Men's Handball World Championship 2013

23rd Men's Handball World Championship 2013
23rd Men's Handball World Championship
Logo of the 23rd men's handball world championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Spain (2nd title)
venue	Spain
Opening game	January 11, 2013
Endgame	January 27, 2013
Games	84
Gates	4,529   (∅: 53.92 per game)
Top scorer	Anders Eggert (55 goals)
Best player	Mikkel Hansen
yellow cards	514  (∅: 6.12 per game)
Time penalties	667  (∅: 7.94 per game)
Red cards	22  (∅: 0.26 per game)
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The 23 Handball World Cup Men ( Spanish : Campeonato Mundial de Balonmano Masculino de 2013 ) was from 11 to 27 January 2013 in Spain held. The host's team, the Spanish team , won the championship in the final against the Danish team 35:19.

host

On October 2, 2010, the Council of the International Handball Federation (IHF) selected Spain as the host in Herzogenaurach . The Royal Spanish Handball Federation was the only candidate after the associations from Denmark , South Korea and most recently Norway withdrew their candidacy. Denmark withdrew the application after the country won the bid for the 2014 European Handball Championship on September 25, 2010 . On December 7, 2010, Hassan Moustafa signed the contract for the IHF and Juan de Dios Román Seco for the Spanish association to host the 2013 World Cup.

Venues

The venues for the games were Barcelona , Granollers , Madrid , Seville , Guadalajara and Saragossa .

Barcelona	Barcelona Granollers Madrid Seville Guadalajara Zaragoza Venues of the handball world championship 2013
Palau Sant Jordi
Capacity: 16,500
Granollers
Palau d'Esports
Capacity: 05,200
Madrid	Seville	Guadalajara	Zaragoza
Caja Magica	Palacio de Deportes San Pablo	Palacio Multiusos	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 09,500	Capacity: 05,479	Capacity: 11,000

qualification

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24 teams took part in the tournament. Spain as hosts and France as 2011 world champions were automatically qualified ; the other 22 teams qualified through their continental federations in tournament form.

Attendees

The 24 teams listed below took part in the World Cup in Spain. The table also shows the date of qualification, the continental federation and the number of World Cup participations to date.

country	Continent (association)	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in world championships
Spain	Europe (EHF)	host	0Oct 2, 2010	16 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
France	Europe (EHF)	World Champion 2011	Jan. 30, 2011	18 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	European Champion 2012	Jan 25, 2012	19 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Serbia	Europe (EHF)	2nd of the European Championship 2012	Jan 25, 2012	08 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) (10 under SFR Yugoslavia: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990) 1
Croatia	Europe (EHF)	3rd of the European Championship 2012	Jan 25, 2012	09 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) (10 under SFR Yugoslavia: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	African Champion 2012	Jan. 20, 2012	10 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Algeria	Africa (CAHB)	2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2012	Jan. 20, 2012	12 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011)
Egypt	Africa (CAHB)	3rd of the African Cup of Nations 2012	Jan. 20, 2012	11 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
South Korea	Asia (AHF)	Asian champion 2012	0Feb 5, 2012	10 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Qatar	Asia (AHF)	2nd of the Asian Cup 2012	0Feb 5, 2012	03 (2003, 2005, 2007)
Saudi Arabia	Asia (AHF)	3rd of the Asian Cup 2012	0Feb 5, 2012	05 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009)
Macedonia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 16, 2012	02 (1999, 2009) (10 under SFR Yugoslavia: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Germany	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 2 , 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Russia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	18 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 3 , 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Hungary	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	17 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Poland	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	10 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Iceland	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	05 (1995, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2011)
Slovenia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	04 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) (10 under SFR Yugoslavia: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Montenegro	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	01 (2005) 4 (10 under SFR Yugoslavia: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Belarus	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	17th June 2012	01 (1995)
Australia	Oceania (OCHF)	Qualification success over New Zealand	June 23, 2012	06 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	Pan American Champion 2012	June 24, 2012	08 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	2nd of the Pan American Championship 2012	June 24, 2012	10 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Chile	Pan America (PATHF)	3rd of the Pan American Championship 2012	June 24, 2012	01 (2011)

¹Until 2003 part of the national team of Yugoslavia , 2005 part of the national team of Serbia and Montenegro .

