2003 World Men's Handball Championship

International handball competition

2003 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Portugal
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Dates	20 January–2 February
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	France
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	4,641 (55.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Pérez (HUN) (64 goals)
Awards
Best player	Christian Schwarzer (GER)
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The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from 20 January to 2 February 2003. It was the 18th edition of the World Championship in team handball and Croatia won the championship.

Venues

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9 cities were hosts for the tournament. The final match took place in the capital Lisbon.

Town	Stadium	max. spectators
Lisbon	Pavilhão Atlântico	15.000
Rio Maior	Pavilhão Polidesportivo	6.500
São João da Madeira	Pavilhão das Travessas	6.000
Guimarães	Pavilhão Multiusos	3.000
Viseu	Viseu Arena	2.600
Funchal	Madeira Tecnopolo	2.500
Caminha	Pavilhão Municipal	2.500
Póvoa de Varzim	Pavilhão Desportivo	2.500
Espinho	Pavilhão Multiusos NW	2.000

Lisbon	Rio Maior	São João da Madeira	Guimarães
Pavilhão Atlântico	Pavilhão Polidesportivo	Pavilhão das Travessas	Pavilhão Multiusos
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 3,000

Viseu	2003 World Men's Handball Championship is located in Portugal Lisbon Lisbon Viseu Viseu Guimarães Guimarães Caminha Caminha São João São João Póvoa Póvoa Rio Maior Rio Maior Espinho Espinho
Viseu Arena
Capacity: 2,600

Funchal	Caminha	Póvoa de Varzim	Espinho
Madeira Tecnopolo	Pavilhão Municipal	Pavilhão Desportivo	Pavilhão Multiusos NW
Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 2,500	Capacity: 2,000

Qualification

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Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Portugal
2001 World Men's Handball Championship	23 January – 4 February 2001	1	France
2002 European Men's Handball Championship	25 January – 3 February 2002	3	Sweden Germany Denmark
2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship	10–19 February 2002	3	Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia
2002 African Men's Handball Championship	19–28 April 2002	4	Tunisia Algeria Egypt Morocco
2002 Oceania Handball Championship	5–7 July 2002	1	Australia
European qualification	8 January – 9 July 2002	8	Croatia Hungary Iceland Poland Russia Slovenia Spain Yugoslavia
2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	10–14 July 2002	3	Argentina Brazil Greenland

First round

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Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	157	106	+51	10	Second round
2	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	142	103	+39	8
3	Poland	5	3	2	140	130	+10	6
4	Tunisia	5	2	3	131	129	+2	4
5	Kuwait	5	1	4	98	168	−70	2
6	Morocco	5	0	5	113	145	−32	0

Source: IHF

20 January 2003
15:30 Tunisia 29–20 Kuwait Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)

(16–10)

Report

20 January 2003
18:30 Yugoslavia 24–20 Poland Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Dolejš, Kohout (CZE)

(12–9)

Report

20 January 2003
20:30 Spain 23–18 Morocco Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Kang, Lim (KOR)

(13–8)

Report

21 January 2003
15:30 Kuwait 14–36 Yugoslavia Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 750
Referees: Kang, Lim (KOR)

(3–20)

21 January 2003
18:30 Morocco 24–28 Tunisia Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 150
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(15–14)

Report

21 January 2003
20:30 Poland 25–34 Spain Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(16–17)

Report

23 January 2003
15:30 Morocco 22–25 Kuwait Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Dolejš, Kohout (CZE)

(9–11)

23 January 2003
18:30 Tunisia 22–24 Poland Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kang, Lim (KOR)

(11–11)

23 January 2003
20:30 Spain 22–20 Yugoslavia Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(12–9)

Report

25 January 2003
16:00 Spain 45–18 Kuwait Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)

(24–8)

Report

25 January 2003
18:00 Yugoslavia 28–27 Tunisia Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)

(20–10)

