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2009 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament that took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.

2009 World Men's Handball Championship
Svjetsko prvenstvo u rukometu 2009. (in Croatian)
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Dates16 January – 1 February
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (3rd title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Poland
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played110
Goals scored6,090 (55.36 per match)
Attendance392,550 (3,569 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kiril Lazarov (MKD)
(92 goals)
Best player Igor Vori (CRO)
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The opening game and ceremony were held in Split, and the final game was played in Zagreb. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia in the final. Poland took the third place after winning over Denmark. Tickets for the tournament went on sale from 15 to 20 November.[1] For the finals, ticket prices started at 700 kuna (c. €95). To promote the tournament, the Croatian National Tourist Board launched a series of presentations in the capitals of 13 participating countries.[2]

During the championship internal criticism arose against Hassan Moustafa, President of the IHF. The secretary general of the IHF, Peter Mühlematter, criticized Moustafa and asked for his demission. Moustafa asked to exclude Mühlematter after his criticism.[3][4][5][6][7]

Venues edit

Seven Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2009 Championship: Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. The sites included the new Spaladium Arena in Split and Arena Zagreb, where the final took place.

Zagreb Varaždin Osijek
Arena Zagreb
Capacity: 15,024
Varaždin Arena
Capacity: 5,200
Gradski vrt Hall
Capacity: 3,538
     
Poreč
Žatika Sport Centre
Capacity: 3,500
Pula
Mate Parlov Sport Centre
Capacity: 2,132
 
Zadar Split
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Capacity: 8,600
Spaladium Arena
Capacity: 10,941
   

Qualification edit

 
Qualified nations

Qualification occurred through the previous years' continental championships or qualifying tournaments:

European qualifiers play-off edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Slovenia   62–63   Slovakia 33–33 29–30
Spain   63–56   Greece 32–24 31–32
Norway   61–52   Ukraine 29–22 32–30
Belarus   56–60   Russia 26–26 30–34
Montenegro   55–56   Romania 31–27 24–29
Czech Republic   62–62   Serbia 38–33 24–29
Poland   54–48    Switzerland 32–24 22–24
Hungary   54–49   Bosnia and Herzegovina 27–25 27–24[8]
Macedonia   58–56   Iceland 34–26 24–30

Seeding edit

The draw for the groups of the preliminary round was held on 21 June 2008, in Zagreb. The draw took place at Zagreb's central Ban Jelačić Square and was hosted by Filip Brkić and Kristina Krepela.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Squads edit

Each nation had to submit a squad of 16 players.

Referees edit

On 12 October 2008, the match officials for the tournament were confirmed.[11] But due to injury, the Swedish referee couple Rickard Canbro and Mikael Claesson had to withdraw from the championship, and was replaced by Danish couple Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen.[12]

Preliminary round edit

 
Ruksi, the caterpillar mascot.[13]

All times are local UTC+1.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 5 5 0 0 168 106 +62 10 Main round
2   Slovakia 5 3 1 1 152 119 +33 7[a]
3   Hungary 5 3 1 1 148 115 +33 7[a]
4   Romania 5 2 0 3 141 135 +6 4
5   Argentina 5 1 0 4 133 137 −4 2
6   Australia 5 0 0 5 76 206 −130 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Hungary 24–24 Slovakia
17 January 2009
16:30
Slovakia   27–25   Argentina Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Straňovský 7 (12–13) Gull 5
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17 January 2009
18:30
Hungary   41–17   Australia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Iváncsik, Zubai 7 (20–8) Fletcher 8
  3×  Report   1× 
17 January 2009
20:30
France   31–21   Romania Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Stanojević, Višekruna (SRB)
Guigou, Karabatić 7 (12–9) Toma 5
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18 January 2009
15:00
Australia   12–47   Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Stanojević, Višekruna (SRB)
Fletcher 6 (6–20) Antl 8
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18 January 2009
17:00
Romania   27–30   Hungary Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Pîrîianu 6 (16–13) Nagy 8
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18 January 2009
19:00
Argentina   26–33   France Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Kogovsek, Migueles 5 (15–19) Guigou 7
  2×  Report   1× 