²In 1990, of the two German teams, only the GDR team took part in the World Cup.

³until 1991 part of the national team of the USSR .

^4th2005 part of the national team of Serbia and Montenegro .

Group draw

The draw for the preliminary round groups of the 2013 Handball World Cup took place on July 19, 2012 in the Jardines del Buen Retiro in Madrid. The 24 qualified teams were divided into four groups of six teams each. This results in the following groups:

Group A (Granollers)	Group B (Seville)	Group C (Saragossa)	Group D (Madrid)
France  Germany  Argentina  Tunisia  Montenegro  Brazil	Denmark  Macedonia  Iceland  Qatar  Russia  Chile	Serbia  Slovenia  Poland  South Korea  Belarus  Saudi Arabia	Spain  Croatia  Hungary  Algeria  Egypt  Australia

game schedule

The preliminary round began on January 11, 2013 with the opening match between Spain and Algeria in Madrid. 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 Madrid, Barcelona / Granollers, Seville and Saragossa. The preliminary round ended on January 19, 2013.

The teams that finished 1st to 4th in their group after the preliminary round qualified for the final round. The teams in places 5 and 6 played on January 21 and 22, 2013 in the President's Cup .

In the final round, the matches of the round of 16 took place on January 20 and 21, 2013 in Barcelona and Saragossa. The quarter-finals took place on January 23rd, the semi-finals on January 25th. The game for 3rd place and the final took place on January 26th and 27th, 2013.

Preliminary round

Evaluation criteria

If two or more teams are tied, the following criteria will decide on the placement after the preliminary round:

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

Legend
	Team is qualified for the round of 16
	Team takes part in the President's Cup

Group A

Group A games were played in Granollers and Barcelona .

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Germany	5	4th	0	1	148: 126	+22	8th
2.	France	5	4th	0	1	154: 124	+30	8th
3.	Brazil	5	3	0	2	122: 127	- 05th	6th
4th	Tunisia	5	3	0	2	123: 123	± 00	6th
5.	Argentina	5	1	0	4th	116: 138	−22	2
6th	Montenegro	5	0	0	5	117: 142	−25	0

1st matchday: Saturday 12th January 2013, Palau d'Esports, Granollers
4:00 p.m.	1800 spectators	Germany Steffen Weinhold (7 goals)	33:23 (12:10)	Brazil Cardoso , Pacheco , Patrianova (4 goals)
6:15 pm	3900 spectators	Argentina Diego Simonet (7 goals)	28:26 (13: 12)	Montenegro Zoran Roganović (6 goals)
8:45 p.m.	5200 spectators	France Fernandez , Abalo (6 goals)	30: 27 (13: 14)	Tunisia Amine Bannour (7 goals)
2nd matchday: Sunday 13th January 2013, Palau d'Esports, Granollers
3:00 p.m.	3900 spectators	Brazil Fernando José Pacheco (8 goals)	24:20 ( 09: 08)	Argentina Fernández , D. Simonet (5 goals)
5:20 pm	3900 spectators	Tunisia Wael Jallouz (8 goals)	25:23 (13: 13)	Germany Sven-Sören Christophersen (7 goals)
19:30 o'clock	4200 spectators	Montenegro Vasko Ševaljević (5 goals)	20:32 (11: 17)	France Jérôme Fernandez (6 goals)
3rd matchday: Tuesday 15th January 2013, Palau d'Esports, Granollers
4:00 p.m.	2300 spectators	Tunisia Ben Salah , Toumi (5 goals)	27:25 (11: 11)	Montenegro Fahrudin Melić (6 goals)
6:15 pm	3500 spectators	Germany Patrick Wiencek (5 goals)	31:27 (17: 13)	Argentina Diego Simonet (9 goals)
8:45 p.m.	3400 spectators	France Michaël Guigou (6 goals)	27:22 (12: 05)	Brazil Alexandro Pozzer (4 goals)
4th matchday: Wednesday 16th January 2013, Palau d'Esports, Granollers
4:00 p.m.	---- Spectator	Brazil Lucas Candido (5 goals)	27:22 (13: 11)	Tunisia Camel Alouini (6 goals)
6:30 p.m.	3600 spectators	Germany Theuerkauf , small (4 goals)	29: 21 (13: 11)	Montenegro Fahrudin Melić (7 goals)
8:45 p.m.	2800 spectators	Argentina Pablo Simonet (8 goals)	23:35 ( 06:19)	France Samuel Honrubia (7 goals)
5th matchday: Friday 18th January 2013, Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
4:00 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Argentina Sebastián Simonet (4 goals)	18:22 ( 06: 07)	Tunisia Abdelhak Ben Salah (5 goals)
6:15 pm	10,000 spectators	France Nikola Karabatić (8 goals)	30:32 (16:16)	Germany Patrick Groetzki (6 goals)
8:45 p.m.	2000 spectators	Montenegro Mladen Rakčević (7 goals)	25:26 (10: 11)	Brazil Felipe Borges (7 goals)

