2011 World Men's Handball Championship

2011 World Men's Handball Championship
Världsmästerskapet i handboll för herrar 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	13–30 January
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (4th title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches	98
Goals scored	5390 (55 per match)
Attendance	399,019 (4,072 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mikkel Hansen (DEN) (68 goals)
Best player	Nikola Karabatić (FRA)
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The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13–30 January, 2011. All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, Linköping and Norrköping.

In the preliminary round, 24 teams from all the world's continents were split into 4 groups, with the first-placed 3 teams advancing through the main round in two groups, carrying the previously won points against the remaining teams.^[1] France won the tournament after defeating Denmark in the final, while Spain won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the third-place match. Thus, France has qualified for the tournament at the London Olympics.^[2] The teams that finished in 2nd–7th place will play Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

The host broadcaster was the Swedish commercial network TV4 Sport and the television rights were sold to other countries.^[3]

One of the objectives of the championship was to create a multicultural party that extends far outside the handball arenas.^[4]

Venues[]

Malmö	Gothenburg	Linköping	Norrköping
Malmö Arena	Scandinavium	Cloetta Center	Himmelstalundshallen
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 12,044	Capacity: 8,500	Capacity: 4,300

Jönköping	Lund Gothenburg Linköping Norrköping Jönköping Skövde Kristianstad Malmö		Skövde
Kinnarps Arena			Arena Skövde
Capacity: 7,000			Capacity: 2,500

Kristianstad			Lund
Kristianstad Arena			FFS Arena
Capacity: 4,700			Capacity: 3,000

List of qualified teams[]

Bahrain and Chile qualified for their first ever handball World Championship. Austria qualified for the first time since 1993, which, coincidentally, was also hosted by Sweden.

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament:

EHF (14): See also: 2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

CAHB (3)

AHF (3)

PATHF (3)

OHF (1)

Australia

Draw[]

The draw was held on 9 July 2010 at the Scandinavium at Gothenburg, Sweden.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Chile (3rd from America) Bahrain (2nd from Asia) Japan (3rd from Asia) Australia (Champions of Oceania)	Egypt (2nd from Africa) Argentina (champions of America) Algeria (3rd from Africa) Brazil (2nd from America)	Hungary (Euro playoff) Tunisia (Champions of Africa) Romania (Euro playoff) Slovakia (Euro playoff)	Serbia (Euro playoff) Austria (Euro playoff) Germany (Euro playoff) South Korea (Champions of Asia)	France (The defending World Champions) Croatia (2nd from Europe) Iceland (3rd from Europe) Poland (4th from Europe)	Denmark (Euro playoff) Spain (Euro playoff) Sweden host Norway (Euro playoff)

Squads[]

Each nation had to submit a squad of 16 players.

Match officials[]

On 25 October 2010, the match officials for the tournament were confirmed.^[5]

Referees
Algeria	Kacem Mezian Othmane Si Bachir
Argentina	Carlos Marina Darío Minore
Brazil	Jesus Menezes Rogério Pinto
Côte d'Ivoire	Yalatima Coulibaly Mamadou Diabaté
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Per Olesen Lars Ejby Pedersen
France	Nordine Lazaar Laurent Reveret
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
Iran	Mohsen Karbaschi Majid Kolahdouzan

Referees
Macedonia	Gjorgji Načevski Slavko Nikolov
Norway	Kenneth Abrahamsen Arne Kristiansen
Romania	Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan
Slovenia	Nenad Krstič Peter Ljubič
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Slovakia	Michal Baďura Jaroslav Ondogrecula
Spain	Óscar López Ángel Ramírez
Sweden	Rickard Canbro Mikael Claesson
United Arab Emirates	Omar Al-Marzouqi Mohammad Al-Nuaimi

Preliminary round[]

Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top three teams in each group advanced to the Main Round. The last three teams in each group played placement matches.