19 January 2009
15:30
Romania   30–26   Argentina Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Ghionea 9 (15–13) Kogovsek 7
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19 January 2009
17:30
Hungary   24–24   Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 5 (12–6) Šulc 9
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19 January 2009
19:30
France   42–11   Australia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Abalo 10 (20–3) Fletcher 4
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21 January 2009
15:00
Australia   20–40   Romania Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Blondell 8 (9–21) Cozma 10
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21 January 2009
17:00
Hungary   31–20   Argentina Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Stanojević, Višekruna (SRB)
Mocsai 6 (17–8) Kogovsek, Gull 4
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21 January 2009
19:00
Slovakia   26–35   France Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Antl 7 (9–15) Karabatić 9
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22 January 2009
15:00
Argentina   36–16   Australia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Torres 7 (15–8) Fletcher 4
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22 January 2009
17:00
Slovakia   28–23   Romania Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Kukučka 8 (12–13) Ghionea, Pîrîianu 5
  4×  Report   4× 
22 January 2009
19:00
France   27–22   Hungary Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Stanojević, Višekruna (SRB)
three players 5 (13–8) Gál 5
  Report   1× 

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia (H) 5 5 0 0 170 115 +55 10 Main round
2   Sweden 5 4 0 1 162 118 +44 8
3   South Korea 5 3 0 2 140 126 +14 6
4   Spain 5 2 0 3 167 127 +40 4
5   Cuba 5 1 0 4 106 181 −75 2
6   Kuwait 5 0 0 5 99 177 −78 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
16 January 2009
20:30
Croatia   27–26   South Korea Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Čupić 8 (14–13) Park J., Sim 5
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17 January 2009
16:30
Spain   47–17   Kuwait Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
García, Rocas 7 (18–9) H. Al-Shamari 5
  3×  Report   4× 
17 January 2009
18:30
Sweden   41–14   Cuba Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: El-Moamli, Shaaban (EGY)
Källman, Lennartsson 6 (19–7) Díaz 5
  6×  Report   4× 

18 January 2009
16:30
Cuba   20–45   Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
Echevarría 5 (10–24) García 9
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18 January 2009
18:30
South Korea   25–31   Sweden Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Lee J., Park J. 6 (12–16) Källman 10
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18 January 2009
20:30
Kuwait   21–40   Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: El-Moamli, Shaaban (EGY)
Al-Gharaballi, Al-Qallaf 5 (13–22) Šprem 8
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19 January 2009
16:30
South Korea   34–19   Kuwait Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Yoon 7 (15–9) five players 3
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19 January 2009
18:30
Sweden   34–30   Spain Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Doder 11 (19–13) Romero 11
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19 January 2009
20:30
Croatia   41–20   Cuba Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 11,800
Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
Čupić 11 (20–9) Carol, Echevarría 5
  2×  Report   7× 

21 January 2009
16:30
Cuba   26–31   South Korea Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 500
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
five players 4 (13–17) Lee J. 10
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21 January 2009
18:30
Sweden   30–19   Kuwait Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: El-Moamli, Shaaban (EGY)
Larholm 6 (17–9) Al-Hajeri 5
  4×  Report   2× 
21 January 2009
20:30
Spain   22–32   Croatia Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Romero 5 (11–18) Duvnjak 7
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22 January 2009
16:30
Kuwait   23–26   Cuba Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 500
Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
F. Al-Shamari, H. Al-Shamari 5 (9–12) Carol 8
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22 January 2009
18:30
Spain   23–24   South Korea Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Rocas, Romero 5 (15–14) Oh Y. 6
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22 January 2009
20:30
Croatia   30–26   Sweden Spaladium Arena, Split
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Čupić 8 (14–13) Doder, Larholm 7
  4×  Report   5× 

