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1990 World Men's Handball Championship

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FieldValue
countryCzechoslovakia
dates28 February – 10 March
num_teams16
cities6
champion_other
count3
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches54
goals2443
top_scorerCUB Julián Duranona
URS Aleksandr Tuchkin
(55 goals each)
playerFRA Jackson Richardson
previous1986 World Men's Handball Championship
next1993 World Men's Handball Championship

URS Aleksandr Tuchkin (55 goals each) 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

CompetitionVacanciesQualified
Host nation1
1988 Summer Olympics6
1989 World Men's Handball Championship Group B6
1989 Asian Men's Handball Championship1
1989 African Men's Handball Championship1
1989 Pan American Men's Handball Championship1

Teams

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Preliminary round

Group A






Group B






Group C






Group D






Ranking round






Main round

Group I









Group II









Placement round

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1990 Men's World Champions

Medal summary

Sweden 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 WislanderSoviet Union 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 YakimovichRomania 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

RankPlayerGoals
1CUB Julián Duranona55
URS Aleksandr Tuchkin
3KOR Kim Jae-hwan50
4FRA Philippe Debureau39
5YUG Irfan Smajlagić38
6DZA Djaffar Bel Hocine37
ROM Marian Dumitru
8ESP Javier Cabanas36
ESP Aleix Franch
HUN László Marosi
POL Bogdan Wenta
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