1995 World Men's Handball Championship

The 1995 World Men's Handball Championship was the 14th team handball World Championship. It was held in Iceland between 7–21 May 1995. France won the championship. Games were played in Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Akureyri and Kópavogur.

1995 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iceland
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates7–21 May
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Sweden
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played88
Goals scored4,283 (48.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Yoon Kyung-shin
(86 goals)
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Qualification

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Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Iceland
1993 World Men's Handball Championship 10–20 March 1993 8   Russia
  France
  Sweden
   Switzerland
  Spain
  Germany
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
1993 Asian Men's Handball Championship 24 September –
5 October 1993
3   South Korea
  Kuwait
  Japan
1994 European Men's Handball Championship 3–12 June 1994 4   Croatia
  Hungary
  Belarus
  Slovenia
1994 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 16–23 September 1994 3   Cuba
  Brazil
  United States
1994 African Men's Handball Championship 5–24 November 1994 4   Tunisia
  Algeria
  Egypt
  Morocco
EHF v OCHF Play-off 9–12 December 1994 1   Romania

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 5 5 0 0 133 103 +30 10 Round of 16
2   South Korea 5 4 0 1 140 112 +28 8
3   Iceland 5 3 0 2 119 107 +12 6
4   Tunisia 5 2 0 3 110 125 −15 4
5   Hungary 5 1 0 4 119 121 −2 2
6   United States 5 0 0 5 82 135 −53 0
Source: [1][2]
7 May 1995
15:00
Switzerland   26–22   Tunisia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
(15–10)
7 May 1995
17:00
Hungary   26–29   South Korea Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(11–14)
7 May 1995
20:00
Iceland   27–16   United States Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
(13–11)

9 May 1995
15:00
United States   14–26   Hungary Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 100
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(7–13)
9 May 1995
17:00
South Korea   22–25    Switzerland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 300
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(6–10)
9 May 1995
20:00
Tunisia   21–25   Iceland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
(7–13)

10 May 1995
15:00
Switzerland   28–15   United States Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 150
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
(12–7)
10 May 1995
17:00
Tunisia   18–33   South Korea Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
(7–16)
10 May 1995
20:00
Iceland   23–20   Hungary Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
(11–9)

12 May 1995
15:00
Hungary   23–30    Switzerland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Broman, Blademo (SWE)
(10–15)
12 May 1995
17:00
Iceland   23–26   South Korea Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,400
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
(10–12)
12 May 1995
20:00
United States   17–24   Tunisia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
(9–12)

13 May 1995
16:00
Switzerland   24–21   Iceland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(11–10)
14 May 1995
13:00
Hungary   24–25   Tunisia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 240
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(15–12)
14 May 1995
13:00
South Korea   30–20   United States Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 150
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
(14–7)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 5 4 0 1 140 119 +21 8 Round of 16
2   Russia 5 4 0 1 112 96 +16 8
3   Czech Republic 5 4 0 1 121 111 +10 8
4   Cuba 5 2 0 3 136 132 +4 4
5   Slovenia 5 1 0 4 131 126 +5 2
6   Morocco 5 0 0 5 93 149 −56 0
Source: [1][2]
8 May 1995
15:00
Russia   21–17   Cuba Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 250
Referees: Brosio, Zavorotny (ARG)
(10–9)
8 May 1995
17:00
Czech Republic   25–16   Morocco Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 160
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
(12–8)
8 May 1995
20:00
Croatia   26–24   Slovenia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 500
Referees: Børresen, Strand (NOR)
(13–9)

9 May 1995
15:00
Cuba   26–29   Czech Republic Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 200
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
(12–16)
9 May 1995
17:00
Slovenia   22–27   Russia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 250
Referees: Broman, Blademo (SWE)
(12–13)
9 May 1995
20:00
Morocco   21–33   Croatia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 200
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(8–15)

11 May 1995
15:00
Cuba   34–26   Slovenia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 240
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(17–16)
11 May 1995
17:00
Czech Republic   27–25   Croatia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 396
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(12–13)
11 May 1995
20:00
Russia   22–15   Morocco Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 310
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(12–8)

12 May 1995
15:00
Czech Republic   23–22   Slovenia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 480
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
(11–12)
12 May 1995
17:00
Croatia   25–20   Russia Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 500
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
(14–9)
12 May 1995
20:00
Morocco   25–32   Cuba Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 410
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(8–13)

