2013 World Men's Handball Championship


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.

Broadcasting rights

CompetitionDateVacanciesQualified
European qualification2 November 2011 – 17 June 20129






2012 African Men's Handball Championship11–20 January 2012[|3]
2012 European Men's Handball Championship15–29 January 20123
2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship26 January – 5 February 20123
2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship18–24 June 20123
2012 Oceania Handball Championship22–23 June 20121

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.
CountryQualified asQualification datePrevious appearances in tournament1, 2
Host160
World Champions150
Finalist of 2012 African Championship10
Finalist of 2012 African Championship12 0
Third at 2012 African Championship11
Finalist of 2012 European Championship19
Finalist of 2012 European Championship2
Third at 2012 European Championship9
Finalist of 2012 Asian Championship10
Finalist of 2012 Asian Championship3
Third at 2012 Asian Championship5
European playoffs9
European playoffs5
European playoffs0
European playoffs17
European playoffs2
European playoffs16
European playoffs21
European playoffs1
European playoffs12
Winner of 2012 Oceania Championship6
Finalist of 2012 Pan American Championship8
Finalist of 2012 Pan American Championship10
Third at 2012 Pan American Championship1

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.

    Squads

    Preliminary round

    The draw was held on 19 July 2012. The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012. The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.
    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 order
    1. number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
    2. goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
    3. number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question
    4. goal difference in all the group matches
    5. number of goals scored in all the group matches
    6. drawing of lots
    Team advanced to Knockout stage

    All times are.

    Group A

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    Group B

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    Group C

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    Group D

    Spain's 51–11 win over Australia has been the third highest scoring win at a world championship.
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    President's cup

    17–20th place

    Bracket

    Semifinals

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    19th place game

    17th place game

    21–24th place

    Bracket

    Semifinals

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    23rd place game

    21st place game

    Knockout stage

    Bracket

    Round of 16

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    Quarterfinals

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    Semifinals

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    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

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    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.

    All-Star Team

    All-Star Team of the tournament:
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    Top goalkeepers

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