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 5 4 1 0 147 116 +31 9 Main round
2   North Macedonia 5 3 0 2 145 136 +9 6[a]
3   Poland 5 3 0 2 146 131 +15 6[a]
4   Russia 5 2 1 2 143 145 −2 5
5   Tunisia 5 2 0 3 143 142 +1 4
6   Algeria 5 0 0 5 114 168 −54 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Poland 29–30 Macedonia
17 January 2009
15:30
Poland   39–22   Algeria Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Jurasik, Tłuczyński 6 (17–8) Chehbour 6
  3×  Report   7× 
17 January 2009
17:30
Germany   26–26   Russia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Hens 9 (15–14) Igropulo, Rastvortsev 5
  5×  Report   9× 
17 January 2009
19:30
Macedonia   24–25   Tunisia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
K. Lazarov 9 (14–13) Tej 6
  1×  Report   4×  1× 

18 January 2009
15:30
Algeria   19–32   Macedonia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Chehbour 6 (8–16) K. Lazarov 9
  4×  Report   4× 
18 January 2009
17:30
Tunisia   24–26   Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Hammed 9 (12–12) Hens 6
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18 January 2009
19:30
Russia   22–24   Poland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
Igropulo 6 (14–11) three players 4
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19 January 2009
15:30
Poland   29–30   Macedonia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Bielecki, M. Lijewski 7 (15–16) K. Lazarov 13
  4×  Report   4× 
19 January 2009
17:30
Germany   32–20   Algeria Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
Jansen 6 (16–10) Berriah 8
  6×  Report   4× 
19 January 2009
19:30
Russia   36–31   Tunisia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Filippov, Kovalyov 7 (16–11) Touati 9
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21 January 2009
15:30
Algeria   28–29   Russia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Boudrali 6 (14–17) Filippov 9
  3×  Report   3× 
21 January 2009
17:30
Macedonia   23–33   Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
K. Lazarov 9 (14–13) Glandorf 9
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21 January 2009
19:30
Poland   31–27   Tunisia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 800
Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
Tłuczyński 11 (16–11) Hedoui 6
  3×  Report   9×  1× 

22 January 2009
15:30
Macedonia   36–30   Russia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
K. Lazarov 13 (15–14) Igropulo 13
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22 January 2009
17:30
Germany   30–23   Poland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Kraus 7 (14–11) Tłuczyński 6
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22 January 2009
19:30
Tunisia   36–25   Algeria Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 300
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Touati 12 (18–11) Bouakaz 5
  3×  Report   9×  1× 

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 5 5 0 0 167 121 +46 10 Main round
2   Serbia 5 3 0 2 161 146 +15 6[a]
3   Norway 5 3 0 2 162 123 +39 6[a]
4   Egypt 5 2 0 3 110 126 −16 4[b]
5   Brazil 5 2 0 3 128 158 −30 4[b]
6   Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 5 107 161 −54 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Norway 26–27 Serbia
  2. ^ a b Egypt 25–22 Brazil
17 January 2009
16:15
Norway   39–23   Saudi Arabia Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Mamelund 8 (19–10) B. Al-Harbi 6
  3×  Report   7× 
17 January 2009
18:15
Egypt   22–30   Serbia Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
El Ahmar 8 (12–12) Stojanović 6
  6×  Report   5× 
17 January 2009
20:15
Denmark   40–27   Brazil Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Christiansen 8 (19–12) F. Silva 6
  2×  Report   5× 