14 May 1995
15:00
Slovenia   37–16   Morocco Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 242
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
(18–9)
14 May 1995
17:00
Croatia   31–27   Cuba Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 360
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(13–16)
14 May 1995
20:00
Russia   22–17   Czech Republic Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 1,490
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(11–9)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 5 5 0 0 128 93 +35 10 Round of 16
2   Romania 5 3 0 2 121 121 0 6
3   France 5 3 0 2 122 108 +14 6
4   Algeria 5 2 0 3 103 113 −10 4
5   Denmark 5 2 0 3 126 117 +9 4
6   Japan 5 0 0 5 101 149 −48 0
Source: [1][2]
8 May 1995
15:00
France   33–20   Japan Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 350
Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
(17–6)
8 May 1995
17:00
Germany   27–19   Romania Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 978
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (SWE)
(11–11)
8 May 1995
20:00
Denmark   24–25   Algeria Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Broman, Blademo (SWE)
(9–16)

10 May 1995
15:00
Algeria   21–23   France Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 100
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
(9–12)
10 May 1995
17:00
Japan   19–30   Germany Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 150
Referees: Børresen, Strand (NOR)
(9–15)
10 May 1995
20:00
Romania   24–28   Denmark Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 200
Referees: Brosio, Zavorotny (ARG)
(13–14)

11 May 1995
15:00
Japan   18–20   Algeria Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brosio, Zavorotny (ARG)
(7–9)
11 May 1995
17:00
Germany   24–18   Denmark Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
(11–9)
11 May 1995
20:00
France   22–23   Romania Smárinn, Kópavogur
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
(11–13)

13 May 1995
14:00
Germany   24–15   Algeria Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
(10–8)
13 May 1995
14:00
Romania   31–22   Japan Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 100
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
(13–11)
13 May 1995
16:00
Denmark   21–22   France Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 300
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
(9–11)

14 May 1995
15:00
Denmark   35–22   Japan Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 500
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
(15–9)
14 May 1995
17:00
France   22–23   Germany Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 850
Referees: Børresen, Strand (NOR)
(11–11)
14 May 1995
20:00
Algeria   22–24   Romania Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 500
Referees: Brosio, Zavorotny (ARG)
(7–10)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 5 5 0 0 151 114 +37 10 Round of 16
2   Spain 5 4 0 1 123 104 +19 8
3   Egypt 5 3 0 2 111 106 +5 6
4   Belarus 5 2 0 3 154 125 +29 4
5   Kuwait 5 1 0 4 85 131 −46 2
6   Brazil 5 0 0 5 96 140 −44 0
Source: [1][2]
8 May 1995
15:00
Spain   24–21   Kuwait Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 400
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
(9–9)
8 May 1995
17:00
Sweden   29–28   Belarus Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 600
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
(15–9)
8 May 1995
20:00
Egypt   32–20   Brazil Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 460
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
(19–10)

9 May 1995
15:00
Belarus   27–30   Spain Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 250
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
(13–12)
9 May 1995
17:00
Brazil   21–29   Sweden Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 50
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
(9–15)
9 May 1995
20:00
Kuwait   0–10[a]   Egypt Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 118
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)

11 May 1995
15:00
Belarus   34–21   Brazil Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 100
Referees: Szajna, Wróblewski (POL)
(15–7)
11 May 1995
17:00
Sweden   37–22   Kuwait Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 120
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
(19–12)
11 May 1995
20:00
Spain   27–20   Egypt Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 202
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
(13–10)

12 May 1995
15:00
Kuwait   18–39   Belarus Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 300
Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
(11–23)
12 May 1995
17:00
Egypt   22–33   Sweden Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 503
Referees: Børresen, Strand (NOR)
(12–16)
12 May 1995
20:00
Spain   21–13   Brazil Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 550
Referees: Brosio, Zavorotny (ARG)
(9–3)

14 May 1995
15:00
Brazil   21–24   Kuwait Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 830
Referees: Sigurðsson, Sigurjónsson (ISL)
(6–9)
14 May 1995
17:00
Sweden   23–21   Spain Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 1,004
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
(14–10)
14 May 1995
20:00
Egypt   27–26   Belarus Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 1,011
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
(14–10)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
16 May
 
