07 JAN 99: Men's world championships:
Performance rows fixed
After all participants in the Men’s World
Championships to be held in Egypt from 1 to 15 June 1999 have been determined, the IHF
Commission of Organizing and Competition (COC) fixed the performance rows which will be
taken as the basis for the draw of the preliminary round games of the title matches. They
are as follows:
| 1 | Russia | Sweden | Spain | Germany |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | Tunisia | Hungary | Korea / Saudi Arabia* |
| 3 | France | Croatia | Denmark | Egypt |
| 4 | Norway | Cuba | Saudi Arabia / Korea* |
Algeria |
| 5 | Fyro Macedonia | Nigeria | China / Kuwait* |
Argentina |
| 6 | Australia | Kuwait / China* |
Morocco | Brazil |
(*As the Asian representatives have been
determined in separate – West and East Asian - qualifiers, the performance places 1-2
and 3-4 will be fixed by the IHF at a later date.)
Within the performance rows the teams will be
allocated to groups A, B, C or D. Performance rows 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 will be drawn first.
The organiser Egypt, who is in the third performance row, will then have the right to
chose one of the groups thus drawn before the three other teams in performance row 3 will
be allocated to the remaining groups.
The draw will be carried out by COC President Peter
Mühlematter (SUI) in Cairo on 27 January 1999. All further details concerning the
draw will be announced soon by the organizer, the Egyptian Handball Federation.