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Men's World Championship 1997 - Home
Japan - 17 May 1997 - 1 June 1997
Winner
: Russia
Preliminary Round - Group A (Japan - Kumamoto - 17/05/1997 - 25/05/1997)
Classification
| Team | Pts | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iceland | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 106 | +18 |
| 2 |  Yougoslavia | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 111 | +18 |
| 3 |  Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 110 | 102 | +8 |
| 4 |  Japan | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 104 | -3 |
| 5 |  Algeria | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 103 | 112 | -9 |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 126 | -32 |
Last matches
17 May 1997 | |||
Iceland | 24 - 20 | Japan | |
18 May 1997 | |||
Yougoslavia | 22 - 19 | Japan | |
Lithuania | 27 - 18 |  Saudi Arabia | |
| Iceland | 27 - 27 |  Algeria | |
19 May 1997 | |||
| Algeria | 19 - 14 | Saudi Arabia | |
| Yougoslavia | 29 - 21 | Lithuania | |
21 May 1997 | |||
| Japan | 23 - 20 | Saudi Arabia | |
22 May 1997 | |||
| Lithuania | 19 - 19 | Algeria | |
| Iceland | 27 - 18 | Yougoslavia | |
24 May 1997 | |||
| Iceland | 21 - 19 | Lithuania | |
| Japan | 24 - 14 | Algeria | |
| Yougoslavia | 32 - 20 | Saudi Arabia | |
25 May 1997 | |||
| Lithuania | 24 - 15 | Japan | |
| Iceland | 25 - 22 | Saudi Arabia | |
| Yougoslavia | 28 - 24 | Algeria | |
Preliminary Round - Group B (Japan - Kumamoto - 18/05/1997 - 25/05/1997)
Standing
Last matches
18 May 1997 | |||
Republic of Korea | 21 - 21 |  Norway | |
France | 25 - 21 |  Italy | |
Sweden | 36 - 17 |  Argentina | |
20 May 1997 | |||
| Sweden | 24 - 17 | Norway | |
| Republic of Korea | 27 - 26 | France | |
21 May 1997 | |||
| Norway | 19 - 19 | Italy | |
| Sweden | 19 - 17 | Italy | |
| France | 24 - 20 | Argentina | |
22 May 1997 | |||
| Italy | 21 - 15 | Argentina | |
| Sweden | 36 - 21 | Republic of Korea | |
24 May 1997 | |||
| France | 23 - 20 | Norway | |
| Republic of Korea | 32 - 22 | Argentina | |
25 May 1997 | |||
| Republic of Korea | 27 - 22 | Italy | |
| Norway | 27 - 22 | Argentina | |
| France | 29 - 26 | Sweden | |
Preliminary Round - Group C (Japan - Yamaga - 18/05/1997 - 25/05/1997)
Standing
Last matches
18 May 1997 | |||
Egypt | 24 - 22 |  Czech Republic | |
Portugal | 26 - 18 |  Brazil | |
Spain | 32 - 21 |  Tunisia | |
20 May 1997 | |||
| Spain | 19 - 19 | Egypt | |
| Czech Republic | 24 - 10 | Brazil | |
21 May 1997 | |||
| Tunisia | 19 - 18 | Portugal | |
| Spain | 32 - 11 | Brazil | |
22 May 1997 | |||
| Egypt | 24 - 17 | Tunisia | |
| Czech Republic | 28 - 24 | Portugal | |
24 May 1997 | |||
| Czech Republic | 19 - 18 | Tunisia | |
| Spain | 29 - 26 | Portugal | |
| Egypt | 33 - 11 | Brazil | |
25 May 1997 | |||
| Tunisia | 17 - 15 | Brazil | |
| Egypt | 29 - 25 | Portugal | |
| Spain | 29 - 26 | Czech Republic | |
Preliminary Round - Group D (Japan - Yatsushiro - 18/05/1997 - 25/05/1997)
Standing
Last matches
18 May 1997 | |||
Hungary | 25 - 19 |  Morocco | |
Russia | 31 - 17 |  Cuba | |
Croatia | 34 - 21 |  China | |
19 May 1997 | |||
| Croatia | 26 - 17 | Morocco | |
| Russia | 34 - 15 | China | |
21 May 1997 | |||
| Hungary | 22 - 21 | Cuba | |
| Russia | 30 - 13 | Morocco | |
22 May 1997 | |||
| Hungary | 23 - 20 | Croatia | |
| Cuba | 32 - 21 | China | |
24 May 1997 | |||
| Cuba | 23 - 23 | Croatia | |
| Russia | 24 - 19 | Hungary | |
| China | 25 - 21 | Morocco | |
25 May 1997 | |||
| Russia | 31 - 20 | Croatia | |
| Cuba | 35 - 20 | Morocco | |
| Hungary | 39 - 19 | China | |
Final Round (Japan - Kumamoto - 27/05/1997 - 01/06/1997)
Round of 16
27 May 1997 | |||
| Hungary | 20 - 19 | Czech Republic | |
| Russia | 20 - 14 | Tunisia | |
| France | 22 - 21 | Japan | |
| Egypt | 24 - 20 | Cuba | |
| Spain | 31 - 25 | Croatia | |
| Iceland | 32 - 28 | Norway | |
| Sweden | 32 - 20 | Lithuania | |
| Republic of Korea | 37 - 33 | Yougoslavia | |
Quarter-Finals
29 May 1997 | |||
| France | 22 - 19 | Egypt | |
| Hungary | 26 - 25 | Iceland | |
| Sweden | 28 - 24 | Spain | |
| Russia | 32 - 15 | Republic of Korea | |
Places 5-8
30 May 1997 | |||
| Egypt | 28 - 27 | Republic of Korea | |
| Iceland | 32 - 23 | Spain | |
Place 5
31 May 1997 | |||
| Iceland | 23 - 20 | Egypt | |
Place 7
31 May 1997 | |||
| Spain | 33 - 26 | Republic of Korea | |
Semi-Finals
31 May 1997 | |||
| Russia | 25 - 24 | France | |
| Sweden | 31 - 19 | Hungary | |
Third Place Match
1 June 1997 | |||
| France | 28 - 27 | Hungary | |
Final
1 June 1997 | |||
| Russia | 23 - 21 | Sweden | |
Statistics
- General statistics
- Various statistics
Wins 1 Russia 9 2 France 7 3 Iceland 7 4 Sweden 7 5 Egypt 6 6 Hungary 6 Drawn matches 1 Algeria 2 2 Norway 2 3 Croatia 1 4 Cuba 1 5 Egypt 1 6 Iceland 1 Losses 1 Argentina 5 2 Brazil 5 3 Morocco 5 4 Saudi Arabia 5 5 China 4 6 Japan 4
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