1997 World Men's Handball Championship

none October 2021 World Men's Handball Championship 1997 1997年男子世界ハンドボール選手権大会 Japan 16 May–1 June 24 4 3 Russia 2 Sweden France Hungary 80 3741 Yoon Kyung-shin KOR 62 (12) Talant Duyshebaev ESP 1995 World Men's Handball Championship 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 Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 JPN 1995 World Men's Handball Championship 7–21 May 1995 1 FRA Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament 24 July – 4 August 1996 1 CRO 1996 European Men's Handball Championship 24 May – 2 June 1996 4 RUSESPFR YugoslaviaSWE 1996 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 8–13 October 1996 3 CUBARGBRA 1996 African Men's Handball Championship 16–29 October 1996 4 ALGTUNEGYMAR European qualification 20 August – 1 December 1996 6 CZEHUNISLITANORPOR Asian qualification 30 September – 4 December 1996 3 KSACHNKOR EHF v OCHF Play-off 31 January – 2 February 1997 1 LTU Venues The organizing committee used four venues to host the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship:http://todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1997.html Men Handball XV World Championship 1997 Kumamoto (JPN) 17.05-01.06 Champion Russia dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110824145539/http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1997.html 24 August 2011 Group A: Park Dome Kumamoto Group B: Kumamoto City Gym Group C: Yamaga City Gym Group D: Yatsushiro City Gym Preliminary round The top four teams from each group continue to the knockout stage. The teams are ranked through the following rules. Team with the most points (2 points for each won game, 1 point for each drawn game). If two teams get the same points, the winner in the game between the two teams get ranked first. If the game between the teams ended in a draw, the team with the best goal difference get ranked first. Group A main WDL Q 2 ISL ISL YUG FR Yugoslavia LTU LTU JPN JPN ALG ALG KSA KSA 4 1 0 124 106 4 0 1 129 111 2 1 2 110 102 2 0 3 101 104 1 2 2 103 112 0 0 5 94 126 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete 17 May 19:30 ISL 24 – 20 JPN Park Dome, Kumamoto 14-10 18 May 15:00 KSA 18 – 27 LTU Park Dome, Kumamoto 6-12 18 May 17:00 FR Yugoslavia 22 – 19 JPN Park Dome, Kumamoto 9-7 18 May 19:00 ALG 27 – 27 ISL Park Dome, Kumamoto 13-15 19 May 13:00 FR Yugoslavia 29 – 21 LTU Park Dome, Kumamoto 17-10 19 May 15:00 ALG 19 – 14 KSA Park Dome, Kumamoto 6-3 21 May 19:00 JPN 23 – 20 KSA Park Dome, Kumamoto 15-10 22 May 13:00 LTU 19 – 19 ALG Park Dome, Kumamoto 10-10 22 May 15:00 ISL 27 – 18 FR Yugoslavia Park Dome, Kumamoto 11-9 24 May 15:00 KSA 20 – 32 FR Yugoslavia Park Dome, Kumamoto 11-15 24 May 17:00 ALG 14 – 24 JPN Park Dome, Kumamoto 4-13 24 May 19:00 LTU 19 – 21 ISL Park Dome, Kumamoto 8-10 25 May 15:00 KSA 22 – 25 ISL Park Dome, Kumamoto 12-15 25 May 17:00 JPN 15 – 24 LTU Park Dome, Kumamoto 7-11 25 May 19:00 FR