1993 World Men's Handball Championship

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Austria	France	Hungary	Denmark
Czechoslovakia*	Norway	Iceland	Germany
Egypt	Romania	Sweden	Russia
Spain	Switzerland	United States	South Korea

*Note: Although the Czech Republic and Slovakia became separate countries in 1993, the countries still competed together in the tournament as the Czechoslovak Handball Federation was not split yet.

Top 3 from groups A & B plays in group 1 while top 3 from groups C & D plays in group 2 in the main round. The teams carry their results against the other teams to the main round. The last team from each group is eliminated from the championship.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	58	48	+10	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	61	60	+1	3
Egypt	3	1	0	2	58	63	−5	2
Austria	3	1	0	2	61	67	−6	2

Source:

10 March 18:00	Czechoslovakia	20–21	Egypt	Umeå
		(11–13)

10 March 20:00	Spain	22–15	Austria	Umeå
		(9–7)

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12 March 18:00	Austria	20–22	Czechoslovakia	Umeå
		(8–12)

12 March 20:00	Egypt	14–17	Spain	Umeå
		(9–8)

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13 March 14:00	Austria	26–23	Egypt	Umeå
		(14–9)

13 March 16:00	Spain	19–19	Czechoslovakia	Umeå
		(12–10)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	65	59	+6	4
France	3	2	0	1	68	68	0	4
Romania	3	1	1	1	56	56	0	3
Norway	3	0	1	2	51	57	−6	1

Source:

10 March 18:00	France	24–26	Switzerland	Karlstad
		(10–8)

10 March 20:00	Romania	15–15	Norway	Karlstad
		(6–9)

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12 March 18:00	Switzerland	18–19	Romania	Karlstad
		(7–10)

12 March 20:00	Norway	20–21	France	Karlstad
		(11–10)

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13 March 14:00	Norway	16–21	Switzerland	Karlstad
		(9–10)

13 March 16:00	Romania	22–23	France	Karlstad
		(10–9)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	73	51	+22	6
Iceland	3	2	0	1	75	61	+14	4
Hungary	3	1	0	2	73	63	+10	2
United States	3	0	0	3	53	99	−46	0

Source:

9 March 19:00	Sweden	21–16	Iceland	Gothenburg
		(9–9)

9 March 21:00	Hungary	33–18	United States	Gothenburg
		(16–8)

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11 March 18:00	Iceland	25–21	Hungary	Gothenburg
		(11–8)

11 March 20:00	United States	16–32	Sweden	Gothenburg
		(9–13)

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13 March 14:00	Iceland	34–19	United States	Gothenburg
		(14–7)

13 March 16:00	Sweden	20–19	Hungary	Gothenburg
		(12–9)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	78	55	+23	5
Germany	3	1	2	0	67	64	+3	4
Denmark	3	0	2	1	54	62	−8	2
South Korea	3	0	1	2	59	77	−18	1

Source:

10 March 18:00	Russia	33–18	South Korea	Malmö
		(17–6)

10 March 20:00	Germany	20–20	Denmark	Malmö
		(10–11)

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12 March 18:00	South Korea	25–28	Germany	Malmö
		(11–16)

12 March 20:00	Denmark	18–26	Russia	Malmö
		(10–13)

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13 March 14:00	South Korea	16–16	Denmark	Malmö
		(10–9)

13 March 16:00	Russia	19–19	Germany	Malmö
		(5–10)

The winners of each group face of against each other in the final. The second-place finishers play the game for 3rd position, the third-place finishers play the game for 5th position and so on.

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	0	1	115	103	+12	8
Switzerland	5	3	0	2	121	118	+3	6
Spain	5	2	1	2	105	101	+4	5
Czechoslovakia	5	2	1	2	104	110	−6	5
Romania	5	2	0	3	105	110	−5	4
Egypt	5	1	0	4	100	108	−8	2

Source:

15 March 16:00	Egypt	23–26	Switzerland	Halmstad
		(9–12)

15 March 18:00	Spain	20–16	Romania	Halmstad
		(11–7)

15 March 20:00	Czechoslovakia	18–26	France	Halmstad
		(7–13)

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16 March 16:00	Romania	27–26	Egypt	Halmstad
		(14–8)

16 March 18:00	Switzerland	23–24	Czechoslovakia	Halmstad
		(13–10)

16 March 20:00	France	23–21	Spain	Halmstad
		(9–12)

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18 March 16:00	Egypt	16–19	France	Halmstad
		(7–11)

18 March 18:00	Czechoslovakia	23–21	Romania	Halmstad
		(11–12)

18 March 20:00	Spain	28–29	Switzerland	Halmstad
		(10–16)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	5	4	1	0	131	98	+33	9
Sweden	5	4	0	1	108	101	+7	8
Germany	5	2	2	1	100	100	0	6
Iceland	5	2	0	3	103	114	−11	4
Denmark	5	1	1	3	102	117	−15	3
Hungary	5	0	0	5	104	118	−14	0

Source:

15 March 16:00	Hungary	22–29	Russia	Stockholm
		(10–15)

15 March 18:00	Iceland	16–23	Germany	Stockholm
		(5–10)

15 March 20:00	Sweden	23–20	Denmark	Stockholm
		(13–9)

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16 March 18:00	Denmark	22–21	Hungary	Stockholm
		(11–12)

16 March 20:00	Russia	27–19	Iceland	Stockholm
		(12–9)

17 March 19:00	Germany	16–24	Sweden	Stockholm
		(7–9)

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18 March 16:00	Hungary	21–22	Germany	Stockholm
		(7–12)

18 March 18:00	Iceland	27–22	Denmark	Stockholm
		(13–7)

18 March 20:00	Sweden	20–30	Russia	Stockholm
		(8–11)

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