# 1993 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1993 World Men's Handball Championship was the 13th handball World Championship. It was held in Sweden 10–20 March. Russia won the championship.

## Qualification

| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Sweden |
| 1990 World Men's Handball Championship | 7 | Russia Romania Spain Hungary Czechoslovakia Germany France |
| 1992 World Men's Handball Championship Group B | 5 | Norway Austria Iceland Switzerland Denmark |
| 1991 Asian Men's Handball Championship | 1 | South Korea |
| 1992 African Men's Handball Championship | 1 | Egypt |
| American Qualification Tournament | 1 | United States |

## Teams

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Austria | France | Hungary | Denmark |
| Czechoslovakia* | Norway | Iceland | Germany |
| Egypt | Romania | Sweden | Russia |
| Spain | Switzerland | United States | South Korea |
*Note: Although the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate countries in 1993, the countries still competed together in the tournament as the Czechoslovak Handball Federation was not split yet.

## Preliminary round

Top 3 from groups A & B plays in group 1 while top 3 from groups C & D plays in group 2 in the main round. The teams carry their results against the other teams to the main round. The last team from each group is eliminated from the championship.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 5 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 60 | +1 | 3 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 2 |
| 10 March 18:00 | Czechoslovakia | 20–21 | Egypt | Umeå |
| 10 March 18:00 | | (11–13) | | Umeå |
| 10 March 20:00 | Spain | 22–15 | Austria | Umeå |
| 10 March 20:00 | | (9–7) | | Umeå |
| 12 March 18:00 | Austria | 20–22 | Czechoslovakia | Umeå |
| 12 March 18:00 | | (8–12) | | Umeå |
| 12 March 20:00 | Egypt | 14–17 | Spain | Umeå |
| 12 March 20:00 | | (9–8) | | Umeå |
| 13 March 14:00 | Austria | 26–23 | Egypt | Umeå |
| 13 March 14:00 | | (14–9) | | Umeå |
| 13 March 16:00 | Spain | 19–19 | Czechoslovakia | Umeå |
| 13 March 16:00 | | (12–10) | | Umeå |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 4 |
| Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 3 |
| Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 1 |
| 10 March 18:00 | France | 24–26 | Switzerland | Karlstad |
| 10 March 18:00 | | (10–8) | | Karlstad |
| 10 March 20:00 | Romania | 15–15 | Norway | Karlstad |
| 10 March 20:00 | | (6–9) | | Karlstad |
| 12 March 18:00 | Switzerland | 18–19 | Romania | Karlstad |
| 12 March 18:00 | | (7–10) | | Karlstad |
| 12 March 20:00 | Norway | 20–21 | France | Karlstad |
| 12 March 20:00 | | (11–10) | | Karlstad |
| 13 March 14:00 | Norway | 16–21 | Switzerland | Karlstad |
| 13 March 14:00 | | (9–10) | | Karlstad |
| 13 March 16:00 | Romania | 22–23 | France | Karlstad |
| 13 March 16:00 | | (10–9) | | Karlstad |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 6 |
| Iceland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 61 | +14 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 99 | −46 | 0 |
| 9 March 19:00 | Sweden | 21–16 | Iceland | Gothenburg |
| 9 March 19:00 | | (9–9) | | Gothenburg |
| 9 March 21:00 | Hungary | 33–18 | United States | Gothenburg |
| 9 March 21:00 | | (16–8) | | Gothenburg |
| 11 March 18:00 | Iceland | 25–21 | Hungary | Gothenburg |
| 11 March 18:00 | | (11–8) | | Gothenburg |
| 11 March 20:00 | United States | 16–32 | Sweden | Gothenburg |
| 11 March 20:00 | | (9–13) | | Gothenburg |
| 13 March 14:00 | Iceland | 34–19 | United States | Gothenburg |
| 13 March 14:00 | | (14–7) | | Gothenburg |
| 13 March 16:00 | Sweden | 20–19 | Hungary | Gothenburg |
| 13 March 16:00 | | (12–9) | | Gothenburg |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 5 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 2 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 77 | −18 | 1 |
| 10 March 18:00 | Russia | 33–18 | South Korea | Malmö |
| 10 March 18:00 | | (17–6) | | Malmö |
| 10 March 20:00 | Germany | 20–20 | Denmark | Malmö |
| 10 March 20:00 | | (10–11) | | Malmö |
| 12 March 18:00 | South Korea | 25–28 | Germany | Malmö |
| 12 March 18:00 | | (11–16) | | Malmö |
| 12 March 20:00 | Denmark | 18–26 | Russia | Malmö |
| 12 March 20:00 | | (10–13) | | Malmö |
| 13 March 14:00 | South Korea | 16–16 | Denmark | Malmö |
| 13 March 14:00 | | (10–9) | | Malmö |
| 13 March 16:00 | Russia | 19–19 | Germany | Malmö |
| 13 March 16:00 | | (5–10) | | Malmö |

