|  Finals played at Stockholm |  | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |   |  | Final | 20.03 | 18:00 |   Russia | 28-19 |   France | 13-11 |  Teams |  | 3-4 | 20.03 | 16:00 |   Sweden | 26-19 |   Switzerland | 13-16 |  Teams |  | 5-6 | 20.03 | 14:00 |   Spain | 29-26 |   Germany | 16-13 |  Teams |  | 7-8 | 20.03 | 12:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 22-21 |   Iceland | 8-11 |  Teams |  | 9-10 | 19.03 | 20:00 |   Denmark | 27-23 |   Romania | 14-13 |  | 11-12 | 19.03 | 18:00 |   Hungary | 29-25 |   Egypt | 12-13 |   
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Russia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 192: | 135 |  | 2. France | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 155: | 151 |  | 3. Sweden | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166: | 136 |  | 4. Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 162: | 160 |  | 5. Spain | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 156: | 142 |  | 6. Germany | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 154: | 154 |  | 7. Czechoslovakia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 148: | 151 |  | 8. Iceland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 158: | 155 |  | 9. Denmark | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 145: | 156 |  | 10.Romania | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 143: | 152 |  | 11.Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 166: | 161 |  | 12.Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 148: | 164 |  |  Group 13-16. |  | 13.Norway | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 145: | 123 |  | 14.Austria | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 147: | 138 |  | 15.South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 151: | 167 |  | 16.United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 115: | 206 |   
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| Best 7: |  | Lorenzo Rico (ESP) - GK |  | Mateo Garralda (ESP) |  | Magnus Andersson (SWE) |  | Marc Baumgartner (SUI) |  | Bjarki Sigurdson (ISL) |  | Dimitriy Torgovanov (RUS) |  | Valeriy Gopin (RUS)  |   
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| Group I | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. France | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115: | 103 |  | 2. Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122: | 118 |  | 3. Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 105: | 101 |  | 4. Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 104: | 110 |  | 5. Romania | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 105: | 110 |  | 6. Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100: | 109 |   
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| Team | Fran | Swit | Spai | Czec | Roma | Egyp |  | France | ---- |   | 23:21 | 26:18 | 23:22 | 19:16 |  | Switzerland | 26:24 | ---- | 29:28 |   |   | 26:23 |  | Spain |   |   | ---- | 19:19 | 20:16 | 17:14 |  | Czechoslovakia |   | 24:23 |   | ---- | 23:21 |   |  | Romania |   | 19:18 |   |   | ---- | 27:26 |  | Egypt |   |   |   | 21:20 |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Halmstad |  | 15.03 | 16:00 |   Switzerland | 26-23 |   Egypt | 12-9 |  | 15.03 | 18:00 |   Spain | 20-16 |   Romania | 11-7 |  | 15.03 | 20:00 |   France | 26-18 |   Czechoslovakia | 13-7 |  | 16.03 | 16:00 |   Romania | 27-26 |   Egypt | 14-8 |  | 16.03 | 18:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 24-23 |   Switzerland | 10-13 |  | 16.03 | 20:00 |   France | 23-21 |   Spain | 9-12 |  | 18.03 | 16:00 |   France | 19-16 |   Egypt | 11-7 |  | 18.03 | 18:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 23-21 |   Romania | 12-11 |  | 18.03 | 20:00 |   Switzerland | 29-28 |   Spain | 16-10 |   
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| Group II | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Russia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 131: | 98 |  | 2. Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 108: | 101 |  | 3. Germany | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100: | 100 |  | 4. Iceland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 103: | 114 |  | 5. Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 102: | 117 |  | 6. Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104: | 118 |   
