| Finals played in Lisboa |  | Game | date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  | Final | 02.02 | 17:00 |   Croatia | 34-31 |   Germany | 20-18 |  | 3-4 | 02.02 | 14:30 |   France | 27-22 |   Spain | 16-11 |  | 5-6 | 02.02 | 11:30 |   Russia | 30-25 |   Hungary | 16-11 |  | 7-8 | 02.02 | 09:00 |   Iceland | 32-27 |   Yugoslavia | 16-13 |  | 1/2 | 01.02 | 15:00 |   Germany | 23-22 |   France | 11-10 |  |  1/2 | 01.02 | 17:30 |   Croatia | 39-37 |   Spain | 9-14 |  |  a2et ; FT 26-26, 1ET 31-31 |  |  5-8 | 01.02 | 09:30 |   Yugoslavia | 33-34 |   Hungary | 12-11 |  |  a2et ; FT 25-25, 1ET 27-27 |  | 5-8 | 01.02 | 12:00 |   Russia | 30-27 |   Iceland | 13-12 |   
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Croatia | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 270: | 243 |  | 2. Germany | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 306: | 219 |  | 3. France | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 257: | 194 |  | 4. Spain | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 288: | 218 |  | 5. Russia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 256: | 234 |  | 6. Hungary | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 273: | 259 |  | 7. Iceland | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 308: | 234 |  | 8. Yugoslavia | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 260: | 228 |  |  eliminated in Second Groups Round. |  | 9. Denmark | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 201: | 193 |  | 10.Poland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 204: | 189 |  | 11.Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 191: | 196 |  | 12.Portugal | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 219: | 182 |  | 13.Sweden | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 204: | 191 |  | 14.Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 178: | 186 |  | 15.Egypt | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 177: | 197 |  | 16.Qatar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 157: | 234 |  |  eliminated in First Groups Round. |  | 17.Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 127: | 156 |  | 18.Algeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 119: | 136 |  | 19.Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 114: | 155 |  | 20.Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 98: | 168 |  | 21.Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100: | 192 |  | 22.Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118: | 140 |  | 23.Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 113: | 142 |  | 24.Groenland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100: | 152 |   
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| Group I | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Spain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106: | 71 |  | 2.Iceland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106: | 83 |  | 3.Poland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89: | 93 |  | 4.Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63: | 117 |   
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| Team | Spai | Icel | Port | Qata |  | Spain | ---- | 32:31 | 34:25 | 40:15 |  | Iceland |   | ---- | 33:29 | 42:22 |  | Poland |   |   | ---- | 35:26 |  | Qatar |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Caminha |  | 29.01 | 18:30 |   Iceland | 33-29 |   Poland | 14-17 |  | 29.01 | 20:30 |   Spain | 40-15 |   Qatar | 20-6 |  | 30.01 | 18:30 |   Poland | 35-26 |   Qatar | 18-11 |  | 30.01 | 20:30 |   Spain | 32-31 |   Iceland | 18-18 |   
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| Group II | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98: | 81 |  | 2.Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89: | 86 |  | 3.Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84: | 93 |  | 4.Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74: | 85 |   
