2001 World Men's Handball Championship

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.

2001 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	23 January – 4 February
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	FR Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches	80
Goals scored	4,003 (50 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eduard Koksharov (RUS) (61 goals)
Best player	Stefan Lövgren (SWE)^[1]
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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. 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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) Hosts
Notes:

1. 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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. 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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. 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

31 January

Sweden

32

1 February

Argentina

23

Sweden

34

31 January

Ukraine

20

Croatia

34

3 February

Ukraine (ET)

37

Sweden

25

31 January

FR Yugoslavia

24

Spain

28

1 February

Norway

23

Spain

24

31 January

FR Yugoslavia

26

Iceland

27

4 February

FR Yugoslavia

31

Sweden

25

31 January

France (ET)

28

Tunisia

24

1 February

Germany

26

Germany

23

31 January

France (ET)

26

France

23

3 February

Portugal

18

France

24

31 January

Egypt

21

Third place

Algeria

21

1 February

4 February

Egypt

24

Egypt

21

FR Yugoslavia

27

31 January

Russia

19

Egypt

17

Russia

28

South Korea

26

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	3 February
	Ukraine	23
					4 February
	Spain	24
					Spain (ET)	40
	3 February
					Russia	38
	Germany	29
	Russia	33
					Seventh place
					4 February
					Ukraine	30
					Germany	24

Round of 16

31 January 2001 17:00	France	23–18	Portugal	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
		(10–10)

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31 January 2001 17:30	Algeria	21–24	Egypt	Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
		(9–12)

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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

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31 January 2001 18:00	Iceland	27–31	FR Yugoslavia	Palais des sports, Toulouse
		(10–15)

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31 January 2001 19:30	Tunisia	24–26	Germany	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
		(11–15)

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31 January 2001 20:30	Russia	28–26	South Korea	Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
		(11–12)

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31 January 2001 20:30	Sweden	32–23	Argentina	Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
		(18–10)

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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:^{[citation needed]}
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

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1 February 2001 20:30	Egypt	21–19	Russia	Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
		(9–7)

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1 February 2001 20:30	Spain	24–26	FR Yugoslavia	Palais des sports, Toulouse
		(10–13)

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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)

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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

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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×	Report	8×

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×	Report	3×
	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

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals 1 Eduard Koksharov   Russia 61 2 Yuriy Kostetskiy   Ukraine 60 3 Yoon Kyung-shin   South Korea 55 5 Stefan Lövgren   Sweden 47 6 Magnus Wislander   Sweden 46 7 Markus Baur   Germany 43 8 Vyacheslav Lochman   Ukraine 42 9 Salim Nedjel   Algeria 41 10 Christian Berge   Norway 40 Mohammed Berrajaâ   Morocco

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % 1 Arpad Sterbik   FR Yugoslavia 45.5 2 Peter Gentzel   Sweden 37.1 3 David Barrufet   Spain 36.1 4 Pavel Sukosyan   Russia 34.4 5 Cristian Canzoniero   Argentina 34.2 6 Yevgeniy Budko   Ukraine 32.5 7 Christian Ramota   Germany 32.1 8 Beno Lapajne   Slovenia 31.6 9 Andrey Lavrov   Russia 31.4 10 Manaf Al-Saeed   Saudi Arabia 30.2

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France Christian Gaudin Bruno Martini Thierry Omeyer Jérôme Fernandez Didier Dinart Guillaume Gille Bertrand Gille Daniel Narcisse Grégory Anquetil Andrej Golic Olivier Girault Laurent Puigségur Jackson Richardson Joël Abati Patrick Cazal Stéphane Plantin Head coach : Mr. Daniel Costantini	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.

External links

• XVII Men's World Championship at IHF.info