Men's handball world championship 2011

22nd Men's Handball World Championship 2011
22nd Men's Handball World Championship
Logo of the 22nd men's handball world championship
Number of nations	24 (of 60 applicants)
World Champion	France France (4th title)
venue	Sweden Sweden
Opening game	January 13, 2011
Endgame	January 30, 2011
Games	98
Gates	5,390 (∅: 55 per game)
spectator	399,019 (∅: 4,072 per game)
Top scorer	Mikkel Hansen (68 goals) Denmark
Best player	Nikola Karabatić France
yellow cards	583 (∅: 5.95 per game)
Time penalties	798 (∅: 8.14 per game)
Red cards	31 (∅: 0.32 per game)
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The 22nd men's handball world championship was held from January 13th to 30th, 2011 in Sweden . France was the world champion ahead of Denmark and Spain . Germany came 11th and Austria 18th. The Switzerland was eliminated from World Cup Handball in qualifying.

host

On October 18, 2008, the Council of the International Handball Federation (IHF) selected Sweden as the host in Herzogenaurach . Sweden prevailed with its application in the first ballot with seven out of 13 votes against Denmark, Hungary and Spain. This is the fourth time that Sweden has hosted the tournament; the country has already hosted the 1954 , 1967 and 1993 World Cup .

Venues

information	city	capacity
Malmo Arena The multifunctional hall was completed in November 2008. It is mainly used for concerts and ice hockey games. A semi-final and the final were played here at the World Cup.	Malmo	13,700
Scandinavium The multifunctional hall has been used for concerts and ice hockey games since 1971. It is home to the Frölunda HC ice hockey club .	Gothenburg	12,000
Himmelstalundshallen The ice rink was opened in 1977 and is home to HC Vita Hästen .	Norrkoping	04,300
Färs & Frosta Sparbank Arena This handball hall was inaugurated in autumn 2008. It is used by the clubs LUGI HF and H 43 , both of which play in the highest Swedish league.	Lund	03,000
Kristianstad Arena The arena forms the center of a large sports facility with several other halls. This is where IFK Kristianstad plays its home games.	Kristianstad	04,600
Kinnarps Arena The multifunctional arena, which was rebuilt and expanded in 2004, is regularly used for HV71's home games. At the European Handball Championship in 2002 , the German team played its preliminary round matches here.	Jonkoping	07,000
Cloetta Center Linköpings HC has played its home games here since it opened in 2004 .	Linkoping	08,500
Arena Skovde The arena was built in 2001 and is the home of IFK Skövde HK and Skövde HF .	Skovde	02,500

Location of the venues

Finances

revenue

The international handball federation, based in Switzerland, is expecting revenues of 75 to 80 million Swiss francs (approx. 58 to 62 million euros ).

expenditure

The IHF expected expenses of around four million francs. These included around 500,000 francs in insurance premiums, 918,400 francs transfer fees, entry fees, bonus payments of 288,000 francs and payments to the host Swedish association of 1.2 million francs.

Prize money

The prize money for the teams has been increased compared to the last World Cup. The IHF paid the world champion France 200,000 Swiss francs, the runner-up Denmark 150,000, the third Spain 75,000 and Sweden , fourth in the 2011 World Cup, 25,000 Swiss francs.

Entry fees

Each participating national federation received 25,000 Swiss francs from the IHF for participating in the World Cup.

Parking fees and bonus payments

The International Handball Federation (IHF) paid the clubs of the players participating in the World Cup compensation, so-called parking fees. The budget for this was one million Swiss francs, the amount of the payments was based on the performance of the national teams. The parking fees are paid per day. For the players of the four semi-finalists, 300 Swiss francs per day were paid to the releasing club, 200 francs for the national players of the teams in places 5 to 8, 150 francs for players in the national teams in places 9 to 16 and 75 francs for places 17 to 24. For training and preparation, the IHF also paid a flat rate based on the placement between 24,000 Swiss francs for the clubs of the players in the four semi-finalists and 4000 francs for places 17 to 24.

Player insurance

For the first time at a world championship, the players were also insured by the organizing IHF. The IHF calculated insurance costs of around 500,000 Swiss francs. The German insurer Himmelseher Sportversicherungen Weltweit was commissioned with the insurance by the IHF.

