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2001 World Men's Handball Championship

2001 World Men's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country France
Dates23 January – 4 February
Teams24
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runner-up Sweden
Third place FR Yugoslavia
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches80
Goals scored4003 (50.04 per match)
Top scorer(s) Eduard Koksharov (RUS)
(61 goals)
Best player Stefan Lövgren (SWE)[1]
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The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from 23 January to 4 February 2001. It was the 17th edition of the World Championship in team handball and the hosts won the championship.

Qualification

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1 France
1999 World Men's Handball Championship 1–15 June 1999 1 Sweden
2000 European Men's Handball Championship 21–30 January 2000 4 Russia
Spain
Slovenia
Croatia
2000 African Men's Handball Championship 22 April – 1 May 2000 4 Egypt
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 23–28 May 2000 4 Argentina
Brazil
United States
Greenland
European qualification 15 December 1999 – 11 June 2000 6+1 Czech Republic
Germany
Iceland
Norway
Portugal
Ukraine
FR Yugoslavia
Asian qualification 12–27 August 2000 3 Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
South Korea

First round

The first four teams of each group qualify for the round of 16.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sweden 5 5 0 0 147 112 +35 10 Round of 16
2 Egypt 5 3 1 1 124 115 +9 7
3 Iceland 5 2 1 2 125 119 +6 5
4 Portugal 5 2 0 3 122 122 0 4[a]
5 Czech Republic 5 1 2 2 136 136 0 4[a]
6 Morocco 5 0 0 5 112 162 −50 0
Source: IHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Portugal 29–19 Czech Republic
23 January 2001
14:30 		Egypt 28–19 Morocco Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
(14–6)
23 January 2001
18:30 		Portugal 29–19 Czech Republic Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
(14–10)
23 January 2001
20:30 		Sweden 24–21 Iceland Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
(13–9)
24 January 2001
16:30 		Czech Republic 26–26 Egypt Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
(16–14)
24 January 2001
18:30 		Iceland 22–19 Portugal Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
(10–11)
24 January 2001
20:30 		Morocco 21–33 Sweden Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
(11–21)
25 January 2001
16:30 		Egypt 23–19 Portugal Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
(9–10)
25 January 2001
18:30 		Morocco 23–31 Iceland Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
(13–16)
25 January 2001
20:30 		Sweden 29–22 Czech Republic Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
(15–10)
27 January 2001
14:00 		Czech Republic 40–23 Morocco Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
(22–9)
27 January 2001
16:00 		Portugal 25–32 Sweden Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
(12–16)
27 January 2001
18:00 		Egypt 24–22 Iceland Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
(12–7)
28 January 2001
14:00 		Portugal 30–26 Morocco Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
(11–13)
28 January 2001
16:00 		Iceland 29–29 Czech Republic Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
(15–12)
28 January 2001
18:00 		Sweden 29–23 Egypt Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
(14–7)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France (H) 5 5 0 0 132 85 +47 10 Round of 16
2 FR Yugoslavia 5 4 0 1 146 89 +57 8
3 Algeria 5 2 1 2 107 102 +5 5[a]
4 Argentina 5 2 1 2 94 118 −24 5[a]
5 Brazil 5 1 0 4 108 124 −16 2
6 Kuwait 5 0 0 5 76 145 −69 0
Source: IHF
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Argentina 23–23 Algeria
23 January 2001
14:00 		Argentina 22–16 Kuwait Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
(14–9)
23 January 2001
18:00 		France 23–13 Algeria Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
(10–4)
23 January 2001
20:00 		FR Yugoslavia 31–23 Brazil Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Al-Janahe, Rasheed (KSA)
(15–12)
24 January 2001
16:00 		Brazil 19–20 Argentina Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
(10–8)
24 January 2001
18:00 		Kuwait 14–30 France Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Referees: Rosskamp, Rothkranz (BEL)
(8–14)
24 January 2001
20:00 		Algeria 20–23 FR Yugoslavia Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
(7–14)
25 January 2001
16:00 		Kuwait 13–26 Algeria Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 4,010
Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
(3–13)
25 January 2001
18:00 		France 29–19 Brazil Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Al-Janahe, Rasheed (KSA)
(14–10)
25 January 2001
20:00 		Argentina 10–32 FR Yugoslavia Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Rosskamp, Rothkranz (BEL)
(2–15)
27 January 2001
14:00 		Argentina 23–23 Algeria Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
(8–11)
27 January 2001
16:00 		Brazil 27–19 Kuwait Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Rosskamp, Rothkranz (BEL)
(15–7)
27 January 2001
18:00 		FR Yugoslavia 20–22 France Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
(8–13)
28 January 2001
14:00 		Algeria 25–20 Brazil Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
(11–8)
28 January 2001
16:00 		FR Yugoslavia 40–14 Kuwait Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Al-Janahe, Rasheed (KSA)
