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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Spain |
| Venues | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Dates | 11–27 January |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Spain(2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Denmark |
| Third place |  Croatia |
| Fourth place |  Slovenia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 84 |
| Goals scored | 4,529 (53.92 per match) |
| Top scorer | Anders Eggert (DEN) (55 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Mikkel Hansen (DEN) |
The2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rdWorld Men's Handball Championship, an internationalhandball 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.
Games in Madrid were scheduled to be played in theMadrid 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 toCaja 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 |
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| Seville | |||
| Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo | |||
| Capacity: 9,500 | |||
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| Guadalajara | |||
| Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara | |||
| Capacity: 5,894 | |||
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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
Iceland –Stöð 2 Sport
Ireland –Setanta Sports (later stages)
Macedonia –Sitel TV
Montenegro –RTCG2
Poland –TVP
Portugal –Sport TV
Qatar –Al Jazeera Sports (for the Arab countries in theNear East andNorth Africa)
Romania –Dolce Sport, Dolce Sport 2, Dolce Sport HD
Russia –NTV Plus
Serbia –RTS Slovenia –RTV Slovenija,[2]Šport TV[3] Spain –Teledeporte
Sweden –TV4
United States –beIN Sport| Competition | Date | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| European qualification | 2 November 2011 – 17 June 2012 | 9 | Russia Slovenia Montenegro Hungary 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 |
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.[4][5][6]
The draw took place on 19 July 2012 inMadrid,Spain.[7][8]
The pots were announced on 9 July 2012.[9]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 match official pairs were selected for the tournament.[10]
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The draw was held on 19 July 2012.[8] The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012.[11][12] The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.[13]
Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing around-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the eighth-finals. The last two teams in each group will play placement matches.
For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a grouptied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order[14]
| Team advanced to Knockout stage |
All times are (UTC+1).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 148 | 126 | +22 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 124 | +30 | 8 |
| Brazil | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 6 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 123 | 0 | 6 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 138 | −22 | 2 |
| Montenegro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 142 | −25 | 0 |
| 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) |
| D. 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,D. 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) | D. 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) |
| P. 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) |
| S. 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× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 136 | +48 | 10 |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 131 | +20 | 7 |
| Iceland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153 | 136 | +17 | 6 |
| Macedonia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 142 | 143 | −1 | 5 |
| Qatar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 139 | 166 | −27 | 2 |
| Chile | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 121 | 178 | −57 | 0 |
| 12 January 2013 15:45 | 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) |
| Er. Feuchtmann 6 | (11–18) | Gunnarsson 7 | ||
| 3× 1× 1× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 13 January 2013 18:00 | Qatar | 30–34 | 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 | 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 | 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) | Em. 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 | 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× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 130 | +21 | 10 |
| Poland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 110 | +24 | 8 |
| Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 128 | +22 | 6 |
| Belarus | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 120 | +15 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 145 | −50 | 2 |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 148 | −32 | 0 |
| 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) |
| Shylovich 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× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 99 | +49 | 10 |
| Spain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 160 | 98 | +62 | 8 |
| Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 120 | +27 | 6 |
| Egypt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 123 | +7 | 3 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 126 | −3 | 3 |
| Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 208 | −142 | 0 |