Delivery to the host

The Swedish handball federation as the host received 1.2 million Swiss francs from the IHF.

qualification

24 teams took part in the tournament. France (as world champions 2009 ) and Sweden as hosts were automatically qualified .

Three teams each from Africa, America and Asia took part in the tournament. Oceania sent a participant with Australia. From Europe, the top three winners of the 2010 European Handball Championship were directly qualified; Since France, European champion 2010, was already qualified as the defending world champion 2009, the next three top places of the European championship 2010, Croatia, Iceland and Poland started. The other nine European teams were determined through qualifying games.

With the conclusion of the Pan American Championship on June 26, 2010, all qualified associations were determined. Bahrain and Chile take part in a world championship for the first time. For the first time since 1961, Russia failed to qualify for a World Cup after 17 appearances in a row (formerly as the USSR). Spain is the current "long-runner" at world championships with its fifteenth participation in a row (since 1974), followed by Egypt with ten consecutive qualifications since 1993. Host Sweden has already played its 21st world championship and was only absent from the 2007 World Cup in Germany.

Six of the eight previous world champions took part in the title fights. In addition to Russia (world champions in 1982, 1993 and 1997), the Czechoslovakia , the successor association of the 1967 title holder, was missing .

country	Continent (association)	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in world championships
Sweden Sweden	Europe (EHF)	01host	77737829650 ♠Oct 18, 2008	20 0(1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009)
France France	Europe (EHF)	01Defending champion	77751132225 ♠0Feb 1, 2009	17 0(1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Croatia Croatia	Europe (EHF)	012nd of the European Championship 2010	77789644575 ♠Jan. 31, 2010	08 0(1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Iceland Iceland	Europe (EHF)	013rd of the European Championship 2010	77789644575 ♠Jan. 31, 2010	03 0(1995, 1997, 2007)
Poland Poland	Europe (EHF)	014th of the European Championship 2010	77789644575 ♠Jan. 31, 2010	09 0(1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009)
Austria Austria	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	03 0(1938, 1958, 1993)
Norway Norway	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	09 0(1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Hungary Hungary	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	16 0(1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009)
Germany Germany	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	20 0(1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 ¹ , 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Slovakia Slovakia	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	01 0(2009)
Serbia Serbia	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	16 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009) ²
Romania Romania	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	09 0(1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1995)
Denmark Denmark	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	018 0(1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Spain Spain	Europe (EHF)	01Play-off winner	77803505300 ♠June 20, 2010	15 0(1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Korea South South Korea	Asia (AHF)	011st of the 2010 Asian Cup	77791319025 ♠Feb 17, 2010	09 0(1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Bahrain Bahrain	Asia (AHF)	012nd of the 2010 Asian Cup	77791319025 ♠Feb 17, 2010	000
Japan Japan	Asia (AHF)	013rd of the 2010 Asian Cup	77791505075 ♠19 Feb 2010	06 0(1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1995, 1997)
Tunisia Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	011st of the African Cup of Nations 2010	77791505075 ♠19 Feb 2010	09 0(1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Egypt Egypt	Africa (CAHB)	012nd of the African Cup of Nations 2010	77791505075 ♠19 Feb 2010	10 0(1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Algeria Algeria	Africa (CAHB)	013rd of the African Cup of Nations 2010	77791598100 ♠Feb 20, 2010	11 0(1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009)
Australia Australia	Oceania (OCHF)	011st of the Oceania Championship 2010	77799505225 ♠0May 9, 2010	05 0(1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Argentina Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	011st of the Pan American Championship 2010	77803970425 ♠June 25, 2010	07 0(1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Brazil Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	012nd of the Pan American Championship 2010	77803970425 ♠June 25, 2010	09 0(1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Chile Chile	Pan America (PATHF)	013rd of the Pan American Championship 2010	77804063450 ♠June 26, 2010	000

Notes
^{1 In} 1990, of both German selections, only the GDR team took part in the World Cup.
² until 2003 part of the national team of Yugoslavia , 2005 part of the national team of Serbia and Montenegro

referee

The following were appointed as referees :

