| Finals | | Game | date | time | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | | Final | Fri 22.08.97 | 21:30 | |  Hungary | 3-2 |  Yugoslavia | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | | 3-4 | Fri 22.08.97 | 20:00 | |  Russia | 8-7 |  Croatia | 2-0 | 2-3 | 4-5 | | after 3 over times ; FT 6-6 ; 1OT 6-7 ; 2OT 7-7 | | 5-6 | Wed 21.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |  Spain | 8-6 |  Italy | 3-1 | 4-2 | 6-5 | | 7-8 | Wed 21.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |  Greece | 13-9 |  Slovakia | 2-2 | 6-4 | 9-6 | | 9-10 | Mon 19.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma |  Netherlands | 10-7 |  Germany | 3-0 | 5-3 | 7-5 | | 11-12 | Mon 19.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma |  Ukraine | 10-8 |  Bulgaria | 3-2 | 4-4 | 7-7 | | 1/2 | Wed 21.08.97 | 20:00 | SPI | Yugoslavia | 8-7 | Croatia | 3-3 | 4-4 | 5-6 | | 1/2 | Wed 21.08.97 | 21:30 | SPI | Hungary | 10-7 | Russia | 4-2 | 6-5 | 7-5 | | 5-8 | Tue 20.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma | Spain | 7-3 | Greece | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-2 | | 5-8 | Tue 20.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma | Italy | 12-9 | Slovakia | 4-3 | 8-4 | 9-6 | | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 20:00 | SP | Croatia | 5-4 | Greece | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-4 | | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma | Russia | 11-6 | Slovakia | 2-2 | 6-4 | 7-4 | | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 21:30 | SP | Hungary | 9-8 | Italy | 0-2 | 5-3 | 7-5 | | 1/4 | Mon 19.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma | Yugoslavia | 10-9 | Spain | 1-1 | 4-4 | 7-7 | | after 2 over times ; FT 8-8 ; 1OT 9-9 |
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| Final ranking | P | w | d | l | gf | ga | 1995 | | 1. Hungary | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 71: | 43 | 2. | | 2. Yugoslavia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 52: | 39 | | | 3. Russia | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 62: | 46 | 6. | | 4. Croatia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 53: | 49 | 4. | | 5. Spain | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 64: | 44 | 5. | | 6. Italy | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 64: | 46 | 1. | | 7. Greece | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 47: | 51 | 9. | | 8. Slovakia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 58: | 69 | | | 9. Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33: | 43 | 10. | | 10.Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 41: | 48 | 3. | | 11.Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27: | 56 | 7. | | 12.Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31: | 69 | 8. |
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| Groups Round. Winners to 1/2 Finals. 3rd and 4th to 1/4 Finals. Rest to Classification. |
| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Russia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36: | 23 | | 2. Yugoslavia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32: | 20 | | 3. Italy | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 38: | 20 | | 4. Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 27: | 30 | | 5. Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34: | 38 | | 6. Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23: | 59 |
| Team | Ru | Yu | It | Gr | Ge | Bu | | Russia | --- | 3:3 | 5:4 | 7:6 | 8:6 | 13:4 | | Yugoslavia | | --- | 4:3 | 6:5 | 10:5 | 9:4 | | Italy | | | --- | 7:2 | 8:4 | 16:5 | | Greece | | | | --- | 6:6 | 8:4 | | Germany | | | | | --- | 13:6 | | Bulgaria | | | | | | --- |
