1999 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1999 World Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the World Championship in team handball. It was held in Egypt, from 1 to 15 June, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said. Sweden won the championship.

1999 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	1–15 June
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	4,044 (50.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rolando Uríos (CUB) (57 goals)
Awards
Best player	Stefan Lövgren (SWE)
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Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1	Egypt
1997 World Championship	16 May–1 June 1997	1	Russia
1998 European Championship	29 May – 7 June 1998	4	Sweden  Spain  Germany  Yugoslavia
1998 Pan American Championship	22–29 September 1998	3	Cuba  Argentina  Brazil
1998 African Championship	19–28 October 1998	4	Tunisia  Algeria  Nigeria  Morocco
European qualification[1]	24 June – 29 November 1998	6	Croatia  Denmark  France  Hungary  Macedonia  Norway
Asian qualification		4	China  Kuwait  Saudi Arabia  South Korea
Oceanian qualification		1	Australia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	163	101	+62	10	Round of 16
2	Denmark	5	4	0	1	117	108	+9	8
3	Tunisia	5	2	1	2	111	118	−7	5
4	Algeria	5	1	1	3	106	120	−14	3[a]
5	Morocco	5	0	3	2	100	117	−17	3[a]
6	Argentina	5	0	1	4	96	129	−33	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Algeria 19–19 Morocco

2 June 1999 17:30	Tunisia	23–19	Argentina	Cairo Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
		(9–8)

2 June 1999 19:30	Denmark	20–19	Morocco	Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Al-Holi, Al-Enezi (KUW)
		(11–7)

2 June 1999 21:30	Spain	34–24	Algeria	Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(20–11)

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3 June 1999 17:30	Morocco	23–23	Tunisia	Cairo Attendance: 200 Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)
		(8–12)

3 June 1999 19:30	Argentina	19–31	Spain	Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(6–15)

3 June 1999 21:30	Algeria	18–28	Denmark	Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
		(9–12)

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4 June 1999 17:30	Spain	34–18	Morocco	Cairo Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Al-Holi, Al-Enezi (KUW)
		(16–9)

4 June 1999 19:30	Argentina	16–25	Algeria	Cairo Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
		(9–11)

4 June 1999 21:30	Tunisia	19–23	Denmark	Cairo Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(8–11)

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6 June 1999 17:30	Tunisia	23–20	Algeria	Cairo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
		(12–10)

6 June 1999 19:30	Morocco	21–21	Argentina	Cairo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(10–12)

6 June 1999 21:30	Denmark	17–31	Spain	Cairo Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(8–16)

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7 June 1999 17:30	Algeria	19–19	Morocco	Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(11–10)

7 June 1999 19:30	Denmark	29–21	Argentina	Cairo Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(12–9)

7 June 1999 21:30	Spain	33–23	Tunisia	Cairo Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
		(16–13)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	146	100	+46	10	Round of 16
2	Egypt (H)	5	4	0	1	126	111	+15	8
3	Cuba	5	3	0	2	153	131	+22	6
4	Brazil	5	2	0	3	108	133	−25	4
5	Macedonia	5	1	0	4	122	149	−27	2
6	Saudi Arabia	5	0	0	5	101	132	−31	0

Source: IHF
(H) Hosts

1 June 1999 21:30	Egypt	28–19	Brazil	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 22,000 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
		(16–8)

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2 June 1999 19:30	Saudi Arabia	21–28	Macedonia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)
		(11–16)

2 June 1999 21:30	Germany	34–25	Cuba	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
		(15–13)

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3 June 1999 17:15	Brazil	22–21	Saudi Arabia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Al-Holi, Al-Enezi (KUW)
		(14–12)

3 June 1999 19:15	Macedonia	25–36	Germany	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(9–16)

3 June 1999 21:15	Cuba	29–31	Egypt	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
		(14–17)

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4 June 1999 17:15	Germany	26–13	Brazil	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
		(15–7)

4 June 1999 19:15	Macedonia	18–32	Cuba	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(10–16)

4 June 1999 21:15	Saudi Arabia	16–19	Egypt	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 18,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(4–10)

