The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd World Men's Handball Championship, an international handball tournament that took place in Spain from 11 to 27 January 2013. This was the first time Spain hosted the World Men's Handball Championship, becoming the twelfth country to host the competition.
Spain won the title, beating Denmark in the final 35–19. It was Denmark's second final in a row.
Venues Games in Madrid were scheduled to be played in the Madrid Arena but on 1 November 2012, five young people were killed in a human stampede during a Halloween party. The venue was subsequently closed because of the judicial investigation and the IHF changed the location of games to Caja Mágica.
BarcelonaMadridZaragozaGranollersPalau Sant JordiCaja MágicaPabellón Príncipe FelipePalau d'Esports de GranollersCapacity: 16,500Capacity: 12,442Capacity: 11,000Capacity: 5,685 SevillePalacio Municipal de Deportes San PabloCapacity: 9,500GuadalajaraPalacio Multiusos de GuadalajaraCapacity: 5,894
Broadcasting rights
– Belarus 2 – TV Esporte Interativo – HRT – DR, TV 2, TV3 Sport 1 – Canal+, Canal+ Sport, Sport+ – ARD, ZDF, Sport1, Sport1+ – Sport 1 – Stöð 2 Sport – Setanta Sports (later stages) – Sitel TV – RTCG2 – TVP – Sport TV – Al Jazeera Sports (for the Arab countries in the Near East and North Africa) – Dolce Sport, Dolce Sport 2, Dolce Sport HD – NTV Plus – RTS – RTV Slovenija, Šport TV – Teledeporte – TV4 – beIN Sport
Qualification tournaments
Competition Date Vacancies Qualified European qualification 2 November 2011 – 17 June 2012 9 2012 African Men's Handball Championship 11–20 January 2012 3 2012 European Men's Handball Championship 15–29 January 2012 3 2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship 26 January – 5 February 2012 3 2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 18–24 June 2012 3 2012 Oceania Handball Championship 22–23 June 2012 1
Qualified teams The qualification for the 2013 World Handball Championship took place in the calendar years of 2011 and 2012. As the host nation, Spain and as defending champions, France were automatically qualified for the tournament.
Country Qualified asQualification date Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 Host 160 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) World Champions 150 (1954, 1961, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 African Championship 10 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 African Championship 12 0 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011) Third at 2012 African Championship 11 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 European Championship 19 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 European Championship 2 (2009, 2011) Third at 2012 European Championship 9 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 Asian Championship 10 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 Asian Championship 3 (2003, 2005, 2007) Third at 2012 Asian Championship 5 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009) European playoffs 9 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009) European playoffs 5 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) European playoffs 0 (debut) European playoffs 17 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011) European playoffs 2 (1999, 2009) European playoffs 16 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011) European playoffs 21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19903, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) European playoffs 1 (1995) European playoffs 12 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011) Winner of 2012 Oceania Championship 6 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 Pan American Championship 8 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Finalist of 2012 Pan American Championship 10 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011) Third at 2012 Pan American Championship 1 (2011)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year 2 Italics indicates host for that year 3 From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990
Draw The draw took place on 19 July 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
Seeding The pots were announced on 9 July 2012.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Match officials 16 match official pairs were selected for the tournament.
Referees Jesus MenezesRogério Pinto Yalatima CoulibalyMamadou Diabaté Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Václav HoráčekJiří Novotný Lars GeipelMarcus Helbig Hlynur LeifssonAnton Pálsson Gjorgje NačevskiSlavko Nikolov Ivan CaçadorEurico Nicolau
Referees Saleh BamutrefMansour Al-Suwaidi Bogdan StarkRomeo Ştefan Nenad KrstičPeter Ljubič Nenad NikolićDušan Stojković Michal BaďuraJaroslav Ondogrecula Ignacio GarcíaAndreu Marín Óscar RaluyÁngel Sabroso Omar Al-MarzouqiMohammad Al-Nuaimi
Squads
Preliminary round The draw was held on 19 July 2012. The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012.Match Schedule The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.Match Schedule (with throw-off times)
Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the eighth-finals. The last two teams in each group will play placement matches.
Tie-breaking criteria For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following orderihf.info; IHF info brochure, Tiebreaking criteria, page 49. Retrieved 21 January 2011. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question goal difference in the matches among the teams in question number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points) goal difference in all the group matches number of goals scored in all the group matches drawing of lots
Team advanced to Knockout stage
All times are (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Spain's 51–11 win over Australia has been the third highest scoring win at a world championship.
President's cup
17–20th place
Bracket
Semifinals
19th place game
17th place game
21–24th place
Bracket
Semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
Knockout stage
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place game
Final The final match, watched by 19,500 people, was played at the Palau Sant Jordi hall in Barcelona. Denmark entered the final as the only unbeaten team during the tournament, having won all eight matches they previously played. Host nation Spain won seven of their eight matches before the final, losing only to Croatia in the final match in the group phase.
Spain won their second World Men's Handball Championship, beating Denmark 35–19. While in the early minutes of the game the teams were closely matched, Spain played tough defense, limited Denmark's scoring chances and went on a scoring run to end the first half leading 18–10. The Spanish team then increased their lead in the second half, outscoring Denmark 17–9 to close out the game. It was the third World Championship final that Denmark lost, having also been defeated in 1967 and 2011.
Statistics
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Teams 9 to 16 and 5 to 8 are ranked first by points, then by goal difference, then by plus goals from the preliminary round games against teams placed 1 to 4.
2013 Men's World Champions SpainSecond title
Team roster Arpad Sterbik, José Manuel Sierra, Alberto Entrerríos, Albert Rocas, Jorge Maqueda, Víctor Tomás, Dani Sarmiento, Julen Aguinagalde, Joan Cañellas, Ángel Montoro, Viran Morros, Carlos Ruesga, Antonio García, Valero Rivera, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola.Head coach: Valero Rivera.
All-Star Team All-Star Team of the tournament: Goalkeeper: Left wing: Left back: Centre back: Pivot: Right back: Right wing:
Other awards Most Valuable Player:
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots%MatchesPlayed 1 Anders Eggert 5552 goals as of 26 January 2013 plus 3/5 during the finale. 65 85% 9 2 Ivan Čupić 50 70 71% 9 3 Timur Dibirov 46 68 67% 7 4 Siarhei Rutenka 46 69 66% 6 5 Kiril Lazarov 44 75 58% 6 6 Ahmed El-Ahmar 42 77 54% 6 7 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 41 70 58% 6 8 Domagoj Duvnjak 41 72 57% 9 9 Emil Feuchtmann 40 65 61% 7 10 Jure Dolenec 39 51 76% 9 Source: IHF.info, 26 January 2013
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Marcin Wichary 47% 34 73 2 Karim Mostafa 44% 22 50 3 Péter Tatai 43% 46 106 4 Vadim Bogdanov 40% 35 88 5 José Manuel Sierra 39% 33 84 6 Primož Prošt 39% 56 143 7 Roland Mikler 38% 67 174 8 Lee Dong-Myung 38% 34 89 9 Filip Ivić 38% 19 50 10 Carsten Lichtlein 38% 17 45 Source: IHF.info
References
External links
IHF website