18 January 2009
16:15
Brazil   21–39   Norway Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
Hubner, F. Silva 4 (8–17) Bjørnsen 7
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18 January 2009
18:15
Saudi Arabia   18–26   Egypt Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
B. Al-Harbi 9 (8–12) Zaky 7
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18 January 2009
20:15
Serbia   36–37   Denmark Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Ilić 10 (22–16) Lindberg 8
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19 January 2009
17:00
Brazil   32–30   Serbia Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Ribeiro 10 (14–14) Ilić 7
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19 January 2009
19:10
Norway   30–20   Egypt Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,650
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Kjelling 9 (14–10) Zaky 9
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19 January 2009
21:15
Denmark   32–13   Saudi Arabia Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 800
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
Eggert 10 (17–4) Al-Habib 6
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21 January 2009
17:00
Saudi Arabia   24–26   Brazil Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
B. Al-Harbi 9 (10–14) Ribeiro 9
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21 January 2009
19:10
Norway   26–27   Serbia Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
Løke 6 (10–12) Vujin 6
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21 January 2009
21:15
Egypt   17–26
2009, world, handball, championship, 21st, edition, tournament, that, took, place, croatia, from, january, february, cities, split, zadar, osijek, varaždin, poreč, zagreb, pula, croatia, selected, from, group, four, potential, hosts, which, included, czech, re. The 2009 World Men s Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament that took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February in the cities of Split Zadar Osijek Varazdin Porec Zagreb and Pula Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic Greece and Romania 2009 World Men s Handball ChampionshipSvjetsko prvenstvo u rukometu 2009 in Croatian Tournament detailsHost country CroatiaVenue s 7 in 7 host cities Dates16 January 1 FebruaryTeams24 from 5 confederations Final positionsChampions France 3rd title Runner up CroatiaThird place PolandFourth place DenmarkTournament statisticsMatches played110Goals scored6 090 55 36 per match Attendance392 550 3 569 per match Top scorer s Kiril Lazarov MKD 92 goals Best player Igor Vori CRO PreviousNext The opening game and ceremony were held in Split and the final game was played in Zagreb France won the tournament after defeating Croatia in the final Poland took the third place after winning over Denmark Tickets for the tournament went on sale from 15 to 20 November 1 For the finals ticket prices started at 700 kuna c 95 To promote the tournament the Croatian National Tourist Board launched a series of presentations in the capitals of 13 participating countries 2 During the championship internal criticism arose against Hassan Moustafa President of the IHF The secretary general of the IHF Peter Muhlematter criticized Moustafa and asked for his demission Moustafa asked to exclude Muhlematter after his criticism 3 4 5 6 7 Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualification 2 1 European qualifiers play off 3 Seeding 4 Squads 5 Referees 6 Preliminary round 6 1 Group A 6 2 Group B 6 3 Group C 6 4 Group D 7 President s Cup 7 1 Group I 7 2 Group II 7 3 Placement games 7 3 1 23rd place game 7 3 2 21st place game 7 3 3 19th place game 7 3 4 17th place game 7 3 5 15th place game 7 3 6 13th place game 8 Main round 8 1 Group I 8 2 Group II 9 Final round 9 1 Bracket 9 2 Semifinals 9 3 Eleventh place game 9 4 Ninth place game 9 5 Seventh place game 9 6 Fifth place game 9 7 Third place game 9 8 Final 10 Ranking and statistics 10 1 Final ranking 10 2 All Star Team 10 3 Top goalscorers 10 4 Top goalkeepers 11 Medalists 12 IHF broadcasting rights 13 References 14 External linksVenues editSeven Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2009 Championship Split Zadar Osijek Varazdin Porec Zagreb and Pula The sites included the new Spaladium Arena in Split and Arena Zagreb where the final took place Zagreb Varazdin OsijekArena ZagrebCapacity 15 024 Varazdin ArenaCapacity 5 200 Gradski vrt HallCapacity 3 538 nbsp nbsp nbsp Porec nbsp nbsp Zagreb nbsp Split nbsp