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | | Tue 13.08.97 | 14:00 | Ma | Russia | 13-4 | Bulgaria | 1-1 | 6-2 | 10-2 | | Tue 13.08.97 | 16:30 | Ma | Yugoslavia | 10-5 | Germany | 1-0 | 6-1 | 8-3 | | Tue 13.08.97 | 17:45 | Ma | Italy | 7-2 | Greece | 2-1 | 5-2 | 6-2 | | Wed 14.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma | Italy | 8-4 | Germany | 2-1 | 4-2 | 5-2 | | Wed 14.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma | Russia | 7-6 | Greece | 3-1 | 3-4 | 5-5 | | Wed 14.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma | Yugoslavia | 9-4 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | 4-0 | 8-2 | | Thu 15.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma | Greece | 8-4 | Bulgaria | | | Thu 15.08.97 | 21:00 | SP | Russia | 8-6 | Germany | | | Thu 15.08.97 | 22:15 | SP | Yugoslavia | 4-3 | Italy | | | Fri 16.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma | Italy | 16-5 | Bulgaria | 2-3 | 8-4 | 12-5 | | Fri 16.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma | Russia | 3-3 | Yugoslavia | 0-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | | Fri 16.08.97 | 22:15 | SP | Greece | 6-6 | Germany | 0-2 | 2-3 | 6-5 | | Sat 17.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma | Germany | 13-6 | Bulgaria | 1-2 | 4-3 | 7-5 | | Sat 17.08.97 | 21:00 | SP | Yugoslavia | 6-5 | Greece | 1-2 | 3-2 | 4-3 | | Sat 17.08.97 | 22:15 | SP | Russia | 5-4 | Italy | 1-2 | 2-3 | 5-3 |
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| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Croatia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40: | 23 | | 2. Hungary | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 52: | 31 | | 3. Spain | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40: | 25 | | 4. Slovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28: | 39 | | 5. Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28: | 39 | | 6. Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17: | 48 |
| Team | Hu | Cr | Sp | Sl | Ne | Uk | | Hungary | --- | | 7:7 | 12:6 | 13:8 | 13:3 | | Croatia | 7:7 | --- | 8:7 | 9:3 | 9:3 | 7:3 | | Spain | | | --- | 9:5 | 7:3 | 10:2 | | Slovakia | | | | --- | 6:4 | 8:5 | | Netherlands | | | | | --- | 10:4 | | Ukraine | | | | | | --- |
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| date | time | v | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T | | Tue 13.08.97 | 15:15 | Ma | Slovakia | 6-4 | Netherlands | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | | Tue 13.08.97 | 19:00 | Ma | Hungary | 13-3 | Ukraine | 3-0 | 7-0 | 11-1 | | Tue 13.08.97 | 22:30 | SP | Croatia | 8-7 | Spain | 3-2 | 5-5 | 6-6 | | Wed 14.08.97 | 21:00 | SP | Spain | 9-5 | Slovakia | 0-1 | 3-2 | 7-3 | | Wed 14.08.97 | 21:15 | Ma | Netherlands | 10-4 | Ukraine | 3-2 | 5-2 | 8-3 | | Wed 14.08.97 | 22:15 | SP | Croatia | 7-7 | Hungary | 2-1 | 5-4 | 7-7 | | Thu 15.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma | Hungary | 12-6 | Slovakia | 2-2 | 5-3 | 8-5 | | Thu 15.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma | Croatia | 7-3 | Ukraine | | | Thu 15.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma | Spain | 7-3 | Netherlands | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | | Fri 16.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma | Croatia | 9-3 | Netherlands | 1-0 | 4-1 | 6-1 | | Fri 16.08.97 | 20:30 | Ma | Slovakia | 8-5 | Ukraine | 0-2 | 2-3 | 5-4 | | Fri 16.08.97 | 21:00 | SP | Hungary | 7-7 | Spain | 2-1 | 3-3 | 5-6 | | Sat 17.08.97 | 18:00 | Ma | Croatia | 9-3 | Slovakia | 1-1 | 5-1 | 7-2 | | Sat 17.08.97 | 19:15 | Ma | Hungary | 13-8 | Netherlands | 3-2 | 6-2 | 10-3 | | Sat 17.08.97 | 21:45 | Ma | Spain | 10-2 | Ukraine | 1-2 | 4-2 | 5-0 |
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| 1. Hungary | | Zoltan Kosz | | Frank Toth | | Tamas Marcz | | Zsolt Varga | | Tamas Kasas | | Attila Vari | | Gergely Kiss | | Tibor Benedek | | Rajmund Fodor | | Balazs Vince | | Barnabas Steinmetz | | Tamas Molnar | | Zsolt Nemeth | | Bulcsu Szekely | | Zoltan Kovacs |
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| 2. Yugoslavia | | Jovanovic | | Savic | | Ikodinovic | | Uskokovic | | Ciric | | Sapic | | Vigasinovic | | Trbojevic | | Nicolic | | Malkovic | | Matijasevic | | Vukanic | | Kuljaka |
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| 5. Spain | | Rollan | | Pedrerol | | Marcos | | Estiarte | | Sans | | Gomez | | Garcia | | Michavila | | Ballart | | Hernandez | | Moro | | Oca | | Gozalez |
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| 6. Italy | | Francesco Attolico | | Francesco Postiglione | | Sandro Bovo | | Fabio Bencivenga | | Angelo Temellini | | Roberto Calcaterra | | Luca Giustolisi | | Alberto Angelini | | Amedeo Pomilio | | Leonardo Binchi | | Leonardo Sottani | | Carlo Silipo | | Alessandro Calcaterra | | Alberto Ghibellini | | Marco Gerini |
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