2013 World Men's Handball Championship

2013 World Men's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	11–27 January
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	72
Goals scored	3,866 (53.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Siarhei Rutenka (BLR) (46 goals)
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The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship is the 23rd World Men's Handball Championship, an international handball tournament that takes place in Spain from 11 to 27 January 2013. Norway was the other applicant for this championship.

This is the first time the country hosts the competition. Spain became the twelfth country to host the World Men's Handball Championship.

Venues

Games played in Madrid were going to be played in Madrid Arena. On November 1, 2012 five girls died in a human stampede during a Halloween party, so the venue was closed for the matches because of the judicial investigation taking place at the time. The IHF changed the location of games in Madrid to Caja Mágica.^[1]

Barcelona	Madrid	Zaragoza	Granollers
Palau Sant Jordi	Caja Mágica	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe	Palau d'Esports de Granollers
Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 12,442	Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 5,685

Barcelona Granollers Madrid Seville Zaragoza Guadalajara			Seville
			Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo
			Capacity: 9,500

			Guadalajara
			Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara
			Capacity: 5,479

Qualification tournaments

Competition	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
European playoffs	2 November 2011 – 17 June 2012	9	Russia Slovenia Montenegro Hungary North Macedonia Iceland Germany Belarus Poland
2012 African Men's Handball Championship	11 – 20 January 2012	3	Tunisia Algeria Egypt
2012 European Men's Handball Championship	15 – 29 January 2012	3	Denmark Serbia Croatia
2012 Asian Men's Handball Championship	26 January – 5 February 2012	3	South Korea Qatar Saudi Arabia
2012 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	18 – 24 June 2012	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
2012 Oceania Handball Championship	22–23 June 2012	1	Australia

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 as	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament^{1, 2}
Spain	Host	2 October 2010	160 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
France	World Champions	30 January 2011	150 (1954, 1961, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Tunisia	Finalist of 2012 African Championship	19 January 2012	10 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Algeria	Finalist of 2012 African Championship	19 January 2012	12 0 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011)
Egypt	Third of 2012 African Championship	20 January 2012	11 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Denmark	Finalist of 2012 European Championship	27 January 2012	19 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Serbia	Finalist of 2012 European Championship	27 January 2012	7 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011)
Croatia	Third of 2012 European Championship	29 January 2012	9 (1995,1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005,2007,2009, 2011)
South Korea	Finalist of 2012 Asian Championship	3 February 2012	10 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Qatar	Finalist of 2012 Asian Championship	3 February 2012	3 (2003, 2005, 2007)
Saudi Arabia	Third of 2012 Asian Championship	5 February 2012	5 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009)
Russia	European playoffs	16 June 2012	9 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Slovenia	European playoffs	16 June 2012	5 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Montenegro	European playoffs	16 June 2012	0 (debut)
Hungary	European playoffs	16 June 2012	17 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011)
North Macedonia	European playoffs	16 June 2012	2 (1999, 2009)
Iceland	European playoffs	16 June 2012	16 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
Germany	European playoffs	17 June 2012	20 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Belarus	European playoffs	17 June 2012	1 (1995)
Poland	European playoffs	17 June 2012	12 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Australia	Winner of 2012 Oceania Championship	23 June 2012	6 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Argentina	Finalist of 2012 Pan American Championship	23 June 2012	8 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Brazil	Finalist of 2012 Pan American Championship	23 June 2012	10 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Chile	Third of 2012 Pan American Championship	24 June 2012	1 (2011)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italics indicates host for that year

Draw

The draw took place on 19 July 2012 in Madrid, Spain.^[2]^[3]

Seeding

The pots were announced on 9 July 2012.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France Denmark Spain Serbia	Croatia North Macedonia Slovenia Germany	Hungary Poland Iceland Argentina	South Korea Tunisia Algeria Qatar	Montenegro Russia Belarus Egypt	Brazil Chile Saudi Arabia Australia

Match officials

16 match official pairs were selected for the tournament.^[5]

Referees
Brazil	Jesus Menezes Rogério Pinto
Côte d'Ivoire	Yalatima Coulibaly Mamadou Diabaté
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
Iceland	Hlynur Leifsson Anton Pálsson
Macedonia	Gjorgje Načevski Slavko Nikolov
Portugal	Ivan Caçador Eurico Nicolau

