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{{Infobox International Handball Competition
| other_titles   = 
| image          = 
| size           = 
| caption        = 
| country        = Czechoslovakia
| dates          = 28 February – 10 March
| num_teams      = 16
| confederations = 
| venues         = 
| cities         = 6
| champion_other = {{hb|SWE}}
| count          = 3
| second_other   = {{hb|URS}}
| third_other    = {{hb|ROM}}
| fourth_other   = {{hb|YUG}}
| matches        = 54
| goals          = 2443
| attendance     = 
| top_scorer     = {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Julián Duranona]]<br>{{flagicon|URS}} [[Aleksandr Tuchkin]]<br>(55 goals each)
| player         = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jackson Richardson]]
| updated        =
| previous       = 1986 World Men's Handball Championship
| next           = 1993 World Men's Handball Championship
}}
The '''1990 [[World Men's Handball Championship]]''' was the 12th [[team handball]] World Championship. It was held in [[Czechoslovakia]] from February 28 to March 10, 1990. [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]] won the championship.
==Qualification==
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Competition !! Vacancies !! width="130px"|Qualified
|-
| Host nation || style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{hb|TCH}}
|-
| [[Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]] || style="text-align:center;"|6 || {{hb|URS}}<br>{{hb|KOR|1949}}<br>{{hb|YUG}}<br>{{hb|HUN}}<br>{{hb|SWE}}<br>{{hb|GDR}}
|-
| 1989 World Men's Handball Championship Group B || style="text-align:center;"|6 || {{hb|ISL}}<br>{{hb|POL}}<br>{{hb|ROM}}<br>{{hb|ESP}}<br>{{hb|FRA}}<br>{{hb|SUI}}
|-
| [[1989 Asian Men's Handball Championship]] || style="text-align:center;"|1 ||{{hb|JPN}}
|-
| [[1989 African Men's Handball Championship]] || style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{hb|DZA}}
|-
| 1989 Pan American Men's Handball Championship || style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{hb|CUB}}
|}

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable" width=75%
|- bgcolor="lightsteelblue"
!width=25%|Group A
!width=25%|Group B
!width=25%|Group C
!width=25%|Group D
|- align=left 
|{{hb|ALG}}
|{{hb|TCH}}
|{{hb|CUB}}
|{{hb|GDR}}
|- align=left 
|{{hb|FRA}}
|{{hb|ROM}}
|{{hb|ISL}}
|{{hb|JPN}}
|- align=left 
|{{hb|HUN}}
|{{hb|KOR|1949}}
|{{hb|ESP}}
|{{hb|POL}}
|- align=left 
|{{hb|SWE}}
|{{hb|SUI}}
|{{hb|YUG}}
|{{hb|URS}}
|}

==Preliminary round==
=== Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2

|team1=SWE |team2=HUN |team3=FRA |team4=DZA
|win_SWE=3 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=0 |gf_SWE=71 |ga_SWE=57
|win_HUN=2 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=1 |gf_HUN=61 |ga_HUN=59
|win_FRA=1 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=2 |gf_FRA=59 |ga_FRA=65
|win_DZA=0 |draw_DZA=0 |loss_DZA=3 |gf_DZA=55 |ga_DZA=65

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}
|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}
|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}
|name_DZA={{hb|DZA}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=E

|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=[[#Group I|Main round]]
|col_E=red1 |text_E=[[#Ranking round|Ranking round]]
}}
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=19–18
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=9–7
|stadium=[[Plzeň]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=20–19
|team2={{hb|DZA}}
|HT=11–8
|stadium=[[Plzeň]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|DZA}}
|score=16–22
|team2={{hb|HUN}}
|HT=7–11
|stadium=[[Plzeň]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=18–26
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=9–13
|stadium=[[Plzeň]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=20–25
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=8–14
|stadium=[[Plzeň]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=23–20
|team2={{hb|DZA}}
|HT=7–7
|stadium=[[Plzeň]]
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2