Kacem Mezian and Othmane Si Bachir ( Algeria )
Jesus Nilson Aires Menezes and Rogério Aparecido Pinto ( Brazil )
Václav Horáček and Jiří Novotný ( Czech Republic )
Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen ( Denmark )
Nordine Lazaar and Laurent Reveret ( France )
Lars Geipel and Marcus Helbig ( Germany )
Mohsen Karbastschi and Maschid Kolahduzan ( Iran )
Bogdan Nicolae Stark and Romeo Mihai Ștefan ( Romania )
Nenad Krstič and Peter Ljubič ( Slovenia )
Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković ( Serbia )
Mikael Rickard Canbro and Mikael Claesson ( Sweden )
Carlos María Marina and Darío Leonel Minore ( Argentina )
Yalatima Nanga Coulibaly and Mamadou Diabaté ( Ivory Coast )
Óscar Raluy López and Ángel Luis Sabroso Ramírez ( Spain )
Gjorgji Nachevski and Slavco Nikolov ( Macedonia )
Kenneth Abrahamsen and Arne Kristiansen ( Norway )
Michal Baďura and Jaroslav Ondogrecula ( Slovakia )
Omar Al-Marzouqi and Mohammad Rashid Al-Nuaimi ( United Arab Emirates )

The International Handball Federation suspended one of the referees on January 22, 2011, whose name was initially not disclosed; According to Die Welt, he comes from Algeria and is said to have exposed himself to a chambermaid.

Team squad

The so-called extended team squad consists of up to 28 players. From these only 16 players are actually set up for the world championship; During the tournament, players from the extended roster can be nominated as replacements for injured persons.

game schedule

The preliminary round began on January 13, 2011 with the opening game Sweden against Chile in Gothenburg. For the remaining 22 teams, the tournament began one day later. The preliminary round was played in four groups of six teams; the individual groups played in Gothenburg, Linköping / Norrköping, Malmö / Lund and Kristianstad / Lund.

The teams that finished 1st to 3rd in their group after the preliminary rounds moved into the main round. The teams in places 4 to 6 continued to play in the President's Cup.

In the main round, two groups of six teams played in Jönköping and Malmö / Lund from January 22, 2011.

From the main round, the two best teams each qualified for the semi-finals, which will be held in Kristianstad and Malmö on Friday, January 28, 2011. The final and the game for third place took place on Sunday, January 30, 2011 in the Malmö Arena.

Draw of the preliminary round groups

The draw for the preliminary round of the 2011 World Handball Championship took place on July 9, 2010 in the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg. The 24 qualified teams were divided into four groups of six teams each. Host Sweden could choose a group. The group distribution looked like this:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
France France Spain Spain Germany Germany Tunisia Tunisia Egypt Egypt Bahrain Bahrain	Iceland Iceland Norway Norway Austria Austria Hungary Hungary Brazil Brazil Japan Japan	Croatia Croatia Denmark Denmark Serbia Serbia Romania Romania Algeria Algeria Australia Australia	Poland Poland Sweden Sweden Korea South South Korea Slovakia Slovakia Argentina Argentina Chile Chile

Preliminary round

Competition mode

If two or more teams are tied, the following criteria will determine the placement:

higher number of points in direct encounters between teams with equal points;
better goal difference in direct encounters between teams with the same points;
higher number of goals in direct encounters between teams with equal points;
better goal difference from all group games;
higher number of goals from all group matches;
the lot.

Legend

Sp.	Games played
S.	Games won
U	Tie games
N	Defeats
	Team qualified for the main round
	Team eliminated in the preliminary round

Group A

Group A games were played in Kristianstad and Lund .

space	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	France France	5	4th	1	0	159: 106	+53	9
2	Spain Spain	5	4th	1	0	139: 110	+29	9
3	Germany Germany	5	3	0	2	151: 125	+26	6th
4th	Egypt Egypt	5	1	0	4th	115: 139	−24	2
5	Tunisia Tunisia	5	1	0	4th	114: 137	−23	2
6th	Bahrain Bahrain	5	1	0	4th	105: 166	−61	2