## Ranking round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 66 | +28 | 5 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 71 | +15 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 90 | +2 | 2 |
| United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 107 | −45 | 0 |
| 15 March | Norway | 30–28 | South Korea | Eskilstuna |
| 15 March | | (11–13) | | Eskilstuna |
| 15 March | Austria | 31–19 | United States | Eskilstuna |
| 15 March | | (14–12) | | Eskilstuna |
| 16 March | United States | 15–41 | Norway | Eskilstuna |
| 16 March | | (6–22) | | Eskilstuna |
| 16 March | South Korea | 29–32 | Austria | Eskilstuna |
| 18 March | Austria | 23–23 | Norway | Eskilstuna |
| 18 March | | (12–13) | | Eskilstuna |
| 18 March | United States | 28–35 | South Korea | Eskilstuna |
| 18 March | | (16–18) | | Eskilstuna |

## Main round

The winners of each group face of against each other in the final. The second-place finishers play the game for 3rd position, the third-place finishers play the game for 5th position and so on.

### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 103 | +12 | 8 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 118 | +3 | 6 |
| Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 101 | +4 | 5 |
| Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 110 | −6 | 5 |
| Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 110 | −5 | 4 |
| Egypt | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 108 | −8 | 2 |
| 15 March 16:00 | Egypt | 23–26 | Switzerland | Halmstad |
| 15 March 16:00 | | (9–12) | | Halmstad |
| 15 March 18:00 | Spain | 20–16 | Romania | Halmstad |
| 15 March 18:00 | | (11–7) | | Halmstad |
| 15 March 20:00 | Czechoslovakia | 18–26 | France | Halmstad |
| 15 March 20:00 | | (7–13) | | Halmstad |
| 16 March 16:00 | Romania | 27–26 | Egypt | Halmstad |
| 16 March 16:00 | | (14–8) | | Halmstad |
| 16 March 18:00 | Switzerland | 23–24 | Czechoslovakia | Halmstad |
| 16 March 18:00 | | (13–10) | | Halmstad |
| 16 March 20:00 | France | 23–21 | Spain | Halmstad |
| 16 March 20:00 | | (9–12) | | Halmstad |
| 18 March 16:00 | Egypt | 16–19 | France | Halmstad |
| 18 March 16:00 | | (7–11) | | Halmstad |
| 18 March 18:00 | Czechoslovakia | 23–21 | Romania | Halmstad |
| 18 March 18:00 | | (11–12) | | Halmstad |
| 18 March 20:00 | Spain | 28–29 | Switzerland | Halmstad |
| 18 March 20:00 | | (10–16) | | Halmstad |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 98 | +33 | 9 |
| Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 101 | +7 | 8 |
| Germany | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 6 |
| Iceland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 103 | 114 | −11 | 4 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 102 | 117 | −15 | 3 |
| Hungary | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 118 | −14 | 0 |
| 15 March 16:00 | Hungary | 22–29 | Russia | Stockholm |
| 15 March 16:00 | | (10–15) | | Stockholm |
| 15 March 18:00 | Iceland | 16–23 | Germany | Stockholm |
| 15 March 18:00 | | (5–10) | | Stockholm |
| 15 March 20:00 | Sweden | 23–20 | Denmark | Stockholm |
| 15 March 20:00 | | (13–9) | | Stockholm |
| 16 March 18:00 | Denmark | 22–21 | Hungary | Stockholm |
| 16 March 18:00 | | (11–12) | | Stockholm |
| 16 March 20:00 | Russia | 27–19 | Iceland | Stockholm |
| 16 March 20:00 | | (12–9) | | Stockholm |
| 17 March 19:00 | Germany | 16–24 | Sweden | Stockholm |
| 17 March 19:00 | | (7–9) | | Stockholm |
| 18 March 16:00 | Hungary | 21–22 | Germany | Stockholm |
| 18 March 16:00 | | (7–12) | | Stockholm |
| 18 March 18:00 | Iceland | 27–22 | Denmark | Stockholm |
| 18 March 18:00 | | (13–7) | | Stockholm |
| 18 March 20:00 | Sweden | 20–30 | Russia | Stockholm |
| 18 March 20:00 | | (8–11) | | Stockholm |