|team1=ROM |team2=KOR |team3=TCH |team4=SUI
|win_ROM=3 |draw_ROM=0 |loss_ROM=0 |gf_ROM=75 |ga_ROM=57
|win_KOR=1 |draw_KOR=0 |loss_KOR=2 |gf_KOR=69 |ga_KOR=72
|win_TCH=1 |draw_TCH=0 |loss_TCH=2 |gf_TCH=58 |ga_TCH=62 |status_TCH=H
|win_SUI=1 |draw_SUI=0 |loss_SUI=2 |gf_SUI=46 |ga_SUI=57

|name_ROM={{hb|ROM}}
|name_KOR={{hb|KOR|1949}}
|name_TCH={{hb|TCH}}
|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=E

|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=[[#Group I|Main round]]
|col_E=red1 |text_E=[[#Ranking round|Ranking round]]
}}
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score=24–26
|team2={{hb|ROM}}
|HT=12–12
|stadium=[[Prešov]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|TCH}}
|score=12–13
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|HT=5–7
|stadium=[[Prešov]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|SUI}}
|score=17–21
|team2={{hb|KOR|1949}}
|HT=5–11
|stadium=[[Prešov]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ROM}}
|score=25–17
|team2={{hb|TCH}}
|HT=11–9
|stadium=[[Prešov]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score=24–29
|team2={{hb|TCH}}
|HT=10–17
|stadium=[[Prešov]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ROM}}
|score=24–16
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|HT=12–8
|stadium=[[Prešov]]
}}

===Group C===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2

|team1=ESP |team2=YUG |team3=ISL |team4=CUB
|win_ESP=3 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=66 |ga_ESP=61
|win_YUG=2 |draw_YUG=0 |loss_YUG=1 |gf_YUG=72 |ga_YUG=65
|win_ISL=1 |draw_ISL=0 |loss_ISL=2 |gf_ISL=65 |ga_ISL=69
|win_CUB=0 |draw_CUB=0 |loss_CUB=3 |gf_CUB=76 |ga_CUB=84

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}
|name_YUG={{hb|YUG}}
|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}
|name_CUB={{hb|CUB}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=E

|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=[[#Group II|Main round]]
|col_E=red1 |text_E=[[#Ranking round|Ranking round]]
}}
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|YUG}}
|score=17–18
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=9–6
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}
|score=27–23
|team2={{hb|CUB}}
|HT=17–8
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|CUB}}
|score=27–28
|team2={{hb|YUG}}
|HT=14–16
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=19–18
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=11–11
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|YUG}}
|score=27–20
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=10–11
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=29–26
|team2={{hb|CUB}}
|HT=12–10
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}

===Group D===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2

|team1=URS |team2=GDR |team3=POL |team4=JPN
|win_URS=3 |draw_URS=0 |loss_URS=0 |gf_URS=95 |ga_URS=56
|win_GDR=2 |draw_GDR=0 |loss_GDR=1 |gf_GDR=70 |ga_GDR=73
|win_POL=1 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=2 |gf_POL=63 |ga_POL=68
|win_JPN=0 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=3 |gf_JPN=55 |ga_JPN=86

|name_URS={{hb|URS}}
|name_GDR={{hb|GDR}}
|name_POL={{hb|POL}}
|name_JPN={{hb|JPN}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=E

|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=[[#Group II|Main round]]
|col_E=red1 |text_E=[[#Ranking round|Ranking round]]
}}
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|URS}}
|score=26–21
|team2={{hb|POL}}
|HT=13–9
|stadium=[[Žilina]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=28 February 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|GDR}}
|score=26–22
|team2={{hb|JPN}}
|HT=18–7
|stadium=[[Žilina]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|JPN}}
|score=16–35
|team2={{hb|URS}}
|HT=14–16
|stadium=[[Žilina]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=1 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}
|score=17–25
|team2={{hb|GDR}}
|HT=9–9
|stadium=[[Žilina]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|URS}}
|score=34–19
|team2={{hb|GDR}}
|HT=15–10
|stadium=[[Žilina]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=3 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}
|score=25–17
|team2={{hb|JPN}}
|HT=12–11
|stadium=[[Žilina]]
}}

