Handball - Men's World Championship - Preliminary Round - Group A - 1997 - Detailed results

Japan - Kumamoto - 17 May 1997 - 25 May 1997

Standing - - Preliminary Round - Group A 1997

	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

Results - - Preliminary Round - Group A 1997

17 May 1997
	Iceland	24 - 20	Japan
18 May 1997
	Iceland	27 - 27	Algeria
	Lithuania	27 - 18	Saudi Arabia
	Yougoslavia	22 - 19	Japan
19 May 1997
	Yougoslavia	29 - 21	Lithuania
	Algeria	19 - 14	Saudi Arabia
21 May 1997
	Japan	23 - 20	Saudi Arabia
22 May 1997
	Iceland	27 - 18	Yougoslavia
	Lithuania	19 - 19	Algeria
24 May 1997
	Yougoslavia	32 - 20	Saudi Arabia
	Japan	24 - 14	Algeria
	Iceland	21 - 19	Lithuania
25 May 1997
	Yougoslavia	28 - 24	Algeria
	Iceland	25 - 22	Saudi Arabia
	Lithuania	24 - 15	Japan

General Informations

• First edition : 1938
• Editions : 28 (including 2023)
• Official name : IHF World Men's Handball Championship
• Wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHF_World_Men's_Handball_Championship
• Organiser : International Handball Federation
• First winner : Germany
• Most wins : France (6)
• Most recent winner : Denmark