2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Argentina
Dates August 10–20
Teams 20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up   Spain
Third place   Sweden
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 3577 (55.89 per match)
Attendance 47,675 (745 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jim Gottfridsson (58 goals)
Best player Jim Gottfridsson
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The 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the world event for youth handballers, which was held in Argentina between August 10–20 2011. In accordance with the IHF regulations, only players born on or after 1 January 1992 were eligible to enter the competition. The minimum age for the participation was 16.[1]

Denmark defeated Spain 24–22 in the final to win the title for the second time.[2]

Contents

Venues

Two arenas were used, both are in Mar del Plata.

Preliminary round

The draw took place at May 21, 2011 in Argentina.[3]

All times are Argentina Time (UTC–3)

     Team advanced to the Quarterfinals
     Team competed in placement games

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 4 2 2 0 116 111 +5 6
 Croatia 4 2 1 1 105 97 +8 5
 Slovenia 4 1 2 1 114 107 +7 4
 Serbia 4 1 2 1 107 100 +7 4
 Bahrain 4 0 1 3 94 121 −27 1
10 August 2011
19:00
Serbia  27 – 27  Slovenia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 225
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Pavić 12 (11–13) Šoštarić 7
7× 2× Report 3× 11× 1×

10 August 2011
21:00
Sweden  27 – 27  Bahrain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Paz, Sousa (BRA)
Gottfridsson 9 (15–13) Habib, Saleh 6
4× 1× Report 4× 3× 1×

11 August 2011
18:30
Croatia  26 – 24  Slovenia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Kaleb 9 (12–10) Šoštarić 9
2× 2× Report 3× 3×

11 August 2011
20:30
Bahrain  21 – 29  Serbia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Saleh 6 (11–11) Pavić 9
9× 3× 1× Report 4× 3×

12 August 2011
17:00
Sweden  29 – 25  Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Persson 7 (17–12) Kaleb 11
3× 2× Report

13 August 2011
16:30
Serbia  29 – 30  Sweden Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Vučićević 9 (14–17) Gottfridsson 12
4× 2× 1× Report 3× 3×

13 August 2011
17:00
Slovenia  33 – 24  Bahrain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Sostaric 11 (18–11) Saleh 8
2× 6× Report 2× 5×

14 August 2011
19:00
Bahrain  22 – 32  Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Ali 7 (10–12) Sebetic 9
2× 2× Report 3× 3×

15 August 2011
14:00
Croatia  22 – 22  Serbia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Mandalinic 8 (11–10) Mladenovic 6
3× 3× Report 4× 3×

15 August 2011
16:00
Slovenia  30 – 30  Sweden Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Šoštarić 8 (16–15) Gottfridsson 10
3× 3× Report 3× 5×

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 4 4 0 0 144 96 +48 8
 Egypt 4 3 0 1 138 88 +50 6
 Brazil 4 2 0 2 138 111 +27 4
 Qatar 4 1 0 3 125 95 +30 2
 New Zealand 4 0 0 4 56 211 −155 0
10 August 2011
14:30
France  32 – 31  Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Boschi, Descat 8 (18–14) Patrianova 8
4× 3× 2× Report 4× 3×

10 August 2011
16:30
Qatar  53 – 14  New Zealand Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Alshammari, Memisevic 9 (34–6) Quin, Atkinson 4
4× 3× Report 4× 3×

11 August 2011
14:30
Egypt  38 – 21  Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Tamer 8 (20–8) three players 4
3× 2× Report 3× 3×

11 August 2011
16:30
New Zealand  16 – 55  France Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Atkinson 7 (9–26) Descat 15
2× 2× Report 4× 5×

12 August 2011
19:00
Qatar  23 – 24  Egypt Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Hamdoon 6 (11–13) Khalil 10
4× 2× 1× Report 6× 2× 1×

13 August 2011
14:30
Brazil  54 – 14  New Zealand Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
de Lima 10 (31–7) Burnett 5
3× 2× Report 3× 1×

13 August 2011
19:00
France  25 – 22  Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Descat 8 (15–12) Hamdoon 6
3× 9× Report 2× 7×

14 August 2011
18:00
New Zealand  12 – 49  Egypt Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Palmer 4 (5–26) El-Menshawy, Yousry 7
2× 3× Report 2× 3×

15 August 2011
16:30
Egypt  27 – 32  France Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Tamer 6 (15–16) Minel, Ballet Kebengue 6
3× 2× Report 3× 7×

15 August 2011
20:00
Brazil  32 – 27  Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Laj, Sok (SLO)
Dias 7 (14–14) Memisevic, Chaieb 5
3× 6× Report 4× 5×