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| Team | Germ | Yugo | Pola | Tuni |  | Germany | ---- | 31:31 | 37:29 | 30:21 |  | Yugoslavia |   | ---- | 30:28 | 28:27 |  | Portugal |   |   | ---- | 27:26 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Povoa de Varzim |  | 29.01 | 14:15 |   Germany | 30-21 |   Tunisia | 14-13 |  | 29.01 | 18:30 |   Yugoslavia | 30-28 |   Portugal | 18-7 |  | 30.01 | 14:15 |   Germany | 31-31 |   Yugoslavia | 15-16 |  | 30.01 | 20:30 |   Portugal | 27-26 |   Tunisia | 14-12 |   
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| Group III | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Croatia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90: | 76 |  | 2.Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90: | 78 |  | 3.Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90: | 94 |  | 4.Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71: | 93 |   
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| Team | Croa | Russ | Denm | Egyp |  | Croatia | ---- | 28:26 | 33:27 | 29:23 |  | Russia |   | ---- | 35:28 | 29:22 |  | Denmark |   |   | ---- | 35:26 |  | Egypt |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Rio Maior |  | 29.01 | 18:15 |   Croatia | 29-23 |   Egypt | 13-11 |  | 29.01 | 20:30 |   Russia | 35-28 |   Denmark | 16-16 |  | 30.01 | 18:15 |   Russia | 29-22 |   Egypt | 12-11 |  | 30.01 | 20:30 |   Croatia | 33-26 |   Denmark |   |   
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| Group IV | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90: | 70 |  | 2.Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84: | 87 |  | 3.Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76: | 84 |  | 4.Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82: | 91 |   
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| Team | Fran | Hung | Slov | Swed |  | France | ---- | 29:24 | 31:22 | 30:24 |  | Hungary |   | ---- | 28:25 |   |  | Slovenia |   |   | ---- | 29:25 |  | Sweden |   | 33:32 |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Espinho |  | 29.01 | 18:30 |   Sweden | 33-32 |   Hungary | 17-17 |  | 29.01 | 20:30 |   France | 31-22 |   Slovenia | 14-11 |  | 30.01 | 18:30 |   France | 30-24 |   Sweden | 15-11 |  | 30.01 | 20:30 |   Hungary | 28-25 |   Slovenia | 13-10 |   
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| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Spain | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 157: | 106 |  | 2.Yugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 139: | 103 |  | 3.Poland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140: | 130 |  | 4.Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 131: | 129 |  | 5.Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 98: | 168 |  | 6.Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 113: | 142 |   
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| Team | Spai | Yugo | Pola | Tuni | Kuwa | Morr |  | Spain | ---- | 22:20 | 34:25 | 33:25 | 45:18 | 23:18 |  | Yugoslavia |   | ---- | 24:20 | 28:27 | 36:14 | 31:20 |  | Poland |   |   | ---- | 24:22 | 36:21 | 35:29 |  | Tunisia |   |   |   | ---- | 29:20 | 28:24 |  | Kuwait |   |   |   |   | ---- | 25:22 |  | Morocco |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Guimaraes |  | 20.01 | 15:30 |   Tunisia | 29-20 |   Kuwait | 16-10 |  | 20.01 | 18:30 |   Yugoslavia | 24-20 |   Poland | 12-9 |  | 20.01 | 20:30 |   Spain | 23-18 |   Morocco | 13-8 |  | 21.01 | 15:30 |   Yugoslavia | 36-14 |   Kuwait | 20-3 |  | 21.01 | 18:30 |   Tunisia | 28-24 |   Morocco | 14-15 |  | 21.01 | 20:30 |   Spain | 34-25 |   Poland | 17-16 |  |  transferred to Group I |  | 23.01 | 15:30 |   Kuwait | 25-22 |   Morocco | 11-9 |  | 23.01 | 18:30 |   Poland | 24-22 |   Tunisia | 11-11 |  | 23.01 | 20:30 |   Spain | 22-20 |   Yugoslavia | 12-9 |  | 25.01 | 16:00 |   Spain | 45-18 |   Kuwait | 24-8 |  | 25.01 | 18:00 |   Yugoslavia | 28-27 |   Tunisia | 20-10 |  |  transferred to Group II |  | 25.01 | 20:00 |   Poland | 35-29 |   Morocco | 17-12 |  | 26.01 | 16:00 |   Spain | 33-25 |   Tunisia | 18-13 |  | 26.01 | 18:00 |   Yugoslavia | 31-20 |   Morocco | 17-9 |  | 26.01 | 20:00 |   Poland | 36-21 |   Kuwait | 15-17 |   