Yugoslavia 28 – 24 ALG Park Dome, Kumamoto 14-12 Group B main WDL Q 2 FRA FRA SWE SWE KOR KOR NOR NOR ITA ITA ARG ARG 4 0 1 127 114 4 0 1 141 101 3 1 1 128 127 1 2 2 104 109 1 1 3 100 105 0 0 5 96 140 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete 18 May 15:00 FRA 25 – 21 ITA City gym, Kumamoto 12-10 18 May 17:00 NOR 21 – 21 KOR City gym, Kumamoto 11-8 18 May 19:00 SWE 36 – 17 ARG City gym, Kumamoto 17-6 20 May 13:00 FRA 26 – 27 KOR City gym, Kumamoto 18-11 20 May 15:00 SWE 24 – 17 NOR City gym, Kumamoto 12-8 21 May 18:00 ITA 19 – 19 NOR City gym, Kumamoto 10-9 21 May 20:00 ARG 20 – 24 FRA City gym, Kumamoto 8-12 22 May 13:00 ARG 15 – 21 ITA City gym, Kumamoto 3-10 22 May 15:00 KOR 21 – 36 SWE City gym, Kumamoto 9-21 24 May 15:00 KOR 32 – 22 ARG City gym, Kumamoto 19-13 24 May 17:00 NOR 20 – 23 FRA City gym, Kumamoto 10-11 24 May 19:00 SWE 19 – 17 ITA City gym, Kumamoto 8-10 25 May 15:00 ITA 22 – 27 KOR City gym, Kumamoto 9-12 25 May 17:00 NOR 27 – 22 ARG City gym, Kumamoto 14-9 25 May 19:00 FRA 29 – 26 SWE City gym, Kumamoto 12-14 Group C main WDL Q 2 ESP ESP EGY EGY CZE CZE TUN TUN POR POR BRA BRA 4 1 0 141 103 4 1 0 129 94 3 0 2 119 105 2 0 3 92 108 1 0 4 119 123 0 0 5 65 132 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete 18 May 15:00 POR 26 – 18 BRA City gym, Yamaga 13-7 18 May 17:00 CZE 22 – 24 EGY City gym, Yamaga 11-12 18 May 19:00 ESP 32 – 21 TUN City gym, Yamaga 13-11 20 May 13:00 BRA 10 – 24 CZE City gym, Yamaga 6-12 20 May 15:00 EGY 19 – 19 ESP City gym, Yamaga 11-10 21 May 18:00 TUN 19 – 18 POR City gym, Yamaga 9-7 21 May 20:00 ESP 32 – 11 BRA City gym, Yamaga 15-3 22 May 13:00 EGY 24 – 17 TUN City gym, Yamaga 12-8 22 May 15:00 CZE 28 – 24 POR City gym, Yamaga 14-11 24 May 15:00 BRA 11 – 33 EGY City gym, Yamaga 4-18 24 May 17:00 CZE 19 – 18 TUN City gym, Yamaga 10-12 24 May 19:00 POR 26 – 29 ESP City gym, Yamaga 11-12 25 May 15:00 TUN 17 – 15 BRA City gym, Yamaga 11-6 25 May 17:00 POR 25 – 29 EGY City gym, Yamaga 14-12 25 May 19:00 ESP 29 – 26 CZE City gym, Yamaga 13-11 Group D main WDL Q 2 RUS RUS HUN HUN CUB CUB CRO CRO CHN CHN MAR MAR 5 0 0 150 84 4 0 1 128 103 2 1 2 128 117 2 1 2 123 115 1 0 4 101 160 0 0 5 90 141 green1 Round of 16 A A A A complete 18 May 15:00 RUS 31 – 17 CUB City gym, Yatsushiro 17-9 18 May 17:00 CRO 34 – 21 CHN City gym, Yatsushiro 17-9 18 May 19:00 HUN 25 – 19 MAR City gym, Yatsushiro 10-8 19 May 13:00 CHN 15 – 34 RUS City gym, Yatsushiro 6-20 19 May 15:00 MAR 17 – 26 CRO City gym, Yatsushiro 7-14 21 May 18:00 RUS 30 – 13 MAR City gym, Yatsushiro 14-7 21 May 20:00 CUB 21 – 22 HUN City gym, Yatsushiro 8-11 22 May 13:00 CHN 21 – 32 CUB City gym, Yatsushiro 9-19 22 May 15:00 CRO 20 – 23 HUN City gym, Yatsushiro 10-8 24 May 15:00 MAR 21 – 25 CHN City gym, Yatsushiro 8-13 24 May 17:00 CRO 23 – 23 CUB City gym, Yatsushiro 13-13 24 May 19:00 HUN 19 – 24 RUS City gym, Yatsushiro 7-13 25 May 15:00 CUB 35 – 20 MAR City gym, Yatsushiro 17-16 25 May 17:00 HUN 39 – 19 