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 4 4 0 0 130 106 +24 8
 Denmark 4 2 1 1 109 103 +6 5
 South Korea 4 1 1 2 116 127 −11 3
 Russia 4 1 1 2 106 118 −12 3
 Tunisia 4 0 1 3 108 115 −7 1
10 August 2011
18:30
Germany  40 – 30  South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Eliasson, Dugjonsson (ISL)
Kuhn 10 (16–17) Lee Hyeon-Sik 11
9× 3× Report 5× 3×

10 August 2011
20:30
Tunisia  26 – 28  Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 255
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Jallouz 6 (14–14) Dereven 11
10× 3× Report 7× 3×

11 August 2011
18:30
Denmark  29 – 26  South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
Baagoe 8 (12–16) Lee Hyeon-Sik 12
2× 6× Report 3× 4×

11 August 2011
20:30
Russia  26 – 34  Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Kantemirov 5 (15–19) Eisenträger 7
4× 7× 1× Report 4× 7×

12 August 2011
16:30
Tunisia  27 – 27  Denmark Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 210
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Jaziri 10 (14–15) H.Ellebaek 5
3× 3× Report 4× 3×

13 August 2011
18:30
South Korea  29 – 29  Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 490
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Ha Min-Ho 7 (13–14) Kantemirov, Dereven 7
3× 3× Report 3× 3×

13 August 2011
20:30
Germany  29 – 26  Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 350
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Wiede, Feld 7 (16–13) Jaziri 6
2× 6× Report 3× 3×

14 August 2011
21:00
Russia  23 – 29  Denmark Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Dereven 8 (12–14) N.Pedersen 7
1× 3× Report 3× 3×

15 August 2011
14:30
South Korea  31 – 29  Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Lee Hyeon-Sik 8 (16–15) Jaziri 7
3× 6× Report 2× 5×

15 August 2011
20:30
Denmark  24 – 27  Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Kisum 5 (10–16) four players 4
3× 1× Report 3× 4×

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Switzerland 4 4 0 0 127 86 +41 8
 Spain 4 3 0 1 114 80 +34 6
 Argentina 4 2 0 2 110 94 +16 4
 Chile 4 1 0 3 77 104 −27 2
 Gabon 4 0 0 4 76 138 −62 0
10 August 2011
15:00
Argentina  30 – 22  Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Souto Cueto 10 (14–11) Reyes 7
3× 2× Report 8× 3×

10 August 2011
17:00
Switzerland  44 – 24  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Muggli 7 (23–9) Aubyang 10
4× 3× Report 2× 3×

11 August 2011
14:30
Spain  33 – 13  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Arino Bengoechea 6 (16–6) Camara 4
1× 5× Report 3× 8×

11 August 2011
16:30
Chile  16 – 31  Switzerland Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 800
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Reyes 7 (8–16) Lier 9
3× 4× Report 2× 6×

12 August 2011
15:00
Argentina  23 – 25  Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Five Players 4 (12–13) Sanchez, Sala 5
1× 3× Report 2× 3×

13 August 2011
15:00
Switzerland  23 – 20  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Raemy 8 (10–12) Souto Cueto, Baronetto 6
3× 5× Report 3× 6×

13 August 2011
21:00
Gabon  15 – 24  Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Paz, Sousa (BRA)
Aubyang 9 (7–8) Gomez 7
3× 3× Report 3× 8×

14 August 2011
21:00
Chile  15 – 28  Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Javier 4 (9–11) four Players 4
2× 3× Report 2× 3×

15 August 2011
18:00
Gabon  24 – 37  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Aubyang 10 (13–20) Molina 10
3× 4× Report 2× 2×

15 August 2011
18:30
Spain  28 – 29  Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Dujshebaev Dobichebaeva 9 (13–10) Raemy 10
2× 3× Report 3× 3×

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                   
         
  Sweden  26
 
  Egypt  25  
  Sweden  23
 
    Spain  24  
  Spain  25
 
  Germany  22  
  Spain  22
 
    Denmark  24
  France  31
 
  Croatia  30  
  France  26 Third place
 
    Denmark  29  
  Denmark  37   Sweden  28
  Switzerland  20     France  24
 

Quarterfinals

17 August 2011
17:30
Sweden  26 – 25  Egypt Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gottfridsson, Persson 7 (11–12) Khalil 8
3× 4× Report 2× 4×

17 August 2011
17:30
France  31 – 30  Croatia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Descat 11 (11–12) Milicevic 8
1× 3× Report 4× 4×

17 August 2011
20:00
Denmark  37 – 20  Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto (URU)
Sorensen 6 (17–10) Raemy 8
 3× Report 1× 3×

17 August 2011
20:00
Spain  25 – 22  Germany Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Saez Lozano, Cacheda Gonzalez 5 (14–10) Kuhn 8
4× 3× Report 8× 3×