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 191: | 111 |  | 2.Iceland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 185: | 116 |  | 3.Portugal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 164: | 126 |  | 4.Qatar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116: | 159 |  | 5.Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 100: | 192 |  | 6.Groenland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100: | 152 |   
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| Team | Germ | Icel | Port | Qata | Aust | Groe |  | Germany | ---- | 34:29 | 37:29 | 40:17 | 46:16 | 34:20 |  | Iceland |   | ---- | 29:28 | 42:22 | 55:15 | 30:17 |  | Portugal |   |   | ---- | 31:21 | 42:20 | 34:19 |  | Qatar |   |   |   | ---- | 28:23 | 28:23 |  | Australia |   |   |   |   | ---- | 26:21 |  | Groenland |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Viseu |  | 20.01 | 12:20 |   Iceland | 55-15 |   Australia | 23-6 |  | 20.01 | 14:15 |   Germany | 40-17 |   Qatar | 23-8 |  | 20.01 | 17:00 |   Portugal | 34-19 |   Groenland | 20-8 |  | 21.01 | 14:15 |   Germany | 46-16 |   Australia | 24-6 |  | 21.01 | 17:00 |   Iceland | 30-17 |   Groenland | 16-8 |  | 21.01 | 19:00 |   Portugal | 31-21 |   Qatar | 15-10 |  | 23.01 | 14:15 |   Germany | 34-20 |   Groenland | 20-11 |  | 23.01 | 17:00 |   Qatar | 28-23 |   Australia | 14-10 |  | 23.01 | 19:00 |   Iceland | 29-28 |   Portugal | 14-13 |  | 25.01 | 15:15 |   Germany | 37-29 |   Portugal | 19-15 |  |  transferred to Group II |  | 25.01 | 17:15 |   Iceland | 42-22 |   Qatar | 24-9 |  |  transferred to Group I |  | 25.01 | 19:15 |   Australia | 26-21 |   Groenland | 12-12 |  | 26.01 | 16:15 |   Germany | 34-29 |   Iceland | 20-16 |  | 26.01 | 18:15 |   Portugal | 42-20 |   Australia | 22-11 |  | 26.01 | 20:15 |   Qatar | 28-23 |   Groenland | 15-8 |   
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| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Croatia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 135: | 125 |  | 2.France | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147: | 103 |  | 3.Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132: | 132 |  | 4.Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 154: | 138 |  | 5.Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 127: | 156 |  | 6.Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 114: | 155 |   
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| Team | Croa | Fran | Russ | Hung | Arge | Saud |  | Croatia | ---- | 23:22 | 28:26 | 30:29 |   | 25:18 |  | France |   | ---- | 31:15 | 29:24 | 35:18 | 30:23 |  | Russia |   |   | ---- | 31:30 | 26:26 | 34:17 |  | Hungary |   |   |   | ---- | 35:23 | 36:25 |  | Argentina | 30:29 |   |   |   | ---- |   |  | Saudi Arabia |   |   |   |   | 31:30 | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at Madeira |  | 20.01 | 15:00 |   Russia | 31-30 |   Hungary | 15-14 |  | 20.01 | 17:00 |   Argentina | 30-29 |   Croatia | 13-18 |  | 20.01 | 20:00 |   France | 30-23 |   Saudia Arabia | 14-10 |  | 21.01 | 15:00 |   Russia | 26-26 |   Argentina | 15-11 |  | 21.01 | 18:00 |   Croatia | 25-18 |   Saudia Arabia | 8-10 |  | 21.01 | 20:00 |   France | 29-24 |   Hungary | 18-10 |  |  transferred to Group IV |  | 23.01 | 15:00 |   Croatia | 28-26 |   Russia | 12-10 |  |  transferred to Group III |  | 23.01 | 18:00 |   Hungary | 36-25 |   Saudia Arabia | 22-12 |  | 23.01 | 20:00 |   France | 35-18 |   Argentina | 14-6 |  | 25.01 | 15:00 |   Hungary | 35-23 |   Argentina | 15-15 |  | 25.01 | 17:00 |   Croatia | 23-22 |   France | 11-10 |  | 25.01 | 19:00 |   Russia | 34-17 |   Saudia Arabia | 19-8 |  | 26.01 | 15:00 |   Croatia | 30-29 |   Hungary | 16-13 |  | 26.01 | 17:00 |   Saudia Arabia | 31-30 |   Argentina | 14-14 |  | 26.01 | 19:00 |   France | 31-15 |   Russia | 15-6 |   
