1999 World Men's Handball Championship

1999 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venues	4 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	1–15 June
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	80
Goals scored	4,044 (50.55 per match)
Top scorers	Rolando Uríos (CUB); (57 goals)
Awards
Best player	Stefan Lövgren (SWE)
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Host country

Egypt

Venues4 (in 3 host cities)

Dates1–15 June

Teams24

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.^[1]

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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^[2]	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

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

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)

1999 World Men's Handball Championship

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

All-star Team

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

Medalists

References

External links

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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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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