Group B

Group B matches were played in Seville .

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Denmark	5	5	0	0	184: 136	+48	10
2.	Russia	5	3	1	1	151: 131	+20	07th
3.	Iceland	5	3	0	2	153: 136	+17	06th
4th	Macedonia	5	2	1	2	142: 143	- 01	05
5.	Qatar	5	1	0	4th	139: 166	−27	02
6th	Chile	5	0	0	5	121: 178	−57	00

1st matchday: Saturday 12 January 2013, Palacio de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
3:45 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Macedonia Kiril Lazarov (8 goals)	30: 28 (12:10)	Chile Rodrigo Salinas (8 goals)
6:00 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Iceland Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (7 goals)	25:30 (13: 14)	Russia Sergei Gorbok (6 goals)
8:15 pm	-.--- Spectator	Denmark Eggert , Lindberg (8 gates)	41: 27 (19: 13)	Qatar Abdelhak , Al Rayes (4 goals)
2nd matchday: Sunday 13th January 2013, Palacio de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
3:45 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Chile Erwin Feuchtmann Perez (6 goals)	22:38 (11:18)	Iceland Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (7 goals)
6:00 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Qatar Boumendjel , Osman (5 goals)	30:34 (13: 21)	Macedonia Kiril Lazarov (9 goals)
8:15 pm	-.--- Spectator	Russia Timur Dibirow (7 goals)	27:31 (13: 14)	Denmark Nikolaj Markussen (6 goals)
3rd matchday: Tuesday 15th January 2013, Palacio de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
3:45 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Qatar Wajdi Sinen (5 goals)	22:29 (13:16)	Russia Timur Dibirow (6 goals)
6:00 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Macedonia Dejan Manaskov (5 goals)	19:23 (10:10)	Iceland Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (9 goals)
8:15 pm	-.--- Spectator	Denmark Anders Eggert (9 goals)	43:24 (17: 13)	Chile Rodrigo Salinas (10 goals)
4th matchday: Wednesday 16 January 2013, Palacio de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
3:45 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Macedonia Kiril Lazarov (10 goals)	29:29 (13:16)	Russia Timur Dibirow (8 goals)
6:00 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Chile Rodrigo Salinas (7 goals)	23:31 ( 09:16)	Qatar Sahbi Aziza (8 goals)
8:15 pm	-.--- Spectator	Iceland Kári Kristján Kristjánsson (8 goals)	28:36 (13:16)	Denmark Eggert , Lindberg , Hansen (7 goals)
5th matchday: Friday 18th January 2013, Palacio de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
3:45 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Russia Timur Dibirow (11 goals)	36:24 (18: 13)	Chile Emil Feuchtmann Perez (9 goals)
6:00 p.m.	-.--- Spectator	Iceland Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (10 goals)	39:29 (19: 14)	Qatar Wajdi Sinen (8 goals)
8:15 pm	-.--- Spectator	Denmark Mikkel Hansen (5 goals)	33:30 (13: 14)	Macedonia F. Lazarov , K. Lazarov (5 goals)

Group C

Group C games were played in Zaragoza .