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6 June 1999 17:30	Saudi Arabia	24–36	Cuba	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
		(10–17)

6 June 1999 19:30	Brazil	30–27	Macedonia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 23,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
		(15–15)

6 June 1999 21:30	Egypt	18–23	Germany	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 25,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(7–9)

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7 June 1999 17:30	Cuba	31–24	Brazil	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)
		(15–10)

7 June 1999 19:30	Germany	27–19	Saudi Arabia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(13–10)

7 June 1999 21:30	Egypt	30–24	Macedonia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 21,000 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
		(18–8)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	162	106	+56	10	Round of 16
2	Croatia	5	3	1	1	118	115	+3	7
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	134	112	+22	6
4	Norway	5	2	1	2	130	129	+1	5
5	Kuwait	5	1	0	4	107	147	−40	2
6	Nigeria	5	0	0	5	112	154	−42	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 June 1999 16:00	Croatia	25–19	Kuwait	Ismailia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Selem, Ali (EGY)
		(15–7)

2 June 1999 18:00	Hungary	34–25	Nigeria	Ismailia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
		(16–9)

2 June 1999 20:00	Russia	35–27	Norway	Ismailia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
		(19–11)

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3 June 1999 16:00	Kuwait	16–32	Hungary	Ismailia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(8–15)

3 June 1999 18:00	Nigeria	23–36	Russia	Ismailia Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Selem, Ali (EGY)
		(11–17)

3 June 1999 20:00	Norway	23–23	Croatia	Ismailia Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
		(13–11)

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4 June 1999 16:00	Russia	35–15	Kuwait	Ismailia Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
		(20–6)

4 June 1999 18:00	Hungary	19–20	Croatia	Ismailia Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
		(8–10)

4 June 1999 20:00	Nigeria	13–27	Norway	Ismailia Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(9–8)

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6 June 1999 15:30	Croatia	23–29	Russia	Ismailia Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(7–13)

6 June 1999 17:30	Kuwait	30–26	Nigeria	Ismailia Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
		(14–17)

6 June 1999 19:30	Hungary	31–24	Norway	Ismailia Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Fegir, Stegura (UKR)
		(13–13)

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7 June 1999 16:00	Croatia	27–25	Nigeria	Ismailia Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Fegir, Stegura (UKR)
		(14–10)

7 June 1999 18:00	Russia	27–18	Hungary	Ismailia Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
		(12–10)

7 June 1999 20:00	Norway	29–27	Kuwait	Ismailia Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(18–14)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	1	0	168	104	+64	9	Round of 16
2	France	5	4	0	1	151	113	+38	8
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	156	120	+36	7
4	South Korea	5	2	0	3	146	122	+24	4
5	China	5	1	0	4	122	193	−71	2
6	Australia	5	0	0	5	101	192	−91	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 June 1999 15:30	Yugoslavia	43–25	China	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(23–12)

2 June 1999 17:30	Sweden	25–20	South Korea	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Merghany, Towfik (EGY)
		(14–13)

2 June 1999 20:00	France	32–15	Australia	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
		(16–9)

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3 June 1999 15:30	China	21–42	Sweden	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Fegir, Stegura (UKR)
		(11–23)

3 June 1999 17:30	Australia	22–40	Yugoslavia	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Merghany, Towfik (EGY)
		(11–24)

3 June 1999 20:00	South Korea	25–28	France	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(12–13)

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4 June 1999 15:30	Sweden	49–17	Australia	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(22–10)

4 June 1999 17:30	China	23–38	South Korea	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Merghany, Towfik (EGY)
		(12–18)

4 June 1999 20:00	Yugoslavia	23–26	France	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
		(11–13)

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6 June 1999 15:30	Yugoslavia	28–25	South Korea	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
		(10–13)

6 June 1999 17:30	France	24–30	Sweden	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
		(13–13)

6 June 1999 19:30	Australia	29–33	China	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Merghany, Towfik (EGY)
		(16–15)

