Men's handball world championship 2005

19th men's handball world championship 2005
19th Men's Handball World Championship
Logo of the 19th men's handball world championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Spain (1st title)
venue	Tunisia
Opening game	January 23, 2005
Endgame	February 6, 2005
Games	86
Gates	4,825   (∅: 56.1 per game)
Top scorer	Wissem Hmam , 81 goals
Best player	Ivano Balić (MVP)
yellow cards	516  (∅: 6 per game)
Time penalties	912  (∅: 10.6 per game)
Red cards	51  (∅: 0.59 per game)
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The 19th men's handball world championship was held from January 23 to February 6, 2005 in Tunisia . A total of 24 teams competed against each other in groups in the preliminary round and the main round. This was followed by placement games for places 5 to 12 as well as semi-finals , play for third place and the final . Spain became world champions in 2005 after beating Croatia 40:34 in the final .

game schedule

Preliminary round

The first three teams in each group qualify for the main round.

Group A ( Tunis , Radès )

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Tunisia	159: 118	8th
2	Greece	132: 117	7th
3	France	161: 106	7th
4th	Denmark	174: 117	6th
5	Angola	108: 178	2
6th	Canada	103: 201	0

	Sun, January 23, 2005, 5 p.m.	Tunisia	- Angola	39: 23 (20:10)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 7 p.m.	France	- Canada	44: 16 (24: 5)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 9 p.m.	Denmark	- Greece	27: 23 (14:15)
	Tue, January 25, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Greece	- France	20: 19 (9:11)
	Tue, January 25, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Tunisia	- Canada	42: 20 (19: 8)
	Tue, January 25, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Denmark	- Angola	47: 19 (23: 9)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Greece	- Angola	26: 21 (15: 9)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	France	- Tunisia	26: 26 (15:11)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 9:15 p.m.	Denmark	- Canada	52: 18 (25: 7)
	Fri, January 28, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Greece	- Canada	36: 23 (16:11)
	Fri, January 28, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Tunisia	- Denmark	25: 22 (10:10)
	Fri, January 28, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	France	- Angola	40: 18 (19: 9)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Angola	- Canada	27: 26 (16:11)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Tunisia	- Greece	27: 27 (17-13)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	France	- Denmark	32: 26 (14:13)

Group B ( Nabeul , Hammamet )

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Russia	151: 103	10
2	Czech Republic	145: 136	6th
3	Slovenia	154: 137	6th
4th	Iceland	154: 144	5
5	Algeria	138: 153	3
6th	Kuwait	101: 170	0

	Sun, January 23, 2005, 5 p.m.	Czech Republic	- Iceland	34: 34 (20:14)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 7 p.m.	Russia	- Algeria	28: 22 (16:12)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 9 p.m.	Slovenia	- Kuwait	34: 17 (15:11)
	Tue, January 25, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Kuwait	- Russia	11: 38 (4:23)
	Tue, January 25, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Algeria	- Czech Republic	29:29 (11:15)
	Tue, January 25, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Iceland	- Slovenia	33: 34 (16:14)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Slovenia	- Algeria	33: 28 (19:14)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Russia	- Czech Republic	25: 21 (12:12)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Kuwait	- Iceland	22: 31 (12:17)
	Fri, January 28, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Russia	- Iceland	29: 22 (12:12)
	Fri, January 28, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Czech Republic	- Slovenia	28: 26 (17:14)
	Fri, January 28, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Algeria	- Kuwait	34: 29 (20:14)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Algeria	- Iceland	25: 34 (11:19)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Czech Republic	- Kuwait	33: 22 (16: 9)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Slovenia	- Russia	27: 31 (18:16)

Group C ( Sfax )

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Croatia	169: 124	10
2	Spain	191: 128	8th
3	Sweden	164: 118	6th
4th	Japan	121: 151	4th
5	Argentina	133: 141	2
6th	Australia	85: 201	0

	Sun, January 23, 2005, 5 p.m.	Croatia	- Argentina	36: 23 (15:13)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 7 p.m.	Spain	- Japan	41: 22 (21:14)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 9 p.m.	Sweden	- Australia	49: 16 (22: 5)
	Mon, January 24, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Australia	- Spain	19: 51 (8:27)
	Mon, January 24, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Japan	- Croatia	25: 34 (14:15)
	Mon, January 24, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Argentina	- Sweden	23: 30 (9:12)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Croatia	- Australia	38: 18 (24: 7)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Argentina	- Japan	25: 27 (13:11)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Sweden	- Spain	26: 33 (17:14)
	Thursday, January 27, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Sweden	- Japan	32: 18 (13: 7)
	Thursday, January 27, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Spain	- Croatia	31: 33 (15:15)
	Thursday, January 27, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Australia	- Argentina	13: 34 (8:18)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Japan	- Australia	29: 19 (16:10)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Spain	- Argentina	35: 28 (15:14)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Croatia	- Sweden	28: 27 (14:15)

Group D ( Sousse )

