1997 World Men's Handball Championship
International handball competition
1997 World Men's Handball Championship1997年男子世界ハンドボール選手権大会 |
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Host country | Japan |
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Venue(s) | 4 (in 3 host cities) |
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Dates | 16 May–1 June |
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Teams | 24 |
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Champions | Russia (2nd title) |
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Runner-up | Sweden |
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Third place | France |
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Fourth place | Hungary |
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Matches played | 80 |
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Goals scored | 3,741 (46.76 per match) |
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Top scorer(s) | Yoon Kyung-shin (KOR) 62 (12) |
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Best player | Talant Duyshebaev (ESP) |
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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
Venues
The organizing committee used four venues to host the 1997 World Men's Handball Championship:[1]
Preliminary round
The top 4 placed teams of each group continues 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Qualification
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1
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Russia
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5
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5
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0
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0
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150
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84
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+66
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10
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Round of 16
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2
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Hungary
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5
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4
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0
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1
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128
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103
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+25
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8
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3
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Cuba
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5
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2
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1
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2
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128
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117
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+11
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5
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4
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Croatia
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5
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2
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1
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2
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123
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115
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+8
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5
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5
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China
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5
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1
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0
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4
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101
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160
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−59
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2
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6
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Morocco
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5
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0
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0
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5
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90
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141
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−51
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0
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Final round
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Placement matches
7th place match
5th place match
Semi-finals
Bronze final
Final
Final standings
Russia ![Gold medal blank](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg/18px-Gold_medal_blank.svg.png)
Sweden ![Silver medal blank](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/18px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png)
France ![Bronze medal blank](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg/18px-Bronze_medal_blank.svg.png)
Hungary
Iceland
Egypt
Spain
South Korea
Yugoslavia
Lithuania
Czech Republic
Norway
Croatia
Cuba
Japan
Tunisia
Algeria
Italy
Portugal
China
Saudi Arabia
Argentina
Morocco
Brazil
Medalists
All Star Team
References
External links
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