| Finals |  | Game | date | time | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Final | Fri 22.08.97 | 21:30 |   |   Hungary | 3-2 |   Yugoslavia | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 |  | 3-4 | Fri 22.08.97 | 20:00 |   |   Russia | 8-7 |   Croatia | 2-0 | 2-3 | 4-5  |  |  after 3 over times ; FT 6-6 ; 1OT 6-7 ; 2OT 7-7 |  | 5-6 | Wed 21.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Spain | 8-6 |   Italy | 3-1 | 4-2 | 6-5  |  | 7-8 | Wed 21.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Greece | 13-9 |   Slovakia | 2-2 | 6-4 | 9-6 |  | 9-10 | Mon 19.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Netherlands | 10-7 |   Germany | 3-0 | 5-3 | 7-5 |  | 11-12 | Mon 19.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Ukraine | 10-8 |   Bulgaria | 3-2 | 4-4 | 7-7 |  | 1/2 | Wed 21.08.97 | 20:00 | SPI |   Yugoslavia | 8-7 |   Croatia | 3-3 | 4-4 | 5-6 |  | 1/2 | Wed 21.08.97 | 21:30 | SPI |   Hungary | 10-7 |   Russia | 4-2 | 6-5 | 7-5 |  | 5-8 | Tue 20.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Spain | 7-3 |   Greece | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-2 |  | 5-8 | Tue 20.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Italy | 12-9 |   Slovakia | 4-3 | 8-4 | 9-6 |  | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 20:00 | SP |   Croatia | 5-4 |   Greece | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-4 |  | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma |   Russia | 11-6 |   Slovakia | 2-2 | 6-4 | 7-4 |  | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 21:30 | SP |   Hungary | 9-8 |   Italy | 0-2 | 5-3 | 7-5 |  | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma |   Yugoslavia | 10-9 |   Spain | 1-1 | 4-4 | 7-7 |  |  after 2 over times ; FT 8-8 ; 1OT 9-9 |   
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1995 |  | 1. Hungary | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 71: | 43 | 2. |  | 2. Yugoslavia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 52: | 39 |   |  | 3. Russia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 62: | 46 | 6. |  | 4. Croatia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 53: | 49 | 4. |  | 5. Spain | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 64: | 44 | 5. |  | 6. Italy | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 64: | 46 | 1. |  | 7. Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 47: | 51 | 9. |  | 8. Slovakia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 58: | 69 |   |  | 9. Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33: | 43 | 10. |  | 10.Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 41: | 48 | 3. |  | 11.Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27: | 56 | 7. |  | 12.Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31: | 69 | 8. |   
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|  Groups Round. Winners to 1/2 Finals. 3rd and 4th to 1/4 Finals. Rest to Classification. |   
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Russia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36: | 23 |  | 2. Yugoslavia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32: | 20 |  | 3. Italy | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 38: | 20 |  | 4. Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27: | 30 |  | 5. Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34: | 38 |  | 6. Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23: | 59 |   
| Team | Ru | Yu | It | Gr | Ge | Bu |  | Russia | --- | 3:3 | 5:4 | 7:6 | 8:6 | 13:4 |  | Yugoslavia |   | --- | 4:3 | 6:5 | 10:5 | 9:4 |  | Italy |   |   | --- | 7:2 | 8:4 | 16:5 |  | Greece |   |   |   | --- | 6:6 | 8:4 |  | Germany |   |   |   |   | --- | 13:6 |  | Bulgaria |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Tue 13.08.97 | 14:00 | Ma |   Russia | 13-4 |   Bulgaria | 1-1 | 6-2 | 10-2 |  | Tue 13.08.97 | 16:30 | Ma |   Yugoslavia | 10-5 |   Germany | 1-0 | 6-1 | 8-3 |  | Tue 13.08.97 | 17:45 | Ma |   Italy | 7-2 |   Greece | 2-1 | 5-2 | 6-2 |  | Wed 14.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Italy | 8-4 |   Germany | 2-1 | 4-2 | 5-2 |  | Wed 14.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Russia | 7-6 |   Greece | 3-1 | 3-4 | 5-5 |  | Wed 14.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma |   Yugoslavia | 9-4 |   Bulgaria | 1-0 | 4-0 | 8-2 |  | Thu 15.