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77826761550 ♠Jan 14, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Kristianstad	France France	Tunisia Tunisia	32:19 (15: 9)
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Lund	Germany Germany	Egypt Egypt	30:25 (15:12)
77826761550 ♠Jan 14, 2011, 8:15 pm, Kristianstad	Spain Spain	Bahrain Bahrain	33:22 (16: 8)
77826947600 ♠Jan 16, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Kristianstad	Bahrain Bahrain	Germany Germany	18:38 (9:20)
77826947600 ♠Jan 16, 2011, 5:30 p.m., Lund	Tunisia Tunisia	Spain Spain	18:21 (7: 9)
77826947600 ♠Jan 16, 2011, 6:45 p.m., Kristianstad	Egypt Egypt	France France	19:28 (8:12)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 6:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Spain Spain	Germany Germany	26:24 (13:13)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Lund	France France	Bahrain Bahrain	41:17 (23:10)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 8:45 pm, Kristianstad	Tunisia Tunisia	Egypt Egypt	23:27 (10:11)
77827226675 ♠Jan. 19, 2011, 6 p.m., Lund	Bahrain Bahrain	Tunisia Tunisia	21:28 (12:15)
77827226675 ♠Jan. 19, 2011: 6:15 pm, Kristianstad	Germany Germany	France France	23:30 (10:13)
77827226675 ♠Jan. 19, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Spain Spain	Egypt Egypt	31:18 (14: 9)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Lund	Egypt Egypt	Bahrain Bahrain	26:27 (12:12)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 6:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Germany Germany	Tunisia Tunisia	36:26 (15:12)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011: 8:45 p.m., Kristianstad	France France	Spain Spain	28:28 (18:13)

Group B

Group B games were played in Norrköping and Linköping .

space	team	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Iceland Iceland	5	5	0	157: 119	+38	10
2	Hungary Hungary	5	4th	1	148: 133	+15	8th
3	Norway Norway	5	3	2	139: 136	+3	6th
4th	Japan Japan	5	2	3	141: 161	−20	4th
5	Austria Austria	5	1	4th	144: 148	−4	2
6th	Brazil Brazil	5	0	5	131: 163	−32	0

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Norrköping	Iceland Iceland	Hungary Hungary	32:26 (14:11)
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 7:10 p.m., Norrköping	Norway Norway	Japan Japan	35:29 (18:13)
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 9:30 p.m., Norrköping	Austria Austria	Brazil Brazil	34:24 (17:13)
77826854575 ♠Jan 15, 2011, 4:30 p.m., Norrköping	Hungary Hungary	Norway Norway	26:23 (14:16)
77826854575 ♠Jan 15, 2011, 6:45 p.m., Norrköping	Japan Japan	Austria Austria	33:30 (18:11)
77826854575 ♠Jan 15, 2011, 9:00 p.m., Norrköping	Brazil Brazil	Iceland Iceland	26:34 (12:19)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Linköping	Hungary Hungary	Brazil Brazil	36:22 (22: 8)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 7:10 p.m., Linköping	Norway Norway	Austria Austria	33:27 (16:11)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 9:30 p.m., Linköping	Iceland Iceland	Japan Japan	36:24 (18:11)
77827133650 ♠Jan. 18, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Linköping	Japan Japan	Hungary Hungary	24:28 (8:13)
77827133650 ♠Jan. 18, 2011: 7:10 p.m., Linköping	Norway Norway	Brazil Brazil	26:25 (13:12)
77827133650 ♠Jan. 18, 2011, 9:30 p.m., Linköping	Austria Austria	Iceland Iceland	23:26 (16:11)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Linköping	Brazil Brazil	Japan Japan	32:33 (12:13)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 7:10 p.m., Linköping	Iceland Iceland	Norway Norway	29:22 (12:12)
77827319700 ♠Jan. 20, 2011: 9:30 p.m., Linköping	Austria Austria	Hungary Hungary	30:32 (16:13)

Group C

Group C games were played in Malmö and Lund .

space	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Denmark Denmark	5	5	0	0	181: 117	+64	10
2	Croatia Croatia	5	3	1	1	148: 109	+39	7th
3	Serbia Serbia	5	2	1	2	139: 139	0	5
4th	Algeria Algeria	5	2	0	3	100: 109	−9	4th
5	Romania Romania	5	2	0	3	132: 123	+9	4th
6th	Australia Australia	5	0	0	5	077: 180	−103	0

