1990 World Men's Handball Championship

1990 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czechoslovakia
Dates	28 February – 10 March
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Romania
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	2,443 (45.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Julián Duranona Aleksandr Tuchkin (55 goals each)
Best player	Jackson Richardson

The 1990 World Men's Handball Championship was the 12th team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia from February 28 to March 10, 1990. Sweden won the championship.

Qualification

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	1	Czechoslovakia
1988 Summer Olympics	6	Soviet Union South Korea Yugoslavia Hungary Sweden East Germany
1989 World Men's Handball Championship Group B	6	Iceland Poland Romania Spain France Switzerland
1989 Asian Men's Handball Championship	1	Japan
1989 African Men's Handball Championship	1	Algeria
1989 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	1	Cuba

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Algeria	Czechoslovakia	Cuba	East Germany
France	Romania	Iceland	Japan
Hungary	South Korea	Spain	Poland
Sweden	Switzerland	Yugoslavia	Soviet Union

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	71	57	+14	6	Main round
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	61	59	+2	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	59	65	−6	2
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	55	65	−10	0	Ranking round

Source: IHF

28 February 1990	Hungary	19–18	France	Plzeň
		(9–7)

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28 February 1990	Sweden	20–19	Algeria	Plzeň
		(11–8)

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1 March 1990	Algeria	16–22	Hungary	Plzeň
		(7–11)

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1 March 1990	France	18–26	Sweden	Plzeň
		(9–13)

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3 March 1990	Hungary	20–25	Sweden	Plzeň
		(8–14)

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3 March 1990	France	23–20	Algeria	Plzeň
		(7–7)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	75	57	+18	6	Main round
2	South Korea	3	1	0	2	69	72	−3	2
3	Czechoslovakia (H)	3	1	0	2	58	62	−4	2
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	46	57	−11	2	Ranking round

Source: IHF
(H) Hosts

28 February 1990	South Korea	24–26	Romania	Prešov
		(12–12)

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28 February 1990	Czechoslovakia	12–13	Switzerland	Prešov
		(5–7)

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1 March 1990	Switzerland	17–21	South Korea	Prešov
		(5–11)

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1 March 1990	Romania	25–17	Czechoslovakia	Prešov
		(11–9)

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3 March 1990	South Korea	24–29	Czechoslovakia	Prešov
		(10–17)

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3 March 1990	Romania	24–16	Switzerland	Prešov
		(12–8)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	66	61	+5	6	Main round
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	72	65	+7	4
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	65	69	−4	2
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	76	84	−8	0	Ranking round

Source: IHF

28 February 1990	Yugoslavia	17–18	Spain	Zlín
		(9–6)

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28 February 1990	Iceland	27–23	Cuba	Zlín
		(17–8)

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1 March 1990	Cuba	27–28	Yugoslavia	Zlín
		(14–16)

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1 March 1990	Spain	19–18	Iceland	Zlín
		(11–11)

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3 March 1990	Yugoslavia	27–20	Iceland	Zlín
		(10–11)

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3 March 1990	Spain	29–26	Cuba	Zlín
		(12–10)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	95	56	+39	6	Main round
2	East Germany	3	2	0	1	70	73	−3	4
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	63	68	−5	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	55	86	−31	0	Ranking round

Source: IHF

28 February 1990	Soviet Union	26–21	Poland	Žilina
		(13–9)

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28 February 1990	East Germany	26–22	Japan	Žilina
		(18–7)

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1 March 1990	Japan	16–35	Soviet Union	Žilina
		(14–16)

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1 March 1990	Poland	17–25	East Germany	Žilina
		(9–9)

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3 March 1990	Soviet Union	34–19	East Germany	Žilina
		(15–10)

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3 March 1990	Poland	25–17	Japan	Žilina
		(12–11)

Ranking round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	76	56	+20	6
14	Cuba	3	1	1	1	69	72	−3	3
15	Japan	3	1	0	2	53	65	−12	2
16	Algeria	3	0	1	2	58	63	−5	1

Source: IHF

5 March 1990	Algeria	20–20	Cuba	Zlín
		(8–11)

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5 March 1990	Switzerland	22–12	Japan	Zlín
		(15–3)

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6 March 1990	Japan	21–20	Algeria	Zlín
		(10–10)

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6 March 1990	Cuba	26–32	Switzerland	Zlín
		(11–16)

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8 March 1990	Algeria	18–22	Switzerland	Zlín
		(10–14)

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8 March 1990	Cuba	23–20	Japan	Zlín
		(10–13)