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Slovenia	5	5	0	0	151: 130	+21	10
2.	Poland	5	4th	0	1	134: 110	+24	08th
3.	Serbia	5	3	0	2	150: 128	+22	06th
4th	Belarus	5	2	0	3	135: 120	+15	04th
5.	Saudi Arabia	5	1	0	4th	095: 145	−50	02
6th	South Korea	5	0	0	5	116: 148	−32	00

1st matchday: Saturday 12 January 2013, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
3:45 p.m.	3000 spectators	Serbia Momir Ilić (7 goals)	31:22 (13: 09)	South Korea Eom Hyo-won (6 goals)
6:00 p.m.	3000 spectators	Slovenia Gašper Marguč (6 goals)	32:22 (17:15)	Saudi Arabia H. Al-Obaidi , Al-Abdulali (5 goals)
8:15 pm	3000 spectators	Poland Krzysztof Lijewski (7 goals)	24:22 (14: 09)	Belarus Siarhei Rutenka (9 goals)
2nd matchday: Monday 14 January 2013, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
3:45 p.m.	0500 spectators	South Korea Jeong , Kim S.-h. (6 goals)	27:34 (13: 14)	Slovenia Dragan Gajič (11 goals)
6:00 p.m.	1000 spectators	Belarus Siarhei Rutenka (11 goals)	28:34 (13:20)	Serbia Nenadić , Nikčević , Vujin (5 goals)
8:15 pm	1000 spectators	Saudi Arabia Mahdi Al-Salem (4 goals)	14:28 ( 06: 14)	Poland Bartczak , Orzechowski (5 goals)
3rd matchday: Tuesday 15th January 2013, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
3:45 p.m.	0400 spectators	South Korea Eom Hyo-won (7 goals)	20:26 (10: 12)	Belarus Siarhei Rutenka (10 goals)
6:00 p.m.	0700 spectators	Serbia Momir Ilić (9 goals)	30: 20 (12:10)	Saudi Arabia Ahmad Al-Abdulali (8 goals)
8:15 pm	1500 spectators	Slovenia Borut Mačkovšek (8 goals)	25:24 (11: 14)	Poland B. Jurecki , M. Jurecki (5 goals)
4th matchday: Thursday 17th January 2013, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
3:45 p.m.	0700 spectators	Slovenia Dragan Gajič (8 goals)	27: 26 (12: 17)	Belarus Siarhei Rutenka (9 goals)
6:00 p.m.	1200 spectators	Saudi Arabia Mahdi Al-Salem (5 goals)	24:22 (11: 13)	South Korea Eom Hyo-won (6 goals)
8:15 pm	2500 spectators	Poland Bartosz Jurecki (9 goals)	25:24 (11: 13)	Serbia Momir Ilić (9 goals)
5th matchday: Saturday 19th January 2013, Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
3:45 p.m.	1300 spectators	Belarus Sjarhej Schylowitsch (6 goals)	33:15 (18: 05)	Saudi Arabia Turki Alenbaawi (3 goals)
6:00 p.m.	3000 spectators	Poland Bartosz Jurecki (10 goals)	33:25 (18: 11)	South Korea Yoon Ci-yoel (9 goals)
8:15 pm	4000 spectators	Serbia Marko Vujin (7 goals)	31:33 (16: 19)	Slovenia Dragan Gajič (7 goals)

Group D

Group D games were played in Madrid .

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Croatia	5	5	0	0	148: 099	+ 049	10
2.	Spain	5	4th	0	1	160: 098	+ 062	08th
3.	Hungary	5	3	0	2	147: 120	+ 027	06th
4th	Egypt	5	1	1	3	130: 123	+ 700	03
5.	Algeria	5	1	1	3	123: 126	- 300	03
6th	Australia	5	0	0	5	066: 208	−142	00