 
  Iceland12
 
17 May
 
  Russia25
 
  Russia17
 
16 May
 
  Germany20
 
  Germany33
 
19 May
 
  Belarus26
 
  Germany20
 
16 May
 
  France22
 
   Switzerland27
 
17 May
 
  Cuba26
 
   Switzerland18
 
16 May
 
  France28
 
  France23
 
21 May
 
  Spain20
 
  France23
 
16 May
 
  Croatia19
 
  Croatia (pen.)29
 
17 May
 
  Tunisia28
 
  Croatia30
 
16 May
 
  Egypt16
 
  Egypt31
 
19 May
 
  Romania26
 
  Croatia28
 
16 May
 
  Sweden25 Third place
 
  Sweden28
 
17 May21 May
 
  Algeria22
 
  Sweden21  Sweden26
 
16 May
 
  Czech Republic17   Germany20
 
  Czech Republic (OT)26
 
 
  South Korea25
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
19 May
 
 
  Czech Republic21
 
20 May
 
  Egypt25
 
  Egypt28
 
19 May
 
  Russia (OT)31
 
   Switzerland23
 
 
  Russia25
 
Seventh place
 
 
20 May
 
 
  Czech Republic21
 
 
   Switzerland23
 
9–16th place quarterfinals9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
          
 
17 May
 
 
  Tunisia25
 
19 May
 
  Romania33
 
  Romania34
 
17 May
 
  South Korea29
 
  Algeria25
 
20 May
 
  South Korea33
 
  Romania32
 
17 May
 
  Belarus35
 
  Iceland23
 
19 May
 
  Belarus28
 
  Belarus35
 
17 May
 
  Spain34 Eleventh place
 
  Cuba29
 
20 May
 
  Spain32
 
  Spain27
 
 
  South Korea22
 

Round of 16

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16 May 1995
15:00
Croatia   29–28 (ET)   Tunisia Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 350
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
(8–10)

FT: 18–18 ET: 2–2, 5–5 Pen: 4–3


16 May 1995
15:00
Czech Republic   26–25 (ET)   South Korea Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 850
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
(9–8)

FT: 23–23 ET: 3–2


16 May 1995
17:00
Germany   33–26   Belarus Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 500
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
(15–13)

16 May 1995
17:00
Switzerland   27–26   Cuba Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
(16–9)

16 May 1995
17:00
France   23–20   Spain Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 440
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(12–9)

16 May 1995
20:00
Iceland   12–25   Russia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
(8–11)

16 May 1995
20:00
Egypt   31–26   Romania Digranes, Kópavogur
Attendance: 400
Referees: Børresen, Strand (NOR)
(13–14)

16 May 1995
20:00
Sweden   28–22   Algeria Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 447
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
(16–12)

9–16th place quarterfinals

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17 May 1995
15:00
Cuba   29–32   Spain Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 25
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(18–16)

17 May 1995
17:15
Algeria   21–33   South Korea Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 468
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
(13–16)

17 May 1995
20:00
Tunisia   25–33   Romania Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 100
Referees: Broman, Blademo (SWE)
(13–17)

17 May 1995
20:00
Iceland   23–28   Belarus Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
(15–15)

Quarterfinals

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17 May 1995
15:00
Switzerland   18–28   France Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 950
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
(7–15)

17 May 1995
17:15
Russia   17–20   Germany Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 900
Referees: Børresen, Strand (NOR)
(7–12)

17 May 1995
17:15
Croatia   30–16   Egypt Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 125
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
(13–8)

17 May 1995
20:00
Sweden   21–17   Czech Republic Akureyri Sports Hall, Akureyri
Attendance: 657
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(9–9)

9–12th place semifinals

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19 May 1995
13:00
Belarus   35–34 (ET)   Spain Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 250
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(13–15)

FT: 30–30 ET: 5–4


19 May 1995
15:00
Romania   34–29   South Korea Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 280
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
(15–14)

5–8th place semifinals

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19 May 1995
13:00
Czech Republic   21–25   Egypt Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 100
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
(7–10)

19 May 1995
15:00
Switzerland   23–25   Russia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
(8–11)

Semifinals

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19 May 1995
18:00
Germany   20–22   France Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,240
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(8–11)

19 May 1995
20:00
Croatia   28–25   Sweden Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
(16–7)

Eleventh place game

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20 May 1995
15:00
Spain   27–22   South Korea Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Referees: Broman, Blademo (SWE)
Munaíz 6 (17–12) Yoon 10
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Ninth place game

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20 May 1995
17:00
Romania   32–35   Belarus Kaplakriki, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 87
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Mocanu 7 (17–16) Parashchenko 9
 1×   4× 

Seventh place game

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20 May 1995
17:00
Czech Republic   21–23    Switzerland Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
Šetlík 7 (9–10) Baumgartner 11
 3×   4× 

Fifth place game

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20 May 1995
17:00
Egypt   28–31 (ET)   Russia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
Awaad 6 (13–13) Filippov 9
 4×   2× 

FT: 24–24 ET: 4–7

Third place game

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21 May 1995
12:30
Sweden   26–20   Germany Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Brussel, Van Dongen (NED)
Andersson 6 (11–9) Kretzschmar 6
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Final

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21 May 1995
15:00
France   23–19   Croatia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 4,900
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Stoecklin 7 (11–6) Bilić, Ćavar 5
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Final standings

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Medal summary

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Gold Silver Bronze
  France

Head coach: Mr. Daniel Costantini
  Croatia

Head coach : Mr. Zdravko Zovko
  Sweden

Head coach : Mr. Bengt Johansson

Notes

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  1. ^ The final score retained by the IHF for the Kuwait-Egypt match is 0-10 instead of 21-28, which could indicate a disqualification of Kuwait.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "1995 Men Indoor ISL" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b c d "1995 Men's World Championship – Finals". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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