1999 World Men's Handball Championship

1999 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Dates	1–15 June
Teams	24
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches	79
Top scorer(s)	Rolando Uríos (CUB)
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The 1999 World Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the World Championship in team handball. It was held in Egypt, from 2 to 15 June, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said. Sweden won the championship.

Preliminary round

In the following tables:

Pld = total games played
W = total games won
D = total games drawn (tied)
L = total games lost
GF = total goals scored (goals for)
GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
Pts = total points accumulated

The teams placed first, second,third and fourth (shaded in green) qualified to the next round.

Group A (Cairo)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Spain	5	5	0	0	163	101	+62	10
Denmark	5	4	0	1	117	108	+9	8
Tunisia	5	2	1	2	111	118	-7	5
Algeria	5	1	1	3	106	120	-14	3
Morocco	5	0	3	2	100	117	-17	3
Argentina	5	0	1	4	96	129	–33	1

All times are (UTC+3)

Group B (Cairo)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Germany	5	5	0	146	100	+46	10
Egypt	5	4	1	126	111	+15	8
Cuba	5	3	2	153	118	-35	6
Brazil	5	2	3	108	133	-25	4
Macedonia	5	1	4	122	149	-27	2
Saudi Arabia	5	0	5	101	132	–31	0

All times are (UTC+3)

Group C (Ismailia)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Russia	5	5	0	0	162	106	+56	10
Croatia	5	3	1	1	118	115	+3	7
Hungary	5	3	0	2	134	112	-22	6
Norway	5	2	1	2	130	129	+1	5
Kuwait	5	1	0	4	107	147	-40	2
Nigeria	5	0	0	5	112	154	–42	0

All times are (UTC+3)

Group D (Port Said)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Sweden	5	4	1	0	169	106	+63	9
France	5	4	0	1	152	114	+38	8
Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	156	120	+46	7
South Korea	5	2	0	3	146	118	+24	4
China	5	1	0	4	122	193	-71	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	97	188	–91	0

All times are (UTC+3)

Final round

Round of 16

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

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

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

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

9 June 19:30	Spain	27 – 17	Brazil	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 18,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
		(15-5)

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

9 June 20:30	Yugoslavia	30 – 23	Croatia	Mubarak Hall, Ismailia Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(15-9)

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

Quarter finals

11 June 14:00	Spain	23 – 18	France	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (SCG)
		(12-5)

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

11 June 18:30	Yugoslavia	22 – 21	Germany	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 25,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
		(10-12)

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

Placement Matches (5-8th Place)

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

13 June 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

Semi Final

13 June 14:00	Yugoslavia	22 – 23	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
		(11-9)

13 June 20:45	Spain	21 – 22	Russia	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
		(9-11)

7th/8th

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

5th/6th

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

Bronze medal match

15 June 18:00	Spain	24 - 27	Yugoslavia	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 20,000 Referees: Oie, Hogsnes (NOR)
		(14-12)

Final

15 June 21:30	Russia	24 - 25	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Hall 1, Cairo Attendance: 23,000 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
		(14-12)
		Report

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
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

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.

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 Frantzen Ljubomir Vranjes Henrik Andersson Head Coach : Mr. Bengt Johansson	Russia Dimitri Filipov Viatcheslav Gorpichine Oleg Grebnev Oleg Khodov Edouard Kokcharov Denis Krivochlykov Vassili Koudinov Stanislav Koulintchenko Andreï Lavrov Igor Lavrov Sergueï Pogorelov Pavel Soukossian Dimitri Torgovanov Alexandre Toutchkine Lev Voronine Valeri Gopine 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

External links

XVI Men's World Championship at IHF.info

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

World Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 Sweden 1954 East Germany 1958 West Germany 1961 Czechoslovakia 1964 Sweden 1967 France 1970 East Germany 1974 Denmark 1978 West Germany 1982 Switzerland 1986 Czechoslovakia 1990 Sweden 1993 Iceland 1995 Japan 1997 Egypt 1999 France 2001 Portugal 2003 Tunisia 2005 Germany 2007 Croatia 2009 Sweden 2011 Spain 2013 Qatar 2015 France 2017 Denmark/Germany 2019 Egypt 2021 Poland/Sweden 2023

Squads	1938 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria/Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark/Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 2021 2023

Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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1999 World Men's Handball Championship

Preliminary round

Group A (Cairo)

Group B (Cairo)

Group C (Ismailia)

Group D (Port Said)

Final round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Placement Matches (5-8th Place)

Semi Final

7th/8th

5th/6th

Bronze medal match

Final

Ranking and Statistics

Final Standings

All Star Team

Medalists

External links