Referees
Qatar	Saleh Bamutref Mansour Al-Suwaidi
Romania	Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan
Slovenia	Nenad Krstič Peter Ljubič
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Slovakia	Michal Baďura Jaroslav Ondogrecula
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
United Arab Emirates	Omar Al-Marzouqi Mohammad Al-Nuaimi

Squads

Broadcasting rights

Belarus – Belarus 2
Brazil – TV Esporte Interativo
Croatia – HRT
Denmark – DR, TV 2, TV3 Sport 1
France – Canal+, Canal+ Sport, Sport+
Germany – ARD, ZDF, Sport1, Sport1+
Hungary – Sport 1
Ireland – Setanta Sports (latter stages)
Iceland – Stöð 2 Sport
North Macedonia – Sitel TV
Montenegro – RTCG2
Qatar – Al Jazeera Sports (for the Arab countries in the Near East and North Africa)
Poland – TVP
Portugal – Sport TV
Romania – Dolce Sport, Dolce Sport 2, Dolce Sport HD
Russia – NTV Plus
Serbia – RTS
Slovenia – RTV Slovenija, Šport TV
Spain – Teledeporte
Sweden – TV4
United States – beIN Sport

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 19 July 2012.^[3] The playing scheduled was published on 5 August 2012.^[6]^[7] The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.^[8]

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 eightfinals. 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^[9]

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

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12 January 2013 16:00	Germany	33 – 23	Brazil	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Weinhold 7	(12–10)	three players 4
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

12 January 2013 18:15	Argentina	28 – 26	Montenegro	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Simonet 7	(13–12)	Roganović 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

12 January 2013 20:45	France	30 – 27	Tunisia	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Fernandez, Abalo 6	(13–14)	Bannour 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7×

13 January 2013 15:00	Brazil	24 – 20	Argentina	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Pacheco 8	(9–8)	Fernández, Simonet 5
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

13 January 2013 17:20	Tunisia	25 – 23	Germany	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Jallouz 8	(13–13)	Christophersen 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

13 January 2013 19:30	Montenegro	20 – 32	France	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ševaljević 5	(11–17)	Fernandez 6
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

15 January 2013 16:00	Tunisia	27 – 25	Montenegro	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 2,300 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Toumi, Ben-Salah 5	(11–11)	Melić 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

15 January 2013 18:15	Germany	31 – 27	Argentina	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Wiencek 5	(17–13)	Simonet 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

15 January 2013 20:45	France	27 – 22	Brazil	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Guigou 6	(12–5)	Pozzer 4
	2×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2013 16:00	Brazil	27 – 22	Tunisia	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Cândido 5	(13–11)	Alouini 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

16 January 2013 18:30	Germany	29 – 21	Montenegro	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Theuerkauf, Klein 4	(13–11)	Melić 7
	4× 4×	Report	4× 5×

16 January 2013 20:45	Argentina	23 – 35	France	Palau D'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 2,800 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Simonet 8	(6–19)	Honrubia 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

18 January 2013 16:00	Argentina	18 – 22	Tunisia	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Simonet 4	(6–7)	Ben Salah 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 5×

18 January 2013 18:15	France	30 – 32	Germany	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 10,000 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Karabatić 8	(16–16)	Groetzki 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 7×

18 January 2013 20:45	Montenegro	25 – 26	Brazil	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Rakčević 7	(10–11)	Ribeiro 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

Group B

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12 January 2013 15:45	North Macedonia	30 – 28	Chile	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	K. Lazarov 8	(12–10)	Salinas 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

12 January 2013 18:00	Iceland	25 – 30	Russia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Sigurðsson 7	(13–14)	Gorbok 6
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

12 January 2013 20:15	Denmark	41 – 27	Qatar	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Eggert, Lindberg 8	(19–13)	Abdelhak, Al-Rayes 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

13 January 2013 15:45	Chile	22 – 38	Iceland	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Feuchtmann 6	(11–18)	Gunnarsson 7
	3× 1× 1×	Report	3× 6×

13 January 2013 18:00	Qatar	30 – 34	North Macedonia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Boumendjel, Osman 5	(13–21)	K. Lazarov 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

