1995 World Men's Handball Championship

1995 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iceland
Final positions
Champions	France
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Sweden

The 1995 World Men's Handball Championship was the 14th team handball World Championship. It was held in Iceland 7-21 May. France won the championship.

Preliminary round

Team advanced to round of 16

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Points
Switzerland	5	5	0	0	133	103	10
South Korea	5	4	0	1	140	112	8
Iceland	5	3	0	2	119	107	6
Tunisia	5	2	0	3	110	125	4
Hungary	5	1	0	4	119	121	2
United States	5	0	0	5	82	135	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Points
Croatia	5	4	0	1	140	119	8
Russia	5	4	0	1	112	96	8
Czech Republic	5	4	0	1	121	111	8
Cuba	5	2	0	3	136	132	4
Slovenia	5	1	0	4	131	126	2
Morocco	5	0	0	5	93	149	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Points
Germany	5	5	0	0	128	93	10
Romania	5	3	0	2	121	121	6
France	5	3	0	2	122	108	6
Algeria	5	2	0	3	103	113	4
Denmark	5	2	0	3	126	117	4
Japan	5	0	0	5	101	149	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Points
Sweden	5	5	0	0	151	114	10
Spain	5	4	0	1	123	104	8
Egypt	5	3	0	2	111	106	6
Belarus	5	2	0	3	154	125	4
Kuwait	5	1	0	4	85	131	2
Brazil	5	0	0	5	96	140	0

Final standings

	France
	Croatia
	Sweden
4	Germany
5	Russia
6	Egypt
7	Switzerland
8	Czech Republic
9	Belarus
10	Romania
11	Spain
12	South Korea
13	Cuba
14	Iceland
15	Tunisia
16	Algeria
17	Hungary
18	Slovenia
19	Denmark
20	Kuwait
21	United States
22	Morocco
23	Japan
24	Brazil

	Qualified for the 1996 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France Christian Gaudin Eric Quintin Pascal Mahé Bruno Martini Frédéric Volle Philippe Gardent Denis Lathoud Thierry Perreux Guéric Kervadec Laurent Munier Patrick Cazal Yohann Delattre Gaël Monthurel Jackson Richardson Grégory Anquetil Stéphane Stoecklin Head Coach: Mr. Daniel Costantini	Croatia Zvonimir Bilić Irfan Smajlagić Valter Matošević Patrik Ćavar Tomislav Farkaš Venio Losert Slavko Goluža Vlado Šola Goran Perkovac Iztok Puc Nenad Kljaić Bruno Gudelj Zlatko Saračević Vladimir Jelčić Alvaro Načinović Head Coach : Mr. Velimir Kljaić	Sweden Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Per Carlén Martin Frändesjö Peter Gentzel Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Ola Lindgren Stefan Lövgren Staffan Olsson Mats Olsson Johan Petersson Tomas Sievertsson Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander Head Coach : Mr. Bengt Johansson

External links

• Details from The International Handball Federation