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7 June 1999 16:00	Sweden	22–22	Yugoslavia	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(11–15)

7 June 1999 18:00	South Korea	38–18	Australia	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
		(19–9)

7 June 1999 20:00	France	41–20	China	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Merghany, Towfik (EGY)
		(18–7)

Final round

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

9 June

Spain

27

11 June

Brazil

17

Spain

23

9 June

France

18

Hungary

23

13 June

France

24

Spain

21

9 June

Russia

22

Russia

31

11 June

South Korea

23

Russia

26

9 June

Egypt

20

Tunisia

22

15 June

Egypt

24

Russia

24

9 June

Sweden

25

Yugoslavia

30

11 June

Croatia

23

Yugoslavia

22

9 June

Germany

21

Germany

28

13 June

Algeria

17

Yugoslavia

22

9 June

Sweden

23

Third place

Cuba

32

11 June

15 June

Denmark

24

Cuba

26

Spain

24

9 June

Sweden

33

Yugoslavia

27

Sweden

33

Norway

26

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	13 June
	Egypt	25
					14 June
	France (ET)	27
					France	21
	13 June
					Germany	26
	Cuba	22
	Germany	23
					Seventh place
					14 June
					Egypt	35
					Cuba	28

Round of 16

9 June 1999 15:00	Cuba	32–24	Denmark	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Klucso, Lekrinszki (HUN)
		(13–14)

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9 June 1999 16:15	Germany	28–17	Algeria	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
		(14–9)

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9 June 1999 18:00	Russia	31–23	South Korea	Mubarak Hall, Ismailia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (SCG)
		(16–8)

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9 June 1999 18:00	Hungary	23–24	France	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(11–14)

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9 June 1999 19:30	Spain	27–17	Brazil	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 18,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Olalla, Urdangarin 5	(15–5)	Bruno Souza 6
	3×	Marca	1×

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9 June 1999 20:30	Sweden	33–26	Norway	Port Said Hall, Port Said Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
		(13–10)

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9 June 1999 20:30	Yugoslavia	30–23	Croatia	Mubarak Hall, Ismailia Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Nenad Peruničić 10	(15–9)	?
	5×	Serbia	3×

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9 June 1999 21:45	Tunisia	22–24	Egypt	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 25,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(13–14)

Quarterfinals

11 June 1999 14:00	Spain	23–18	France	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (SCG)
	Rafael Guijosa 6	(12–9)	Fernandez, Stoecklin 5
	3×	Marca	3×

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11 June 1999 16:15	Cuba	26–33	Sweden	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 23,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(13–19)

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11 June 1999 18:30	Yugoslavia	22–21	Germany	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 25,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Vladan Matić 6	(10–12)	?
	7×	Serbia	?×

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11 June 1999 20:45	Russia	26–20	Egypt	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 25,000 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
		(11–8)

5–8th place semifinals

13 June 1999 14:00	Cuba	22–23	Germany	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(11–12)

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13 June 1999 16:15	Egypt	25–27 (ET)	France	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(12–13)
	FT: 22–22 ET: 3–5

Semifinals

13 June 1999 14:00	Yugoslavia	22–23	Sweden	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Nedeljko Jovanović 6	(11–9)	?
	3×	Report	?×

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13 June 1999 20:45	Spain	21–22	Russia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Demetrio Lozano 5	(9–11)	Eduard Koksharov 7
	7× 1×	Marca	5×

Seventh place game

14 June 1999 18:00	Egypt	35–28	Cuba	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
		(15–14)

Fifth place game

14 June 1999 20:30	France	21–26	Germany	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(10–14)

Bronze medal game

15 June 1999 18:00	Spain	24–27	Yugoslavia	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Rafael Guijosa 8	(14–12)	Blažo Lisičić 7
	3×	Marca Serbia	3×

Final

15 June 1999 21:30	Russia	24–25	Sweden	Cairo Stadium – Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 23,000 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Aleksandr Tuchkin 6	(14–12)	Stefan Lövgren 7
	2×	Marca	3× 1×