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77826761550 ♠Jan 14, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	Croatia Croatia	Romania Romania	27:21 (11:13)
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Malmö	Denmark Denmark	Australia Australia	47:12 (21: 8)
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 8:45 p.m., Lund	Serbia Serbia	Algeria Algeria	25:24 (13: 9)
77826947600 ♠Jan 16, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	Australia Australia	Serbia Serbia	18:35 (8:16)
77826947600 ♠Jan 16, 2011, 8:00 p.m., Lund	Algeria Algeria	Croatia Croatia	15:26 (11:11)
77826947600 ♠Jan 16, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Malmö	Romania Romania	Denmark Denmark	30:39 (16:17)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	Croatia Croatia	Australia Australia	42:15 (19: 9)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 6 p.m., Lund	Romania Romania	Algeria Algeria	14:15 (10: 8)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 8:15 pm, Malmö	Denmark Denmark	Serbia Serbia	35:27 (16:14)
77827226675 ♠Jan 19, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	Serbia Serbia	Croatia Croatia	24:24 (13:12)
77827226675 ♠Jan. 19, 2011: 8:15 pm, Malmö	Denmark Denmark	Algeria Algeria	26:19 (16: 9)
77827226675 ♠Jan. 19, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Lund	Australia Australia	Romania Romania	14:29 (6:14)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	Algeria Algeria	Australia Australia	27:18 (12:11)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Malmö	Croatia Croatia	Denmark Denmark	29:34 (16:15)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011: 8:30 p.m., Lund	Serbia Serbia	Romania Romania	28:38 (17:20)

Group D

Group D matches were played in Gothenburg .

space	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Sweden Sweden	5	4th	0	1	142: 112	+38	8th
2	Poland Poland	5	4th	0	1	143: 123	+20	8th
3	Argentina Argentina	5	3	1	1	133: 114	+19	7th
4th	Korea South South Korea	5	2	1	2	137: 128	+9	5
5	Slovakia Slovakia	5	0	1	4th	128: 156	-28	1
6th	Chile Chile	5	0	1	4th	117: 167	−50	1

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77826668525 ♠Jan 13, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Sweden Sweden	Chile Chile	28:18 (15: 8)
77826761550 ♠Jan 14, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Korea South South Korea	Argentina Argentina	25:25 (13:11)
77826761550 ♠Jan. 14, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Poland Poland	Slovakia Slovakia	35:33 (15:17)
77826854575 ♠Jan 15, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Chile Chile	Korea South South Korea	22:37 (12:15)
77826854575 ♠Jan 15, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Slovakia Slovakia	Sweden Sweden	22:38 (14:15)
77826854575 ♠Jan 15, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Argentina Argentina	Poland Poland	23:24 (6:11)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Slovakia Slovakia	Argentina Argentina	18:23 (9: 7)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Poland Poland	Chile Chile	38:23 (15:13)
77827040625 ♠Jan. 17, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Sweden Sweden	Korea South South Korea	30:24 (14:12)
77827133650 ♠Jan. 18, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Chile Chile	Slovakia Slovakia	29:29 (15:12)
77827133650 ♠Jan 18, 2011: 6:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Korea South South Korea	Poland Poland	20:25 (11:10)
77827133650 ♠Jan. 18, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Sweden Sweden	Argentina Argentina	22:27 (10:12)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Korea South South Korea	Slovakia Slovakia	31:26 (14:10)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Gothenburg	Argentina Argentina	Chile Chile	35:25 (15:13)
77827319700 ♠Jan 20, 2011: 8.15 p.m., Gothenburg	Poland Poland	Sweden Sweden	21:24 (12:14)

Main round

Competition mode

The main round was held in two groups. For the first main round group, the top three from preliminary round groups A and B qualified, the second group was made up of the first three from preliminary round groups C and D. The results from the direct comparisons from the preliminary group were taken over into the main round; So there were only games against the teams from the other group. The placement in the event of a tie corresponded to the regulation from the preliminary round.