## Placement round
### 11th place match

| 19 March 18:00 | Egypt | 25–29 | Hungary | Stockholm |
| 19 March 18:00 | | (13–12) | | Stockholm |

### 9th place match

| 19 March 20:00 | Romania | 23–27 | Denmark | Stockholm |
| 19 March 20:00 | | (13–14) | | Stockholm |

### 7th place match

| 20 March 12:00 | Czechoslovakia | 22–21 | Iceland | Stockholm |
| 20 March 12:00 | | (8–11) | | Stockholm |

### 5th place match

| 20 March 14:00 | Spain | 29–26 | Germany | Stockholm |
| 20 March 14:00 | | (16–13) | | Stockholm |

### Bronze final

| 20 March 16:00 | Switzerland | 19–26 | Sweden | Stockholm |
| 20 March 16:00 | | (16–13) | | Stockholm |

### Final

| 20 March 18:00 | France | 19–28 | Russia | Stockholm |
| 20 March 18:00 | | (11–13) | | Stockholm |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | France |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
| 8 | Iceland |
| 9 | Denmark |
| 10 | Romania |
| 11 | Hungary |
| 12 | Egypt |
| 13 | Norway |
| 14 | Austria |
| 15 | South Korea |
| 16 | United States |

## Medal summary

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Russia Andrey Antonevich Vyacheslav Atavin Talant Duyshebaev Dmitry Filippov Aleksey Frantsuzov Valeri Gopin Vyacheslav Gorpishin Oleg Grebnev Dmitry Karlov Oleg Kisselev Vasily Kudinov Andrey Lavrov Oleg Sapronov Pavel Sukosyan Dmitri Torgovanov Igor Vasilyev | France Philippe Gardent Christian Gaudin Philippe Julia Denis Lathoud Patrick Lepetit Pascal Mahé Gaël Monthurel Laurent Munier Frederic Perez Thierry Perreux Éric Quintin Jackson Richardson Philippe Schaaf Stéphane Stoecklin Jean-Luc Thiébaut Frédéric Volle | Sweden Magnus Andersson Anders Bäckegren Per Carlén Magnus Cato Erik Hajas Jerry Hallbäck Robert Hedin Tony Hedin Ola Lindgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Robert Venäläinen Magnus Wislander |

## Top goalscorers

| Player | Goals |
| 1. Marc Baumgartner (SWI) | 41 |
| 1. Kyung-Shin Yoon (KOR) | 41 |
| 1. József Éles (HUN) | 41 |
| 4. Valeri Gopin (RUS) | 39 |
| 5. Mateo Garralda (ESP) | 38 |
| 6. Sigurður Valur Sveinsson (ISL) | 37 |
| 7. Sameh Abdel Waress (EGY) | 36 |
| 7. Vasily Kudinov (RUS) | 36 |
| 7. Magnus Andersson (SWE) | 36 |
| 10. Andreas Dittert (AUT) | 33 |

## Top goalkeepers

* Player
* 1. Lorenzo Rico (ESP)
* 2. Tomas Svensson (SWE)
* 3. Mats Olsson (SWE)
* 4. Andrey Lavrov (RUS)
* 5. Lubomir Svajlen (CSK)
* 6. Ewald Humenberger (AUT)
* 7. Peter Hürlimann (SWI)
* 8. Andreas Thiel (GER)
* 9. Guðmundur Hrafnkelsson (ISL)
* 10. Sorin Toacsen (ROM)