Tie-breaking criteria[]

For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order^[6]

number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
goal difference in all the group matches
number of goals scored in all the group matches
drawing of lots

	Team advanced to Main Round

Group A (Kristianstad/Lund)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	1	0	159	106	+53	9
Spain	5	4	1	0	139	110	+29	9
Germany	5	3	0	2	151	125	+26	6
Egypt	5	1	0	4	115	139	−24	2
Tunisia	5	1	0	4	114	137	−23	2
Bahrain	5	1	0	4	105	166	−61	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

14 January 2011 18:00	France	32–19	Tunisia	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Karabatić 6	(15–9)	Megannem 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2× 7×

14 January 2011 18:15	Germany	30–25	Egypt	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,410 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Gensheimer 9	(15–12)	El Ahmar 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

14 January 2011 20:15	Spain	33–22	Bahrain	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Garabaya, Parrondo, García 4	(16–8)	5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 7×

16 January 2011 16:15	Bahrain	18–38	Germany	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	, 4	(9–20)	Kaufmann 9
	2× 5×	Report	3× 3×

16 January 2011 17:30	Tunisia	18–21	Spain	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,820 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Tej, Mgannem 4	(7–9)	Entrerríos 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

16 January 2011 18:45	Egypt	19–28	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	El Ahmar 4	(8–12)	Guigou 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2011 18:30	Spain	26–24	Germany	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,247 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Aguinagalde, Garcia, Romero 5	(13–13)	Gensheimer, Glandorf 4
	1× 7×	Report	3× 9× 2×

17 January 2011 20:30	France	41–17	Bahrain	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Joli 11	(23–10)	3
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2× 1×

17 January 2011 20:45	Tunisia	23–27	Egypt	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,247 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Ayed 7	(10–11)	El Ahmar 10
	3× 10× 1×	Report	3× 5×

19 January 2011 18:00	Bahrain	21–28	Tunisia	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 950 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	6	(12–15)	Tej 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5×

19 January 2011 18:15	Germany	23–30	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,148 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Kaufmann 7	(10–13)	Accambray 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

19 January 2011 20:30	Spain	31–18	Egypt	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,148 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Rocas 7	(14–9)	Mamdouh 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

20 January 2011 18:00	Egypt	26–27	Bahrain	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 750 Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
	Mabrouk 7	(16–15)	9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2011 18:30	Germany	36–26	Tunisia	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,885 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Hens 6	(15–12)	Mgannem 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

20 January 2011 20:45	France	28–28	Spain	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,885 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Guigou 6	(18–13)	Entrerríos 7
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Group B (Norrköping/Linköping)[]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	5	5	0	157	119	+38	10
Hungary	5	4	1	148	133	+15	8
Norway	5	3	2	139	136	+3	6
Japan	5	2	3	141	161	−20	4
Austria	5	1	4	144	148	−4	2
Brazil	5	0	5	131	163	−32	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

14 January 2011 17:00	Iceland	32–26	Hungary	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2,753 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Pálmarsson 8	(14–11)	Mocsai 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

14 January 2011 19:10	Norway	35–29	Japan	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2,753 Referees: Mezian, Bachir (ALG)
	Myrhol 9	(18–13)	7
	2× 8×	Report	3× 1×

14 January 2011 21:30	Austria	34–24	Brazil	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2,753 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Wilczynski 9	(17–13)	Bortolini, Santos 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

15 January 2011 16:30	Hungary	26–23	Norway	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Ilyés, G. Iváncsik, T. Iváncsik 5	(14–16)	Kjelling 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

15 January 2011 18:45	Japan	33–30	Austria	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Miyazaki 8	(18–11)	Szilagyi 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

15 January 2011 21:00	Brazil	26–34	Iceland	Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Ribeiro 7	(12–19)	Sigurðsson 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

17 January 2011 17:00	Hungary	36–24	Brazil	Cloetta Center, Linköping Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Harsányi 10	(18–11)	Bortolini 8
	3× 4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2011 19:10	Norway	33–27	Austria	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Tvedten 10	(16–11)	Božović 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

17 January 2011 21:30	Iceland	36–22	Japan	Cloetta Center, Linköping Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Sigurðsson 9	(22–8)	Kadoyama 5
	3× 7×	Report	2×

