2011 World Men's Handball Championship

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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. Host broadcaster was the Swedish commercial network TV4 Sport and the television rights were sold to other countries.3 The tournament returned to Sweden after 18 years, currently the longest absence in history. One of the objectives of the championship was to create a multicultural party that extends far outside the handball arenas.4 Contents 1 Venues 2 List of qualified teams 3 Draw 4 Squads 5 Match officials 6 Preliminary round 6.1 Tie-breaking criteria 6.2 Group A (Kristianstad/Lund) 6.3 Group B (Norrköping/Linköping) 6.4 Group C (Malmö/Lund) 6.5 Group D (Gothenburg) 7 Main round 7.1 Group I (Jönköping) 7.2 Group II (Malmö/Lund) 8 Presidents Cup 8.1 Preliminary round 8.2 23rd place match 8.3 21st place match 8.4 19th place match 8.5 17th place match 8.6 15th place match 8.7 13th place match 9 Placement matches 9.1 11th place match 9.2 9th place match 9.3 7th place match 9.4 5th place match 10 Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö) 10.1 Semifinals 10.2 Bronze match 10.3 Final 10.3.1 First half 10.3.2 Second half 10.3.3 Overtime 11 Ranking and statistics 11.1 Final ranking 11.2 Top goalkeepers 11.3 Top goalscorers 11.4 All Star Team 11.5 Other awards 12 IHF broadcasting rights 13 References 14 External links 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: CAHB (3)  Algeria  Egypt  Tunisia AHF (3)  Bahrain  Japan  South Korea PATHF (3)  Argentina  Brazil  Chile OHF (1)  Australia EHF (14)  Austria  Croatia  Denmark  France  Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Norway  Poland  Romania  Serbia  Slovakia  Spain  Sweden (host)   Countries qualified for World Championship   Country failed to qualify   Countries that did not enter World Championship   Country not an IHF member 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 Main article: 2011 World Men's Handball Championship 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 Đorđe 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 order6 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 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 4× 1× 1× Report 7× 2× 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 2× 3× Report 2× 3× 14 January 2011 20:15 Spain  33 – 22  Bahrain Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) Garabaya, Parrondo, García 4 (16–8) Madan 5 3× 2× Report 7× 3× 16 January 2011 16:15 Bahrain  18 – 38  Germany Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) Al Sayyad, Madan 4 (9–20) Kaufmann 9 5× 2× 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 5× 3× 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 5× 3× Report 4× 2× 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 7× 1× Report 9× 3× 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) Al Sayyad 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 10× 3× 1× Report 5× 3× 19 January 2011 18:00 Bahrain  21 – 28  Tunisia Färs och Frosta Sparbank Arena, Lund Attendance: 950 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) Al Sayyad 6 (12–15) Tej 7 5× 3× Report 5× 4× 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 5× 3× Report 2× 3× 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 1× 2× Report 4× 3× 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) Al Sayyad 9 4× 3× 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 2× 3× 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 4× 3× Group B (Norrköping/Linköping) Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Iceland 5 5 0 0 157 119 +38 10  Hungary 5 4 0 1 148 133 +15 8  Norway 5 3 0 2 139 136 +3 6  Japan 5 2 0 3 141 161 −20 4  Austria 5 1 0 4 144 148 −4 2  Brazil 5 0 0 5 131 163 −32 0 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 4× 3× Report 5× 3× 1× 14 January 2011 19:10 Norway  35 – 29  Japan Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Attendance: 2,753 Referees: Mezian, Bachir (ALG) Myrhol 9 (18–13) Kadoyama 7 8× 2× Report 1× 3× 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 4× 3× Report 2× 3× 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 2× 3× Report 4× 3× 15 January 2011 18:45 Japan  33 – 30  Austria Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Miyazaki 8 (18–11) Szilagyi 8 3× 2× Report 2× 3× 15 January 2011 21:00 Brazil  26 – 34  Iceland Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) Ribeiro 7 (12–19) Sigurðsson 11 2× 3× 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 4× 3× 1× Report 4× 2× 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 3× 2× 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 7× 3× 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 3× 2× 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 4× 3× Report 5× 3× 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 9× 3× 2× Report 5× 3× 20 January 2011 17:00 Brazil  32 – 33  Japan Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 4,252 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU) Teixeira 8 (12–13) Suematsu 12 3× 3× Report 3× 2× 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 5× 3× Report 5× 4× 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 3× 2× Report 2× 4× 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 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) Stamate 7 5× 3× Report 5× 3× 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 5× 3× 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 2× 3× 16 January 2011 18:00 Australia  18 – 35  Serbia Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRN) Fletcher 5 (8–16) Vujin 7 6× 3× Report 7× 3× 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 4× 3× Report 6× 3× 16 January 2011 20:15 Romania  30 – 39  Denmark Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK) Florea 7 (16–17) Christiansen 6 2× 3× Report 4× 3× 17 January 2011 18:00 Croatia  42 – 15  Australia Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK) Buntić 7 (19–9) Calvert, Fletcher, Subotic 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) Ghionea 7 (10–8) Berkous, Boultif 4 4× 2× Report 5× 2× 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 2× 3× Report 6× 3× 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 2× 3× 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 4× 3× Report 6× 2× 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) Florea 5 4× 3× Report 4× 2× 20 January 2011 18:00 Algeria  27 – 18  Australia Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 4,960 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE) Berkous, Ayat, Hamad 5 (12–11) Fletcher 6 1× 3× 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) Stamate 9 4× 3× 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 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 6× 3× Report 2× 3× 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 6× 3× Report 6× 2× 14 January 2011 20:15 Poland  35 – 33  Slovakia Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,486 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD) Tłuczyński 7 (15–17) Stranovský 9 6× 3× Report 3× 3× 15 January 2011 16:15 Chile  22 – 37  South Korea Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,727 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) Feuchtmann 