga_ALG=112

|win_KSA=0|draw_KSA=0|loss_KSA=5|gf_KSA=94|ga_KSA=126

|col_A=green1|text_A=Round of 16

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 17 May

|time= 19:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=24 – 20

|team2={{hb|JPN}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=14-10

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KSA}}

|score=18 – 27

|team2={{hb|LTU}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=6-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=22 – 19

|team2={{hb|JPN}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=9-7

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score=27 – 27

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=13-15

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 19 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=29 – 21

|team2={{hb|LTU}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=17-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 19 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score=19 – 14

|team2={{hb|KSA}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=6-3

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|JPN}}

|score=23 – 20

|team2={{hb|KSA}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=15-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|LTU}}

|score=19 – 19

|team2={{hb|ALG}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=10-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=27 – 18

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=11-9

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KSA}}

|score=20 – 32

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=11-15

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score=14 – 24

|team2={{hb|JPN}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=4-13

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|LTU}}

|score=19 – 21

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=8-10

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KSA}}

|score=22 – 25

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=12-15

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|JPN}}

|score=15 – 24

|team2={{hb|LTU}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=7-11

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=28 – 24

|team2={{hb|ALG}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=14-12

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=FRA|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|team2=SWE|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{hb|KOR}}

|team4=NOR|name_NOR={{hb|NOR}}

|team5=ITA|name_ITA={{hb|ITA}}

|team6=ARG|name_ARG={{hb|ARG}}

|win_FRA=4|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=1|gf_FRA=127|ga_FRA=114

|win_SWE=4|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=141|ga_SWE=101

|win_KOR=3|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=128|ga_KOR=127

|win_NOR=1|draw_NOR=2|loss_NOR=2|gf_NOR=104|ga_NOR=109

|win_ITA=1|draw_ITA=1|loss_ITA=3|gf_ITA=100|ga_ITA=105

|win_ARG=0|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=5|gf_ARG=96|ga_ARG=140

|col_A=green1|text_A=Round of 16

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=25 – 21

|team2={{hb|ITA}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=12-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}

|score=21 – 21

|team2={{hb|KOR}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=11-8

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=36 – 17

|team2={{hb|ARG}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=17-6

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 20 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=26 – 27

|team2={{hb|KOR}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=18-11

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 20 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=24 – 17

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=12-8

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ITA}}

|score=19 – 19

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=10-9

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ARG}}

|score=20 – 24

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=8-12

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ARG}}

|score=15 – 21

|team2={{hb|ITA}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=3-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KOR}}

|score=21 – 36

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=9-21

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KOR}}

|score=32 – 22

|team2={{hb|ARG}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=19-13

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}

|score=20 – 23

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=10-11

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=19 – 17

|team2={{hb|ITA}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=8-10

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ITA}}

|score=22 – 27

|team2={{hb|KOR}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=9-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}

|score=27 – 22

|team2={{hb|ARG}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=14-9

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=29 – 26

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=12-14

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|team2=EGY|name_EGY={{hb|EGY}}

|team3=CZE|name_CZE={{hb|CZE}}

|team4=TUN|name_TUN={{hb|TUN}}

|team5=POR|name_POR={{hb|POR}}

|team6=BRA|name_BRA={{hb|BRA}}

|win_ESP=4|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=141|ga_ESP=103

|win_EGY=4|draw_EGY=1|loss_EGY=0|gf_EGY=129|ga_EGY=94

|win_CZE=3|draw_CZE=0|loss_CZE=2|gf_CZE=119|ga_CZE=105

|win_TUN=2|draw_TUN=0|loss_TUN=3|gf_TUN=92|ga_TUN=108

|win_POR=1|draw_POR=0|loss_POR=4|gf_POR=119|ga_POR=123

|win_BRA=0|draw_BRA=0|loss_BRA=5|gf_BRA=65|ga_BRA=132

|col_A=green1|text_A=Round of 16

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=26 – 18

|team2={{hb|BRA}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=13-7

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=22 – 24

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=11-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=32 – 21

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=13-11

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 20 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|BRA}}

|score=10 – 24

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=6-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 20 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=19 – 19