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| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1.Sweden | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147: | 129 |  | 2.Denmark | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 146: | 125 |  | 3.Slovenia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 144: | 137 |  | 4.Egypt | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132: | 139 |  | 5.Algeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 119: | 136 |  | 6.Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118: | 140 |   
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| Team | Swed | Denm | Slov | Egip | Alge | Br |  | Sweden | ---- | 32:28 |   | 29:23 | 32:28 | 29:21 |  | Denmark |   | ---- | 33:24 | 35:26 | 22:19 | 28:24 |  | Slovenia | 29:25 |   | ---- |   | 35:25 | 30:27 |  | Egypt |   |   | 27:26 | ---- | 25:25 | 31:24 |  | Algeria |   |   |   |   | ---- | 22:22 |  | Brazil |   |   |   |   |   | ---- |   
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| date | time | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT |  |  played at S. Joao de Madeira |  | 20.01 | 15:00 |   Algeria | 22-22 |   Brazil | 10-11 |  | 20.01 | 18:30 |   Sweden | 29-23 |   Egypt | 14-13 |  | 20.01 | 20:30 |   Denmark | 33-24 |   Slovenia | 17-10 |  | 21.01 | 15:00 |   Egypt | 25-25 |   Algeria | 13-13 |  | 21.01 | 18:30 |   Slovenia | 29-25 |   Sweden | 14-12 |  |  transferred to Group III |  | 21.01 | 20:30 |   Denmark | 28-24 |   Brazil | 11-10 |  | 23.01 | 15:00 |   Egypt | 27-26 |   Slovenia | 13-14 |  | 23.01 | 18:30 |   Sweden | 29-21 |   Brazil | 12-12 |  | 23.01 | 20:30 |   Denmark | 22-19 |   Algeria | 9-13 |  | 25.01 | 13:00 |   Sweden | 32-28 |   Algeria | 17-12 |  | 25.01 | 18:00 |   Slovenia | 30-27 |   Brazil | 15-10 |  | 25.01 | 20:00 |   Denmark | 35-26 |   Egypt | 18-12 |  |  transferred to Group IV |  | 26.01 | 16:00 |   Sweden | 32-28 |   Denmark | 19-14 |  | 26.01 | 18:00 |   Egypt | 31-24 |   Brazil | 17-11 |  | 26.01 | 20:00 |   Slovenia | 35-25 |   Algeria | 16-13 |   
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|  1. Croatia |  | Mario Kelentric |  | Niksa Kaleb |  | Renato Sulic |  | Ivano Balic |  | Blazenko Lackovic |  | Vedran Zrnic |  | Igor Vori |  | Davor Dominikovic |  | Mirza Dzomba |  | Vlado Sola |  | Tonci Valcic |  | Slavko Goluza |  | Valter Matosevic |  | Denis Spoljaric |  | Petar Metlicic |  | Coach: Lino Cervar |   
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|  2. Germany |  | Henning Fritz |  | Pascal Hens |  | Mark Dragunski |  | Stefan Kretzschmar |  | Christian Rose |  | Jan Olaf Immel |  | Christian Schwarzer |  | Klaus-Dieter Petersen |  | Steffen Weber |  | Volker Zerbe |  | Christian Ramota |  | Markus Baur |  | Christian Zeitz |  | Heiko Grimm |  | Florian Kehrmann |  | Carsten Lichtlein |   
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|  3. France |  | Jérôme Fernandez |  | Didier Dinart |  | Cédric Burdet |  | Bertrand Gille |  | Christophe Kempe |  | Daniel Narcisse |  | Grégory Anquetil |  | Andrej Golic |  | Olivier Girault |  | Bruno Martini |  | Francois Houlet |  | Thierry Omeyer |  | Jackson Richardson |  | Joel Abati |  | Patrick Cazal |   
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|  Goalscorers |  | 1. Węgry Carlos Perez (HUN) | 64 |  | 2. Egipt Hussein Zaki (EGY) | 61 |  | 3. Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL) | 58 |  | 4. László Nagy (HUN) | 51 |  | 4. Aleksiey Rastvortsev (RUS) | 51 |  | 6. Niemcy Markus Baur (GER) | 50 |  | 6. Ivan Simonovic (SLO) | 50 |  | 8. Stefan Kretzschmar (GER) | 48 |  | 8. Florian Kehrmann (GER) | 48 |  | 10.Petar Metlicic (CRO) | 46 |   
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