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| Team | Russ | Swed | Germ | Icel | Denm | Hung |  | Russia | ---- | 30:20 | 19:19 | 27:19 | 26:18 | 29:22 |  | Sweden |   | ---- | 24:16 | 21:16 | 23:20 | 20:19 |  | Germany |   |   | ---- | 23:16 | 20:20 | 22:21 |  | Iceland |   |   |   | ---- | 27:22 | 25:21 |  | Denmark |   |   |   |   | ---- | 22:21 |  | Hungary |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Stockholm |  | 15.03 | 16:00 |   Russia | 29-22 |   Hungary | 15-10 |  | 15.03 | 18:00 |   Germany | 23-16 |   Iceland | 10-5 |  | 15.03 | 20:00 |   Sweden | 23-20 |   Denmark | 13-9 |  | 16.03 | 18:00 |   Denmark | 22-21 |   Hungary | 11-12 |  | 16.03 | 20:00 |   Russia | 27-19 |   Iceland | 12-9 |  | 17.03 | 19:00 |   Sweden | 24-16 |   Germany | 9-7 |  | 18.03 | 16:00 |   Germany | 22-21 |   Hungary | 12-7 |  | 18.03 | 18:00 |   Iceland | 27-22 |   Denmark | 13-7 |  | 18.03 | 20:00 |   Russia | 30-20 |   Sweden | 11-8 |   
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| Group 13-16 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 13.Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94: | 66 |  | 14.Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86: | 71 |  | 15.South Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92: | 90 |  | 16.United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62: | 107 |   
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| Team | Norw | Aust | kore | Unit |  | Norway | ---- | 23:23 | 30:28 | 41:15 |  | Austria |   | ---- | 32:29 | 31:19 |  | South Korea |   |   | ---- | 35:28 |  | United States |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | played at Eskilstuna |  | 15.03 |   |   Norway | 30-28 |   South Korea | 11-13 |  | 15.03 |   |   Austria | 31-19 |   United States | 14-12 |  | 16.03 |   |   Norway | 41-15 |   United States | 22-6 |  | 16.03 |   |   Austria | 32-29 |   South Korea | 17-13 |  | 18.03 |   |   Norway | 23-23 |   Austria | 13-12 |  | 18.03 |   |   South Korea | 35-28 |   United States | 18-16 |   
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58: | 48 |  | 2. Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61: | 60 |  | 3. Egypt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58: | 63 |  | 4. Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61: | 67 |   
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| Team | Spai | Czec | Egyp | Aust |  | Spain | ---- | 19:19 | 17:14 | 22:15 |  | Czechoslovakia |   | ---- |   | 22:20 |  | Egypt |   | 21:20 | ---- |   |  | Austria |   |   | 26:23 | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Umea |  | 10.03 | 18:00 |   Egypt | 21-20 |   Czechoslovakia | 13-11 |  | 10.03 | 20:00 |   Spain | 22-15 |   Austria | 9-7 |  | 12.03 | 18:00 |   Czechoslovakia | 22-20 |   Austria | 12-8 |  | 12.03 | 20:00 |   Spain | 17-14 |   Egypt | 8-9 |  | 13.03 | 14:00 |   Austria | 26-23 |   Egypt | 14-9 |  | 13.03 | 16:00 |   Spain | 19-19 |   Czechoslovakia | 12-10 |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65: | 59 |  | 2. France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68: | 68 |  | 3. Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56: | 56 |  | 4. Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51: | 57 |   
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| Team | Swit | Fran | Roma | Norw |  | Switzerland | ---- | 26:24 |   | 21:16 |  | France |   | ---- | 23:22 | 21:20 |  | Romania | 19:18 |   | ---- | 15:15 |  | Norway |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Karlstad |  | 10.03 | 18:00 |   Switzerland | 26-24 |   France | 8-10 |  | 10.03 | 20:00 |   Romania | 15-15 |   Norway | 6-9 |  | 12.03 | 18:00 |   Romania | 19-18 |   Switzerland | 10-7 |  | 12.03 | 20:00 |   France | 21-20 |   Norway | 10-11 |  | 13.03 | 14:00 |   Switzerland | 21-16 |   Norway | 10-9 |  | 13.03 | 16:00 |   France | 23-22 |   Romania | 9-10 |   
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73: | 51 |  | 2. Iceland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75: | 61 |  | 3. Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73: | 63 |  | 4. United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53: | 99 |   
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| Team | Swed | Icel | Hung | Unit |  | Sweden | ---- | 21:16 | 20:19 | 32:16 |  | Iceland |   | ---- | 25:21 | 34:19 |  | Hungary |   |   | ---- | 33:18 |  | United States |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Goteborg |  | 09.03 | 19:00 |   Sweden | 21-16 |   Iceland | 9-9 |  | 09.03 | 21:00 |   Hungary | 33-18 |   United States | 16-8 |  | 11.03 | 18:00 |   Iceland | 25-21 |   Hungary | 11-8 |  | 11.03 | 20:00 |   Sweden | 32-16 |   United States | 13-9 |  | 13.03 | 14:00 |   Iceland | 34-19 |   United States | 14-7 |  | 13.03 | 16:00 |   Sweden | 20-19 |   Hungary | 12-9 |   
