1995 World Men's Handball Championship
The 14th World Handball Championship for men was held in Iceland from 7 to 21 May 1995. For the first time, 24 teams took part in the tournament. The world champion France secured with a 23:19 victory in the final against Croatia. The German national team finished the tournament in 4th place after they defeated Sweden in the match for 3rd place with 20:26. The Switzerland finished 7th, Austria could not qualify for the finals.
- 6.1 World Cup: France
- 6.2 Second Place: Croatia
- 6.3 Third Place: Sweden
- 6.4 Fourth Place: Federal Republic of Germany
Schedule
Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, the teams were divided into four groups against each other. The first four teams in each group qualify for the knockout stages of the teams left in the squares 5 and 6.
Group A in Reykjavík and Kópavogur
Group B in Hafnarfjörður
Group C in Kópavogur
Group D in Akureyri
Final round
Second round
Placement Round 9-16
Quarterfinals
Placement Round 9-12
Placement Round 5-8
Semifinal
Place play- 11
Place play- 9
Game for 7th place
Match for 5th place
3rd Place Match
Final
Full Time
Top scorers
FT ... field goals; 7m ... Seven meters
Best Goalkeeper
All-Star Team
The Squad
World Cup: France
- Éric Quintin
- Frédéric Full
- Jackson Richardson
- Grégory Anquetil
- Guéric Kervadec
- Philippe gardent
- Laurent Munier
- Stéphane Stoecklin
- Gaël Monthurel
- Denis Lathoud
- Bruno Martini
- Yohann Delattre
- Christian Gaudin
- Pascal Mahé
- Patrick Cazal
- Thierry Perreux
Coach: Daniel Costantini
Second Place: Croatia
- Zvonimir Bilic
- Irfan Smajlagic
- Valter Matošević
- Patrik Ćavar
- Tomislav Farkaš
- Venio Losert
- Slavko Goluža
- Vlado Šola
- Goran Perkovac
- Iztok Puc
- Nenad Kljaić
- Bruno Gudelj
- Zlatko Saračević
- Vladimir Jelcic
- Alvaro Nacinovic
Coach: Velimir Kljaić
Third Place: Sweden
- Magnus Andersson
- Robert Andersson
- Carlén
- Martin Frändesjö
- Peter Gentzel
- Erik Hajas
- Robert Hedin
- Ola Lindgren
- Stefan Lovgren
- Staffan Olsson
- Mats Olsson
- Johan Petersson
- Thomas Sivertsson
- Magnus Wislander
- Tomas Svensson
- Pierre Thorsson
Coach: Bengt Johansson
Fourth Place: Federal Republic of Germany
- Andreas Thiel
- January Holpert
- Henning Fritz
- Vigindas Petkevičius
- Stefan Kretzschmar
- January Fegter
- Holger Winselmann
- Christian Schwarzer
- Klaus -Dieter Petersen
- Jörg Kunze
- Volker Zerbe
- Wolfgang Schwenke
- Daniel Stephan
- Christian Scheffler
- Martin Schmidt
Coach: Arno Ehret