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=11-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score=19 – 18

|team2={{hb|POR}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=9-7

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=32 – 11

|team2={{hb|BRA}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=15-3

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=24 – 17

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=12-8

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=28 – 24

|team2={{hb|POR}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=14-11

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|BRA}}

|score=11 – 33

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=4-18

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=19 – 18

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=10-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=26 – 29

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=11-12

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score=17 – 15

|team2={{hb|BRA}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=11-6

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=25 – 29

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=14-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=29 – 26

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|stadium=City gym, Yamaga

|HT=13-11

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|winpoints=2

|team1=RUS|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}

|team2=HUN|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|team3=CUB|name_CUB={{hb|CUB}}

|team4=CRO|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|team5=CHN|name_CHN={{hb|CHN}}

|team6=MAR|name_MAR={{hb|MAR}}

|win_RUS=5|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=0|gf_RUS=150|ga_RUS=84

|win_HUN=4|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=1|gf_HUN=128|ga_HUN=103

|win_CUB=2|draw_CUB=1|loss_CUB=2|gf_CUB=128|ga_CUB=117

|win_CRO=2|draw_CRO=1|loss_CRO=2|gf_CRO=123|ga_CRO=115

|win_CHN=1|draw_CHN=0|loss_CHN=4|gf_CHN=101|ga_CHN=160

|win_MAR=0|draw_MAR=0|loss_MAR=5|gf_MAR=90|ga_MAR=141

|col_A=green1|text_A=Round of 16

|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A|result4=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=31 – 17

|team2={{hb|CUB}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=17-9

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=34 – 21

|team2={{hb|CHN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=17-9

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 18 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=25 – 19

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=10-8

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 19 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CHN}}

|score=15 – 34

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=6-20

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 19 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|MAR}}

|score=17 – 26

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=7-14

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=30 – 13

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=14-7

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 21 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CUB}}

|score=21 – 22

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=8-11

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CHN}}

|score=21 – 32

|team2={{hb|CUB}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=9-19

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 22 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=20 – 23

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=10-8

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|MAR}}

|score=21 – 25

|team2={{hb|CHN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=8-13

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=23 – 23

|team2={{hb|CUB}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=13-13

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 24 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=19 – 24

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=7-13

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CUB}}

|score=35 – 20

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=17-16

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=39 – 19

|team2={{hb|CHN}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=20-12

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 25 May

|time= 19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=31 – 20

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|stadium=City gym, Yatsushiro