Osijek nbsp Varazdin nbsp Zadar nbsp Porec nbsp PulaZatika Sport CentreCapacity 3 500PulaMate Parlov Sport CentreCapacity 2 132 nbsp Zadar SplitKresimir Cosic HallCapacity 8 600 Spaladium ArenaCapacity 10 941 nbsp nbsp Qualification edit nbsp Qualified nationsQualification occurred through the previous years continental championships or qualifying tournaments Host 1 vacancy World Champion 1 vacancy 2008 African Men s Handball Championship 3 vacancies 2008 American Handball Championship 3 vacancies 2008 Asian Handball Championship 3 vacancies 2008 European Men s Handball Championship 3 vacancies 2008 European qualifiers play off 9 vacancies 2008 Oceania qualifying tournament 1 vacancy European qualifiers play off edit Team 1 Agg Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legSlovenia nbsp 62 63 nbsp Slovakia 33 33 29 30Spain nbsp 63 56 nbsp Greece 32 24 31 32Norway nbsp 61 52 nbsp Ukraine 29 22 32 30Belarus nbsp 56 60 nbsp Russia 26 26 30 34Montenegro nbsp 55 56 nbsp Romania 31 27 24 29Czech Republic nbsp 62 62 nbsp Serbia 38 33 24 29Poland nbsp 54 48 nbsp Switzerland 32 24 22 24Hungary nbsp 54 49 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 27 25 27 24 8 Macedonia nbsp 58 56 nbsp Iceland 34 26 24 30Seeding editThe draw for the groups of the preliminary round was held on 21 June 2008 in Zagreb The draw took place at Zagreb s central Ban Jelacic Square and was hosted by Filip Brkic and Kristina Krepela 9 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 nbsp Croatia hosts nbsp Germany defending World Champions nbsp Denmark champions of Europe nbsp France 3rd from Europe 10 nbsp Sweden 5th from Europe 10 nbsp Norway Euro playoff nbsp Poland Euro playoff nbsp Hungary Euro playoff 8 nbsp Spain Euro playoff nbsp Slovakia Euro playoff nbsp Macedonia euro playoff nbsp Egypt champion of Africa nbsp Romania Euro playoff nbsp Russia Euro playoff nbsp South Korea champions of Asia nbsp Brazil champions of America nbsp Serbia Euro playoff nbsp Tunisia 2nd from Africa nbsp Kuwait 2nd from Asia nbsp Argentina 2nd from America nbsp Australia Oceania qualifiers nbsp Algeria 3rd from Africa nbsp Saudi Arabia 3rd from Asia nbsp Cuba 3rd from America Squads editMain article 2009 World Men s Handball Championship squads Each nation had to submit a squad of 16 players Referees editOn 12 October 2008 the match officials for the tournament were confirmed 11 But due to injury the Swedish referee couple Rickard Canbro and Mikael Claesson had to withdraw from the championship and was replaced by Danish couple Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen 12 Referees nbsp Belarus Andrei GouskoSiarhei Repkin nbsp Brazil Jesus Nilson Aires MenezesRogerio Aparecido Pinto nbsp Croatia Matija GubicaBoris Milosevic nbsp Czech Republic Jiri OpavaPavel Valek nbsp Denmark Martin GjedingMads Hansen nbsp Denmark Per OlesenLars Ejby Pedersen nbsp Egypt Moustafa El MoamliMohamed Shaaban nbsp France Nordine LazaarLaurent Reveret nbsp Germany Frank LemmeBernd Ullrich Referees nbsp Iran Mohsen KarbaschiMajid Kolahdouzan nbsp Lithuania Mindaugas GatelisVaidas Mazeika nbsp Poland Miroslaw BaumMarek Goralczyk nbsp Portugal Ivan CacadorEurico Nicolau nbsp Romania Constantin DinSorin Laurenţiu Dinu nbsp Serbia Zoran StanojevicSlobodan Visekruna nbsp Slovenia Nenad KrsticPeter LjubicWithdrawn due to injury nbsp Sweden Rickard CanbroMikael Claesson nbsp German officials Bernd Ullrich left and Frank Lemme right refereed the opening match between Croatia and South Korea on 16 January Preliminary round edit nbsp Ruksi the caterpillar mascot 13 All times are local UTC 1 Group A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp France 5 5 0 0 168 106 62 10 Main round2 nbsp Slovakia 5 3 1 1 152 119 33 7 a 3 nbsp Hungary 5 3 1 1 148 115 33 7 a 4 nbsp Romania 5 2 0 3 141 135 6 45 nbsp Argentina 5 1 0 4 133 137 4 26 nbsp Australia 5 0 0 5 76 206 130 0Source IHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference Notes a b Hungary 24 24 Slovakia 17 January 2009 16 30 Slovakia nbsp 27 25 nbsp Argentina Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 000 Referees Olesen Pedersen DEN Stranovsky 7 12 13 Gull 53 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 17 January 2009 18 30 Hungary nbsp 41 17 nbsp Australia Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 000 Referees Karbaschi Kolahdouzan IRI Ivancsik Zubai 7 20 8 Fletcher 83 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 17 January 2009 20 30 France nbsp 31 21 nbsp Romania Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 