2009 World Men's Handball Championship

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)
Dates	16 January – 1 February
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (3rd title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	110
Goals scored	6,090 (55.36 per match)
Attendance	392,550 (3,569 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kiril Lazarov (MKD); (92 goals)
Awards
Best player	Igor Vori (CRO)
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Host country

Croatia

Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)

Dates16 January – 1 February

Teams24 (from 5 confederations)

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.

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]

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Zagreb	Varaždin	Osijek
Arena Zagreb Capacity: 15,024	Varaždin Arena Capacity: 5,200	Gradski vrt Hall Capacity: 3,538

Poreč	Zagreb Split Osijek Varaždin Zadar Poreč Pula
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

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

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

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
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

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× 3×	Report	3× 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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	2×	Report	3× 4×

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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
	4× 7×	Report	3× 2×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	5	5	0	170	115	+55	10	Main round
2	Sweden	5	4	1	162	118	+44	8
3	South Korea	5	3	2	140	126	+14	6
4	Spain	5	2	3	167	127	+40	4
5	Cuba	5	1	4	106	181	−75	2
6	Kuwait	5	0	5	99	177	−78	0

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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
	4× 4×	Report	4× 10× 1×

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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 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
	3×	Report	3× 1×

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
	3× 6×	Report	3× 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
	2× 8× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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
	2× 9× 1×	Report	2× 5×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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
	4× 7×	Report	3× 3×

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× 2×	Report	2× 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
	2× 10×	Report	3× 4×

European qualifiers play-off

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group I

Group II

Placement games

23rd place game

21st place game

19th place game

17th place game

15th place game

13th place game

Group I

Group II

Bracket

Semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

All Star Team

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

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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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 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
	4× 2×	Report	4× 8×

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
	4× 5×	Report	3× 6×

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
	3× 1×	Report	4× 4×

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× 4×	Report	4× 5×

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

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× 3×	Report	3× 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
	3× 5×	Report	3× 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
	3× 1×	Report	4× 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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×