25 January 2003
20:00 Poland 35–29 Morocco Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 150
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)

(17–12)

26 January 2003
16:00 Tunisia 25–33 Spain Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 900
Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)

(13–18)

26 January 2003
18:00 Yugoslavia 34–20 Morocco Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Selim, Hassan (EGY)

(17–9)

26 January 2003
20:00 Kuwait 21–36 Poland Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)

(10–15)

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	191	111	+80	10	Second round
2	Iceland	5	4	1	185	116	+69	8
3	Portugal	5	3	2	164	126	+38	6
4	Qatar	5	2	3	116	159	−43	4
5	Australia	5	1	4	100	192	−92	2
6	Greenland	5	0	5	100	152	−52	0

Source: IHF

20 January 2003
12:23 Iceland 55–15 Australia Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)

(23–6)

Report

20 January 2003
14:15 Germany 40–17 Qatar Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)

(23–8)

Report

20 January 2003
17:00 Portugal 34–19 Greenland Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)

(20–8)

Report

21 January 2003
14:15 Australia 16–46 Germany Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Anusic, Bojsen (USA)

(6–24)

21 January 2003
17:00 Greenland 17–30 Iceland Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Selim, Hassan (EGY)

(8–16)

Report

21 January 2003
19:00 Qatar 21–31 Portugal Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)

(10–15)

23 January 2003
14:15 Germany 34–20 Greenland Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)

(20–11)

Report

23 January 2003
17:00 Australia 23–28 Qatar Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Selim, Hassan (EGY)

(10–14)

Report

23 January 2003
19:00 Iceland 29–28 Portugal Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)

(14–13)

Report

25 January 2003
15:15 Portugal 29–37 Germany Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)

(15–19)

25 January 2003
17:15 Iceland 42–22 Qatar Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(24–9)

25 January 2003
19:15 Greenland 21–26 Australia Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Dolejš, Kohout (CZE)

(12–12)

26 January 2003
16:15 Germany 34–29 Iceland Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Dolejš, Kohout (CZE)

(20–16)

26 January 2003
18:15 Portugal 42–20 Australia Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Kang, Lim (KOR)

(22–11)

26 January 2003
20:15 Qatar 28–23 Greenland Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu
Referees: Borrotti, Marcet (FRA)

(15–8)

Group C

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	135	125	+10	8^[a]	Second round
2	France	5	4	0	1	147	103	+44	8^[a]
3	Russia	5	2	1	2	132	132	0	5
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	154	138	+16	4
5	Argentina	5	1	1	3	127	156	−29	3
6	Saudi Arabia	5	1	0	4	114	155	−41	2

Source: IHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Croatia 23–22 France

20 January 2003
15:00 Russia 31–30 Hungary Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)

(15–14)

Report

20 January 2003
17:00 Croatia 29–30 Argentina Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)

(18–13)

Report

20 January 2003
20:00 France 30–23 Saudi Arabia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)

(14–10)

21 January 2003
15:00 Argentina 26–26 Russia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)

(11–15)

Report

21 January 2003
18:00 Saudi Arabia 18–25 Croatia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)

(10–8)

Report

21 January 2003
20:00 Hungary 24–29 France Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)

(10–18)

23 January 2003
15:00 Russia 26–28 Croatia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)

(10–12)

Report

23 January 2003
18:00 Hungary 36–25 Saudi Arabia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)

(22–12)

23 January 2003
20:00 France 35–18 Argentina Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)

(14–6)

Report

25 January 2003
15:00 Argentina 23–35 Hungary Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)

(15–15)

Report

25 January 2003
17:00 Croatia 23–22 France Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)

(11–10)

25 January 2003
19:00 Russia 34–17 Saudi Arabia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)

(19–8)

26 January 2003
15:00 Croatia 30–29 Hungary Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)

(16–13)

26 January 2003
17:00 Saudi Arabia 31–30 Argentina Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)

(14–14)