(21–6)
28 January 2001
18:00 		France 28–19 Argentina Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
(14–11)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain 5 4 0 1 160 105 +55 8 Round of 16
2 Germany 5 3 1 1 157 100 +57 7[a]
3 Croatia 5 3 1 1 154 115 +39 7[a]
4 South Korea 5 3 0 2 145 132 +13 6
5 Greenland 5 1 0 4 85 140 −55 2
6 United States 5 0 0 5 80 189 −109 0
Source: IHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Croatia 23–23 Germany
23 January 2001
14:30 		Croatia 25–15 Greenland Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
(12–6)
23 January 2001
18:30 		Germany 40–12 United States Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Mbengue, Sèye (SEN)
(19–6)
23 January 2001
20:30 		Spain 26–17 South Korea Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
(13–9)
24 January 2001
16:30 		Greenland 16–31 Spain Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Mbengue, Sèye (SEN)
(10–17)
24 January 2001
18:30 		United States 12–41 Croatia Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Hussain, Haider (KUW)
(5–21)
24 January 2001
20:30 		South Korea 26–33 Germany Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
(14–16)
25 January 2001
16:30 		Spain 45–18 United States Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Hussain, Haider (KUW)
(19–10)
25 January 2001
18:30 		Greenland 20–27 South Korea Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
(10–11)
25 January 2001
20:30 		Croatia 23–23 Germany Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
(12–13)
27 January 2001
14:00 		United States 18–26 Greenland Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
(8–11)
27 January 2001
16:00 		Germany 22–31 Spain Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
(11–15)
27 January 2001
18:00 		Croatia 33–38 South Korea Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Hussain, Haider (KUW)
(18–16)
28 January 2001
14:00 		Germany 39–8 Greenland Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Hussain, Haider (KUW)
(21–5)
28 January 2001
16:00 		South Korea 37–20 United States Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Mbengue, Sèye (SEN)
(17–9)
28 January 2001
18:00 		Spain 27–32 Croatia Palais des Sports, Besançon
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
(9–16)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russia 5 4 1 0 140 120 +20 9 Round of 16
2 Ukraine 5 3 0 2 134 115 +19 6[a]
3 Tunisia 5 3 0 2 116 110 +6 6[a]
4 Norway 5 2 1 2 116 127 −11 5
5 Slovenia 5 2 0 3 145 137 +8 4
6 Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 5 92 134 −42 0
Source: IHF
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ukraine 24–18 Tunisia
23 January 2001
13:30 		Slovenia 28–24 Ukraine Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(16–8)
23 January 2001
17:30 		Russia 23–20 Tunisia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(13–13)
23 January 2001
19:30 		Norway 20–14 Saudi Arabia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
(9–8)
24 January 2001
15:30 		Saudi Arabia 22–35 Slovenia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(13–17)
24 January 2001
17:30 		Ukraine 27–30 Russia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
(12–16)
24 January 2001
19:30 		Tunisia 28–19 Norway Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(17–6)
25 January 2001
15:30 		Ukraine 24–18 Tunisia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
(10–11)
25 January 2001
17:30 		Russia 29–18 Saudi Arabia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(17–10)
25 January 2001
19:30 		Slovenia 29–30 Norway Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
(12–18)
27 January 2001
14:00 		Saudi Arabia 17–28 Ukraine Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
(9–14)
27 January 2001
16:00 		Norway 25–25 Russia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
(9–12)
27 January 2001
18:00 		Slovenia 23–28 Tunisia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(10–13)
28 January 2001
14:00 		Tunisia 22–21 Saudi Arabia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
(11–10)
28 January 2001
16:00 		Norway 22–31 Ukraine Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
(9–14)
28 January 2001
18:00 		Russia 33–30 Slovenia Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(15–15)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
31 January
 Sweden32
1 February
 Argentina23
Sweden34
31 January
 Ukraine20
Croatia34
3 February
 Ukraine (ET)37
Sweden25
31 January
 FR Yugoslavia24
Spain28
1 February
 Norway23
Spain24
31 January
 FR Yugoslavia26
Iceland27
4 February
 FR Yugoslavia31
Sweden25
31 January
 France (ET)28
Tunisia24
1 February
 Germany26
Germany23
31 January
 France (ET)26
France23
3 February
 Portugal18
France24
31 January
 Egypt21 Third place
 Algeria21
1 February4 February
 Egypt24
Egypt21 FR Yugoslavia27
31 January
 Russia19 Egypt17
Russia28
 South Korea26
5th place bracket
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
3 February
 Ukraine23
4 February
 Spain24
Spain (ET)40
3 February
 Russia38
Germany29
 Russia33
Seventh place
4 February
 Ukraine30
 Germany24

Round of 16

31 January 2001
17:00 		France 23–18 Portugal La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
(10–10)
31 January 2001
17:30 		Algeria 21–24 Egypt Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
(9–12)
31 January 2001
18:00 		Croatia 34–37 (ET) Ukraine Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
(11–11)