|HT=15-7

}}

Final round

= Bracket =

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

| RD1 = Round of 16

| RD2 = Quarterfinals

| RD3 = Semifinals

| RD4 = Final

| RD1-seed01 = A1

| RD1-team01 = {{hb|ISL}}

| RD1-score01 = 32

| RD1-seed02 = B4

| RD1-team02 = {{hb|NOR}}

| RD1-score02 = 28

| RD1-seed03 = C3

| RD1-team03 = {{hb|CZE}}

| RD1-score03 = 19

| RD1-seed04 = D2

| RD1-team04 = {{hb|HUN}}

| RD1-score04 = 20

| RD1-seed05 = C1

| RD1-team05 = {{hb|ESP}}

| RD1-score05 = 31

| RD1-seed06 = D4

| RD1-team06 = {{hb|CRO}}

| RD1-score06 = 25

| RD1-seed07 = A3

| RD1-team07 = {{hb|LTU}}

| RD1-score07 = 20

| RD1-seed08 = B2

| RD1-team08 = {{hb|SWE}}

| RD1-score08 = 32

| RD1-seed09 = D3

| RD1-team09 = {{hb|CUB}}

| RD1-score09 = 20

| RD1-seed10 = C2

| RD1-team10 = {{hb|EGY}}

| RD1-score10 = 24

| RD1-seed11 = B1

| RD1-team11 = {{hb|FRA}}

| RD1-score11 = 22

| RD1-seed12 = A4

| RD1-team12 = {{hb|JPN}}

| RD1-score12 = 21

| RD1-seed13 = B3

| RD1-team13 = {{hb|KOR}}

| RD1-score13 = 37

| RD1-seed14 = A2

| RD1-team14 = {{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

| RD1-score14 = 33

| RD1-seed15 = D1

| RD1-team15 = {{hb|RUS}}

| RD1-score15 = 20

| RD1-seed16 = C4

| RD1-team16 = {{hb|TUN}}

| RD1-score16 = 14

| RD2-seed01 = A1

| RD2-team01 = {{hb|ISL}}

| RD2-score01 = 25

| RD2-seed02 = D2

| RD2-team02 = {{hb|HUN}}

| RD2-score02 = 26

| RD2-seed03 = C1

| RD2-team03 = {{hb|ESP}}

| RD2-score03 = 24

| RD2-seed04 = B2

| RD2-team04 = {{hb|SWE}}

| RD2-score04 = 28

| RD2-seed05 = C2

| RD2-team05 = {{hb|EGY}}

| RD2-score05 = 19

| RD2-seed06 = B1

| RD2-team06 = {{hb|FRA}}

| RD2-score06 = 22

| RD2-seed07 = B3

| RD2-team07 = {{hb|KOR}}

| RD2-score07 = 15

| RD2-seed08 = D1

| RD2-team08 = {{hb|RUS}}

| RD2-score08 = 32

| RD3-seed01 = D2

| RD3-team01 = {{hb|HUN}}

| RD3-score01 = 19

| RD3-seed02 = B2

| RD3-team02 = {{hb|SWE}}

| RD3-score02 = 31

| RD3-seed03 = B1

| RD3-team03 = {{hb|FRA}}

| RD3-score03 = 24

| RD3-seed04 = D1

| RD3-team04 = {{hb|RUS}}

| RD3-score04 = 25

| RD4-seed01 = B2

| RD4-team01 = {{hb|SWE}}

| RD4-score01 = 21

| RD4-seed02 = D1

| RD4-team02 = {{hb|RUS}}

| RD4-score02 = 23

| RD4-seed03 = D2

| RD4-team03 = {{hb|HUN}}

| RD4-score03 = 27

| RD4-seed04 = B1

| RD4-team04 = {{hb|FRA}}

| RD4-score04 = 28

}}

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd

| RD1 = 5-8th place semifinals

| RD2 = 5th place

| RD2b = 7th place

| RD1-seed1 = A1

| RD1-team1 = {{hb|ISL}}

| RD1-score1 = 32

| RD1-seed2 = C1

| RD1-team2 = {{hb|ESP}}

| RD1-score2 = 23

| RD1-seed3 = C2

| RD1-team3 = {{hb|EGY}}

| RD1-score3 = 28

| RD1-seed4 = B3

| RD1-team4 = {{hb|KOR}}

| RD1-score4 = 27

| RD2-seed1 = A1

| RD2-team1 = {{hb|ISL}}

| RD2-score1 = 23

| RD2-seed2 = C2

| RD2-team2 = {{hb|EGY}}

| RD2-score2 = 20

| RD2b-seed1 = C1

| RD2b-team1 = {{hb|ESP}}

| RD2b-score1 = 33

| RD2b-seed2 = B3

| RD2b-team2 = {{hb|KOR}}

| RD2b-score2 = 26

}}

=Round of 16=

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=32 – 28

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=13-15

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=31 – 25

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=16-14

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KOR}}

|score=37 – 33

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=12-13

|FT=30-30

|OT1=7-3

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CUB}}

|score=20 – 24

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=9-10

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|LTU}}

|score=20 – 32

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=9-18

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=19 – 20

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=9-11

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=22 – 21

|team2={{hb|JPN}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=11-11

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 27 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=20 – 14

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=12-5

}}

----

=Quarter-finals=

{{handballbox

|date= 29 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=25 – 26

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=11-14

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 29 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=24 – 28