==Ranking round==
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2
|highest_pos=13
|team13=SUI |team14=CUB |team15=JPN |team16=DZA
|win_SUI=3 |draw_SUI=0 |loss_SUI=0 |gf_SUI=76 |ga_SUI=56
|win_CUB=1 |draw_CUB=1 |loss_CUB=1 |gf_CUB=69 |ga_CUB=72
|win_JPN=1 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=2 |gf_JPN=53 |ga_JPN=65
|win_DZA=0 |draw_DZA=1 |loss_DZA=2 |gf_DZA=58 |ga_DZA=63

|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}
|name_CUB={{hb|CUB}}
|name_JPN={{hb|JPN}}
|name_DZA={{hb|DZA}}
}}
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|DZA}}
|score=20–20
|team2={{hb|CUB}}
|HT=8–11
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|SUI}}
|score=22–12
|team2={{hb|JPN}}
|HT=15–3
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|JPN}}
|score=21–20
|team2={{hb|DZA}}
|HT=10–10
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|CUB}}
|score=26–32
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|HT=11–16
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=8 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|DZA}}
|score=18–22
|team2={{hb|SUI}}
|HT=10–14
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=8 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|CUB}}
|score=23–20
|team2={{hb|JPN}}
|HT=10–13
|stadium=[[Zlín]]
}}

==Main round==
=== Group I===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2

|team1=SWE |team2=ROM |team3=HUN |team4=TCH |team5=FRA |team6=KOR
|win_SWE=4 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=1 |gf_SWE=130|ga_SWE=101
|win_ROM=4 |draw_ROM=0 |loss_ROM=1 |gf_ROM=117|ga_ROM=105
|win_HUN=3 |draw_HUN=1 |loss_HUN=1 |gf_HUN=110|ga_HUN=108
|win_TCH=1 |draw_TCH=2 |loss_TCH=2 |gf_TCH=107|ga_TCH=116|status_TCH=H
|win_FRA=1 |draw_FRA=1 |loss_FRA=3 |gf_FRA=109|ga_FRA=115
|win_KOR=0 |draw_KOR=0 |loss_KOR=5 |gf_KOR=119|ga_KOR=147

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}
|name_ROM={{hb|ROM}}
|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}
|name_TCH={{hb|TCH}}
|name_KOR={{hb|KOR|1949}}
|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|result1=1 |result2=3 |result3=5 |result4=7 |result5=9 |result6=11
|res_col_header=Q
|col_1=green1 |text_1=[[#Final|Final]]
|col_3=yellow1 |text_3=[[#Third place game|Third place game]]
|text_5=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=26–20
|team2={{hb|TCH}}
|HT=15–9
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=27–24
|team2={{hb|KOR|1949}}
|HT=14–11
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=21–25
|team2={{hb|ROM}}
|HT=11–12
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|TCH}}
|score=21–21
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=9–9
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ROM}}
|score=21–24
|team2={{hb|HUN}}
|HT=10–13
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score=23–34
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=7–17
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=7 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=31–24
|team2={{hb|KOR|1949}}
|HT=13–12
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=7 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=20–20
|team2={{hb|TCH}}
|HT=8–10
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=7 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=19–20
|team2={{hb|ROM}}
|HT=9–12
|stadium=[[Ostrava]]
}}
=== Group II===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF]
|winpoints=2