26 January 2003
19:00 France 31–15 Russia Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)

(15–6)

Group D

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	147	129	+18	8^[a]	Second round
2	Denmark	5	4	0	1	146	125	+21	8^[a]
3	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	144	137	+7	6
4	Egypt	5	2	1	2	132	139	−7	5
5	Algeria	5	0	2	3	119	136	−17	2
6	Brazil	5	0	1	4	118	140	−22	1

Source: IHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Sweden 32–28 Denmark

20 January 2003
15:00 Algeria 22–22 Brazil Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)

(10–11)

20 January 2003
18:30 Sweden 29–23 Egypt Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(14–13)

20 January 2003
20:30 Denmark 33–24 Slovenia Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(17–10)

Report

21 January 2003
15:00 Egypt 25–25 Algeria Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(13–13)

Report

21 January 2003
18:30 Slovenia 29–25 Sweden Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)

(14–12)

Report

21 January 2003
20:30 Brazil 24–28 Denmark Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Hussain, Haider (KUW)

(10–11)

23 January 2003
15:00 Slovenia 26–27 Egypt Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(14–13)

Report

23 January 2003
18:30 Sweden 29–21 Brazil Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(12–12)

Report

23 January 2003
20:30 Denmark 22–19 Algeria Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)

(9–13)

Report

25 January 2003
13:00 Algeria 28–32 Sweden Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Hussain, Haider (KUW)

(12–17)

Report

25 January 2003
18:00 Brazil 27–30 Slovenia Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(10–15)

25 January 2003
20:00 Denmark 35–26 Egypt Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)

(18–12)

26 January 2003
16:00 Sweden 32–28 Denmark Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(19–14)

26 January 2003
18:00 Egypt 31–24 Brazil Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)

(17–11)

26 January 2003
19:00 Algeria 25–35 Slovenia Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(13–16)

Second round

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Group I

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	106	71	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Iceland	3	2	1	106	83	+23	4	5–8th place semifinals
3	Poland	3	1	2	89	93	−4	2
4	Qatar	3	0	3	63	117	−54	0

Source: IHF

29 January 2003
18:30 Iceland 33–29 Poland Caminha
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)

(14–17)

29 January 2003
20:30 Spain 40–15 Qatar Caminha
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(20–6)

30 January 2003
18:30 Poland 35–26 Qatar Caminha
Referees: Kang, Lim (KOR)

(18–11)

30 January 2003
20:30 Spain 32–31 Iceland Caminha
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(18–18)

Group II

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	98	81	+17	5^[a]	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	89	86	+3	5^[a]	5–8th place semifinals
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	84	93	−9	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	74	85	−11	0

Source: IHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Germany 31–31 Yugoslavia

29 January 2003
14:15 Germany 30–21 Tunisia Póvoa de Varzim
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)

(14–13)

29 January 2003
18:30 Yugoslavia 30–28 Portugal Póvoa de Varzim
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(18–7)

30 January 2003
14:15 Germany 31–31 Yugoslavia Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 800
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)

(15–16)

30 January 2003
18:30 Portugal 27–26 Tunisia Póvoa de Varzim
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(14–12)

Group III

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	90	76	+14	6	Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	90	78	+12	4	5–8th place semifinals
3	Denmark	3	1	2	90	94	−4	2
4	Egypt	3	0	3	71	93	−22	0

Source: IHF

29 January 2003
18:15 Croatia 29–23 Egypt Rio Maior
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(13–11)

29 January 2003
20:30 Denmark 28–35 Russia Rio Maior
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)

(16–16)

30 January 2003
18:15 Russia 29–22 Egypt Rio Maior
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)

(12–11)

30 January 2003
20:30 Croatia 33–27 Denmark Rio Maior
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(19–11)

Group IV

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	90	70	+20	6	Semifinals
2	Hungary	3	1	2	84	87	−3	2^[a]	5–8th place semifinals
3	Slovenia	3	1	2	76	84	−8	2^[a]
4	Sweden	3	1	2	82	91	−9	2^[a]