18 January 2011 17:00	Japan	24–28	Hungary	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Miyazaki 5	(8–13)	G. Iváncsik 9
	3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

18 January 2011 19:10	Norway	26–25	Brazil	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,717 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Myrhol 7	(13–12)	Pacheco 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

18 January 2011 21:30	Austria	23–26	Iceland	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,612 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Weber 8	(16–11)	Petersson 7
	3× 9× 2×	Report	3× 5×

20 January 2011 17:00	Brazil	32–33	Japan	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 4,252 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Teixeira 8	(12–13)	12
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

20 January 2011 19:10	Iceland	29–22	Norway	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 5,817 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Guðjónsson 7	(12–12)	Tvedten 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5×

20 January 2011 21:30	Austria	30–32	Hungary	Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 2,340 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Szilágyi 7	(16–13)	Császár, Törő 5
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Group C (Malmö/Lund)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	0	181	117	+64	10
Croatia	5	3	1	1	148	109	+39	7
Serbia	5	2	1	2	139	139	0	5
Algeria	5	2	0	3	100	109	−9	4
Romania	5	2	0	3	132	123	+9	4
Australia	5	0	0	5	77	180	−103	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

14 January 2011 18:00	Croatia	27–21	Romania	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 6,643 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Strlek 8	(11–13)	7
	3× 5×	Report 1 Report 2	3× 5×

14 January 2011 20:15	Denmark	47–12	Australia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 6,643 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Christiansen 8	(21–8)	Calvert 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

14 January 2011 20:45	Serbia	25–24	Algeria	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,275 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Vujin 6	(13–9)	Berkous 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

16 January 2011 18:00	Australia	18–35	Serbia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
	5	(8–16)	Vujin 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7×

16 January 2011 20:00	Algeria	15–26	Croatia	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,943 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Berkous, Boultif 4	(11–11)	Balić 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

16 January 2011 20:15	Romania	30–39	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	7	(16–17)	Christiansen 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

17 January 2011 18:00	Croatia	42–15	Australia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Buntić 7	(19–9)	Calvert, , 3
	1× 1×	Report	3× 3×

17 January 2011 18:00	Romania	14–15	Algeria	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 920 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	7	(10–8)	Berkous, Boultif 4
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

17 January 2011 20:15	Denmark	35–27	Serbia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,164 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Hansen 11	(16–14)	Vujin 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2011 18:00	Serbia	24–24	Croatia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 7,269 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Nikčević 7	(13–12)	Vori 8
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

19 January 2011 20:15	Denmark	26–19	Algeria	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,830 Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
	Hansen, Hansen 5	(16–9)	Boultif 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

19 January 2011 20:30	Australia	14–29	Romania	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 800 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Calvert 7	(6–14)	5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

20 January 2011 18:00	Algeria	27–18	Australia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 4,960 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Berkous, Ayat, 5	(12–11)	6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2×

20 January 2011 20:15	Croatia	29–34	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 11,307 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Zrnić 8	(16–15)	Søndergaard 10
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2011 20:30	Serbia	28–38	Romania	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 860 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Ilić 6	(17–20)	9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Group D (Gothenburg)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	5	4	0	1	142	112	+30	8
Poland	5	4	0	1	143	123	+20	8
Argentina	5	3	1	1	133	114	+19	7
South Korea	5	2	1	2	137	128	+9	5
Slovakia	5	0	1	4	128	156	−28	1
Chile	5	0	1	4	117	167	−50	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

13 January 2011 20:15	Sweden	28–18	Chile	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,368 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Du Rietz 6	(15–8)	Feuchtmann 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 2×

14 January 2011 18:15	South Korea	25–25	Argentina	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,733 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Lee J. W. 9	(14–11)	Fernandez 5
	3× 6×	Report	2× 6×

14 January 2011 20:15	Poland	35–33	Slovakia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Tłuczyński 7	(15–17)	9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

15 January 2011 16:15	Chile	22–37	South Korea	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,727 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	8	(12–15)	Yu Dong Geun 9
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