Legend

Sp.	Games played
S.	Games won
U	Tie games
N	Defeats
	Team qualified for the final round
	Team eliminated in main round; continued to play in the placement round

Group I.

The main group I games were played in Jönköping .

space	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	France France	5	4th	1	0	160: 129	+32	9
2	Spain Spain	5	4th	1	0	148: 127	+21	9
3	Iceland Iceland	5	2	0	3	137: 141	-4	4th
4th	Hungary Hungary	5	2	0	3	127: 147	-20	4th
5	Norway Norway	5	1	0	4th	133: 143	-10	2
6th	Germany Germany	5	1	0	4th	124: 142	−18	2

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Jönköping	Spain Spain	Norway Norway	32:27 (15:12)
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 6:30 p.m., Jönköping	Germany Germany	Iceland Iceland	27:24 (15:13)
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 8:45 p.m., Jönköping	France France	Hungary Hungary	37:24 (18:11)
77827691800 ♠Jan. 24, 2011, 4 p.m., Jönköping	Iceland Iceland	Spain Spain	24:32 (10:20)
77827691800 ♠Jan. 24, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Jönköping	Hungary Hungary	Germany Germany	27:25 (10:12)
77827691800 ♠Jan. 24, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Jönköping	Norway Norway	France France	26:31 (14:17)
77827784825 ♠Jan 25, 2011, 4:15 p.m., Jönköping	Germany Germany	Norway Norway	25:35 (13:17)
77827784825 ♠Jan. 25, 2011, 6:30 p.m., Jönköping	Spain Spain	Hungary Hungary	30:24 (13:13)
77827784825 ♠Jan. 25, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Jönköping	France France	Iceland Iceland	34:28 (16:13)

Group II

The main group II games were played in Malmö and Lund .

space	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1	Denmark Denmark	5	5	0	0	155: 131	+24	10
2	Sweden Sweden	5	3	0	2	127: 124	+3	6th
3	Croatia Croatia	5	2	1	2	142: 129	+13	5
4th	Poland Poland	5	2	0	3	123: 129	–6	4th
5	Serbia Serbia	5	1	1	3	127: 139	-12	3
6th	Argentina Argentina	5	1	0	4th	117: 139	−22	2

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Lund	Croatia Croatia	Argentina Argentina	36:18 (19: 6)
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Malmö	Serbia Serbia	Sweden Sweden	24:28 (13:12)
77827505750 ♠Jan 22, 2011, 8:15 pm, Malmö	Denmark Denmark	Poland Poland	28:27 (15: 9)
77827598775 ♠23 Jan 2011, 6:15 p.m., Malmö	Sweden Sweden	Croatia Croatia	29:25 (14:12)
77827598775 ♠Jan 23, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Malmö	Argentina Argentina	Denmark Denmark	24:31 (12:17)
77827598775 ♠Jan 23, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Lund	Poland Poland	Serbia Serbia	27:26 (10:11)
77827784825 ♠Jan 25, 2011, 6:15 p.m., Malmö	Croatia Croatia	Poland Poland	28:24 (13:11)
77827784825 ♠Jan 25, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Lund	Serbia Serbia	Argentina Argentina	26:25 (15:13)
77827784825 ♠Jan 25, 2011, 8:15 p.m., Malmö	Denmark Denmark	Sweden Sweden	27:24 (17:11)

Placement games

Competition mode

In the President's Cup , the fourth placed in the preliminary round groups played for places 13 to 16, the fifth placed played for places 17 to 20 and the sixth placed in each preliminary round group played for places 21 to 24. The two teams in groups A and B met first or C and D on top of each other. After that, the two winners of the first game played for places 13, 17 and 21, the losers of the first game for places 15, 19 and 23.