13 January 2013 20:15	Russia	27 – 31	Denmark	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Dibirov 7	(13–14)	Markussen 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1×

15 January 2013 15:45	Qatar	22 – 29	Russia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Sinen 5	(13–16)	Dibirov 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 5× 1×

15 January 2013 18:00	North Macedonia	19 – 23	Iceland	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Manaskov 5	(10–10)	Sigurðsson 9
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

15 January 2013 20:15	Denmark	43 – 24	Chile	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Eggert 9	(17–13)	Salinas 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

16 January 2013 15:45	North Macedonia	29 – 29	Russia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	K. Lazarov 10	(13–16)	Dibirov 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 6× 1×

16 January 2013 18:00	Chile	23 – 31	Qatar	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Salinas 7	(9–16)	Ben Aziza 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6×

16 January 2013 20:15	Iceland	28 – 36	Denmark	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Kristjánsson 8	(13–16)	three players 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

18 January 2013 15:45	Russia	36 – 24	Chile	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Dibirov 11	(18–13)	Feuchtmann 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

18 January 2013 18:00	Iceland	39 – 29	Qatar	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Sigurðsson 10	(19–14)	Sinen 8
	3× 5×	Report	4× 2×

18 January 2013 20:15	Denmark	33 – 30	North Macedonia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Hansen 5	(13–14)	K. Lazarov, F. Lazarov 5
	3× 2×	Report	4× 4×

Group C

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12 January 2013 15:45	Serbia	31 – 22	South Korea	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Referees: Ondogrecula, Baďura (SVK)
	Ilić 7	(13–9)	Eom 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

12 January 2013 18:00	Slovenia	32 – 22	Saudi Arabia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Marguč 6	(17–15)	Al-Obaidi, Al-Abdulali 5
	2× 6×	Report	3× 8× 1×

12 January 2013 20:15	Poland	24 – 22	Belarus	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Lijewski 7	(14–9)	Rutenka 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4×

14 January 2013 15:45	South Korea	27 – 34	Slovenia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 500 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Kim, Jeong 6	(13–14)	Gajić 11
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

14 January 2013 18:00	Belarus	28 – 34	Serbia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Rutenka 11	(13–20)	three players 5
	3× 6×	Report	4× 5×

14 January 2013 20:15	Saudi Arabia	14 – 28	Poland	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Bamutref, Al-Suwaidi (QAT)
	Al-Salem 4	(6–14)	Bartczak, Orzechowski 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

15 January 2013 15:45	South Korea	20 – 26	Belarus	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 400 Referees: Bamutref, Al-Suwaidi (QAT)
	Eom 7	(10–12)	Rutenka 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

15 January 2013 18:00	Serbia	30 – 20	Saudi Arabia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 700 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Ilić 8	(12–10)	Al-Abdulali 8
	4× 9×	Report	3× 4×

15 January 2013 20:15	Slovenia	25 – 24	Poland	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Mačkovšek 8	(11–14)	Jurecki, Jurecki 5
	4× 5×	Report	4× 1× 1×

17 January 2013 15:45	Slovenia	27 – 26	Belarus	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 700 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Gajić 8	(12–17)	Rutenka 9
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

17 January 2013 18:00	Saudi Arabia	24 – 22	South Korea	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Al-Salem 5	(11–13)	Eom 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

17 January 2013 20:15	Poland	25 – 24	Serbia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Jurecki 9	(11–13)	Ilić 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

19 January 2013 15:45	Belarus	33 – 15	Saudi Arabia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Shylovic 6	(18–5)	Al-Enbaawi 3
	3×	Report	3×

19 January 2013 18:00	Poland	33 – 25	South Korea	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Jurecki 10	(18–11)	Yoon 9
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 5×

19 January 2013 20:15	Serbia	31 – 33	Slovenia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Vujin 7	(16–19)	Gajić 7
	4× 4×	Report	4× 6×

Group D

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11 January 2013 19:00	Spain	27 – 14	Algeria	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 7,400 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Tomás 8	(14–5)	Mokrani 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

12 January 2013 16:45	Croatia	36 – 13	Australia	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Horvat 8	(17–4)	Fletcher 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6× 1×

12 January 2013 19:00	Hungary	32 – 23	Egypt	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Császár 8	(17–9)	Mostafa 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 5×

