| Directly Qualified to Men 1999 |    Italy | Host |    Russia | Women 1997 | 2nd |    Netherlands | Women 1997 | 3rd |    Spain | Women 1997 | 4th |   
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| Throw qualification | Qualified | Not qualified |  | Group A | Amiens (FRA) |   Hungary |   France | Czechia |   |  | Group B | Athens (GRE) |   Greece |   Germany | Great Britain | Ukraine |   
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34: | 7 |  | 2. France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10: | 21 |  | 3. Czechia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9: | 25 |   
| Team | Hu | Fr | Cz |  | Hungary | --- | 15:4 | 19:3 |  | France |   | --- | 6:6 |  | Czechia |   |   | --- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | played at Amiens (FRA) |  | 01. |   France | 6-6 |   Czechia |   |  | 02. |   Hungary | 19-3 |   Czechia |   |  | 03. |   Hungary | 15-4 |   France |   |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Greece | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42: | 15 |  | 2. Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38: | 23 |  | 3. Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15: | 34 |  | 4. Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23: | 46 |   
| Team | Gr | Ge | Gr | Uk |  | Greece | ---- | 9: 7 | 14: 3 | 19: 5 |  | Germany |   | ---- | 13: 3 | 18:11 |  | Great Britain |   |   | ---- | 9: 7 |  | Ukraine |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | played at Athens (GRE) |  | 01. |   Great Britain | 9-7 |   Ukraine |   |  | 02. |   Greece | 9-7 |   Germany |   |  | 03. |   Germany | 18-11 |   Ukraine |   |  | 04. |   Greece | 14-3 |   Great Britain |   |  | 05. |   Germany | 13-3 |   Great Britain |   |  | 06. |   Greece | 19-5 |   Ukraine |   |   
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