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78: | 55 |  | 2. Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 67: | 64 |  | 3. Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 54: | 62 |  | 4. South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 59: | 77 |   
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| Team | Russ | Germ | Denm | Kore |  | Russia | ---- | 19:19 | 26:18 | 33:18 |  | Germany |   | ---- | 20:20 | 28:25 |  | Denmark |   |   | ---- | 16:16 |  | South Korea |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Malmo |  | 10.03 | 18:00 |   Russia | 33-18 |   South Korea | 17-6 |  | 10.03 | 20:00 |   Germany | 20-20 |   Denmark | 10-11 |  | 12.03 | 18:00 |   Germany | 28-25 |   South Korea | 16-11 |  | 12.03 | 20:00 |   Russia | 26-18 |   Denmark | 13-10 |  | 13.03 | 14:00 |   Denmark | 16-16 |   South Korea | 9-10 |  | 13.03 | 16:00 |   Russia | 19-19 |   Germany | 5-10 |   
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|  1. Russia |  | Andrei Lavrov |  | Igor Iasiliev |  | Dmitri Karlov |  | Andrej Francusov |  | Andrei Antonevic |  | Valeri Gopin |  | Vasziliy Kudinov |  | Talant Dushebaev |  | Dmitriy Torgovanov |  | Pavel Sukusian |  | Iaceslav Atavin |  | Oleg Grebnev |  | Iaceslav Gorpisin |  | Oleg Sapronov |  | Oleg Kiseliov |  | Dmitri Filipov |   
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| 2. France |  | Christian Gaudin |  | Jackson Rickhardson |  | Jean-Luc Thiebaut |  | Frederic Perez |  | Pascal Mahe |  | Philippe Schaaf |  | Frederic Volle |  | Denis Lathoud |  | Philippe Julio |  | Patrick Lepetit |  | Gael Monthurel |  | Eric Quintin |  | Philippe Gardent |  | Laurent Munier |  | Stephane Stoecklin |   
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| 3. Sweden | Club | G | M |  | Mats Olsson | Teka Santander |   | 7 |  | Tomas Svensson | Bidasoa Irun (GER) |   | 7 |  | Robert Hedin | BM Benidorm (ESP) | 9 | 5  |  | Magnus Wislander | THW Kiel (GER) | 16 | 7  |  | Anders Bäckegren | Redbergslids IK | 2 | 3  |  | Ola Lindgren | HK Drott | 15 | 6  |  | Per Carlén | Ystads IF | 28 | 7  |  | Erik Hajas | Guif | 16 | 6  |  | Magnus Cato | Redbergslids IK | 4 | 7  |  | Robert Venäläinen | Irsta HF | 10 | 7  |  | Pierre Thorsson | IF Saab | 10 | 7  |  | Staffan Olsson | TV Niederwürzbach (GER) | 16 | 7  |  | Magnus Andersson | HK Drott | 36 | 5 |  | Jerry Hallbäck | Redbergslids IK | 2 | 1 |  | Tony Hedin | Ystads IF |   | 1 |  | Robert Andersson | Bayer Dormagen (GER) |   |   |  |  Coach: Bengt Johansson. |   
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| Best Goalscorers | G. (pen.) |  | 1. Marc Baumgartner | SUI | 41 (12) |  | 1. Kyung-Shin Yoon | KOR | 41 (12) |  | 3. Jozsef Éles | HUN | 41 (19) |  | 4. Valeri Gopin | RUS | 39 (13) |  | 5. Mateo Garralda | ESP | 38 (3) |  | 6. Sigurdur Sveinsson | ISL | 37 (15) |  | 7. Sameh Abdelwareth | EGY | 36 (7) |  | 8. Vasiliy Kudinov | RUS | 36 (11) |  | 9. Magnus Andersson | SWE | 36 (23) |  | 10.Andreas Dittert | AUT | 33 (11) |   
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|  4. Switzerland |  | Stafano Balmelli  |  | Marc Baumgartner  |  | Roman Brunner  |  | Nicolas Christen |  | Rolf Dobler  |  | Urs Eggenberger  |  | Peter Hurlimann  |  | Michael Knecht |  | Jens Meyer  |  | Martin Rubin  |  | Stefan Scharer  |  | Urs Scharer  |  | Daniel Spengler |   
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|  6. Germany |  | Andreas Thiel |  | Jan Holpert |  | Jens Kürbis |  | Mike Fuhrig  |  | Sven Lakenmacher |  | Karsten Kohlhaas |  | Volker Mudrow |  | Christian Schwarzer |  | Klaus-Dieter Petersen |  | Bernd Roos |  | Volker Zerbe |  | Mark Nagel |  | Jörg Kunze |  | Thomas Knorr |  | Jean Baruth |  | Holger Löhr  |  | Coach: Armin Emrich  |   
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|  10.Romania |  | Sorin Toacsen |  | Daniel Apostu |  | Ioan Ganau |  | Costica Neagu |  | Adi Popovici |  | Ciprian Besta |  | Vasile Sasemeu |  | Eliodor Voica |  | Robert Licu |  | Rudi Prisacaru |  | Mitica Bontas |  | Adrian Stot |  | Titel Raduta |  | Alexandru Dedu |  | Ionel Radu |  | Coach: Otto Hell |  | Coach: Ghita Licu |   
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