1st matchday: Friday 11th January 2013, Caja Mágica, Madrid
7:00 p.m.	7400 spectators	Spain Víctor Tomás (8 goals)	27: 14 (14: 05)	Algeria Mohamed Aski Mokrani (4 goals)
1st matchday: Saturday 12 January 2013, Caja Mágica, Madrid
4:45 p.m.	2500 spectators	Croatia Zlatko Horvat (8 goals)	36: 13 (17: 04)	Australia Tommy Fletcher (5 goals)
7:00 p.m.	5100 spectators	Hungary Gábor Császár (8 goals)	32:23 (17: 09)	Egypt Ahmed Mostafa (5 goals)
2nd matchday: Monday 14 January 2013, Caja Mágica, Madrid
4:45 p.m.	1500 spectators	Algeria Hichem Daoud (6 goals)	20:31 (12:15)	Croatia Ivan Čupić (8 goals)
7:00 p.m.	7500 spectators	Egypt Ahmed Mostafa (5 goals)	24:29 (11:16)	Spain Valero Rivera (6 goals)
9:15 pm	1500 spectators	Australia Tommy Fletcher (6 goals)	13:43 ( 06:20)	Hungary Gábor Császár (8 goals)
3rd matchday: Tuesday 15th January 2013, Caja Mágica, Madrid
4:45 p.m.	1000 spectators	Algeria Benali , Chehbour , Mokrani (5 gates)	24:24 (12: 16)	Egypt Ahmed Mostafa (9 goals)
7:00 p.m.	4500 spectators	Spain Albert Rocas (9 goals)	51: 11 (24: 06)	Australia Callum Mouncey (4 goals)
9:15 pm	3000 spectators	Croatia Ivan Čupić (8 goals)	30: 21 (15: 11)	Hungary Szabolcs Szöllősi (5 goals)
4th matchday: Thursday 17th January 2013, Caja Mágica, Madrid
4:45 p.m.	1000 spectators	Australia Bevan Calvert (6 goals)	15:39 ( 06: 14)	Algeria Riad Chehbour (6 gates)
7:00 p.m.	10500 spectators	Hungary László Nagy (6 goals)	22:28 (14: 14)	Spain Sarmiento , Tomás (6 goals)
9:15 pm	3500 spectators	Croatia Čupić , Kopljar , Štrlek (4 goals)	24:20 (11: 09)	Egypt Ahmed Mostafa (8 goals)
Matchday 5: Saturday 19th January 2013, Caja Mágica, Madrid
4:45 p.m.	2500 spectators	Egypt Mohamed Hisham (6 goals)	39:14 (25: 08)	Australia Mitchell Hedges (5 goals)
7:00 p.m.	10,000 spectators	Spain Jorge Maqueda (7 goals)	25:27 (13:15)	Croatia Ivan Čupić (8 goals)
9:15 pm	3000 spectators	Hungary Harsányi , Lékai , Ancsin (5 goals)	29: 26 (14: 08)	Algeria Messaoud Berkous (7 goals)

Final round

Overview

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

Germany

28

B4

Macedonia

23

A1

Germany

24

D2

Spain

28

C3

Serbia

20th

D2

Spain

31

D2

Spain

26th

C1

Slovenia

22nd

A3

Brazil

26th

B2

Russia

27

B2

Russia

27

C1

Slovenia

28

C1

Slovenia

31

D4

Egypt

26th

D2

Spain

35

B1

Denmark

19th

B1

Denmark

30th

A4

Tunisia

23

B1

Denmark

28

D3

Hungary

26th

D3

Hungary

27

C2

Poland

19th

B1

Denmark

30th

D1

Croatia

24

B3

Iceland

28

A2

France

30th

A2

France

23

3rd place match

D1

Croatia

30th

D1

Croatia

33

C1

Slovenia

26th

C4

Belarus

24

D1

Croatia

31

Round of 16

Sun., January 20, 2013, 3:45 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
1	Germany Stefan Kneer (5 goals)	28: 23 (13: 09)	Macedonia Kiril Lazarov (8 goals)	6000 spectators
Sun., January 20, 2013, 5:30 p.m. in the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
2	Brazil Borges , Teixeira (6 goals)	26: 27 (14: 14)	Russia Sergei Gorbok (11 goals)	1600 spectators
Sun., January 20, 2013, 8:15 p.m. in the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
3	Denmark Nikolaj Markussen (6 goals)	30: 23 (16: 11)	Tunisia Oussama Boughanmi (5 goals)	1700 spectators
Sun., January 20, 2013, 8:15 pm in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
4th	Iceland Þórir Ólafsson (7 goals)	28: 30 (14: 15)	France Samuel Honrubia (7 goals)	7000 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
5	Serbia Petar Nenadić (4 goals)	20: 31 (12: 20)	Spain Albert Rocas (7 goals)	9400 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
6th	Slovenia Jure Dolenec (6 goals)	31: 26 (19: 11)	Egypt Ahmed Mostafa (10 goals)	3000 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 9:30 p.m. in the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
7th	Croatia Luka Stepančić (6 goals)	33: 24 (21: 09)	Belarus S. Rutenka , D. Rutenka , Kaschaneuski , Schylowitsch (4 goals)	5600 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 9:30 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
8th	Hungary Gergő Iváncsik (6 goals)	27: 19 (10: 09)	Poland Bartosz Jurecki (5 goals)	2600 spectators

