2001 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from 23 January to 4 February 2001. It was the 17th edition of the World Championship in team handball and the hosts won the championship.

Venues

9 cities were hosts for the tournament. The final match took place in the capital Paris.

Town	Stadium	max. spectators
Paris	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	13.500
Amnéville	Galaxie Amnéville	6.000
Besançon	Palais des Sports	6.000
Albertville	La halle de glace Olympique	5.700
Marseille	Palais des Sports	5.600
Toulouse	Palais des Sports	5.000
Nantes	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	4.600
Montpellier	Palais des sports René-Bougnol	3.000
Dunkerque	Stade des Flandres	2.400

Paris	Amnéville	Besançon	Albertville
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	Galaxie	Palais des Sports	La halle de glace Olympique
Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,700
File:Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 2007.jpg	File:Scorpions 17 10 2010 (6).JPG	File:ESB Handball Feminin.JPG	File:1992 Winter Olympics Albertville halle olympique 02.JPG
Marseille
Palais des Sports
Capacity: 5,600
File:Palais des sport marseille.jpg
Toulouse	Nantes	Montpellier	Dunkerque
Palais des Sports	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu	Palais des sports René-Bougnol	Stade des Flandres
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,600	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,400
File:Aerial view of Stadium Toulouse.jpg	File:PalaisdesSportsBeaulieu-Nantes-CDL2011.JPG	File:Palais sports René Bougnol Montpellier.JPG	File:Salle Dewerdt.JPG

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation		1	Template:Hb
1999 World Men's Handball Championship	1–15 June 1999	1	Template:Hb
2000 European Men's Handball Championship	21–30 January 2000	4	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
2000 African Men's Handball Championship	22 April – 1 May 2000	4	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
2000 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	23–28 May 2000	4	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
European qualification	15 December 1999 – 11 June 2000	6+1	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
Asian qualification	12–27 August 2000	3	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb

First round

The first four teams of each group qualify for the round of 16.

Group A

23 January 2001 14:30	Template:Hb-rt	28–19	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(14–6)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	29–19	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Referees:
		(14–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	24–21	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Referees:
		(13–9)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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24 January 2001 16:30	Template:Hb-rt	26–26	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 1,000 Referees:
		(16–14)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	22–19	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
		(10–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	21–33	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 1,000 Referees:
		(11–21)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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25 January 2001 16:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–19	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(9–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–31	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 1,000 Referees:
		(13–16)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	29–22	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(15–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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27 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	40–23	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(22–9)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	25–32	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(12–16)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	24–22	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(12–7)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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28 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	30–26	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(11–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–29	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(15–12)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–23	Template:Hb	Palais des sports René-Bougnol, Montpellier Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(14–7)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

Group B

23 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–16	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(14–9)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	23–13	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,400 Referees:
		(10–4)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	31–23	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(15–12)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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24 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	19–20	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(10–8)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	14–30	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Referees:
		(8–14)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	20–23	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(7–14)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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25 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	13–26	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,010 Referees:
		(3–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–19	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(14–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	10–32	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(2–15)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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27 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	23–23	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(8–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–19	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(15–7)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	20–22	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(8–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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28 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	25–20	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 4,000 Referees:
		(11–8)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	40–14	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(21–6)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	28–19	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
		(14–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

Group C

23 January 2001 14:30	Template:Hb-rt	25–15	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(12–6)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	40–12	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(19–6)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	26–17	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(13–9)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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24 January 2001 16:30	Template:Hb-rt	16–31	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(10–17)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	12–41	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 2,800 Referees:
		(5–21)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	26–33	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(14–16)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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25 January 2001 16:30	Template:Hb-rt	45–18	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
		(19–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	20–27	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(10–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–23	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,200 Referees:
		(12–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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27 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	18–26	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(8–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–31	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,200 Referees:
		(11–15)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	33–38	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(18–16)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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28 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	39–8	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(21–5)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	37–20	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,000 Referees:
		(17–9)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–32	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports, Besançon Attendance: 3,200 Referees:
		(9–16)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

Group D

23 January 2001 13:30	Template:Hb-rt	28–24	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(16–8)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 17:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–20	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
		(13–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

23 January 2001 19:30	Template:Hb-rt	20–14	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(9–8)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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24 January 2001 15:30	Template:Hb-rt	22–35	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 1,700 Referees:
		(13–17)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 17:30	Template:Hb-rt	27–30	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(12–16)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

24 January 2001 19:30	Template:Hb-rt	28–19	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(17–6)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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25 January 2001 15:30	Template:Hb-rt	24–18	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 1,500 Referees:
		(10–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 17:30	Template:Hb-rt	29–18	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
		(17–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