Main round

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	130	101	+29	8	Final
2	Romania	5	4	0	1	117	105	+12	8	Third place game
3	Hungary	5	3	1	1	110	108	+2	7	Fifth place game
4	Czechoslovakia (H)	5	1	2	2	107	116	−9	4	Seventh place game
5	France	5	1	1	3	109	115	−6	3	Ninth place game
6	South Korea	5	0	0	5	119	147	−28	0	Eleventh place game

Source: IHF
(H) Hosts

5 March 1990	Sweden	26–20	Czechoslovakia	Ostrava
		(15–9)

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5 March 1990	Hungary	27–24	South Korea	Ostrava
		(14–11)

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5 March 1990	France	21–25	Romania	Ostrava
		(11–12)

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6 March 1990	Czechoslovakia	21–21	France	Ostrava
		(9–9)

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6 March 1990	Romania	21–24	Hungary	Ostrava
		(10–13)

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6 March 1990	South Korea	23–34	Sweden	Ostrava
		(7–17)

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7 March 1990	France	31–24	South Korea	Ostrava
		(13–12)

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7 March 1990	Hungary	20–20	Czechoslovakia	Ostrava
		(8–10)

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7 March 1990	Sweden	19–20	Romania	Ostrava
		(9–12)

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	148	109	+39	10	Final
2	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	120	102	+18	6	Third place game
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	109	114	−5	6	Fifth place game
4	East Germany	5	2	0	3	106	111	−5	4	Seventh place game
5	Iceland	5	1	0	4	101	117	−16	2	Ninth place game
6	Poland	5	1	0	4	102	133	−31	2	Eleventh place game

Source: IHF

5 March 1990	Spain	24–17	Poland	Bratislava
		(12–10)

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5 March 1990	Yugoslavia	21–20	East Germany	Bratislava
		(9–11)

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5 March 1990	Iceland	19–27	Soviet Union	Bratislava
		(8–14)

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6 March 1990	Soviet Union	24–22	Yugoslavia	Bratislava
		(11–8)

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6 March 1990	Poland	27–25	Iceland	Bratislava
		(11–13)

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6 March 1990	East Germany	25–20	Spain	Bratislava
		(9–11)

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7 March 1990	Spain	28–37	Soviet Union	Bratislava
		(14–17)

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7 March 1990	Yugoslavia	33–20	Poland	Bratislava
		(18–10)

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8 March 1990	Iceland	19–17	East Germany	Bratislava
		(8–12)

Placement round

Eleventh place game

9 March 1990 17:30	South Korea	27–33	Poland	Prague
		(13–13)

Ninth place game

10 March 1990 09:00	France	29–23	Iceland	Prague
		(15–11)

Seventh place game

10 March 1990 11:00	Czechoslovakia	17–16	East Germany	Prague
		(8–6)

Fifth place game

9 March 1990 20:00	Hungary	19–23	Spain	Prague
		(8–10)

Third place game

10 March 1990 13:30	Romania	27–21	Yugoslavia	Prague
		(10–12)

Final

10 March 1990 16:30	Sweden	27–23	Soviet Union	Prague
		(11–12)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	Soviet Union
	Romania
4	Yugoslavia
5	Spain
6	Hungary
7	Czechoslovakia
8	East Germany
9	France
10	Iceland
11	Poland
12	South Korea
13	Switzerland
14	Cuba
15	Japan
16	Algeria

	Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics but banned due to UN sanctions
	Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics as host
	Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in replacement of Yugoslavia

1990 Men's World Champions Sweden Third title

Medal summary

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sweden Magnus Andersson Per Carlén Magnus Cato Johan Eklund Mats Fransson Erik Hajas Björn Jilsén Ola Lindgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Jonas Persson Axel Sjöblad Sten Sjögren Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander	Soviet Union Vyacheslav Atavin Yuri Gavrilov Valeri Gopin Aleksandr Karshakevich Oleg Kiselyov Igor Kustov Andrey Lavrov Yuri Nesterov Konstantin Sharovarov Georgi Sviridenko Igor Tchumak Aleksandr Tuchkin Andrey Tyumentsev Valeri Vassilyev Andrei Xepkin Mikhail Yakimovich	Romania Dumitru Berbece Alexandru Buligan Ianos Cicu Vasile Cocuz Marian Dumitru Cornel Durau Adrian Ghimes Robert Licu Ion Mocanu Costica Neagu Nicolae Popescu Rudi Prisacaru Maricel Voinea Valentin Cristian Zaharia

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Julián Duranona	55
	Aleksandr Tuchkin
3	Kim Jae-hwan	50
4	Philippe Debureau	39
5	Irfan Smajlagić	38
6	Djaffar Bel Hocine	37
	Marian Dumitru
8	Javier Cabanas	36
	Aleix Franch
	László Marosi
	Bogdan Wenta

External links

• IHF Report
• Men's Handball World Championship 1990
• Dataesport
• Medallists from previous World Championships