Quarter finals

Wed., January 23, 2013, 6:15 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
A.	Russia Dibirov , Schelmenko (6 goals)	27: 28 (13: 14)	Slovenia Žvižej , Zorman (5 goals)	-.--- Spectator
Wed., January 23, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
B.	Germany Sven-Sören Christophersen (6 goals)	24: 28 (14: 12)	Spain Tomás , Aguinagalde (7 goals)	10600 spectators
Wed., January 23, 2013, 8:45 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
C.	Denmark Hans Lindberg (10 goals)	28: 26 (18: 11)	Hungary László Nagy (8 goals)	8000 spectators
Wed., January 23, 2013, 9:30 p.m. in the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Saragossa
D.	France Cédric Sorhaindo (5 goals)	23: 30 (12: 13)	Croatia Domagoj Duvnjak (9 goals)	7500 spectators

Semifinals

Friday, January 25, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
(I)	Spain Joan Cañellas (5 goals)	26: 22 (13: 12)	Slovenia Gašper Marguč (7 goals)	-.--- Spectator
Friday, January 25, 2013, 9:30 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
(II)	Denmark Anders Eggert (9 goals)	30: 24 (14: 11)	Croatia Damir Bičanić (6 goals)	14,000 spectators

3rd place match

Sat., January 26, 2013, 7:00 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
2	Slovenia Vid Kavtičnik (4 goals)	26: 31 (13: 14)	Croatia Duvnjak , Čupić (8 goals)	8500 spectators

final

Sun., January 27, 2013, 5:15 p.m. in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
1	Spain Joan Cañellas (7 goals)	35: 19 (18: 10)	Denmark Søndergaard , Møllgaard (4 goals)	16,500 spectators

President's Cup

Overview

Placement round places 17–20     Game for 17th place                         A5   Argentina 30th     B5   Qatar 26th             A5   Argentina 23         D5   Algeria 29   C5   Saudi Arabia 24         D5   Algeria 28         Game for 19th place       B5   Qatar 30th   C5   Saudi Arabia 33

Placement round places 21–24     Game for 21st place                         A6   Montenegro 35     B6   Chile 31             A6   Montenegro 27         C6   South Korea 30th   C6   South Korea 36         D6   Australia 14th         Game for 23rd place       B6   Chile 32   D6   Australia 23

Placement games

Mon., January 21, 2013, 1:15 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
1	Argentina Fernández , Pizarro , S. Simonet (5 goals)	30: 26 (12: 11)	Qatar Hamat Madadi (6 goals)	1000 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 3:30 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
2	Saudi Arabia Mahdi Alsalem (7 goals)	24:28 (11:15)	Algeria Omar Chehbour (7 goals)	0500 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 5:45 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
3	Montenegro Zoran Roganović (9 goals)	35: 31 (18: 11)	Chile Emil Feuchtmann Perez (8 goals)	0500 spectators
Mon., January 21, 2013, 8:00 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
4th	South Korea Lee Eun-Ho (7 goals)	36: 14 (19: 06)	Australia Daniel Kelly (4 goals)	0500 spectators

Game for 23rd place

Tue., January 22, 2013, 1:15 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
(I)	Chile E. Feuchtmann Perez , Martínez (6 goals)	32: 23 (17: 10)	Australia Bevan Calvert (8 goals)	1000 spectators

Game for 21st place

Tue., January 22, 2013, 3:30 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
(II)	Montenegro Vasko Ševaljević (11 goals)	27: 30 (13: 12)	South Korea Jeong Yi-kyeong (8 goals)	0500 spectators

Game for 19th place

Tue., January 22, 2013, 5:45 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
(III)	Qatar Hassan Mabrouk (8 goals)	30: 33 nS (29: 29, 18: 10)	Saudi Arabia Sultan Alobaidi (7 goals)	0800 spectators