Source: IHF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Hungary 2Pts, +2GD; Slovenia 2Pts, +1GD; Sweden 2Pts, –3GD

29 January 2003
18:30 Sweden 33–32 Hungary Espinho
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)

(17–17)

29 January 2003
20:30 France 31–22 Slovenia Espinho
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)

(14–11)

30 January 2003
18:30 Sweden 24–30 France Espinho
Referees: Dolejš, Kohout (CZE)

(11–15)

30 January 2003
20:30 Slovenia 25–28 Hungary Espinho
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)

(10–13)

Final round

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5–8th place semifinals

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1 February 2003
09:30 Yugoslavia 33–34 (ET) Hungary Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)

(12–11)

FT: 25–25 ET: 2–2, 6–7

1 February 2003
12:00 Iceland 27–30 Russia Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)

(12–13)

Semifinals

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1 February 2003
15:00 Germany 23–22 France Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Referees: Dolejš, Kohout (CZE)

(11–10)

1 February 2003
17:30 Spain 37–39 (ET) Croatia Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)

(14–9)

FT: 26–26 ET: 5–5, 6–8

7th place game

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2 February 2003
11:30 Iceland 32–27 Yugoslavia Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)

(16–13)

5th place game

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2 February 2003
09:00 Russia 30–25 Hungary Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)

(16–11)

Third place game

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2 February 2003
14:30 Spain 22–27 France Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)

Ortega 7 (11–16) Narcisse 7

Final

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2 February 2003
17:00 Croatia 34–31 Germany Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)

Džomba 8 (20–18) Baur 8

Final standings

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Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Germany
	France
4	Spain
5	Russia
6	Hungary
7	Iceland
8	Yugoslavia
9	Denmark
10	Poland
11	Slovenia
12	Portugal
13	Sweden
14	Tunisia
15	Egypt
16	Qatar
17	Argentina
18	Algeria
19	Saudi Arabia
20	Kuwait
21	Australia
22	Brazil
23	Morocco
24	Greenland

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Greenland do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC

2003 Men's World Champions

Croatia
Croatia
First title

Awards

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MVP: Germany Christian Schwarzer

All Star Team

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Goalkeeper: Germany Henning Fritz
Left Wing: Russia Eduard Koksharov
Left Back: Hungary Carlos Pérez
Center Back: Spain Enric Masip
Pivot : Germany Christian Schwarzer
Right Back: France Patrick Cazal
Right Wing: Croatia Mirza Džomba

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Carlos Pérez	Hungary	64
2	Hussein Zaky	Egypt	61
3	Ólafur Stefánsson	Iceland	58
4	László Nagy	Hungary	51
4	Aleksey Rastvortsev	Russia	51
6	Markus Baur	Germany	50
6	Ivan Simonovič	Slovenia	50
8	Stefan Kretzschmar	Germany	48
8	Florian Kehrmann	Germany	48
10	Petar Metličić	Croatia	46

Top goalkeepers

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Rank	Name	Team	Saves	Shots	%
1	Andrey Lavrov	Russia	109	325	33.5
2	Henning Fritz	Germany	99	256	38.7
3	Arpad Sterbik	Yugoslavia	97	216	44.9
4	José Javier Hombrados	Spain	94	198	47.5
5	Nándor Fazekas	Hungary	88	231	38.1
6	Vlado Šola	Croatia	78	196	39.8
7	Dejan Perić	Yugoslavia	71	180	39.4
8	Sławomir Szmal	Poland	69	155	44.5
9	Beno Lapajne	Slovenia	68	188	36.2
10	Kasper Hvidt	Denmark	68	206	33.0

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze

Croatia

Germany

France

External links

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XVI Men's World Championship at IHF.info

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Qualification	2025
Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

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