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Greece | 8-4 |   Bulgaria |   |  | Thu 15.08.97 | 21:00 | SP |   Russia | 8-6 |   Germany |   |  | Thu 15.08.97 | 22:15 | SP |   Yugoslavia | 4-3 |   Italy |   |  | Fri 16.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Italy | 16-5 |   Bulgaria | 2-3 | 8-4 | 12-5 |  | Fri 16.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma |   Russia | 3-3 |   Yugoslavia | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |  | Fri 16.08.97 | 22:15 | SP |   Greece | 6-6 |   Germany | 0-2 | 2-3 | 6-5 |  | Sat 17.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma |   Germany | 13-6 |   Bulgaria | 1-2 | 4-3 | 7-5 |  | Sat 17.08.97 | 21:00 | SP |   Yugoslavia | 6-5 |   Greece | 1-2 | 3-2 | 4-3 |  | Sat 17.08.97 | 22:15 | SP |   Russia | 5-4 |   Italy | 1-2 | 2-3 | 5-3 |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Croatia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40: | 23 |  | 2. Hungary | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52: | 31 |  | 3. Spain | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40: | 25 |  | 4. Slovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28: | 39 |  | 5. Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28: | 39 |  | 6. Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17: | 48 |   
| Team | Hu | Cr | Sp | Sl | Ne | Uk |  | Hungary | --- |   | 7:7 | 12:6 | 13:8 | 13:3 |  | Croatia | 7:7 | --- | 8:7 | 9:3 | 9:3 | 7:3 |  | Spain |   |   | --- | 9:5 | 7:3 | 10:2 |  | Slovakia |   |   |   | --- | 6:4 | 8:5 |  | Netherlands |   |   |   |   | --- | 10:4 |  | Ukraine |   |   |   |   |   | --- |   
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | Tue 13.08.97 | 15:15 | Ma |   Slovakia | 6-4 |   Netherlands | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 |  | Tue 13.08.97 | 19:00 | Ma |   Hungary | 13-3 |   Ukraine | 3-0 | 7-0 | 11-1 |  | Tue 13.08.97 | 22:30 | SP |   Croatia | 8-7 |   Spain | 3-2 | 5-5 | 6-6 |  | Wed 14.08.97 | 21:00 | SP |   Spain | 9-5 |   Slovakia | 0-1 | 3-2 | 7-3 |  | Wed 14.08.97 | 21:15 | Ma |   Netherlands | 10-4 |   Ukraine | 3-2 | 5-2 | 8-3 |  | Wed 14.08.97 | 22:15 | SP |   Croatia | 7-7 |   Hungary | 2-1 | 5-4 | 7-7 |  | Thu 15.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Hungary | 12-6 |   Slovakia | 2-2 | 5-3 | 8-5 |  | Thu 15.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma |   Croatia | 7-3 |   Ukraine |   |  | Thu 15.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma |   Spain | 7-3 |   Netherlands | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 |  | Fri 16.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Croatia | 9-3 |   Netherlands | 1-0 | 4-1 | 6-1 |  | Fri 16.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma |   Slovakia | 8-5 |   Ukraine | 0-2 | 2-3 | 5-4 |  | Fri 16.08.97 | 21:00 | SP |   Hungary | 7-7 |   Spain | 2-1 | 3-3 | 5-6 |  | Sat 17.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |   Croatia | 9-3 |   Slovakia | 1-1 | 5-1 | 7-2 |  | Sat 17.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |   Hungary | 13-8 |   Netherlands | 3-2 | 6-2 | 10-3 |  | Sat 17.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma |   Spain | 10-2 |   Ukraine | 1-2 | 4-2 | 5-0 |   
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|  1. Hungary |  | Zoltan Kosz |  | Frank Toth |  | Tamas Marcz |  | Zsolt Varga |  | Tamas Kasas |  | Attila Vari |  | Gergely Kiss |  | Tibor Benedek |  | Rajmund Fodor |  | Balazs Vince |  | Barnabas Steinmetz |  | Tamas Molnar |  | Zsolt Nemeth |  | Bulcsu Szekely |  | Zoltan Kovacs |   
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|  2. Yugoslavia |  | Jovanovic |  | Savic |  | Ikodinovic |  | Uskokovic |  | Ciric |  | Sapic |  | Vigasinovic |  | Trbojevic |  | Nicolic |  | Malkovic |  | Matijasevic |  | Vukanic |  | Kuljaka |   
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|  5. Spain |  | Rollan |  | Pedrerol |  | Marcos |  | Estiarte |  | Sans |  | Gomez |  | Garcia |  | Michavila |  | Ballart |  | Hernandez |  | Moro |  | Oca |  | Gozalez |   
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|  6. Italy |  | Francesco Attolico |  | Francesco Postiglione |  | Sandro Bovo |  | Fabio Bencivenga |  | Angelo Temellini |  | Roberto Calcaterra |  | Luca Giustolisi |  | Alberto Angelini |  | Amedeo Pomilio |  | Leonardo Binchi |  | Leonardo Sottani |  | Carlo Silipo |  | Alessandro Calcaterra |  | Alberto Ghibellini |  | Marco Gerini |   
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