8 (12–15) Yu Dong Geun 9 5× 2× Report 4× 2× 15 January 2011 18:15 Slovakia  22 – 38  Sweden Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,491 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU) Kukucka 4 (14–15) Ekberg 8 4× 3× Report 6× 3× 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 6× 3× 1× Report 7× 3× 1× 17 January 2011 16:15 Slovakia  18 – 23  Argentina Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,057 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Valo, Straňovský 4 (9–7) Fernández 9 4× 3× Report 3× 2× 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 5× 3× 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 11× 4× 1× Report 4× 3× 18 January 2011 16:15 Chile  29 – 29  Slovakia Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,112 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD) Feuchtmann 11 (15–12) Šulc 7 3× 3× 1× Report 5× 4× 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 3× 2× 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 2× 3× 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 4× 2× 1× Report 6× 3× 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 8× 3× 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 4× 2× Report 5× 3× 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 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 2× 3× 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 2× 3× 22 January 20:45 France  37 – 24  Hungary Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 2,393 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO) Karabatić 7 (18–13) Mocsai 7 2× 3× Report 4× 3× 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 7× 3× Report 4× 3× 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 5× 3× Report 4× 3× 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 5× 3× Report 1× 2× 25 January 16:15 Germany  25 – 35  Norway Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 4,205 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU) Kraus 6 (13–17) Tvedten 8 5× 3× Report 6× 3× 25 January 18:30 Spain  30 – 24  Hungary Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 4,236 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) Romero 9 (13–13) Zubai 5 2× 3× Report 5× 3× 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 5× 4× 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 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 6× 3× Report 1× 2× 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 5× 3× 1× Report 4× 3× 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 2× 3× Report 1× 3× 23 January 18:15 Sweden  29 – 25  Croatia Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 9,551 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Doder 8 (14–12) Zrnić 9 7× 3× Report 4× 3× 23 January 20:15 Argentina  24 – 31  Denmark Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,924 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) Ferro, Vidal, Carou 3 (12–17) Hansen 7 6× 2× 1× Report 5× 3× 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 5× 3× Report 8× 3× 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 8× 2× 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 5× 3× 1× Report 1× 3× 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 4× 3× 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) Suematsu 7 4× 4× Report 4× 3× 22 January 14:00 Tunisia  25 – 26  Austria Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG) Alouini 6 (14–12) Weber 6 1× 3× Report 6× 4× 22 January 16:00 Australia  21 – 29  Chile Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,766 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) Parmenter 6 (6–17) Muñoz, Chavez 5 7× 3× Report 8× 3× 22 January 16:30 Algeria  24 – 29 (ET)  South Korea Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,711 Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRN) Labane, Hamad, Layadi, Daoud 4 (12–17) Yu Dong Geun 8 1× 3× Report 3× 3× FT: 23–23 ET: 24–29 22 January 16:30 Romania  33 – 38  Slovakia Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,490 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV) Ghionea, Stamate 8 (19–22) Kukučka 7 4× 3× Report 4× 3× 22 January 20:30 Bahrain  30 – 37  Brazil FFS Arena, Lund Attendance: 550 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Almaqabi 6 (15–17) Chiuffa 6 5× 3× Report 3× 3× 23rd place match 23 January 16:00 Australia  23 – 33  Bahrain Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 724 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Blondell 6 (11–19) Merza 7 3× 2× 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 2× 4× 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) Florea, Stamate 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) Kopčo 8 3× 3× Report 1× 3× 15th place match 24 January 18:00 Japan  24 – 29  Algeria Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,510 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD) Kaido 6 (13–13) Zouaoui 8 1× 3× Report 3× 2× 13th place match 24 January 20:30 Egypt  23 – 26  South Korea Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,525 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) Abdelwares 6 (11–12) Park Jung Geu 7 5× 3× 1× Report 4× 3× 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 13× 4× 2× Report 8× 4× 1× FT: 27–27 ET: 31–31, 40–35 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 1× 3× Report 4× 3× FT: 29–29 ET: 32–31 7th place match 28 January 18:00 Hungary  31 – 28  Poland Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) Iváncsik 11 (16–14) Jurecki 6 7× 3× 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 4× 3× Report 4× 3× Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö)   Semi-finals Final 28 January – 18:00 (Malmö)   France  29     Sweden  26     30 January – 17:00 (Malmö)       France  37     Denmark  35 Bronze Match 28 January – 20:30 (Kristianstad) 30 January – 14:30 (Malmö)   Denmark  28   Sweden  23   Spain  24     Spain  24 Semifinals 28 January 18:00 France  29 – 26  Sweden Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 11,477 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Gille, Guigou 8 (15–12) Källman 6 4× 3× 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 2× 3× 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 5× 4× Report 4× 2× Final 30 January 17:00 France  37 – 35 (ET)  Denmark Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 12,462 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Karabatić 10 (15–12) Hansen 10 4× 4× Report 5× 4× FT: 31–31 ET: 37–35 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 Jakobsen, 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 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  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% Marko Vujin  Serbia 114 49% 4 Vedran Zrnić  Croatia 54 71 76% Bjarte Myrhol  Norway 6 Alexander Petersson  Iceland 53 88 60% 7 Nikola Karabatić  France 51 80 64% 8 Tomasz Tłuczyński  Poland 47 60 78% Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson  Iceland 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, Arena Sport  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: Šport TV  Spain: TVE, Canal+  Sweden: TV4 References ^ "Official website - Info". 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