Game for 17th place

Tue., January 22, 2013, 8:00 p.m. in the Palacio Multiusos, Guadalajara
(IV)	Argentina S. Simonet , Pizarro (5 goals)	23: 29 (10: 12)	Algeria Omar Chehbour (7 goals)	1000 spectators

referee

referee
Brazil	Jesus Menezes Rogério Pinto
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
Ivory Coast	Yalatima Coulibaly Mamadou Diabaté
Iceland	Hlynur Leifsson Anton Pálsson
Qatar	Saleh Bamutref Mansour Al-Suwaidi
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Macedonia	Đorđe Načevski Slavko Nikolov
Portugal	Ivan Caçador Eurico Nicolau

referee
Romania	Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Slovakia	Michal Baďura Jaroslav Ondogrecula
Slovenia	Nenad Krstič Peter Ljubič
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
United Arab Emirates	Omar Al-Marzouqi Mohammad Al-Nuaimi

Final placements

The placements were based on the following criteria:

• Places 1 to 4: Results in the final and in the game for 3rd place
• Places 5 to 8 (losers of the quarter-finals): relevant are the results of the preliminary round matches against the first four teams of the respective group, first the points scored, then the goal difference, then the number of goals scored
• Places 9 to 16 (losers of the round of 16 games): the results of the preliminary round matches against the first four teams of the respective group are relevant, first the points scored, then the goal difference, then the number of goals scored
• Places 17 to 20: Results of the President's Cup placement games among the fifth placed in the preliminary round
• Places 21 to 24: Results of the President's Cup placement games among the sixth placed in the preliminary round

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Spain a	9	8th	0	1	280: 183	+ 097
	Denmark	9	8th	0	1	291: 244	+ 047
	Croatia	9	8th	0	1	266: 202	+ 064
04th	Slovenia	9	7th	0	2	258: 240	+ 018
05.	Germany	7th	5	0	2	200: 177	+ 023
06th	France	7th	5	0	2	207: 182	+ 025
07th	Russia	7th	4th	1	2	205: 185	+ 020
08th.	Hungary	7th	4th	0	3	200: 167	+ 033
09.	Poland	6th	4th	0	2	153: 137	+ 016
10.	Serbia	6th	3	0	3	170: 159	+ 011
11.	Tunisia	6th	3	0	3	146: 153	- 007th
12.	Iceland	6th	3	0	3	181: 166	+ 015
13.	Brazil	6th	3	0	3	148: 154	- 006
14th	Macedonia	6th	2	1	3	165: 171	- 006
15th	Belarus	6th	2	0	4th	159: 153	+ 006
16.	Egypt	6th	1	1	4th	156: 154	+ 002
17th	Algeria b	7th	3	1	3	180: 173	+ 007
18th	Argentina	7th	2	0	5	169: 193	- 024
19th	Saudi Arabia	7th	2	0	5	152: 203	- 051
20th	Qatar c	7th	1	0	6th	195: 229	- 034
21st	South Korea	7th	2	0	5	182: 189	- 007th
22nd	Montenegro	7th	1	0	6th	179: 203	- 024
23.	Chile	7th	1	0	6th	184: 236	- 052
24.	Australia	7th	0	0	7th	103: 276	−173

^aas reigning world champion qualified for the 2015 World Cup

^b President's Cup winner

^c qualified as host for the 2015 World Cup

Awards

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Mikkel Hansen

All-Star Team

Timur Dibirov		Julen Aguinagalde		Hans Lindberg
	Alberto Entrerríos		László Nagy
		Domagoj Duvnjak
		Niklas Landin Jacobsen

statistics

Goal scorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	Litters	7m goals	7m throws	Games	Goals / game
01.	Eggert is different	Denmark	55	65	25th	26th	9	6.11
02.	Ivan Čupić	Croatia	50	70	19th	22nd	9	5.56
03.	Siarhei Rutenka	Belarus	46	69	18th	19th	6th	7.67
04th	Timur Dibirov	Russia	46	68	12	15th	7th	6.57
05.	Kiril Lazarov	Macedonia	44	75	16	20th	6th	7.33
06th	Ahmed Mostafa	Egypt	42	77	11	13	7th	6.00
07th	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Iceland	41	70	13	18th	6th	6.83
08th.	Emil Feuchtmann Perez	Chile	40	65	09	11	7th	5.71
09.	Domagoj Duvnjak	Croatia	40	71	0-	0-	9	4.44
10.	Jure Dolenec	Slovenia	39	51	05	06th	9	4.33
Source: ihf.info , as of January 27, 2013