25 January 2001 19:30	Template:Hb-rt	29–30	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(12–18)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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27 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	17–28	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(9–14)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	25–25	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(9–12)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

27 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	23–28	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,400 Referees:
		(10–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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28 January 2001 14:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–21	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(11–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–31	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(9–14)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

28 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	33–30	Template:Hb	Stade des Flandres, Dunkerque Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(15–15)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

5th place bracket

Round of 16

31 January 2001 17:00	Template:Hb-rt	23–18	Template:Hb	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
		(10–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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31 January 2001 17:30	Template:Hb-rt	21–24	Template:Hb	Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
		(9–12)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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31 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	34–37 (ET)	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
		(11–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]
	FT: 29–29 ET: 4–4, 1–4

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31 January 2001 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–31	Template:Hb	Palais des sports, Toulouse
		(10–15)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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31 January 2001 19:30	Template:Hb-rt	24–26	Template:Hb	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
		(11–15)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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31 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	28–26	Template:Hb	Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
		(11–12)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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31 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	32–23	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
		(18–10)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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31 January 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	28–23	Template:Hb	Palais des sports, Toulouse
		(16–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

Places 9th to 16th

For places 9–16 the criterion was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group.

Quarterfinals

1 February 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–26 (ET)	Template:Hb	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville
		(8–11)
		[{{{report}}} Report]
	FT: 22–22 ET: 1–4

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1 February 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	21–19	Template:Hb	Galaxie Amnéville, Amnéville
		(9–7)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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1 February 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	24–26	Template:Hb	Palais des sports, Toulouse
		(10–13)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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1 February 2001 20:30	Template:Hb-rt	34–20	Template:Hb	Palais des Sports de Marseille, Marseille
		(14–9)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

5–8th place semifinals

3 February 2001 09:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–24	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
		(7–14)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

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3 February 2001 12:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–33	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
		(16–17)
		[{{{report}}} Report]

Semifinals

3 February 2001	Template:Hb-rt	25–24	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,500 Referees:
	Lövgren 11	(14–9)	Jovanović 5
		[Report Report]

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3 February 2001	Template:Hb-rt	24–21	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Attendance: 13,500 Referees:
	Anquetil 7	(8–10)	Zaky 8
	7×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	8×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Seventh place game

4 February 2001	Template:Hb-rt	30–24	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
	Kostetsky 14	(17–8)	Baur 8
		[Report Report]

Fifth place game

4 February 2001	Template:Hb-rt	40–38 (ET)	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris
	Ortega 10	(18–15)	Koksharov, Krivoshlykov 6
		[Report Report]
	FT: 35–35 ET: 5–3

Third place game

4 February 2001	Template:Hb-rt	27–17	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Referees:
	Škrbić 9	(11–8)	A. Awaad, Moemen 4
		[Report Report]

Final

4 February 2001	Template:Hb-rt	25–28 (ET)	Template:Hb	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris Referees:
	Lövgren 8	(10–11)	Fernandez 8
	2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×number 2 in light blue rounded square
	FT: 22–22 ET: 3–6

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Awards

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Template:Flagathlete
Goalkeeper	Template:Flagathlete
Right wing	Template:Flagathlete
Right back	Template:Flagathlete
Centre back	Template:Flagathlete
Left back	Template:Flagathlete
Left wing	Template:Flagathlete
Pivot	Template:Flagathlete

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Eduard Koksharov	Template:Hb	61
2	Yuriy Kostetskiy	Template:Hb	60
3	Yoon Kyung-shin	Template:Hb	55
5	Stefan Lövgren	Template:Hb	47
6	Magnus Wislander	Template:Hb	46
7	Markus Baur	Template:Hb	43
8	Vyacheslav Lochman	Template:Hb	42
9	Salim Nedjel	Template:Hb	41
10	Christian Berge	Template:Hb	40
	Mohammed Berrajaâ	Template:Hb

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%
1	Arpad Sterbik	Template:Hb	45.5
2	Peter Gentzel	Template:Hb	37.1
3	David Barrufet	Template:Hb	36.1
4	Pavel Sukosyan	Template:Hb	34.4
5	Cristian Canzoniero	Template:Hb	34.2
6	Yevgeniy Budko	Template:Hb	32.5
7	Christian Ramota	Template:Hb	32.1
8	Beno Lapajne	Template:Hb	31.6
9	Andrey Lavrov	Template:Hb	31.4
10	Manaf Al-Saeed	Template:Hb	30.2

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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External links

• XVII Men's World Championship at IHF.info