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Serbia and Montenegro	139: 117	8th
2	Norway	142: 105	7th
3	Germany	149: 115	7th
4th	Egypt	123: 123	6th
5	Brazil	104: 146	2
6th	Qatar	117: 168	0

	Sun, January 23, 2005, 5 p.m.	Germany	- Egypt	28:25 (15:13)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 7 p.m.	Serbia & Montenegro	- Qatar	34: 26 (20:10)
	Sun, January 23, 2005, 9 p.m.	Norway	- Brazil	34: 12 (16: 5)
	Mon, January 24, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Egypt	- Serbia & Montenegro	24: 22 (11: 9)
	Mon, January 24, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Brazil	- Germany	23: 30 (11:17)
	Mon, January 24, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Qatar	- Norway	22: 33 (12:17)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 3:15 p.m.	Germany	- Qatar	40: 15 (20: 4)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Brazil	- Egypt	20: 24 (12:11)
	Wed, January 26, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Serbia & Montenegro	- Norway	25: 24 (10:13)
	Thursday, January 27, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Qatar	- Egypt	29: 31 (10:17)
	Thursday, January 27, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Serbia & Montenegro	- Brazil	33: 19 (15:13)
	Thursday, January 27, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Germany	- Norway	27: 27 (12:15)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 2:15 p.m.	Serbia & Montenegro	- Germany	25: 24 (10:13)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Brazil	- Qatar	30: 25 (14:13)
	Sat, January 29, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Norway	- Egypt	24: 19 (13: 9)

Main round

The main round of the 2005 World Cup was initially held in two groups. In group 1, the first three teams from preliminary round groups A and B played, in group 2 the first three teams from preliminary round groups C and D. The match results achieved against each other from the preliminary round are transferred to the main round. The first two teams from groups 1 and 2 played the semi-finals, the remaining teams played from places 5 to 12. The winners of the semi-finals determined the 2005 world champion, the losers played for third place in the tournament.

Group 1 ( Radès )

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Tunisia	150: 128	7th
2	France	127: 120	6th
3	Greece	134: 138	5
4th	Russia	126: 137	4th
5	Czech Republic	131: 147	4th
6th	Slovenia	142: 140	4th

	Mon, January 31, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Greece	- Slovenia	29: 37 (13:17)
	Mon, January 31, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Tunisia	- Czech Republic	36: 25 (20:13)
	Mon, January 31, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	France	- Russia	25: 22 (12: 8)
	Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Czech Republic	- France	26: 31 (9:16)
	Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Slovenia	- Tunisia	26: 26 (9:11)
	Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Russia	- Greece	24: 29 (14:13)
	Thursday, February 3, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Czech Republic	- Greece	31: 29 (16:16)
	Thursday, February 3, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Tunisia	- Russia	35: 24 (19:11)
	Thursday, February 3, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	France	- Slovenia	26: 26 (12:10)

Group 2 ( Nabeul )

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Croatia	139: 135	8th
2	Spain	155: 139	7th
3	Serbia and Montenegro	127: 126	6th
4th	Norway	137: 139	5
5	Germany	132: 135	3
6th	Sweden	132: 148	1

	Mon, January 31, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Spain	- Germany	32: 28 (15:12)
	Mon, January 31, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Sweden	- Serbia & Montenegro	26: 26 (15:12)
	Mon, January 31, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Croatia	- Norway	25: 28 (11:12)
	Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Germany	- Croatia	26:29 (11:15)
	Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Serbia & Montenegro	- Spain	28: 28 (16:19)
	Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 8.15 p.m.	Norway	- Sweden	34: 31 (14:15)
	Thursday, February 3, 2005, 4.15 p.m.	Germany	- Sweden	27: 22 (13:14)
	Thursday, February 3, 2005, 6.15 p.m.	Croatia	- Serbia & Montenegro	24: 23 (10:11)
	Thursday, February 3, 2005, 8:15 p.m.	Spain	- Norway	31: 24 (15:12)

Placement games

Places 11 and 12 in Nabeul

	Sat, February 5, 2005, 11 a.m.	Slovenia	- Sweden	29: 32 (14:17)

Places 9 and 10 in Nabeul

	Sat, February 5, 2005, 1 p.m.	Czech Republic	- Germany	34: 39 a.d. (33:33, 15:16)

Places 7 and 8 in Radès

	Sat, February 5, 2005, 10:00 a.m.	Russia	- Norway	27: 30 (15:14)

Places 5 and 6 in Radès

	Sat, February 5, 2005, 12.30 p.m.	Greece	- Serbia and Montenegro	26:37 (12:15)

Final round ( Radès )

	Semifinals				final
	Sat, February 5, 2005, 3 p.m.
	Tunisia	30 (16)
	Spain	33 (18)
					Sun, February 6, 2005, 5:30 p.m.
					Spain	40 (21)
					Croatia	34 (13)
					3rd place
	Sat, February 5, 2005, 5:30 p.m.				Sun, February 6, 2005, 3 p.m.
	France	32 (14)			Tunisia	25 (14)
	Croatia	35 (15)			France	26 (10)

The half-time results are in brackets. In the case of extra time, the scores after the end of regular playing time and after the end of the 1st extra time are also given there.