Play for places 21 to 24

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 4 p.m., Malmö	Australia Australia	Chile Chile	21:29 (6:17)
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Lund	Bahrain Bahrain	Brazil Brazil	30:37 (15:17)
Game for 23rd place
77827598775 ♠Jan 23, 2011, 4:00 p.m., Malmö	Australia Australia	Bahrain Bahrain	23:33 (11:19)
Game for 21st place
77827598775 ♠Jan. 23, 2011, 6 p.m., Lund	Brazil Brazil	Chile Chile	28:18 (13:11)

Play for places 17 to 20

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 2 p.m., Kristianstad	Tunisia Tunisia	Austria Austria	25:26 (14:12)
77827505750 ♠Jan 22, 2011, 4:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Romania Romania	Slovakia Slovakia	33:38 (19:22)
Game for 19th place
77827598775 ♠23 Jan 2011, 2 p.m., Kristianstad	Tunisia Tunisia	Romania Romania	29:30 (14:17)
Game for 17th place
77827598775 ♠Jan 23, 2011, 4:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Austria Austria	Slovakia Slovakia	35:39 (18:19)

Play for places 13 to 16

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 2 p.m., Skövde	Egypt Egypt	Japan Japan	34:28 (17:14)
77827505750 ♠Jan. 22, 2011, 4:30 p.m., Skövde	Algeria Algeria	Korea South South Korea	24:29 a.d. (23:23, 12:17)
Play for 15th place
77827598775 ♠Jan. 23, 2011, 6 p.m., Skövde	Algeria Algeria	Japan Japan	29:24 (13:13)
Game for 13th place
77827598775 ♠Jan. 23, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Skövde	Egypt Egypt	Korea South South Korea	23:26 (11:12)

Play for places 5 to 12

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Game for 11th place
77827970875 ♠Jan 27, 2011, 6 p.m., Kristianstad	Germany Germany	Argentina Argentina	40:35 n.2V. (31:31, 27:27, 13:12)
Play for 9th place
77827970875 ♠Jan 27, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Norway Norway	Serbia Serbia	32:31 a.d. (29:29, 14:16)
Game for 7th place
77828063900 ♠Jan. 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Kristianstad	Poland Poland	Hungary Hungary	28:31 (14:16)
Play for 5th place
77828063900 ♠Jan 28, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Malmö	Croatia Croatia	Iceland Iceland	34:33 (14:16)

Final round

Semifinals		final

77828063900 ♠Jan 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö
Sweden Sweden	26 (12)
France France	29 (15)

		77828249950 ♠Jan. 30, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Malmö
		France France	37 (31) (15)
		Denmark Denmark	35 (31) (12)

		Game for third place
77828063900 ♠Jan 28, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Kristianstad		77828249950 ♠Jan. 30, 2011, 2:30 p.m., Malmö
Denmark Denmark	28 (12)	Sweden Sweden	23 (11)
Spain Spain	24 (12)	Spain Spain	24 (11)

Semifinals

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77828063900 ♠Jan 28, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	Sweden Sweden	France France	26:29 (12:15)
77828063900 ♠Jan 28, 2011, 8:30 p.m., Kristianstad	Denmark Denmark	Spain Spain	28:24 (12:12)

3rd place match

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77828249950 ♠Jan. 30, 2011, 2:30 p.m., Malmö	Sweden Sweden	Spain Spain	23:24 (11:11)

final

Date, time, place	Team 1	Team 2	Result
77828249950 ♠Jan. 30, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Malmö	France France	Denmark Denmark	37:35 a.d. (31:31, 15:12)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	France France	10	9	1	0	327: 245	+ 082
	Denmark Denmark	10	9	0	1	330: 253	+ 077
	Spain Spain	10	8th	1	1	281: 236	+ 045
04th	Sweden Sweden	10	6th	0	4th	272: 241	+ 031
05.	Croatia Croatia	9	6th	1	2	271: 213	+ 058
06th	Iceland Iceland	9	5	0	4th	266: 246	+ 020
07th	Hungary Hungary	9	6th	0	3	254: 253	+ 01
08th.	Poland Poland	9	5	0	4th	249: 236	+ 013
09.	Norway Norway	9	5	0	4th	259: 255	+ 04
10.	Serbia Serbia	9	3	1	5	246: 251	- 05th
11.	Germany Germany	9	5	0	4th	268: 246	+ 022
12.	Argentina Argentina	9	3	1	5	235: 247	- 012
13.	Korea South South Korea	7th	4th	1	2	192: 175	+ 017
14th	Egypt Egypt	7th	2	0	5	172: 193	- 021
15th	Algeria Algeria	7th	3	0	4th	153: 162	- 09
16.	Japan Japan	7th	2	0	5	193: 224	- 031
17th	Slovakia Slovakia	7th	2	1	4th	205: 224	- 019th
18th	Austria Austria	7th	2	0	5	205: 212	- 07th
19th	Romania Romania	7th	3	0	4th	195: 190	+ 05
20th	Tunisia Tunisia	7th	1	0	6th	168: 193	- 025
21st	Brazil Brazil	7th	2	0	5	196: 211	- 015
22nd	Chile Chile	7th	1	1	5	164: 216	- 052
23.	Bahrain Bahrain	7th	2	0	5	168: 226	- 058
24.	Australia Australia	7th	0	0	7th	121: 242	- 0121