14 January 2013 16:45	Algeria	20 – 31	Croatia	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Hichem 6	(12–15)	Čupić 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

14 January 2013 19:00	Egypt	24 – 29	Spain	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Mostafa 5	(11–16)	Rivera 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

14 January 2013 21:15	Australia	13 – 43	Hungary	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Fletcher 6	(6–20)	Császár 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

15 January 2013 16:45	Algeria	24 – 24	Egypt	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	three players 5	(12–16)	Mostafa 9
	4× 2×	Report	3× 7×

15 January 2013 19:00	Spain	51 – 11	Australia	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Rocas 9	(24–6)	Mouncey 4
	2× 1×	Report	3× 9× 1×

15 January 2013 21:15	Croatia	30 – 21	Hungary	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Čupić 8	(15–11)	Szöllősi 5
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

17 January 2013 16:45	Australia	15 – 39	Algeria	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT)
	Calvert 6	(6–14)	Chehbour 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

17 January 2013 19:00	Hungary	22 – 28	Spain	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Nagy 6	(14–14)	Tomás, Sarmiento 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 3×

17 January 2013 21:15	Croatia	24 – 20	Egypt	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	three players 4	(11–9)	Mostafa 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

19 January 2013 16:45	Egypt	39 – 14	Australia	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Hisham 7	(25–8)	Hedges 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

19 January 2013 19:00	Spain	25 – 27	Croatia	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Maqueda 7	(13–15)	Čupić 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6× 1×

19 January 2013 21:15	Hungary	29 – 26	Algeria	Caja Mágica, Madrid Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	three players 5	(14–8)	Berkous 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Denmark

30

A4

Tunisia

23

B1

Denmark

D3

Hungary

27

D3

Hungary

C2

Poland

19

B3

Iceland

28

A2

France

30

A2

France

D1

Croatia

33

D1

Croatia

C4

Belarus

24

A1

Germany

28

B4

North Macedonia

23

A1

Germany

C3

Serbia

20

D2

Spain

D2

Spain

31

A3

Brazil

26

B2

Russia

27

B2

Russia

C1

Slovenia

31

C1

Slovenia

D4

Egypt

26

Round of 16

20 January 2013 15:45	Germany	28 – 23	North Macedonia	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Kneer 5	(13–9)	K. Lazarov 8
	4× 4×	Report	3× 6×

20 January 2013 17:30	Brazil	26 – 27	Russia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Teixeira, Ribeiro 6	(14–14)	Gorbok 11
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2013 20:15	Iceland	28 – 30	France	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Ólafsson 7	(14–15)	Honrubia 7
	3× 2×	Report	3×

20 January 2013 20:15	Denmark	30 – 23	Tunisia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Markussen 6	(16–11)	Boughanmi 5
	2× 4×	Report	4× 7×

21 January 2013 19:00	Slovenia	31 – 26	Egypt	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Dolenec 6	(19–11)	Mostafa 10
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

21 January 2013 19:00	Serbia	20 – 31	Spain	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 9,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Nenadić 4	(12–20)	Rocas 7
	4× 5× 1×	Report	4× 3× 1×

21 January 2013 21:30	Hungary	27 – 19	Poland	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Iváncsik 6	(10–9)	Jurecki 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2013 21:30	Croatia	33 – 24	Belarus	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Stepančić 6	(21–9)	four players 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Quarterfinals

23 January 2013 18:15	Russia	v	Slovenia	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

23 January 2013 19:00	Spain	v	Germany	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

23 January 2013 20:45	Denmark	v	Hungary	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

23 January 2013 21:30	France	v	Croatia	Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza

Semifinals

25 January 2013	WQF1	v	WQF2	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

25 January 2013	WQF3	v	WQF4	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Third place game

26 January 2013 19:00	LSF1	v	LSF2	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

Final

27 January 2013 17:15	WSF1	v	WSF2	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona

President's cup

17–20th place

Bracket

17–20th place semifinals		17th place game



Argentina	30

Qatar	26
		Argentina

		Algeria
Saudi Arabia	24

Algeria	28
		19th place game



		Qatar

		Saudi Arabia

Semifinals

21 January 2013 13:15	Argentina	30 – 26	Qatar	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	three players 5	(12–11)	Madadi 6
	3× 2× 1×	Report	4× 8× 1×