Game for 3rd place in Radès

	Sun, February 6, 2005, 3 p.m.	Tunisia	- France	25: 26 (10:14)

Final in Radès

	Sun, February 6, 2005, 5.30 p.m.	Spain	- Croatia	40: 34 (21:13)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Spain	10	8th	1	1	355: 272	+ 083
	Croatia	10	8th	0	2	316: 273	+ 043
	France	10	6th	2	2	301: 240	+ 061
04th	Tunisia	10	5	3	2	311: 252	+ 059
05.	Serbia and Montenegro	9	5	2	2	253: 221	+ 032
06th	Greece	9	4th	1	4th	245: 246	- 01
07th	Norway	9	6th	1	2	258: 219	+ 039
08th.	Russia	9	5	0	4th	248: 222	+ 026
09.	Germany	9	5	1	3	269: 232	+ 037
10.	Czech Republic	9	3	2	4th	261: 271	- 010
11.	Sweden	9	4th	1	4th	275: 234	+ 041
12.	Slovenia	9	4th	2	3	272: 250	+ 022
13.	Denmark	5	3	0	2	174: 117	+ 057
14th	Egypt	5	3	0	2	123: 123	0 0
15th	Iceland	5	2	1	2	154: 144	+ 010
16.	Japan	5	2	0	3	121: 151	- 030
17th	Algeria	5	1	1	3	138: 153	- 015
18th	Argentina	5	1	0	4th	133: 141	- 08
19th	Brazil	5	1	0	4th	104: 146	- 042
20th	Angola	5	1	0	4th	108: 178	- 070
21st	Qatar	5	0	0	5	117: 168	- 051
22nd	Kuwait	5	0	0	5	101: 170	- 069
23.	Canada	5	0	0	5	103: 201	- 098
24.	Australia	5	0	0	5	85: 201	- 0116

Awards

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Ivano Balić

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Arpad Šterbik	Serbia and Montenegro
Left winger:	Eduard Koksharow	Russia
Back left:	Know Hmam	Tunisia
Back center:	Ivano Balić	Croatia
Back right:	Mateo Garralda	Spain
Right winger:	Mirza Džomba	Croatia
Circle:	David Juříček	Czech Republic

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	FT	7 m	Games	T / S
01.	Know Hmam	Tunisia	81	65	16	10	8.1
02.	Eduard Koksharow	Russia	80	49	31	09	8.89
03.	Mirza Džomba	Croatia	62	33	29	10	6.2
04th	Jan Filip	Czech Republic	58	53	5	09	6.44
	Siarhei Rutenka	Slovenia	58	50	8th	09	6.44
06th	Juanín García	Spain	55	39	16	10	5.55
07th	David Juříček	Czech Republic	51	49	2	09	5.67
08th.	Kristian Kjelling	Norway	50	33	17th	09	5.56
09.	Michaël Guigou	France	48	35	13	10	4.8
010.	Florian Kehrmann	Germany	47	47	0	09	5.22

FT - field gates; 7m - seven meters; T / S - goals per game

Best goalkeeper

Pl.	player	team	balls held [%]
1	Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson	Iceland	42%
	Peter Nørklit	Denmark	42%
3	Daouda Karaboué	France	41%
	Alexei Kostygow	Russia	41%
	Fredrik Ohlander	Sweden	41%

Bids

Medalist

Spain	Croatia	France
José Javier Hombrados Albert Rocas Rubén Garabaya Fernando Hernández David Davis Juanín García Mariano Ortega Alberto Entrerríos Raúl Entrerríos Rolando Uríos Demetrio Lozano Mateo Garralda Juancho Pérez David Barrufet Iker Romero Chema Rodríguez	Vlado Šola Ivano Balić Nikša Kaleb Blaženko Lacković Vedran Zrnić Igor Vori Davor Dominiković Denis Špoljarić Mirza Džomba Petar Metličić Tonči Valčić Slavko Goluža Goran Šprem Venio Losert Denis Buntić Nikola Blažičko	Joël Abati Grégory Anquetil Cédric Burdet Didier Dinart Jérôme Fernandez Guillaume Gille Olivier Girault Michaël Guigou Nikola Karabatić Daouda Karaboué Christophe Kempé Guéric Kervadec Daniel Narcisse Thierry Omeyer Jackson Richardson Franck Junillon
Juan Carlos Pastor (Trainer)	Lino Červar (coach)	Claude Onesta (Trainer)

9th place: Germany

Johannes Bitter Carsten Lichtlein Pascal Hens Frank von Behren Oliver Roggisch Christian Schöne

Holger Glandorf Steffen Weber Sebastian Preiss Jens Tiedtke Michael Hegemann

Yves Grafenhorst Christian Zeitz Torsten Jansen Oleg Velyky Florian Kehrmann

Trainer: Heiner Brand

Web links

• IHF statistics at www.ihf.info (PDF; 28 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Handball World Championships since 1938" on www.welt.de