000 Referees Stanojevic Visekruna SRB Guigou Karabatic 7 12 9 Toma 53 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 18 January 2009 15 00 Australia nbsp 12 47 nbsp Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 1 500 Referees Stanojevic Visekruna SRB Fletcher 6 6 20 Antl 83 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 18 January 2009 17 00 Romania nbsp 27 30 nbsp Hungary Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 000 Referees Olesen Pedersen DEN Piriianu 6 16 13 Nagy 83 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 18 January 2009 19 00 Argentina nbsp 26 33 nbsp France Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 2 500 Referees Gubica Milosevic CRO Kogovsek Migueles 5 15 19 Guigou 73 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 19 January 2009 15 30 Romania nbsp 30 26 nbsp Argentina Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 1 500 Referees Karbaschi Kolahdouzan IRI Ghionea 9 15 13 Kogovsek 73 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp 19 January 2009 17 30 Hungary nbsp 24 24 nbsp Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 2 500 Referees Gubica Milosevic CRO three players 5 12 6 Sulc 93 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 3 nbsp 19 January 2009 19 30 France nbsp 42 11 nbsp Australia Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 1 500 Referees Olesen Pedersen DEN Abalo 10 20 3 Fletcher 42 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 21 January 2009 15 00 Australia nbsp 20 40 nbsp Romania Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 1 000 Referees Gubica Milosevic CRO Blondell 8 9 21 Cozma 103 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 3 nbsp 21 January 2009 17 00 Hungary nbsp 31 20 nbsp Argentina Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 000 Referees Stanojevic Visekruna SRB Mocsai 6 17 8 Kogovsek Gull 43 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 21 January 2009 19 00 Slovakia nbsp 26 35 nbsp France Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 2 500 Referees Karbaschi Kolahdouzan IRI Antl 7 9 15 Karabatic 94 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 22 January 2009 15 00 Argentina nbsp 36 16 nbsp Australia Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 1 000 Referees Gubica Milosevic CRO Torres 7 15 8 Fletcher 42 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 22 January 2009 17 00 Slovakia nbsp 28 23 nbsp Romania Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 500 Referees Olesen Pedersen DEN Kukucka 8 12 13 Ghionea Piriianu 53 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 22 January 2009 19 00 France nbsp 27 22 nbsp Hungary Gradski vrt Hall Osijek Attendance 3 500 Referees Stanojevic Visekruna SRB three players 5 13 8 Gal 53 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Croatia H 5 5 0 0 170 115 55 10 Main round2 nbsp Sweden 5 4 0 1 162 118 44 83 nbsp South Korea 5 3 0 2 140 126 14 64 nbsp Spain 5 2 0 3 167 127 40 45 nbsp Cuba 5 1 0 4 106 181 75 26 nbsp Kuwait 5 0 0 5 99 177 78 0Source IHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference H Hosts 16 January 2009 20 30 Croatia nbsp 27 26 nbsp South Korea Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 12 000 Referees Lemme Ullrich GER Cupic 8 14 13 Park J Sim 53 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 17 January 2009 16 30 Spain nbsp 47 17 nbsp Kuwait Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 8 000 Referees Menezes Pinto BRA Garcia Rocas 7 18 9 H Al Shamari 53 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 17 January 2009 18 30 Sweden nbsp 41 14 nbsp Cuba Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 3 500 Referees El Moamli Shaaban EGY Kallman Lennartsson 6 19 7 Diaz 53 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 18 January 2009 16 30 Cuba nbsp 20 45 nbsp Spain Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 1 000 Referees Menezes Pinto BRA Echevarria 5 10 24 Garcia 92 nbsp 8 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 18 January 2009 18 30 South Korea nbsp 25 31 nbsp Sweden Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 3 000 Referees Din Dinu ROU Lee J Park J 6 12 16 Kallman 104 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 10 nbsp 1 nbsp 18 January 2009 20 30 Kuwait nbsp 21 40 nbsp Croatia Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 10 000 Referees El Moamli Shaaban EGY Al Gharaballi Al Qallaf 5 13 22 Sprem 82 nbsp 9 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 5 nbsp 19 