The 1998 (3rd) European Men's Handball Championship took place from May 29 to June 7, 1998 in Merano and Bolzano, Italy. May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Meran (German) / Merano (Italian) is probably best known as a spa in the South Tyrol. ... Bolzano (Italian: Bolzano, Ladin: Bulsan, German: Bozen; Note that many of the Italian languages (dialects) in the area use Bulsan) is a city in the Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy. ...

Final ranking

1. Sweden
2. Spain
3. Germany
4. Russia
5. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
6. Hungary
7. Franfe
8. Croatia
9. Lithuania
10. Czech Republic
11. Italy
12. Republic of Macedonia

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