15 January 2011 18:15	Slovakia	22–38	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,491 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	4	(14–15)	Ekberg 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

15 January 2011 20:15	Argentina	23–24	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,996 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Simonet, Vieyra 6	(6–11)	Tłuczyński 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 7× 1×

17 January 2011 16:15	Slovakia	18–23	Argentina	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,057 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	, 4	(9–7)	Fernández 9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

17 January 2011 18:15	Poland	38–23	Chile	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,535 Referees: Mezian, Si Bachir (ALG)
	Jurasik, Tłuczyński 6	(15–13)	Feuchtmann, Muñoz 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

17 January 2011 20:15	Sweden	30–24	South Korea	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,109 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Källman 8	(14–12)	Yu Dong Geun 7
	4× 11× 1×	Report	3× 4×

18 January 2011 16:15	Chile	29–29	Slovakia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,112 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Feuchtmann 11	(15–12)	7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	4× 5×

18 January 2011 18:15	South Korea	20–25	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,001 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Yu Dong Geun 5	(11–10)	Tkaczyk, Jurecki 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

18 January 2011 20:15	Sweden	22–27	Argentina	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,044 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Larholm 5	(10–12)	Pizarro 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 4×

20 January 2011 16:15	South Korea	31–26	Slovakia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,922 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Jeong Yi Kyeong, Lee Jae Woo 8	(14–10)	Antl 9
	2× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

20 January 2011 18:15	Argentina	35–25	Chile	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,760 Referees: Mezian, Si Bachir (ALG)
	Pizarro 9	(15–13)	Feuchtmann 7
	3× 8×	Report	4× 4× 1×

20 January 2011 20:15	Poland	21–24	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,606 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Lijewski 6	(12–14)	Larholm 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Main round[]

The top three teams of every preliminary group advanced to the Main round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top two of every group advanced to the Semifinals, the other teams played placement matches.

	Team advances to the Semifinals

Group I (Jönköping)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	1	0	160	129	+31	9
Spain	5	4	1	0	148	127	+21	9
Iceland	5	2	0	3	137	141	−4	4
Hungary	5	2	0	3	127	147	−20	4
Norway	5	1	0	4	133	143	−10	2
Germany	5	1	0	4	124	142	−18	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

22 January 16:15	Spain	32–27	Norway	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 5,451 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Romero 7	(15–12)	Myrhol 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

22 January 18:30	Germany	27–24	Iceland	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 5,670 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Preiß, Sprenger 5	(15–13)	Petersson 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

22 January 20:45	France	37–24	Hungary	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 2,393 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Karabatić 7	(18–13)	Mocsai 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

24 January 16:00	Iceland	24–32	Spain	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 3,922 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Petersson 5	(10–20)	Gurbindo, Entrerrios 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 4× 1×

24 January 18:15	Hungary	27–25	Germany	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 3,963 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	G Iváncsik, T Iváncsik, Perez 5	(10–12)	Glandorf 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

24 January 20:30	Norway	26–31	France	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 3,847 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Hansen 8	(14–17)	Gille, Accambray, Abalo 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

25 January 16:15	Germany	25–35	Norway	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 4,205 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Kraus 6	(13–17)	Tvedten 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

25 January 18:30	Spain	30–24	Hungary	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 4,236 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Romero 9	(13–13)	Zubai 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 20:45	France	34–28	Iceland	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 4,258 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Karabatić 7	(16–13)	Petersson 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 5× 1×

Group II (Malmö/Lund)[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	0	155	131	+24	10
Sweden	5	3	0	2	127	124	+3	6
Croatia	5	2	1	2	142	129	+13	5
Poland	5	2	0	3	123	129	−6	4
Serbia	5	1	1	3	127	139	−12	3
Argentina	5	1	0	4	117	139	−22	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

22 January 18:15	Croatia	36–18	Argentina	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Zrnić, Buntić 7	(19–6)	Simonet 5
	3× 6×	Report	2× 1×