January 2009 16 30 South Korea nbsp 34 19 nbsp Kuwait Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 1 000 Referees Din Dinu ROU Yoon 7 15 9 five players 33 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 19 January 2009 18 30 Sweden nbsp 34 30 nbsp Spain Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 5 000 Referees Lemme Ullrich GER Doder 11 19 13 Romero 114 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 19 January 2009 20 30 Croatia nbsp 41 20 nbsp Cuba Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 11 800 Referees Menezes Pinto BRA Cupic 11 20 9 Carol Echevarria 52 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 7 nbsp 21 January 2009 16 30 Cuba nbsp 26 31 nbsp South Korea Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 500 Referees Lemme Ullrich GER five players 4 13 17 Lee J 102 nbsp 10 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 21 January 2009 18 30 Sweden nbsp 30 19 nbsp Kuwait Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 6 000 Referees El Moamli Shaaban EGY Larholm 6 17 9 Al Hajeri 53 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 2 nbsp 21 January 2009 20 30 Spain nbsp 22 32 nbsp Croatia Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 12 000 Referees Din Dinu ROU Romero 5 11 18 Duvnjak 74 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 8 nbsp 22 January 2009 16 30 Kuwait nbsp 23 26 nbsp Cuba Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 500 Referees Menezes Pinto BRA F Al Shamari H Al Shamari 5 9 12 Carol 84 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 22 January 2009 18 30 Spain nbsp 23 24 nbsp South Korea Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 8 000 Referees Din Dinu ROU Rocas Romero 5 15 14 Oh Y 63 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 4 nbsp 22 January 2009 20 30 Croatia nbsp 30 26 nbsp Sweden Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 12 000 Referees Lemme Ullrich GER Cupic 8 14 13 Doder Larholm 74 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 5 nbsp Group C edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Germany 5 4 1 0 147 116 31 9 Main round2 nbsp North Macedonia 5 3 0 2 145 136 9 6 a 3 nbsp Poland 5 3 0 2 146 131 15 6 a 4 nbsp Russia 5 2 1 2 143 145 2 55 nbsp Tunisia 5 2 0 3 143 142 1 46 nbsp Algeria 5 0 0 5 114 168 54 0Source IHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference Notes a b Poland 29 30 Macedonia 17 January 2009 15 30 Poland nbsp 39 22 nbsp Algeria Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 3 500 Referees Opava Valek CZE Jurasik Tluczynski 6 17 8 Chehbour 63 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 17 January 2009 17 30 Germany nbsp 26 26 nbsp Russia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 4 600 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN Hens 9 15 14 Igropulo Rastvortsev 53 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 9 nbsp 17 January 2009 19 30 Macedonia nbsp 24 25 nbsp Tunisia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 3 500 Referees Cacador Nicolau POR K Lazarov 9 14 13 Tej 63 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 4 nbsp 1 nbsp 18 January 2009 15 30 Algeria nbsp 19 32 nbsp Macedonia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 2 000 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN Chehbour 6 8 16 K Lazarov 93 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 18 January 2009 17 30 Tunisia nbsp 24 26 nbsp Germany Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 3 500 Referees Opava Valek CZE Hammed 9 12 12 Hens 62 nbsp 7 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 18 January 2009 19 30 Russia nbsp 22 24 nbsp Poland Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 3 000 Referees Krstic Ljubic SLO Igropulo 6 14 11 three players 43 nbsp 10 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 7 nbsp 19 January 2009 15 30 Poland nbsp 29 30 nbsp Macedonia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 1 500 Referees Cacador Nicolau POR Bielecki M Lijewski 7 15 16 K Lazarov 133 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 4 nbsp 19 January 2009 17 30 Germany nbsp 32 20 nbsp Algeria Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 1 500 Referees Krstic Ljubic SLO Jansen 6 16 10 Berriah 84 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 4 nbsp 19 January 2009 19 30 Russia nbsp 36 31 nbsp Tunisia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 1 000 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN Filippov Kovalyov 7 16 11 Touati 92 