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

Japan - Kumamoto - 18 May 1997 - 25 May 1997

Standing - - Preliminary Round - Group B 1997

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Sweden	8	5	4	0	1	141	101	+40
2	France	8	5	4	0	1	127	114	+13
3	Republic of Korea	7	5	3	1	1	128	127	+1
4	Norway	4	5	1	2	2	104	109	-5
5	Italy	3	5	1	1	3	100	105	-5
6	Argentina	0	5	0	0	5	96	140	-44

Results - - Preliminary Round - Group B 1997

18 May 1997
	Sweden	36 - 17	Argentina
	France	25 - 21	Italy
	Republic of Korea	21 - 21	Norway
20 May 1997
	Republic of Korea	27 - 26	France
	Sweden	24 - 17	Norway
21 May 1997
	France	24 - 20	Argentina
	Norway	19 - 19	Italy
	Sweden	19 - 17	Italy
22 May 1997
	Sweden	36 - 21	Republic of Korea
	Italy	21 - 15	Argentina
24 May 1997
	Republic of Korea	32 - 22	Argentina
	France	23 - 20	Norway
25 May 1997
	France	29 - 26	Sweden
	Republic of Korea	27 - 22	Italy
	Norway	27 - 22	Argentina

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