CHN City gym, Yatsushiro 20-12 25 May 19:00 RUS 31 – 20 CRO City gym, Yatsushiro 15-7 Final round Bracket Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final A1 ISL 32 B4 NOR 28 C3 CZE 19 D2 HUN 20 C1 ESP 31 D4 CRO 25 A3 LTU 20 B2 SWE 32 D3 CUB 20 C2 EGY 24 B1 FRA 22 A4 JPN 21 B3 KOR 37 A2 FR Yugoslavia 33 D1 RUS 20 C4 TUN 14 A1 ISL 25 D2 HUN 26 C1 ESP 24 B2 SWE 28 C2 EGY 19 B1 FRA 22 B3 KOR 15 D1 RUS 32 D2 HUN 19 B2 SWE 31 B1 FRA 24 D1 RUS 25 B2 SWE 21 D1 RUS 23 D2 HUN 27 B1 FRA 28 5-8th place semifinals 5th place 7th place A1 ISL 32 C1 ESP 23 C2 EGY 28 B3 KOR 27 A1 ISL 23 C2 EGY 20 C1 ESP 33 B3 KOR 26 Round of 16 27 May 13:00 ISL 32 – 28 NOR Park Dome, Kumamoto 13-15 27 May 13:00 ESP 31 – 25 CRO City gym, Kumamoto 16-14 27 May 15:00 KOR 37 – 33 FR Yugoslavia Park Dome, Kumamoto 12-13 30-30 7-3 27 May 15:00 CUB 20 – 24 EGY City gym, Kumamoto 9-10 27 May 18:00 LTU 20 – 32 SWE Park Dome, Kumamoto 9-18 27 May 18:00 CZE 19 – 20 HUN City gym, Kumamoto 9-11 27 May 20:00 FRA 22 – 21 JPN Park Dome, Kumamoto 11-11 27 May 20:00 RUS 20 – 14 TUN City gym, Kumamoto 12-5 Quarter-finals 29 May 18:00 ISL 25 – 26 HUN Park Dome, Kumamoto 11-14 29 May 18:00 ESP 24 – 28 SWE City gym, Kumamoto 12-12 21-21 3-7 29 May 20:00 KOR 15 – 32 RUS Park Dome, Kumamoto 6-16 29 May 20:00 EGY 19 – 22 FRA City gym, Kumamoto 8-13 Placement matches 30 May 13:00 ESP 23 – 32 ISL Park Dome, Kumamoto 11-11 30 May 15:00 KOR 27 – 28 EGY Park Dome, Kumamoto 11-15 7th place match 31 May 16:00 ESP 33 – 26 KOR City gym, Kumamoto 17-12 5th place match 31 May 16:00 EGY 20 – 23 ISL Park Dome, Kumamoto 9-10 Semi-finals 31 May 18:00 HUN 19 – 31 SWE Park Dome, Kumamoto 7-14 31 May 18:00 FRA 24 – 25 RUS City gym, Kumamoto 12-14 21-21 3-4 Bronze final 1 June 14:00 FRA 28 – 27 HUN Park Dome, Kumamoto 15-12 Final 1 June 16:00 SWE 21 – 23 RUS Report 10-11 Park Dome, Kumamoto 11,100 Final standings Russia 18px|Gold medal blank Sweden 18px|Silver medal blank France 18px|Bronze medal blank Hungary Iceland Egypt Spain South Korea FR Yugoslavia Lithuania Czech Republic Norway Croatia Cuba Japan Tunisia Algeria Italy Portugal China Saudi Arabia Argentina Morocco Brazil Medalists GoldSilver Bronze RUS 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 Head coach: Mr. Vladimir Maksimov SWE 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 Head coach: Mr. Bengt Johansson FRA 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 Head coach: Mr. Daniel Costantini All Star Team Goalkeeper: Mats Olsson Left Wing: Valery Gopin Left Back: Vasily Kudinov Center Back: Talant Duyshebaev Pivot: Guéric Kervadec Right Back: Staffan Olsson Right Wing: Valdimar Grímsson References External links Official report WC97 by todor66 Category:World Men's Handball Championship Handball Category:International handball competitions hosted by Japan Handball Category:May 1997 sports events in Asia Category:June 1997 sports events in Asia Category:Sports competitions in Kumamoto Prefecture