|team1=URS |team2=YUG |team3=ESP |team4=GDR |team5=ISL |team6=POL
|win_URS=5 |draw_URS=0 |loss_URS=0 |gf_URS=148|ga_URS=109
|win_YUG=3 |draw_YUG=0 |loss_YUG=2 |gf_YUG=120|ga_YUG=102
|win_ESP=3 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=2 |gf_ESP=109|ga_ESP=114
|win_GDR=2 |draw_GDR=0 |loss_GDR=3 |gf_GDR=106|ga_GDR=111 
|win_ISL=1 |draw_ISL=0 |loss_ISL=4 |gf_ISL=101|ga_ISL=117
|win_POL=1 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=4 |gf_POL=102|ga_POL=133

|name_URS={{hb|URS}}
|name_YUG={{hb|YUG}}
|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}
|name_GDR={{hb|GDR}}
|name_POL={{hb|POL}}
|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|result1=1 |result2=3 |result3=5 |result4=7 |result5=9 |result6=11
|res_col_header=Q
|col_1=green1 |text_1=[[#Final|Final]]
|col_3=yellow1 |text_3=[[#Third place game|Third place game]]
|text_5=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=24–17
|team2={{hb|POL}}
|HT=12–10
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|YUG}}
|score=21–20
|team2={{hb|GDR}}
|HT=9–11
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=5 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}
|score=19–27
|team2={{hb|URS}}
|HT=8–14
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|URS}}
|score=24–22
|team2={{hb|YUG}}
|HT=11–8
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}
|score=27–25
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=11–13
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|GDR}}
|score=25–20
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=9–11
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=7 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=28–37
|team2={{hb|URS}}
|HT=14–17
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=7 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|YUG}}
|score=33–20
|team2={{hb|POL}}
|HT=18–10
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=8 March 1990
|time=
|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}
|score=19–17
|team2={{hb|GDR}}
|HT=8–12
|stadium=[[Bratislava]]
}}

==Placement round==
===Eleventh place game===
{{handballbox
|date=9 March 1990
|time=17:30
|team1={{hb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score=27–33
|team2={{hb|POL}}
|HT=13–13
|stadium=[[Prague]]
}}
===Ninth place game===
{{handballbox
|date=10 March 1990
|time=09:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=29–23
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=15–11
|stadium=[[Prague]]
}}
===Seventh place game===
{{handballbox
|date=10 March 1990
|time=11:00
|team1={{hb-rt|TCH}}
|score=17–16
|team2={{hb|GDR}}
|HT=8–6
|stadium=[[Prague]]
}}
===Fifth place game===
{{handballbox
|date=9 March 1990
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=19–23
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=8–10
|stadium=[[Prague]]
}}
===Third place game===
{{handballbox
|date=10 March 1990
|time=13:30
|team1={{hb-rt|ROM}}
|score=27–21
|team2={{hb|YUG}}
|HT=10–12
|stadium=[[Prague]]
}}
===Final===
{{handballbox
|date=10 March 1990
|time=16:30
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=27–23
|team2={{hb|URS}}
|HT=11–12
|stadium=[[Prague]]
}}

==Final standings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable"
! style="width: 40px;" | Rank
! style="width: 180px;" | Team
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|[[File:gold medal icon.svg]]|| {{hb|SWE}} 
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|[[File:silver medal icon.svg]]|| {{hb|URS}} 
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|[[File:bronze medal icon.svg]]|| {{hb|ROM}} 
|- bgcolor=#ffffcc
|align=center|4|| {{hb|YUG}} 
|- style="background:#CCCCFF;"
|align=center|5|| {{hb|ESP}} 
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|6|| {{hb|HUN}} 
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|7|| {{hb|TCH}} 
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|8|| {{hb|GDR}} 
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=center|9|| {{hb|FRA}} 
|- bgcolor=#BBF3FF
|align=center|10|| {{hb|ISL}} 
|-
|align=center|11|| {{hb|POL}} 
|-
|align=center|12|| {{hb|KOR|1949}} 
|-
|align=center|13|| {{hb|SUI}} 
|-
|align=center|14|| {{hb|CUB}} 
|-
|align=center|15|| {{hb|JPN}} 
|-
|align=center|16|| {{hb|ALG}} 
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
|width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc| ||Qualified for the [[Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] 
|-
|width=10px bgcolor=#ffffcc| ||Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics but banned due to UN sanctions
|-
|width=10px bgcolor=#CCCCFF| ||Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics as host
|-
|width=10px bgcolor=#BBF3FF| ||Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in replacement of Yugoslavia
|-
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 80%;"
|- style="text-align: center;"
|'''1990 Men's World Champions'''
[[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|150px|border|Sweden]]<br>'''[[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]]'''<br/>'''Third title'''
|}
{{col-end}}