FT: 29–29 ET: 4–4, 1–4

31 January 2001
18:00 		Iceland 27–31 FR Yugoslavia Palais des sports, Toulouse
(10–15)
31 January 2001
19:30 		Tunisia 24–26 Germany La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
(11–15)
31 January 2001
20:30 		Russia 28–26 South Korea Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
(11–12)
31 January 2001
20:30 		Sweden 32–23 Argentina Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
(18–10)
31 January 2001
20:30 		Spain 28–23 Norway Palais des sports, Toulouse
(16–11)

Places 9th to 16th

For places 9–16 the criteria was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Croatia 3 1 1 1 88 88 0 3
10 Tunisia 3 1 0 2 66 66 0 2
11 Iceland 3 1 0 2 65 67 −2 2
12 South Korea 3 1 0 2 81 92 −11 2
13 Algeria 3 0 1 2 56 69 −13 1
14 Norway 3 0 1 2 66 84 −18 1
15 Argentina 3 0 1 2 52 83 −31 1
16 Portugal 3 0 0 3 63 77 −14 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Quarterfinals

1 February 2001
20:30 		Germany 23–26 (ET) France La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
(8–11)

FT: 22–22 ET: 1–4

1 February 2001
20:30 		Egypt 21–19 Russia Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
(9–7)
1 February 2001
20:30 		Spain 24–26 FR Yugoslavia Palais des sports, Toulouse
(10–13)
1 February 2001
20:30 		Sweden 34–20 Ukraine Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
(14–9)

5–8th place semifinals

3 February 2001
09:30 		Ukraine 23–24 Spain Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
(7–14)
3 February 2001
12:00 		Germany 29–33 Russia Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
(16–17)

Semifinals

3 February 2001 Sweden 25–24 FR Yugoslavia Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Lövgren 11 (14–9) Jovanović 5
Report
3 February 2001 France 24–21 Egypt Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Anquetil 7 (8–10) Zaky 8
 7×Suspension Report  8×Suspension

Seventh place game

4 February 2001 Ukraine 30–24 Germany Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Kostetsky 14 (17–8) Baur 8
Report

Fifth place game

4 February 2001 Spain 40–38 (ET) Russia Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Ortega 10 (18–15) Koksharov, Krivoshlykov 6
Report

FT: 35–35 ET: 5–3

Third place game

4 February 2001 FR Yugoslavia 27–17 Egypt Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Referees: Lemme, Ulrich (GER)
Škrbić 9 (11–8) A. Awaad, Moemen 4
Report

Final

4 February 2001 Sweden 25–28 (ET) France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
Referees: Øie, Hognes (NOR)
Lövgren 8 (10–11) Fernandez 8
 2×Suspension Report  3×Suspension

FT: 22–22 ET: 3–6

Final standings

  1. France
  2. Sweden
  3. FR Yugoslavia
  4. Egypt
  5. Spain
  6. Russia
  7. Ukraine
  8. Germany
  9. Croatia
  10. Tunisia
  11. Iceland
  12. South Korea
  13. Algeria
  14. Norway
  15. Argentina
  16. Portugal
  17. Slovenia
  18. Czech Republic
  19. Brazil
  20. Greenland
  21. Saudi Arabia
  22. Morocco
  23. Kuwait
  24. United States

Awards

Position Player
Most valuable player Stefan Lövgren (SWE)
Goalkeeper David Barrufet (ESP)
Right wing Žikica Milosavljević (FRY)
Right back Yoon Kyung-shin (KOR)
Centre back Hussein Zaky (EGY)
Left back Stefan Lövgren (SWE)
Left wing Eduard Koksharov (RUS)
Pivot Bertrand Gille (FRA)

Statistics

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
France
 Sweden
  • Tomas Svensson
  • Peter Gentzel
  • Martin Boquist
  • Ola Lindgren
  • Stefan Lövgren
  • Magnus Wislander
  • Thomas Sivertsson
  • Martin Frändesjö
  • Mathias Franzen
  • Johan Petersson
  • Magnus Andersson
  • Ljubomir Vranjes
  • Jonas Ernelind
  • Christian Ericsson
  • Mikael Pettersson
  • Nicklas Johansson
    Head Coach : Mr. Bengt Johansson
 FR Yugoslavia
  • Arpad Šterbik
  • Nenad Puljezević
  • Zoran Đorđić
  • Vladan Matić
  • Petar Kapisoda
  • Nenad Maksić
  • Žikica Milosavljević
  • Dragan Škrbić
  • Ratko Đurković
  • Ivan Lapčević
  • Mladen Bojinović
  • Branko Kokir
  • Nedeljko Jovanović
  • Nebojša Golić
  • Goran Đukanović
  • Blažo Lisičić
    Head Coach : Mr. Branislav Pokrajac

References

  1. ^ "Lovgren élu meilleur joueur du Mondial". handzone.net (in French). 4 February 2001. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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