Best goalkeeper

Pl.	player	team	held throws	Litters	Share go throws	held 7m throws	7m throws	Share go. 7m-litters	Games
01.	Marcin Wichary	Poland	34	073	46.6%	3	09	33.3%	5
02.	Karim Mostafa	Egypt	22nd	050	44.0%	4th	11	36.4%	5
03.	Peter Tatai	Hungary	46	106	43.4%	2	07th	28.6%	5
04th	José Manuel Sierra	Spain	31	079	39.2%	2	08th	25.0%	5
05.	Primož Prošt	Slovenia	56	143	39.2%	4th	12	33.3%	9
06th	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	Denmark	84	216	38.9%	2	15th	13.3%	7th
07th	Roland Mikler	Hungary	67	174	38.5%	2	11	18.2%	6th
08th.	Lee Dony-myung	South Korea	34	089	38.2%	2	09	22.2%	6th
09.	Mirko Alilović	Croatia	97	268	36.2%	4th	20th	20.0%	9
10.	Thierry Omeyer	France	62	172	36.0%	3	13	23.1%	6th
Source: ihf.info , as of January 26, 2013

Bids

Medalist

Spain	Denmark	Croatia
Julen Aguinagalde Aitor Ariño Joan Cañellas Alberto Entrerríos Antonio García Gedeón Guardiola Jorge Maqueda Ángel Montoro Viran Morros Valero Rivera Albert Rocas Carlos Ruesga Daniel Sarmiento José Manuel Sierra Arpad Sterbik Víctor Tomás	Anders Eggert Jannick Green Mikkel Hansen Niklas Landin Mads Larsen Rasmus Lauge Hans Lindberg Nikolaj Markussen Henrik Møllgaard Jensen Casper Ulrich Mortensen Kasper Nielsen Jesper Nøddesbo Kasper Søndergaard Bo Spellerberg Lasse Svan Hansen Henrik Toft Hansen René Toft Hansen	Mirko Alilović Damir Bičanić Ivan Čupić Domagoj Duvnjak Jakov Gojun Zlatko Horvat Filip Ivić Marko Kopljar Blaženko Lacković Stipe Mandalinić Marino Marić Željko Musa Ivan Ninčević Lovro Šprem Luka Stepančić Manuel Štrlek Igor Vori Drago Vukovic
Valero Rivera (coach)	Ulrik Wilbek (trainer)	Slavko Goluža (coach)

5th place: Germany

Silvio Heinevetter ( Foxes Berlin ) Carsten Lichtlein ( TBV Lemgo ) Stefan Kneer ( SC Magdeburg / 9 goals) Oliver Roggisch ( Rhein-Neckar Löwen / 4) Patrick Wiencek ( THW Kiel / 19) Tobias Reichmann ( HSG Wetzlar / 6)

Kevin Schmidt (HSG Wetzlar / 21) Steffen Fäth (HSG Wetzlar / 8) Christoph Theuerkauf ( HBW Balingen-Weilstetten / 14) Patrick Groetzki (Rhein-Neckar Löwen / 20) Steffen Weinhold ( SG Flensburg-Handewitt / 24)

Martin Strobel (TBV Lemgo / 6) Michael Haaß ( Frisch Auf Göppingen / 14) Adrian Pfahl ( VfL Gummersbach / 12) Dominik Klein (THW Kiel / 21) Sven-Sören Christophersen (Foxes Berlin / 22)

Web links

Commons : Men's Handball World Championship 2013  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• IHF - Men's Handball World Championship Spain 2013

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ihf.info, December 7, 2010
2. ↑ Schedule (English, accessed October 23, 2017)
3. ↑ IHF: News report: Throw-off times for the semifinals and final ranking 5-24 confirmed
4. ↑ IHF: Bid and Event Manual , p. 44
5. ↑ Individual Statistics: Goalscorers (top 40)
6. ↑ Individual Statistics Goalkeepers (top 20) (PDF; 269 kB)