22 January 18:15	Serbia	24–28	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 9,213 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Vujin 8	(13–12)	Ekberg, Ekdahl Du Rietz 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 20:15	Denmark	28–27	Poland	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 11,140 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lindberg 6	(15–9)	Tluczynski, Jurkiewicz 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

23 January 18:15	Sweden	29–25	Croatia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 9,551 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Doder 8	(14–12)	Zrnić 9
	3× 7×	Report	3× 4×

23 January 20:15	Argentina	24–31	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,924 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	, Vidal, Carou 3	(12–17)	Hansen 7
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

23 January 20:15	Poland	27–26	Serbia	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,730 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Tłuczyński 10	(10–11)	Vujin 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 8×

25 January 18:15	Croatia	28–24	Poland	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,900 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Buntić 7	(13–11)	Jaszka, Tłuczyński 4
	2× 8×	Report	3× 3×

25 January 20:15	Serbia	26–25	Argentina	Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 1,030 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Vujin, Ilić 6	(15–13)	Fernández, Kogovsek 5
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 1×

25 January 20:15	Denmark	27–24	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 11,587 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Christiansen 6	(17–11)	Du Rietz 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Presidents Cup[]

Preliminary round[]

22 January 14:00	Egypt	34–28	Japan	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,634 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Mabrouk 8	(17–14)	7
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 14:00	Tunisia	25–26	Austria	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Alouini 6	(14–12)	Weber 6
	3× 1×	Report	4× 6×

22 January 16:00	Australia	21–29	Chile	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,766 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	6	(6–17)	Muñoz, 5
	3× 7×	Report	3× 8×

22 January 16:30	Algeria	24–29 (ET)	South Korea	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,711 Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRN)
	, , Layadi, Daoud 4	(12–17)	Yu Dong Geun 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 23–23 ET: 1–6

22 January 16:30	Romania	33–38	Slovakia	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,490 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	, 8	(19–22)	7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 20:30	Bahrain	30–37	Brazil	FFS Arena, Lund Attendance: 550 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	6	(15–17)	Chiuffa 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

23rd-place match[]

23 January 16:00	Australia	23–33	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 724 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	6	(11–19)	Merza 7
	2× 3×	Report	2×

21st-place match[]

23 January 18:00	Chile	18–28	Brazil	FFS Arena, Lund Attendance: 650 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Feuchtmann 7	(11–13)	Ribeiro 6
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3× 1×

19th-place match[]

23 January 14:00	Tunisia	29–30	Romania	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 900 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Hedoui 9	(14–17)	, 8
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

17th-place match[]

23 January 16:30	Austria	35–39	Slovakia	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,546 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Szilágyi 7	(18–19)	8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

15th-place match[]

24 January 18:00	Japan	24–29	Algeria	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,510 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	6	(13–13)	8
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

13th-place match[]

24 January 20:30	Egypt	23–26	South Korea	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,525 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	6	(11–12)	Park Jung Geu 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Placement matches[]

11th-place match[]

27 January 18:00	Germany	40–35 (ET)	Argentina	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Glandorf, Gensheimer 9	(13–12)	Simonet 7
	4× 13× 2×	Report	4× 8× 1×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 4–4, 9–4

9th-place match[]

27 January 20:30	Norway	32–31 (ET)	Serbia	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,141 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Tvedten 9	(14–16)	Ilić 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–2

7th-place match[]

28 January 18:00	Hungary	31–28	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Iváncsik 11	(16–14)	Jurecki 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

5th-place match[]

28 January 20:30	Iceland	33–34	Croatia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 7,436 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Sigurðsson 10	(16-14)	Buntić 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö)[]

Semi-finals		Final

28 January – 18:00 (Malmö)

France	29
		30 January – 17:00 (Malmö)
Sweden	26
		France	37
28 January – 20:30 (Kristianstad)
		Denmark	35
Denmark	28

Spain	24
		Bronze Match

		30 January – 14:30 (Malmö)

		Sweden	23

		Spain	24

Semifinals[]

28 January 18:00	France	29–26	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 11,477 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	B. Gille, Guigou 8	(15–12)	Källman 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