Awards

Most Valuable Player (MVP): Nikola Karabatić France

All-Star Team

Håvard Tvedten Norway		Bertrand Gille France		Vedran Zrnić Croatia
	Mikkel Hansen Denmark		Alexander Petersson Iceland
		Dalibor Doder Sweden
		Thierry Omeyer France

statistics

Goal scorers

Top 10 (as of January 30, 2011 after the end of the tournament)

Pl.	player	team	Gates	7 m	Games
01.	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark Denmark	68	00	10
02.	Håvard Tvedten	Norway Norway	56	23	09
02.	Marko Vujin	Serbia Serbia	56	10	09
04th	Vedran Zrnić	Croatia Croatia	54	18th	09
04th	Bjarte Myrhol	Norway Norway	54	00	09
06th	Alexander Petersson	Iceland Iceland	53	00	09
07th	Nikola Karabatić	France France	51	00	10
08th.	Tomasz Tłuczyński	Poland Poland	47	19th	09
08th.	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Iceland Iceland	47	00	09
10.	Niclas Ekberg	Sweden Sweden	43	18th	10

goalkeeper

Top 10 (as of January 30, 2011 after the end of the tournament)

Pl.	player	team	Litters	Parades	percent	Games
01.	Daouda Karaboué	France France	118	056	47.5	10
02.	Johan Sjöstrand	Sweden Sweden	260	108	41.5	10
03.	Johannes Bitter	Germany Germany	234	096	41.0	09
04th	Ole Erevik	Norway Norway	171	069	40.4	09
05.	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	Denmark Denmark	306	121	39.5	10
06th	Chang Woo Lee	Korea South South Korea	115	045	39.1	07th
07th	Chan Young Park	Korea South South Korea	151	058	38.4	07th
08th.	Nándor Fazekas	Hungary Hungary	241	092	38.2	09
09.	Abdelmalek Slahdji	Algeria Algeria	215	081	37.7	07th
10.	Thierry Omeyer	France France	293	110	37.5	10

Bids

Medalist

France France	Denmark Denmark	Spain Spain
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 Roiné Sébastien Bosquet Arnaud Bingo	Niklas Landin Jacobsen Thomas Mogensen Mads Christiansen Lasse Boesen Jacob Bagersted Rasmus Lauge Schmidt Lars Christiansen Anders Eggert Sørenn Rasmussen Bo Spellerberg Michael V. Knudsen Jesper Nøddesbo Lasse Svan Hansen Hans Lindberg René Toft Hansen Kasper Søndergaard Mikkel Hansen	José Javier Hombrados Alberto Entrerríos Eduardo Gurbindo Albert Rocas Jorge Maqueda Ruben Garabaya Raúl Entrerríos Julen Aguinagalde Roberto García Parrondo Cristian Ugalde Arpad Sterbik Juanín García Iker Romero Chema Rodríguez Joan Cañellas Viran Morros
Claude Onesta (Trainer)	Ulrik Wilbek (trainer)	Valero Rivera (coach)

11th place: Germany

Adrian Pfahl ( VfL Gummersbach )
Sebastian Preiß ( TBV Lemgo )
Jacob Heinl ( SG Flensburg-Handewitt )
Holger Glandorf ( SG Flensburg-Handewitt )
Sven-Sören Christophersen ( Foxes Berlin )

Trainer: Heiner Brand

tickets

In October 2009 the first tickets for the finals and the Swedish national team were sold. In spring 2010, additional tickets were offered. The remaining tickets were sold after the group draw from July 9, 2010.