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=12-12

|FT=21-21

|OT1=3-7

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 29 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KOR}}

|score=15 – 32

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=6-16

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 29 May

|time= 20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=19 – 22

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=8-13

}}

----

=Placement matches=

{{handballbox

|date= 30 May

|time= 13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=23 – 32

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=11-11

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 30 May

|time= 15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KOR}}

|score=27 – 28

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=11-15

}}

----

=7th place match=

{{handballbox

|date= 31 May

|time= 16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=33 – 26

|team2={{hb|KOR}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=17-12

}}

=5th place match=

{{handballbox

|date= 31 May

|time= 16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=20 – 23

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=9-10

}}

----

=Semi-finals=

{{handballbox

|date= 31 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=19 – 31

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=7-14

}}

{{handballbox

|date= 31 May

|time= 18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=24 – 25

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|stadium=City gym, Kumamoto

|HT=12-14

|FT=21-21

|OT1=3-4

}}

----

=Bronze final=

{{handballbox

|date= 1 June

|time= 14:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=28 – 27

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|stadium=Park Dome, Kumamoto

|HT=15-12

}}

=Final=

{{handballbox

|date= 1 June

|time= 16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=21 – 23

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|report= [http://statistics.eurohandball.com/reports/?m=973111084 Report]

|goals1=

|goals2=

|HT=10-11

|OT1=

|OT2=

|OT3=

|twomin1=

|yellow1=

|red1=

|twomin2=

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium= Park Dome, Kumamoto

|attendance= 11,100

|referee=

|refnat=

}}

Final standings

  1. {{hb|Russia}} File:Gold medal blank.svg
  2. {{hb|Sweden}} File:Silver medal blank.svg
  3. {{hb|France}} File:Bronze medal blank.svg
  4. {{hb|Hungary}}
  5. {{hb|Iceland}}
  6. {{hb|Egypt}}
  7. {{hb|Spain}}
  8. {{hb|South Korea}}
  9. {{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}
  10. {{hb|Lithuania}}
  11. {{hb|Czech Republic}}
  12. {{hb|Norway}}
  13. {{hb|Croatia}}
  14. {{hb|Cuba}}
  15. {{hb|Japan}}
  16. {{hb|Tunisia}}
  17. {{hb|Algeria}}
  18. {{hb|Italy}}
  19. {{hb|Portugal}}
  20. {{hb|China}}
  21. {{hb|Saudi Arabia}}
  22. {{hb|Argentina}}
  23. {{hb|Morocco}}
  24. {{hb|Brazil}}

Medalists

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"
style="width: 15em; background: gold"|Gold

|style="width: 15em; background: silver"|Silver

|style="width: 15em; background: #CC9966"|Bronze

style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|RUS}}

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{{unbulleted list|list_style=text-align:center;|Andrey Lavrov|Pavel Sukosyan|Vasily Kudinov|Vyacheslav Gorpishin|Dmitri Torgovanov|Stanislav Kulinchenko|Oleg Grebnev|Vyacheslav Atavin|Igor Lavrov|Oleg Kuleshov|Lev Voronin|Sergey Pogorelov|Eduard Koksharov|Valery Gopin|Denis Krivoshlykov

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:Head coach : Mr. Vladimir Maksimov }}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|SWE}}

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{{unbulleted list|list_style=text-align:center;|Magnus Andersson|Martin Frändesjö|Peter Gentzel|Robert Hedin|Ola Lindgren|Stefan Lövgren|Mats Olsson|Staffan Olsson|Johan Petersson|Tomas Sivertsson|Jan Stankiewicz|Tomas Svensson|Pierre Thorsson|Ljubomir Vranjes|Magnus Wislander

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:Head coach : Mr. Bengt Johansson }}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|FRA}}

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{{unbulleted list|list_style=text-align:center;|Christian Gaudin|Bruno Martini|Francis Franck|Éric Amalou|Patrick Cazal|Stéphane Cordinier|Guillaume Gille|Stéphane Joulin|Philippe Julia|Guéric Kervadec|Bernard Latchimy|Yannick Reverdy|Jackson Richardson|Stéphane Stoecklin|Marc Wiltberger|Sémir Zuzo

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:Head coach : Mr. Daniel Costantini }}

All Star Team

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/jap97.pdf Official report]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110824145539/http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1997.html WC97 by todor66]

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