Spain's 51–11 win over Australia has been the third highest scoring win at a world championship.[15]
| 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× |
| 17–20th place semifinals | 17th place game | |||||
| Argentina | 30 | |||||
| Qatar | 26 | |||||
| Argentina | 23 | |||||
| Algeria | 29 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 24 | |||||
| Algeria | 28 | |||||
| 19th place game | ||||||
| Qatar | 30 | |||||
| Saudi Arabia | 33 | |||||
| 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× |
| 22 January 2013 17:45 | Qatar | 30–33 | Saudi Arabia | Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara,Guadalajara Attendance: 800 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté(CIV) |
| Mabrouk 8 | (18–10) | Al-Obaidi 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 4× 6× |
| 22 January 2013 20:00 | Argentina | 23–29 | Algeria | Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara,Guadalajara Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Marzouqi, Al-Nuaimi(UAE) |
| Pizarro,S. Simonet 5 | (10–12) | Chehbour 7 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 4× 8× |
| 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 | |||||
| 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) | Em. 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× |
| 22 January 2013 13:15 | Chile | 32–23 | Australia | Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara,Guadalajara Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto(BRA) |
| Em. Feuchtmann,Martínez 6 | (17–10) | Calvert 8 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 22 January 2013 15:30 | Montenegro | 27–30 | South Korea | Palacio Multiusos de Guadalajara,Guadalajara Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref(QAT) |
| Ševaljević 11 | (13–12) | Jeong 8 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 1× |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Denmark | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Tunisia | 23 | B1 | Denmark | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| D3 | Hungary | 27 | D3 | Hungary | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| C2 | Poland | 19 | B1 | Denmark | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| B3 | Iceland | 28 | D1 | Croatia | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| A2 | France | 30 | A2 | France | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| D1 | Croatia | 33 | D1 | Croatia | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| C4 | Belarus | 24 | B1 | Denmark | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | Germany | 28 | D2 | Spain | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| B4 | Macedonia | 23 | A1 | Germany | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| C3 | Serbia | 20 | D2 | Spain | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| D2 | Spain | 31 | D2 | Spain | 26 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| A3 | Brazil | 26 | C1 | Slovenia | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | Russia | 27 | B2 | Russia | 27 | D1 | Croatia | 31 | |||||||||||
| C1 | Slovenia | 31 | C1 | Slovenia | 28 | C1 | Slovenia | 26 | |||||||||||
| D4 | Egypt | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 January 2013 15:45 | Germany | 28–23 | 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× |
| 23 January 2013 18:15 | Russia | 27–28 | Slovenia | Palau Sant Jordi,Barcelona Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER) |
| Dibirov,Shelmenko 6 | (13–14) | Žvižej,Zorman 5 | ||
| 4× 11× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 23 January 2013 19:00 | Spain | 28–24 | Germany | Pabellón Príncipe Felipe,Zaragoza Attendance: 10,600 Referees: Gubica, Milošević(CRO) |
| Aguinagalde,Tomás 7 | (12–14) | Christophersen 6 | ||
| 2× 4× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 23 January 2013 20:45 | Denmark | 28–26 | Hungary | Palau Sant Jordi,Barcelona Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič(SLO) |
| Lindberg 10 | (18–11) | Nagy 8 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 4× 3× |
| 23 January 2013 21:30 | France | 23–30 | Croatia | Pabellón Príncipe Felipe,Zaragoza Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso(ESP) |
| Sorhaindo 5 | (12–13) | Duvnjak 9 | ||
| 4× 3× | Report | 4× 3× 1× |
| 25 January 2013 19:15 | Spain | 26–22 | Slovenia | Palau Sant Jordi,Barcelona Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson(ISL) |
| Cañellas 5 | (13–12) | Marguč 7 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 4× 3× |
| 25 January 2013 21:30 | Denmark | 30–24 | Croatia | Palau Sant Jordi,Barcelona Referees: Horáček, Novotný(CZE) |
| Eggert 9 | (14–11) | Bičanić 6 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 26 January 2013 19:00 | Slovenia | 26–31 | Croatia | Palau Sant Jordi,Barcelona Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Načevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Kavtičnik 4 | (13–14) | Duvnjak,Čupić 8 | ||
| 4× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 4× |
The final match, watched by 19,500 people, was played at thePalau Sant Jordi hall in Barcelona.[16] 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.[16] 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.[17] 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 in1967 and2011.[16][18]
| 27 January 2013 17:15 | Spain | 35–19 | Denmark | Palau Sant Jordi,Barcelona Attendance: 19,600[19] Referees: Krstič, Ljubič(SLO) |
| Cañellas 7 | (18–10) | Søndergaard,Møllgaard 4 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
Top goalscorers[edit]
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