28 January 20:30	Denmark	28–24	Spain	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,234 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Hansen 9	(12–12)	Cañellas 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Bronze match[]

30 January 14:30	Sweden	23–24	Spain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 12,145 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Källman 6	(11–11)	Aguinagalde, Gurbindo, Romero 4
	4× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Final[]

30 January 17:00	France	37–35 (ET)	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 12,462 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	N. Karabatić 10	(15–12)	Hansen 10
	4× 4×	Report	4× 5×
	FT: 31–31 ET: 6–4

The final was played at a sold-out Malmö Arena in Malmö between France and Denmark, and was followed by 12,462 spectators.^[7] In addition, the match was aired on both major Danish public television channels DR1 and TV 2 with 2,670,000 viewers, making it the most watched sport event in Denmark ever.^[8]

First half[]

The French team started the match with a 2–0 lead, and maintained a lead until the 17th minute, where Denmark started a 3–0 run and equalised at 9–9 with a penalty shot by Anders Eggert. On the next attack, Mikkel Hansen received the Danes' first two-minute suspension, allowing France to open another three-goal lead. The half time score was 15–12 in favor of France.

Second half[]

The second half started with France maintaining a lead of at least two goals in the first 15 minutes. But a couple of saves in a row by the well-tempered Niklas Landin Jacobsen, meant that Mikkel Hansen could equalise to 24–24 with 11 minutes to play. Still, France took the lead once again, but with five minutes remaining and the French lead at 29–27, Jérôme Fernandez was penalized with a 2-minute suspension. Denmark took advantage, scoring two goals and making it 29–29 with 3:30 remaining. In the last minute, the French found themselves one goal ahead, 31–30. The Danish coach Ulrik Wilbek used a team timeout with 25 seconds to go to prepare the team for the last attack. Three seconds were left, when the Dane Bo Spellerberg scored from left back a positional shot in the bottom of the goal for 31–31, deferring the match to overtime.

Overtime[]

In the 64th minute, the Danes recorded their first lead in the match when scoring 33–32, but within the next minute the French scored two goals overturning the result. The first half of the overtime ended with a French lead of 34–33.

The second half of overtime began with veteran Lars Christiansen scoring a penalty and evening the score at 34–34. The French took the lead from there, though, and secured the win at 36–34 when Thierry Omeyer saved a Mikkel Hansen 9m shot with just over one minute to go. Michael Guigou scored the last goal of the game with one second to go to the final score 37–35.^[9] The match ended 37–35 in favor of France.^[10] Nikola Karabatić and Mikkel Hansen, both scored 10 goals in the final, with Karabatić chosen the MVP of the championship,^[11] and Hansen the best goalscorer.^[12]

Ranking and statistics[]

Final ranking[]

Champion

Runner-up

Third place

Fourth place

Placement matches (5th–12th)

Placement matches (13th–24th)

	France
	Denmark
	Spain
4	Sweden
5	Croatia
6	Iceland
7	Hungary
8	Poland
9	Norway
10	Serbia
11	Germany
12	Argentina
13	South Korea
14	Egypt
15	Algeria
16	Japan
17	Slovakia
18	Austria
19	Romania
20	Tunisia
21	Brazil
22	Chile
23	Bahrain
24	Australia

	Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics
	Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Top goalkeepers[]

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Daouda Karaboué	France	47.5%	56	118
2	Johan Sjöstrand	Sweden	41.5%	108	260
3	Johannes Bitter	Germany	41.0%	96	234
4	Ole Erevik	Norway	40.4%	69	171
5	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	Denmark	39.5%	121	306
6	Lee Chang-Woo	South Korea	39.1%	45	115
7	Park Chan-Young	South Korea	38.4%	58	151
8	Nándor Fazekas	Hungary	38.2%	92	241
9	Abdelmalek Slahdji	Algeria	37.7%	81	215
10	Thierry Omeyer	France	37.5%	110	293