Ranking and statistics

Final standings  Sweden  Russia  Yugoslavia 4  Spain 5  Germany 6  France 7  Egypt 8  Cuba 9  Denmark 10  Croatia 11  Hungary 12  Tunisia 13  Norway 14  South Korea 15  Algeria 16  Brazil 17  Morocco 18  Macedonia 19  Kuwait 20  China 21  Argentina 22  Saudi Arabia 23  Nigeria 24  Australia Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

1999 Men's World Champions Sweden Fourth Title Team roster Peter Gentzel, Magnus Wislander, Ola Lindgren, Henrik Andersson, Stefan Lövgren, Pierre Thorsson, Magnus Andersson, Ljubomir Vranjes, Tomas Svensson, Thomas Sivertsson, Martin Frändesjö, Johan Petersson, Christian Eriksson, Staffan Olsson and Mathias Franzén. Head coach: Bengt Johansson.

All-star Team

All-star Team: Guijosa, Jovanović, Mustafa (IHF president), Kudinov ; Uríos, Petersson ; Lavrov and Olsson.

• Best player:  Stefan Lovgren (SWE)^{[citation needed]}
• Goalkeeper:  Andrey Lavrov (RUS)
• Left wing:  Rafael Guijosa (ESP)
• Left back:  Vasily Kudinov (RUS)
• Center back:  Nedeljko Jovanović (FRY)
• Pivot :  Rolando Uríos (CUB)
• Right back:  Staffan Olsson (SWE)
• Right wing:  Johan Petersson (SWE)

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Rolando Uríos  Cuba 57 85 67.06 2 Rafael Guijosa  Spain 50 62 80.65 3 Stefan Lövgren  Sweden 46 83 55.42 4 Julio Fis  Cuba 43 106 40.57 József Éles  Hungary 71 60.56 6 Stefan Kretzschmar  Germany 41 67 61.19 Mohamed Madi  Tunisia 69 59.42 Nenad Peruničić  Yugoslavia 73 56.16 Yoon Kyung-shin  South Korea 79 51.90 10 Andrej Golic  France 38 62 61.29 Source: Egypt99

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team  % 1 Christian Ramota  Germany 46.2 2 David Barrufet  Spain 44.3 3 Tomas Svensson  Sweden 42.9 4 Andrey Lavrov  Russia 41.1 5 Peter Gentzel  Sweden 40.8 6 Toufik Hakem  Algeria 40.5 7 Zoran Đorđić  Yugoslavia 40.4 8 Søren Haagen  Norway 39.3 9 Vladimir Rivero  Cuba 38.9 10 Christian Gaudin  France 37.3

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sweden Peter Gentzel Tomas Svensson Martin Boquist Magnus Wislander Tomas Sivertsson Ola Lindgren Martin Frändesjö Jonas Ernelind Johan Petersson Stefan Lövgren Christian Eriksson Pierre Thorsson Staffan Olsson Magnus Andersson Mathias Franzén Ljubomir Vranjes Henrik Andersson Head coach : Mr. Bengt Johansson	Russia Dmitry Filippov Valery Gopin Vyacheslav Gorpishin Oleg Grebnev Oleg Khodkov Eduard Koksharov Denis Krivoshlykov Vasily Kudinov Stanislav Kulinchenko Andrey Lavrov Igor Lavrov Sergey Pogorelov Pavel Sukosyan Dmitri Torgovanov Aleksandr Tuchkin Lev Voronin Head coach : Mr. Vladimir Maksimov	Yugoslavia Zoran Đorđić Nebojša Golić Nedeljko Jovanović Petar Kapisoda Branko Kokir Ivan Lapčević Blažo Lisičić Nenad Maksić Vladan Matić Žikica Milosavljević Dejan Perić Nenad Peruničić Vladimir Petrić Ratko Nikolić Dragan Škrbić (Captain) Arpad Šterbik Head coach : Mr. Zoran Živković