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

Japan - Yatsushiro - 18 May 1997 - 25 May 1997

Standing - - Preliminary Round - Group D 1997

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Russia	10	5	5	0	0	150	84	+66
2	Hungary	8	5	4	0	1	128	103	+25
3	Cuba	5	5	2	1	2	128	117	+11
4	Croatia	5	5	2	1	2	123	115	+8
5	China	2	5	1	0	4	101	160	-59
6	Morocco	0	5	0	0	5	90	141	-51

Results - - Preliminary Round - Group D 1997

18 May 1997
08h00	Russia	31 - 17	Cuba
10h00	Croatia	34 - 21	China
12h00	Hungary	25 - 19	Morocco
19 May 1997
06h00	Russia	34 - 15	China
08h00	Croatia	26 - 17	Morocco
21 May 1997
11h00	Russia	30 - 13	Morocco
13h00	Hungary	22 - 21	Cuba
22 May 1997
06h00	Cuba	32 - 21	China
08h00	Hungary	23 - 20	Croatia
24 May 1997
08h00	China	25 - 21	Morocco
10h00	Cuba	23 - 23	Croatia
12h00	Russia	24 - 19	Hungary
25 May 1997
08h00	Cuba	35 - 20	Morocco
10h00	Hungary	39 - 19	China
12h00	Russia	31 - 20	Croatia

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