Semifinals

18 August 2011
17:30
Sweden  23 – 24  Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gottfridsson 10 (10–11) Arino Bengoechea 6
3× 2× Report 3× 3×

18 August 2011
20:00
France  26 – 29  Denmark Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Minel 5 (16–13) Pedersen 8
2× 2× Report 2× 1×

Third place game

20 August 2011
14:30
Sweden  28 – 24  France Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Wanne 6 (15–10) Descat 8
5× 2× Report 4× 3×

Final

20 August 2011
17:00
Spain  22 – 24  Denmark Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Plaza Jimenez, Costoya Rodríguez 4 (17–13) Baagoe 7
 3× Report 2× 3×

5–8th place bracket

  Semifinals Fifth place
  Egypt  29  
  Germany  28  
 
      Egypt  25
    Switzerland  24
Seventh place
  Croatia  23   Germany  29
  Switzerland  32     Croatia  28

Semifinals

18 August 2011
17:30
Egypt  29 – 28  Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 150
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Hamed 7 (15–11) Wiede 8
8× 3× Report 8× 3×

18 August 2011
20:00
Croatia  23 – 32  Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 315
Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
Kaleb 5 (10–13) Jud 11
2× 4× Report 7× 3×

Seventh place game

20 August 2011
09:30
Germany  29 – 28  Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Kuhn 9 (17–15) Mandalinic 8
4× 3× Report 1× 2×

Fifth place game

20 August 2011
12:00
Egypt  25 – 24  Switzerland Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Osama 6 (13–12) three players 6
2× 3× Report 1× 3×

9–12th place bracket

  Semifinals Ninth place
  Slovenia  32  
  Brazil  27  
 
      Slovenia  32
    Argentina  29
Eleventh place
  South Korea  27   Brazil  31
  Argentina  32     South Korea  36

Semifinals

17 August 2011
15:00
Slovenia  32 – 27  Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Sostaric 11 (16–15) Dias 8
6× 4× Report 6× 3×

17 August 2011
15:00
South Korea  27 – 32  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Lee Hyeon-Sik 9 (10–15) Souto Cueto 12
5× 2× Report 6× 4×

Eleventh place game

18 August 2011
15:00
Brazil  31 – 36  South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 230
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Silva 6 (16–18) Lee Hyeon-Sik 9
5× 3× Report 1× 3×

Ninth place game

18 August 2011
15:00
Slovenia  32 – 29  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Cehte, Fidel 8 (16–17) Simonet 6
5× 4× Report 4× 3×

13–16th place bracket

  Semifinals Thirteenth place
  Serbia  33  
  Qatar  22  
 
      Serbia  29
    Russia  34
Fifteenth place
  Russia  41   Qatar  35
  Chile  29     Chile  24

Semifinals

17 August 2011
12:45
Serbia  33 – 22  Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Muya Kupa, Sangwani (COD)
Vucicevic, Pavic 6 (17–12) Mallash 5
5× 2× Report 4× 3×

17 August 2011
12:45
Russia  41 – 29  Chile Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Akpatsa, Asignon (TOG)
Dereven 12 (21–17) Salinas 9
4× 4× Report 4× 3×

Fifteenth place game

18 August 2011
12:45
Qatar  35 – 24  Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
Mallash 7 (14–11) Reyes 8
4× 3× Report  3×

Thirteenth place game

18 August 2011
12:45
Serbia  29 – 34  Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Pavic 6 (13–17) Dereven 9
5× 3× Report 7× 3×

17–20th place bracket

  Semifinals Seventeenth place
  Bahrain  61  
  New Zealand  20  
 
      Bahrain  32
    Tunisia  30
Nineteenth place
  Tunisia  27   New Zealand  21
  Gabon  14     Gabon  35

Semifinals

17 August 2011
10:30
Bahrain  61 – 20  New Zealand Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Al-Maqabi, Afrooz 12 (31–8) Palmer 5
2× 3× Report 3× 3×

17 August 2011
10:30
Tunisia  27 – 14  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
Trabelsi 4 (13–10) Aubyang 5
1× 2× Report 6× 3×

Nineteenth place game

18 August 2011
10:30
New Zealand  21 – 35  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Quin 6 (9–13) Aubyang 15
4× 2× Report 7× 2×

Seventeenth place game

18 August 2011
10:30
Bahrain  32 – 30  Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Saleh 10 (17–15) Jaziri, Jallouz 6
5× 3× Report 3× 3×

Final standings

Rank Team
 Denmark
 Spain
 Sweden
4  France
5  Egypt
6  Switzerland
7  Germany
8  Croatia
9  Slovenia
10  Argentina
11  South Korea
12  Brazil
13  Russia
14  Serbia
15  Qatar
16  Chile
17  Bahrain
18  Tunisia
19  Gabon
20  New Zealand

Awards

All-star team

Other awards

References

External links