1999 World Men's Handball Championship

The 16th World Handball Championship for men was held in Egypt from June 1 to June 11, 1999. A total of 24 teams played first in groups against each other. This was followed by elimination games with knockout round, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals and placement matches for places three through eight. World Cup 1999 Sweden to a 25:24 victory in the final against Russia.

• 3.1 All- Star team

• 4.1 Statistic
• 4.2 Best Goalkeeper

• 5.1 medalist
• 5.2 5th place: Germany

Schedule

Group stage

The preliminary round was held from June 1st to 7th January 1999. The first four of each group qualified for the knockout stages.

In parentheses after the groups the venues are given.

Group A (Cairo, police - hall )

Group B (Cairo, Main Hall )

Group C ( Ismailia, Mubarak - hall )

Group D ( Port Said, Mubarak - hall )

Final round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Placement matches

The losers of the quarter-finals came in two games at gegeinander. The winners of the two games played on the following day for 5th place, the two losers for 7th place

Semifinal

Game for 7th place

Match for 5th place

3rd Place Match

Final

The mid-term results are given in brackets. In the event of an extension are there further the scores after the end of regular time and possibly played after the end of the first extension.

Final placements

Awards

• Best player ( MVP, MVP): Stefan Lovgren Sweden Sweden

All- Star team

Statistics

Statistic

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Best Goalkeeper

Banns

Medalist

5th Place: Germany

• January Holpert
• Christian Ramota
• Stefan Kretzschmar
• Stefan Krebietke
• Bogdan Wenta

• Karsten Kohlhaas
• Frank von Behren
• Markus Baur
• Heiko Karrer
• Volker Zerbe

• Bernd Roos
• Michael Menzel
• Christian Schwarzer
• Klaus -Dieter Petersen
• Mike Bezdicek

Coach: Heiner Brand

Swell

• Results of the Handball World Championship 1999
• Results of the Handball World Championship 1999