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.
Venues 9 cities were hosts for the tournament. The final match took place in the capital Paris.
TownStadiummax. spectatorsParisPalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy13.500AmnévilleGalaxie Amnéville6.000BesançonPalais des Sports6.000AlbertvilleLa halle de glace Olympique5.700MarseillePalais des Sports5.600ToulousePalais des Sports5.000NantesPalais des Sports de Beaulieu4.600MontpellierPalais des sports René-Bougnol3.000DunkerqueStade des Flandres2.400
Paris Amnéville Besançon Albertville Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Galaxie Palais des Sports La halle de glace Olympique Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 5,700 Marseille Palais des Sports Capacity: 5,600 Toulouse Nantes Montpellier Dunkerque Palais des Sports Palais des Sports de Beaulieu Palais des sports René-Bougnol Stade des Flandres Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 4,600 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 2,400
Qualification CompetitionDates Vacancies Qualified Host nation1 1999 World Men's Handball Championship 1–15 June 19991 2000 European Men's Handball Championship 21–30 January 20004 2000 African Men's Handball Championship 22 April – 1 May 20004 2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 23–28 May 20004 European qualification 15 December 1999 – 11 June 20006+1 Asian qualification 12–27 August 20003
First round The first four teams of each group qualify for the round of 16.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket Championship bracket
5th place bracket
Round of 16
Places 9th to 16th For places 9–16 the criterion was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group.
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings
Awards Position Player Most valuable player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Eduard Koksharov 61 2 Yuriy Kostetskiy 60 3 Yoon Kyung-shin 55 5 Stefan Lövgren 47 6 Magnus Wislander 46 7 Markus Baur 43 8 Vyacheslav Lochman 42 9 Salim Nedjel 4110 Christian Berge 40Mohammed Berrajaâ
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam% 1 Arpad Sterbik 45.5 2 Peter Gentzel 37.1 3 David Barrufet 36.1 4 Pavel Sukosyan 34.4 5 Cristian Canzoniero 34.2 6 Yevgeniy Budko 32.5 7 Christian Ramota 32.1 8 Beno Lapajne 31.6 9 Andrey Lavrov 31.4 10 Manaf Al-Saeed 30.2
Medalists GoldSilverBronze
References
External links XVII Men's World Championship at IHF.info