nbsp 7 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 21 January 2009 15 30 Algeria nbsp 28 29 nbsp Russia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 2 000 Referees Cacador Nicolau POR Boudrali 6 14 17 Filippov 93 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 21 January 2009 17 30 Macedonia nbsp 23 33 nbsp Germany Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 3 800 Referees Opava Valek CZE K Lazarov 9 14 13 Glandorf 93 nbsp 6 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 1 nbsp 21 January 2009 19 30 Poland nbsp 31 27 nbsp Tunisia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 800 Referees Krstic Ljubic SLO Tluczynski 11 16 11 Hedoui 63 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 9 nbsp 1 nbsp 22 January 2009 15 30 Macedonia nbsp 36 30 nbsp Russia Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 4 000 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN K Lazarov 13 15 14 Igropulo 133 nbsp 10 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 22 January 2009 17 30 Germany nbsp 30 23 nbsp Poland Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 4 000 Referees Cacador Nicolau POR Kraus 7 14 11 Tluczynski 63 nbsp 9 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 5 nbsp 22 January 2009 19 30 Tunisia nbsp 36 25 nbsp Algeria Varazdin Arena Varazdin Attendance 300 Referees Opava Valek CZE Touati 12 18 11 Bouakaz 53 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 9 nbsp 1 nbsp Group D edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Denmark 5 5 0 0 167 121 46 10 Main round2 nbsp Serbia 5 3 0 2 161 146 15 6 a 3 nbsp Norway 5 3 0 2 162 123 39 6 a 4 nbsp Egypt 5 2 0 3 110 126 16 4 b 5 nbsp Brazil 5 2 0 3 128 158 30 4 b 6 nbsp Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 5 107 161 54 0Source IHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference Notes a b Norway 26 27 Serbia a b Egypt 25 22 Brazil 17 January 2009 16 15 Norway nbsp 39 23 nbsp Saudi Arabia Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 2 000 Referees Gatelis Mazeika LTU Mamelund 8 19 10 B Al Harbi 63 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 17 January 2009 18 15 Egypt nbsp 22 30 nbsp Serbia Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 2 500 Referees Baum Goralczyk POL El Ahmar 8 12 12 Stojanovic 65 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 17 January 2009 20 15 Denmark nbsp 40 27 nbsp Brazil Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 2 200 Referees Gousko Repkin BLR Christiansen 8 19 12 F Silva 63 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 18 January 2009 16 15 Brazil nbsp 21 39 nbsp Norway Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 1 500 Referees Baum Goralczyk POL Hubner F Silva 4 8 17 Bjornsen 73 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 18 January 2009 18 15 Saudi Arabia nbsp 18 26 nbsp Egypt Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 1 500 Referees Lazaar Reveret FRA B Al Harbi 9 8 12 Zaky 73 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 3 nbsp 18 January 2009 20 15 Serbia nbsp 36 37 nbsp Denmark Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 3 500 Referees Gousko Repkin BLR Ilic 10 22 16 Lindberg 83 nbsp 8 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp 19 January 2009 17 00 Brazil nbsp 32 30 nbsp Serbia Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 1 000 Referees Lazaar Reveret FRA Ribeiro 10 14 14 Ilic 73 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 19 January 2009 19 10 Norway nbsp 30 20 nbsp Egypt Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 1 650 Referees Gatelis Mazeika LTU Kjelling 9 14 10 Zaky 93 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 19 January 2009 21 15 Denmark nbsp 32 13 nbsp Saudi Arabia Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 800 Referees Baum Goralczyk POL Eggert 10 17 4 Al Habib 63 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 21 January 2009 17 00 Saudi Arabia nbsp 24 26 nbsp Brazil Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 1 000 Referees Gatelis Mazeika LTU B Al Harbi 9 10 14 Ribeiro 93 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 1 nbsp 21 January 2009 19 10 Norway nbsp 26 27 nbsp Serbia Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 3 500 Referees Baum Goralczyk POL Loke 6 10 12 Vujin 64 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 21 January 2009 21 15 Egypt nbsp 17 26 span dat, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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