This page describes the qualification for the 2011 Men's Handball World Championship .
Africa
The three participants from Africa were determined at the 2010 African Championship . The championship took place in the form of a tournament from February 10 to 21, 2010 in Egypt's capital Cairo .
The three groups with four teams each were drawn on November 24, 2009 in Abidjan .
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Tunisia Tunisia
3
3
0
0
112: 0 66
+46
6th
qualified for the main round
2.
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
3
1
1
1
0 75: 0 81
- 0 6
3
qualified for the main round
3.
Nigeria Nigeria
3
1
1
1
0 78: 0 87
- 0 9
3
eliminated
4th
Political system of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
3
0
0
3
0 69: 100
-31
0
eliminated
Group B
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Egypt Egypt
3
3
0
0
85:58
+30
6th
qualified for the main round
2.
Angola Angola
3
2
0
1
72:75
- 0 3
4th
qualified for the main round
3.
Gabon Gabon
3
0
1
2
79:87
- 0 8
1
eliminated
4th
Cameroon Cameroon
3
0
1
2
72:88
-16
1
eliminated
Group C
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Algeria Algeria
3
3
0
0
95:40
+55
6th
qualified for the main round
2.
Morocco Morocco
3
2
0
1
75:82
- 0 7th
4th
qualified for the main round
3.
Congo Republic Republic of the Congo
3
1
0
2
59:78
-19
2
eliminated
4th
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
3
0
0
3
54:84
-30
0
eliminated
Main round
Group 1
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Tunisia Tunisia
2
1
1
0
54:42
+12
3
qualified for the semifinals
2.
Algeria Algeria
2
1
1
0
47:40
+ 0 7
3
qualified for the semifinals
3.
Angola Angola
2
0
0
2
40:59
-19
0
Group 2
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Egypt Egypt
2
2
0
0
76:38
+ 38
4th
qualified for the semifinals
2.
Congo Democratic Republic DR Congo
2
1
0
1
47:60
- 13
2
qualified for the semifinals
3.
Morocco Morocco
2
0
0
2
49:74
- 25
0
Finals
Semifinals
Tunisia - DR Congo 37:22 (22: 0 8)
Algeria - Egypt 26:28 (12:11)
final
Tunisia - Egypt 24:21 (14:12)
3rd place match
DR Congo - Algeria 22:30 (10:15)
World Cup participant
Qualified for the 2011 World Cup are:
America
The three participants from America were determined at the 14th Pan American Championship. This took place in Chile from June 22nd to 26th, 2010 .
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Argentina Argentina
3
3
0
0
0 97: 0 44
+53
6th
qualified for the main round
2.
Chile Chile
3
1
1
1
0 81: 0 78
+ 0 3
3
qualified for the main round
3.
Uruguay Uruguay
3
1
1
1
0 73: 0 88
-15
3
eliminated
4th
Canada Canada
3
0
0
3
0 66: 107
-41
0
eliminated
Group B
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Brazil Brazil
3
3
0
0
100: 66
+34
6th
qualified for the main round
2.
Cuba Cuba
3
2
0
1
0 97:81
+16
4th
qualified for the main round
3.
Greenland Greenland
3
1
0
2
0 73:81
- 0 8
2
eliminated
4th
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
3
0
0
3
0 52:94
-42
0
eliminated
Finals
Semifinals
Brazil - Chile 33:21 (15: 0 5)
Argentina - Cuba 17: 0 8
final
Brazil - Argentina 27:28 a.d. (11:10; 23:23)
3rd place match
Chile - Cuba 34:31 (13:14)
World Cup participant
Qualified for the 2011 World Cup are:
Asia
Three teams from Asia are taking part in the World Cup. These participants were determined at the 2010 Asian Cup, which took place from February 6 to 19, 2010 in Lebanon .
Preliminary round
Group A
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Syria Syria
2
1
0
1
43:44
- 0 1
2
qualified for the main round
2.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
2
1
0
1
50:44
+ 0 6
2
qualified for the main round
3.
China People's Republic People's Republic of China
2
1
0
1
43:48
- 0 5th
2
eliminated
Group B
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Japan Japan
2
2
0
0
66:48
+18
4th
qualified for the main round
2.
Bahrain Bahrain
2
1
0
1
57:50
+ 0 7
2
qualified for the main round
3.
Iraq Iraq
2
0
0
2
40:65
-25
0
eliminated
Group C
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Korea South South Korea
2
2
0
0
59:46
+13
4th
qualified for the main round
2.
Qatar Qatar
2
0
1
1
48:54
- 0 6
1
qualified for the main round
3.
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
2
0
1
1
48:55
- 0 7th
1
eliminated
Group D
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Iran Iran
2
2
0
0
63:39
+24
4th
qualified for the main round
2.
Lebanon Lebanon
2
1
0
1
50:46
+ 0 4
2
qualified for the main round
3.
Jordan Jordan
2
0
0
2
44:72
-28
0
eliminated
Main round
Group 1
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
3
2
1
0
80:71
+ 0 9
5
qualified for the semifinals
2.
