1998 Men's Handball European Championship Italy Bolzano (BO), Merano (ME) / 29.5. - 7.6.

1998
Preliminary round

GROUP A

GROUP B

FRA France YUG

Croatia CRO Hungary

Yugoslavia GER

HUN Russia RUS Spain

Germany LTU

ESP Czechia CZE Fyro

Lithuania SWE

Macedonia MKD

Sweden ITA Italy

STANDINGS total won draw lost

STANDINGS total won draw lost

goal difference pts

goal difference pts

SWE

130

111

2
3

GER

125

102

YUG

125

121

+1
9
+2
3
+4

8
6

2
3

ESP
RUS

5
5

4
3

HUN

CRO

1
0

2
4

FRA

110

125

-15

5
5

115

CZE

106

122

-15
-16

3
4

100

LTU
ITA

2
1

MKD

date

time

MATCHES
nr

29.05. 16:00
18:00

BO
BO

1
5

results
LTU
SWE

103 +32
110 +17

9
7

121
117

122

-1
-3

6
5

130

120
132

-2

104

147 -43

MATCHES

teams
FRA
GER

135
127

20

20
21
19

date time

(09 : 10)
(12 : 10)

nr

29.05 16:00
18:00

ME
ME

teams
HUN
RUS

results
MKD
CZE

29

20 (14:07)
21 (11:08)

20:00

BO

YUG

ITA

20
26

(13:10)

20:00

ME

6
2

CRO

ESP

22
18

30.05. 16:00
18:00

BO
BO

9
7

SWE
LTU

FRA
YUG

25
22

22
30

(13:13)
(11:15)

31.05 16:00
18:00

ME
ME

10
12

CZE
MKD

CRO
RUS

24
26

30 (14:15)
26 (10:16)

18 (11:10)

20:00

BO

GER

ME

HUN

27

17 (17:03)

(09:14)

01.06 16:00

ME

8
14

ESP

SWE

26
27

20:00

LTU

18
21

(09:12)

BO

11
17

ITA

01.06. 16:00

CRO

MKD

28

21 (12:10)

18:00

BO

15

YUG

GER

22

29

(11:14)

18:00

ME

16

HUN

RUS

20

23 (10:13)

20:00

BO

13

FRA

ITA

23

22

(11:10)

20:00

ME

18

ESP

CZE

35

22 (17:09)

03.06. 18:00

ME

19

YUG

SWE

19

29

(13:15)

03.06 16:00

BO

20

HUN

CZE

27

25 (13:08)

20:00

ME

21

GER

FRA

30

23

(13:11)

16:00

ME

24

MKD

ESP

19

26 (10:13)

20:00
04.06. 18:00

BO
ME

23
29

ITA
FRA

LTU
: YUG

18

19
28

18:00
04.06 16:00

BO
ME

22

22

(10:09)
(14:14)

RUS
RUS

CRO
ESP

29
27

14 (12:08)
29 (15:11)

20:00

BO

25

SWE

ITA

28

29

(13:12)

16:00

BO

30

CRO

HUN

27

28 (10:13)

20:00

ME

27

GER

LTU

20

18

(09:05)

18:00

BO

26

CZE

MKD

38

18 (16:12)

14:00 ME

31

ITA

16:00 BO

32

LTU

CZE

38

36

(17:14,30:30,33:3 place 9/10

2. ESP

18:00 BO
16:00 ME

33
34

FRA
YUG

CRO
HUN

30
32

28
24

(16:12)
(15:12)

place 7/8
place 5/6

3. GER Germany
4. RUS Russia

18:00 ME
20:00 BO

36
35

ESP
SWE

GER
RUS

29
27

22
24

(13:09)
(15:14)

semifinal 1
semifinal 2

5. YUG Yugoslavia
HUN Hungary
6.
7. FRA France

06.06

Semifinals and placement matches

MKD 27 26 (11:12,23:23) place 11/12

28

Final Ranking
1. SWE Sweden
Spain

8. CRO Croatia
Finals
07.06 14:00
16:30

BO
BO

37
38

GER
ESP

RUS
SWE

30
23

28
25

9. LTU
10. CZE
(13:14,25:25) place 3/4
(09:15)
final

status: 06.04.99

Lithuania
Czechia

11. ITA
Italy
MKD Fyro Macedoni
12.