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.

2013 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	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(s)	Anders Eggert (DEN) (55 goals)
Awards
Best player	Mikkel Hansen (DEN)
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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.^[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: 5,894

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
•  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 the Near East and North 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

Qualification tournaments

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

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 tournament1, 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 at 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	2 (2009, 2011)
Croatia	Third at 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 at 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)
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	21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19903, 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 at 2012 Pan American Championship	24 June 2012	1 (2011)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italics indicates host for that year

³ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw took place on 19 July 2012 in Madrid, Spain.^[4][5]

Seeding

The pots were announced on 9 July 2012.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France  Denmark  Spain  Serbia	Croatia  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.^[7]

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

Main article: 2013 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 19 July 2012.^[5] The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012.^[8][9] The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.^[10]

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^[11]

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 (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
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 (UTC+1).

Group A

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

Group C

Robert Orzechowski takes a shot against Serbia

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Spain's 51–11 win over Australia has been the third highest scoring win at a world championship.^[12]

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

President's cup

17–20th place

Bracket

	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

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×

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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	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×

17th place game

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

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)	Em. Feuchtmann 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 3×

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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)
	Em. 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)
	Ševaljević 11	(13–12)	Jeong 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

Round of 16

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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	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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

Semifinals

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×

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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×

Third place game

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×

Final

The final match, watched by 19,500 people, was played at the Palau Sant Jordi hall in Barcelona.^[13] 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.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[13][15]

27 January 2013 17:15	Spain	35–19	Denmark	Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 19,600 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	Cañellas 7	(18–10)	Søndergaard, Møllgaard 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team  Spain  Denmark  Croatia 4  Slovenia 5  Germany 6  France 7  Russia 8  Hungary 9  Poland 10  Serbia 11  Tunisia 12  Iceland 13  Brazil 14  Macedonia 15  Belarus 16  Egypt 17  Algeria 18  Argentina 19  Saudi Arabia 20  Qatar 21  South Korea 22  Montenegro 23  Chile 24  Australia 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.[16]

2013 Men's World Champions Spain Second title Team roster Arpad Sterbik, José Manuel Sierra, Alberto Entrerríos, Albert Rocas, Jorge Maqueda, Víctor Tomás, Dani Sarmiento, Julen Aguinagalde, Joan Cañellas, Ángel Montoro, Viran Morros, Carlos Ruesga, Antonio García, Valero Rivera, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola. Head coach: Valero Rivera. All-Star Team All-Star Team of the tournament:[17] Goalkeeper:  Niklas Landin Jacobsen (DEN) Left wing:  Timur Dibirov (RUS) Left back:  Alberto Entrerríos (ESP) Centre back:  Domagoj Duvnjak (CRO) Pivot:  Julen Aguinagalde (ESP) Right back:  László Nagy (HUN) Right wing:  Hans Lindberg (DEN) Other awards Most Valuable Player:[17]  Mikkel Hansen (DEN)

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % Matches Played 1 Anders Eggert  Denmark 55 65 85% 9 2 Ivan Čupić  Croatia 50 70 71% 9 3 Timur Dibirov  Russia 46 68 67% 7 4 Siarhei Rutenka  Belarus 46 69 66% 6 5 Kiril Lazarov  Macedonia 44 75 58% 6 6 Ahmed Mostafa  Egypt 42 77 54% 6 7 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson  Iceland 41 70 58% 6 8 Domagoj Duvnjak  Croatia 41 72 57% 9 9 Emil Ludwig Feuchtmann  Chile 40 65 61% 7 10 Jure Dolenec  Slovenia 39 51 76% 9 Source: IHF.info

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Marcin Wichary  Poland 47% 34 73 2 Karim Mostafa  Egypt 44% 22 50 3 Péter Tatai  Hungary 43% 46 106 4 Vadim Bogdanov  Russia 40% 35 88 5 José Manuel Sierra  Spain 39% 33 84 6 Primož Prošt  Slovenia 39% 56 143 7 Roland Mikler  Hungary 38% 67 174 8 Lee Dong-Myung  South Korea 38% 34 89 9 Filip Ivić  Croatia 38% 19 50 10 Carsten Lichtlein  Germany 38% 17 45 Source: IHF.info