| | | Directly Qualified to Men 1999 |  |  Italy | Host |  |  Russia | Women 1997 | 2nd |  |  Netherlands | Women 1997 | 3rd |  |  Spain | Women 1997 | 4th | 
 | | Throw qualification | Qualified | Not qualified |  | Group A | Amiens (FRA) |  Hungary |  France | Czechia |  |  | Group B | Athens (GRE) |  Greece |  Germany | Great Britain | Ukraine | 
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 | | Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34: | 7 |  | 2. France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10: | 21 |  | 3. Czechia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9: | 25 | 
 | Team | Hu | Fr | Cz |  | Hungary | --- | 15:4 | 19:3 |  | France |  | --- | 6:6 |  | Czechia |  |  | --- | 
 | | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | played at Amiens (FRA) |  | 01. |  France | 6-6 |  Czechia |  |  | 02. |  Hungary | 19-3 |  Czechia |  |  | 03. |  Hungary | 15-4 |  France |  | 
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 | | Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga |  | 1. Greece | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42: | 15 |  | 2. Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38: | 23 |  | 3. Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15: | 34 |  | 4. Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23: | 46 | 
 | Team | Gr | Ge | Gr | Uk |  | Greece | ---- | 9: 7 | 14: 3 | 19: 5 |  | Germany |  | ---- | 13: 3 | 18:11 |  | Great Britain |  |  | ---- | 9: 7 |  | Ukraine |  |  |  | ---- | 
 | | date | team 1 | score | team 2 | 1T | 2T | 3T |  | played at Athens (GRE) |  | 01. |  Great Britain | 9-7 |  Ukraine |  |  | 02. |  Greece | 9-7 |  Germany |  |  | 03. |  Germany | 18-11 |  Ukraine |  |  | 04. |  Greece | 14-3 |  Great Britain |  |  | 05. |  Germany | 13-3 |  Great Britain |  |  | 06. |  Greece | 19-5 |  Ukraine |  | 
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