Minimum 20% of total shots received by team. Source: Hego official statistics

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark	68	121	56%
2	Håvard Tvedten	Norway	56	86	64%
2	Marko Vujin	Serbia	56	114	49%
4	Vedran Zrnić	Croatia	54	71	76%
4	Bjarte Myrhol	Norway	54	71	76%
6	Alexander Petersson	Iceland	53	88	60%
7	Nikola Karabatić	France	51	80	64%
8	Tomasz Tłuczyński	Poland	47	60	78%
8	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Iceland	47	69	68%
10	Niclas Ekberg	Sweden	43	67	64%

Source: Hego official statistics

2011 Men's World Champions

France
Fourth title

Team roster

Jérôme Fernandez, Didier Dinart, Xavier Barachet, Bertrand Gille, Guillaume Joli, Samuel Honrubia, Daouda Karaboué, Nikola Karabatić, Franck Junillon, Thierry Omeyer, William Accambray, Luc Abalo, Cédric Sorhaindo, Michaël Guigou, Bertrand Roine, Sébastien Bosquet, and Arnaud Bingo.
Head Coach: Claude Onesta.

All Star Team[]

Goalkeeper: Thierry Omeyer (FRA)
Left wing: Håvard Tvedten (NOR)
Left back: Mikkel Hansen (DEN)
Pivot: Bertrand Gille (FRA)
Centre back: Dalibor Doder (SWE)
Right back: Alexander Petersson (ISL)
Right wing: Vedran Zrnic (CRO)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Other awards[]

Most Valuable Player: Nikola Karabatić (FRA)

IHF broadcasting rights[]

Argentina: TyC Sports
Austria: ORF Sport Plus
Brazil: TV Esporte Interativo, BandSports
Croatia: HRT, ArenaSport
Czech Republic: Sport 1
Denmark: TV 2, DR
El Salvador: Sport 1
France: Canal +
Germany: ARD, ZDF, SPORT1
Hungary: Sport 1
South Korea: KBS N
Iceland: Stöð 2 Sport
Norway: TV 2
Poland: TVP
Portugal: SportTV
Qatar, Middle East and North Africa: Al Jazeera Sports
Romania: DolceSport
Russia: NTV Plus Sport
Serbia: Radio Television of Serbia, Arena Sport
Slovenia:
Spain: TVE, Canal+
Sweden: TV4

References[]

^ "Official website - Info". Handball2011.com. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ France win World Championships to reach London 2012 Archived 31 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, BBC, 30 January 2011.
^ Host broadcaster Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, official website
^ "More get the chance to experience the handball world championship 2011". Handball2011.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "Referees for WCH announced". handball2011.com. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
^ ihf.info ; IHF info brochure, Tiebreaking criteria, page 49. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
^ "Hego official statistics - Report of the final match" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ Hartvig Nielsen, Stig. "VM-finale blev mest sete sportskamp". tvnyt.com (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "FRA 37 - 35 DEN: Play by Play" (PDF). IHF/Hego. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "It's France again!". handball2011.com. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ WC 2011′s ideal lineup chosen – Karabatic MVP Archived 31 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Planet Handball
^ "Hego official statistics = Goalscorers (Top 40)" (PDF). Retrieved 3 February 2011.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Official website - Info". Handball2011.com. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[2] France win World Championships to reach London 2012 Archived 31 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, BBC, 30 January 2011.

[3] Host broadcaster Archived 5 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, official website

[4] "More get the chance to experience the handball world championship 2011". Handball2011.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[5] "Referees for WCH announced". handball2011.com. 11 November 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.

[6] .info ; IHF info brochure, Tiebreaking criteria, page 49. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

[7] "Hego official statistics - Report of the final match" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.

[8] Hartvig Nielsen, Stig. "VM-finale blev mest sete sportskamp". tvnyt.com (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[9] "FRA 37 - 35 DEN: Play by Play" (PDF). IHF/Hego. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2011.

[10] "It's France again!". handball2011.com. 30 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[11] WC 2011′s ideal lineup chosen – Karabatic MVP Archived 31 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Planet Handball

[12] "Hego official statistics = Goalscorers (Top 40)" (PDF). Retrieved 3 February 2011.

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