1993 World Men's Handball Championship

1993 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	10-20 March 1993
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2,117 (44.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marc Baumgartner (SUI), Kyung-Shin Yoon (KOR), József Éles (HUN) 41

The 1993 World Men's Handball Championship was the 13th team handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden 10-20 March. Russia won the championship.

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Austria	France	Hungary	Denmark
Czechoslovakia	Norway	Iceland	Germany
Egypt	Romania	Sweden	Russia
Spain	Switzerland	United States	South Korea

Preliminary round

Top 3 from groups A & B plays in group 1 while top 3 from groups C & D plays in group 2 in the main round. The teams carry their results against the other teams to the main round. The last team from each group is eliminated from the championship.

Group A

10 March 18:00	Czechoslovakia	20 - 21	Egypt	Umeå
		(11-13)

10 March 20:00	Spain	22 - 15	Austria	Umeå
		(9-7)

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12 March 18:00	Austria	20 - 22	Czechoslovakia	Umeå
		(8-12)

12 March 20:00	Egypt	14 - 17	Spain	Umeå
		(9-8)

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13 March 14:00	Austria	26 - 23	Egypt	Umeå
		(14-9)

13 March 16:00	Spain	19 - 19	Czechoslovakia	Umeå
		(12-10)

Group B

10 March 18:00	France	24 - 26	Switzerland	Karlstad
		(10-8)

10 March 20:00	Romania	15 - 15	Norway	Karlstad
		(6-9)

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12 March 18:00	Switzerland	18 - 19	Romania	Karlstad
		(7-10)

12 March 20:00	Norway	20 - 21	France	Karlstad
		(11-10)

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13 March 14:00	Norway	16 - 21	Switzerland	Karlstad
		(9-10)

13 March 16:00	Romania	22 - 23	France	Karlstad
		(10-9)

Group C

9 March 19:00	Sweden	21 - 16	Iceland	Gothenburg
		(9-9)

9 March 21:00	Hungary	33 - 18	United States	Gothenburg
		(16-8)

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11 March 18:00	Iceland	25 - 21	Hungary	Gothenburg
		(11-8)

11 March 20:00	United States	16 - 32	Sweden	Gothenburg
		(9-13)

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13 March 14:00	Iceland	34 - 19	United States	Gothenburg
		(14-7)

13 March 16:00	Sweden	20 - 19	Hungary	Gothenburg
		(12-9)

Group D

10 March 18:00	Russia	33 - 18	South Korea	Malmö
		(17-6)

10 March 20:00	Germany	20 - 20	Denmark	Malmö
		(10-11)

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12 March 18:00	South Korea	25 - 28	Germany	Malmö
		(11-16)

12 March 20:00	Denmark	18 - 26	Russia	Malmö
		(10-13)

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13 March 14:00	South Korea	16 - 16	Denmark	Malmö
		(10-9)

13 March 16:00	Russia	19 - 19	Germany	Malmö
		(5-10)

Main round

The winners of each group face of against each other in the final. The second-place finishers play the game for 3rd position, the third-place finishers play the game for 5th position and so on.

Group 1

15 March 16:00	Egypt	23 - 26	Switzerland	Halmstad
		(9-12)

15 March 18:00	Spain	20 - 16	Romania	Halmstad
		(11-7)

15 March 20:00	Czechoslovakia	18 - 26	France	Halmstad
		(7-13)

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16 March 16:00	Romania	27 - 26	Egypt	Halmstad
		(14-8)

16 March 18:00	Switzerland	23 - 24	Czechoslovakia	Halmstad
		(13-10)

16 March 20:00	France	23 - 21	Spain	Halmstad
		(9-12)

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18 March 16:00	Egypt	16 - 19	France	Halmstad
		(7-11)