==Medal summary==
{| {{Medallists}}
|- valign=top
|width=160|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]]<hr> [[Magnus Andersson (handballer)|Magnus Andersson]]<br>[[Per Carlén]]<br>[[Magnus Cato]]<br>[[Johan Eklund (handballer)|Johan Eklund]]<br>[[Mats Fransson]]<br>[[Erik Hajas]]<br>[[Björn Jilsén]]<br>[[Ola Lindgren]]<br>[[Mats Olsson (handball player)|Mats Olsson]]<br>[[Staffan Olsson]]<br>[[Jonas Persson (handballer)|Jonas Persson]]<br>[[Axel Sjöblad]]<br>[[Sten Sjögren]]<br>[[Tomas Svensson]]<br>[[Pierre Thorsson]]<br>[[Magnus Wislander]]
|width=160|{{flagicon|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union men's national handball team|Soviet Union]]<hr> [[Vyacheslav Atavin]]<br>[[Yuri Gavrilov (handballer)|Yuri Gavrilov]]<br>[[Valeri Gopin]]<br>[[Aleksandr Karshakevich]]<br>[[Oleg Kiselyov]]<br>[[Igor Kustov]]<br>[[Andrey Lavrov]]<br>[[Yuri Nesterov]]<br>[[Konstantin Sharovarov]]<br>[[Georgi Sviridenko]]<br>[[Igor Tchumak]]<br>[[Aleksandr Tuchkin]]<br>[[Andrey Tyumentsev]]<br>[[Valeri Vassilyev]]<br>[[Andrei Xepkin]]<br>[[Mikhail Yakimovich]]
|width=160|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania men's national handball team|Romania]]<hr> [[Dumitru Berbece]]<br>[[Alexandru Buligan]]<br>[[Ianos Cicu]]<br>[[Vasile Cocuz]]<br>[[Marian Dumitru]]<br>[[Cornel Durau]]<br>[[Adrian Ghimes]]<br>[[Robert Licu]]<br>[[Ion Mocanu]]<br>[[Costica Neagu]]<br>[[Nicolae Popescu (handballer)|Nicolae Popescu]]<br>[[Rudi Prisacaru]]<br>[[Maricel Voinea]]<br>[[Valentin Cristian Zaharia]]
|}

==Top goalscorers==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Rank !! Player !! Goals
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Julián Duranona]] ||rowspan=2 | 55
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Aleksandr Tuchkin]]
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} [[Kim Jae-hwan (handballer)|Kim Jae-hwan]] || 50
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Debureau]] || 39
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|YUG}} [[Irfan Smajlagić]] || 38
|-
|rowspan=2 | 6 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|DZA}} [[Djaffar Bel Hocine]] ||rowspan=2 | 37
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Marian Dumitru]]
|-
|rowspan=4 | 8 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Javier Cabanas]] ||rowspan=4 | 36
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Aleix Franch]]
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Marosi]] 
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Bogdan Wenta]]
|}

==External links==
* [https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/cze90.pdf IHF Report]
* [http://www.todor66.com/handball/World/Men_1990.html Men's Handball World Championship 1990]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160613175005/http://perso.wanadoo.es/e/chorchepj/balonman/Bmalineacionesganad.txt Dataesport]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080914212422/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BCK/HB/37030.shtml Medallists from previous World Championships]

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