21 January 2013 15:30	Saudi Arabia	24 – 28	Algeria	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Attendance: 500 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Al-Salem 7	(11–15)	Chehbour 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

19th place game

22 January 2013 17:45	Qatar	v	Saudi Arabia	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara

17th place game

22 January 2013 20:00	Argentina	v	Algeria	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara

21–24th place

Bracket

21–24th place semifinals		21st place game



Montenegro	35

Chile	31
		Montenegro	27

		South Korea	30
South Korea	36

Australia	14
		23rd place game



		Chile	32

		Australia	23

Semifinals

21 January 2013 17:45	Montenegro	35 – 31	Chile	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Roganović 9	(18–11)	Feuchtmann 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 3×

21 January 2013 20:00	South Korea	36 – 14	Australia	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT)
	Lee 7	(19–6)	Kelly 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

23rd place game

22 January 2013 13:15	Chile	32 – 23	Australia	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Feuchtmann, Martínez 6	(17–10)	Calvert 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

21st place game

22 January 2013 15:30	Montenegro	27 – 30	South Korea	Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara, Guadalajara Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT)
	Sevaljević 11	(13–12)	Jeong 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

Statistics

Final ranking

Places 9 to 16, are ranked by _____.^{[citation needed]}

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9	Poland
10	Iceland
11	Serbia
12	Brazil
13	Tunisia
14	North Macedonia
15	Belarus
16	Egypt
17
18
19	Saudi Arabia
20	Qatar
21	South Korea
22	Montenegro
23	Chile
24	Australia

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Siarhei Rutenka	Belarus	46	69	67%
2	Kiril Lazarov	North Macedonia	44	75	59%
3	Ahmed Mostafa	Egypt	42	77	55%
4	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson	Iceland	41	70	59%
5	Timur Dibirov	Russia	40	58	69%
6	Ivan Čupić	Croatia	39	51	76%
7	Anders Eggert	Denmark	38	42	91%
8	Rodrigo Salinas	Chile	37	67	55%
9	Dragan Gajić	Slovenia	34	44	77%
10	Emil Ludwig Feuchtmann	Chile	34	59	58%

Source: IHF.info

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Péter Tatai	Hungary	47%	43	91
2	Marcin Wichary	Poland	47%	34	73
3	Karim Mostafa	Egypt	44%	22	50
4	José Manuel Sierra	Spain	44%	20	46
5	Primož Prošt	Slovenia	43%	26	60
6	Mirko Alilović	Croatia	41%	64	158
7	Dongmyung Lee	South Korea	40%	33	83
8	Roland Mikler	Hungary	39%	57	148
9	Thierry Omeyer	France	39%	52	135
10	Carsten Lichtlein	Germany	38%	17	45

Source: IHF.info

References

^ Madrid logra trasladar el Mundial del balonmano del Madrid Arena a la Caja Mágica
^ "Draw for XXIII Men's WCh on 19 July in Spain". ihf.info. 25 June 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Draw results of the XXIII Men's World Championship in Spain". ihf.info. 19 July 2012.
^ "Pots for the Men's World Championship draw announced". ihf.info. 9 July 2012.
^ "Referee Nominations 2013". ihf.info. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ "Match Schedule for XXIII Men's WCh in Spain online". ihf.info. 5 August 2012.
^ Match Schedule
^ Match Schedule (with throw-off times)
^ ihf.info; IHF info brochure, Tiebreaking criteria, page 49. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

External links

[1] Madrid logra trasladar el Mundial del balonmano del Madrid Arena a la Caja Mágica

[2] "Draw for XXIII Men's WCh on 19 July in Spain". ihf.info. 25 June 2012.

[Draw-3] "Draw results of the XXIII Men's World Championship in Spain". ihf.info. 19 July 2012.

[4] "Pots for the Men's World Championship draw announced". ihf.info. 9 July 2012.

[5] "Referee Nominations 2013". ihf.info. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[6] "Match Schedule for XXIII Men's WCh in Spain online". ihf.info. 5 August 2012.

[7] Match Schedule

[8] Match Schedule (with throw-off times)

[9] .info; IHF info brochure, Tiebreaking criteria, page 49. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

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