18 March 18:00	Czechoslovakia	23 - 21	Romania	Halmstad
		(11-12)

18 March 20:00	Spain	28 - 29	Switzerland	Halmstad
		(10-16)

Group 2

15 March 16:00	Hungary	22 - 29	Russia	Stockholm
		(10-15)

15 March 18:00	Iceland	16 - 23	Germany	Stockholm
		(5-10)

15 March 20:00	Sweden	23 - 20	Denmark	Stockholm
		(13-9)

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16 March 18:00	Denmark	22 - 21	Hungary	Stockholm
		(11-12)

16 March 20:00	Russia	27 - 19	Iceland	Stockholm
		(12-9)

17 March 19:00	Germany	16 - 24	Sweden	Stockholm
		(7-9)

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18 March 16:00	Hungary	21 - 22	Germany	Stockholm
		(7-12)

18 March 18:00	Iceland	27 - 22	Denmark	Stockholm
		(13-7)

18 March 20:00	Sweden	20 - 30	Russia	Stockholm
		(8-11)

Placement round

11th place match

19 March 18:00	Egypt	25 - 29	Hungary	Stockholm
		(13-12)

9th place match

19 March 20:00	Romania	23 - 27	Denmark	Stockholm
		(13-14)

7th place match

20 March 12:00	Czechoslovakia	22 - 21	Iceland	Stockholm
		(8-11)

5th place match

20 March 14:00	Spain	29 - 26	Germany	Stockholm
		(16-13)

Bronze final

20 March 16:00	Switzerland	19 – 26	Sweden	Stockholm
		(16–13)

Final

20 March 18:00	France	19 – 28	Russia	Stockholm
		(11–13)

Final standings

	Russia
	France
	Sweden
4	Switzerland
5	Spain
6	Germany
7	Czechoslovakia
8	Iceland
9	Denmark
10	Romania
11	Hungary
12	Egypt
13	Norway
14	Austria
15	South Korea
16	United States

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia Andrei Antonevich Vyacheslav Atavin Talant Duyshebaev Dmitri Filippov Andrei Frantusov Valeri Gopin Vyacheslav Gorpishin Oleg Grebnev Dmitri Karlov Oleg Kisselev Vasily Kudinov Andrey Lavrov Oleg Sapronov Pavel Sukosyan Dmitri Torgovanov Igor Vassilyev	France Philippe Gardent Christian Gaudin Philippe Julia Denis Lathoud Patrick Lepetit Pascal Mahé Gael Monthurel Laurent Munier Frederic Perez Thierry Perreux Eric Quintin Jackson Richardson Philippe Schaaf Stephane Stoecklin Jean Luc Thiebaut Frederic Volle	Sweden Magnus Andersson Anders Bäckegren Per Carlén Magnus Cato Erik Hajas Jerry Hallbäck Robert Hedin Tony Hedin Ola Lindgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Robert Venäläinen Magnus Wislander

Top goalscorers

Player	Goals
1. Marc Baumgartner (SWI)	41
1. Kyung-Shin Yoon (KOR)	41
1. József Éles (HUN)	41
4. Valeri Gopin (RUS)	39
5. Mateo Garralda (ESP)	38
6. Sigurður Valur Sveinsson (ISL)	37
7. Sameh Abdelwareth (EGY)	36
7. Vasily Kudinov (RUS)	36
7. Magnus Andersson (SWE)	36
10. Andreas Dittert (AUT)	33

Top goalkeepers

Player
1. Lorenzo Rico (ESP)
2. Tomas Svensson (SWE)
3. Mats Olsson (SWE)
4. Andrey Lavrov (RUS)
5. Lubomir Svajlen (SVK)
6. Ewald Humenberger (GER)
7. Peter Hürlimann (SWI)
8. Andreas Thiel (GER)
9. Gundmundur Hrafnkelsson (ISL)
10. Sorin Toacsen (ROM)

External links

• IHF Men's World Championships
• Men Handball World Championship 1993
• Dataesport
• The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Medallists from previous World Championships