Japan Japan
3
2
0
1
91:71
+20
4th
qualified for the semifinals
3.
Iran Iran
3
1
1
1
68:76
- 0 8
3
4th
Qatar Qatar
3
0
0
3
63:84
-11
0
Group 2
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
annotation
1.
Korea South South Korea
3
3
0
0
112: 0 74
+38
6th
qualified for the semifinals
2.
Bahrain Bahrain
3
2
0
1
0 97: 0 89
+ 0 8
4th
qualified for the semifinals
3.
Syria Syria
3
1
0
2
0 89: 0 99
-10
2
4th
Lebanon Lebanon
3
0
0
3
0 70: 106
-36
0
Finals
Semifinals
Saudi Arabia - Bahrain 25:26 (12:14)
South Korea - Japan 30:23 (14:12)
Game for 3rd place
Saudi Arabia - Japan 30:33 (12:14)
final
Bahrain - South Korea 25:32 (13:16)
World Cup participant
Qualified for the 2011 World Cup are:
Europe
Europe provides twelve participants in the world championship. Sweden as hosts and France as defending world champions are also automatically qualified . The three best teams from the 2010 European Championship qualify directly . Since European champions France were already qualified as defending world champions, Poland (fourth) joined Croatia (second) and Iceland (third) .
Qualifying round
The teams not represented at the European Championship competed in a qualifying round from January 15 to 17, 2010 in group matches. The seven group winners then compete in the elimination round against the European championship participants.
Group 1
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Switzerland Switzerland
3
3
0
0
0 106: 0 56
+ 0 50
6th
2.
Cyprus Republic Cyprus
3
2
0
1
0 81: 0 93
- 0 12
4th
3.
Belarus 1995 Belarus
3
1
0
2
0 92: 0 89
+ 0 3
2
4th
Faroese Faroe Islands
3
0
0
3
0 76: 0 117
- 0 41
0
Group 2
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Romania Romania
3
3
0
0
0 97: 0 76
+ 0 21
6th
2.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
2
0
1
0 100: 0 76
+ 0 24
4th
3.
Finland Finland
3
1
0
2
0 86: 0 83
+ 0 3
2
4th
United Kingdom United Kingdom
3
0
0
3
0 67: 0 115
- 0 48
0
Group 3
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Slovakia Slovakia
2
2
0
0
0 77: 0 44
+ 0 33
4th
2.
Israel Israel
2
1
0
1
0 62: 0 50
+ 0 12
2
3.
Bulgaria Bulgaria
2
0
0
2
0 44: 0 89
- 0 45
0
Group 4
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Netherlands Netherlands
2
2
0
0
0 51: 0 38
+ 0 13
4th
2.
Estonia Estonia
2
1
0
1
0 51: 0 42
+ 0 9
2
3.
Belgium Belgium
2
0
0
2
0 37: 0 59
- 0 22
0
Group 5
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Greece Greece
2
2
0
0
0 63: 0 48
+ 0 15
4th
2.
Montenegro Montenegro
2
1
0
1
0 54: 0 55
- 0 1
2
3.
Italy Italy
2
0
0
2
0 48: 0 62
- 0 14
0
Group 6
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Portugal Portugal
2
2
0
0
0 64: 0 51
+ 0 13
4th
2.
Luxembourg Luxembourg
2
1
0
1
0 55: 0 64
- 0 9
2
3.
Latvia Latvia
2
0
0
2
0 61: 0 65
- 0 4th
0
Group 7
Pl.
team
Sp.
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pt.
1.
Lithuania Lithuania
2
1
1
0
0 61: 0 48
+ 0 13
3
2.
North Macedonia North Macedonia
2
1
1
0
0 59: 0 50
+ 0 9
3
3.
Turkey Turkey
2
0
0
2
0 50: 0 72
- 0 22
0
Play-off games Europe
The draw for the first play-off round took place on January 31, 2010 in Vienna . The playoffs took place on 12./13. June and 19th / 20th June 2010. The winners from the first and second legs were confirmed as participants in the 2011 World Cup.
Results:
Austria
-
Netherlands
31:15, 28:34
Norway
-
Lithuania
27:19, 24:21
Slovenia
-
Hungary
27:25, 25:28
Germany
-
Greece
25:20, 27:20
Slovakia
-
Ukraine
25:30, 30:21
Serbia
-
Czech Republic
27:23, 22:25
Romania
-
Russia
28:32, 37:32
Denmark
-
Switzerland
32:27, 34:29
Portugal
-
Spain
26:27, 25:33
World Cup participant
Qualified for the 2011 World Cup are:
Oceania
The participant from Oceania was determined in a tournament of the five oceanic IHF members Australia , New Zealand , Cook Islands , Vanuatu and Samoa . At this tournament, Australia qualified for the 2011 World Cup.
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ www.ihf.info, accessed on February 1, 2010
↑ Aborted game due to bomb threat after 29:38 game time
↑ www.ihf.info, accessed on February 1, 2010
↑ www.ehf-euro.com, accessed on January 31, 2010 ( Memento from February 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
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