2001 World Men's Handball Championship

2001 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  France
Dates 23 January–4 February
Final positions
Champions  France
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Yugoslavia
Fourth place  Egypt
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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.

Qualified teams

24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.

Group A :  Czech Republic,  Egypt,  Iceland,  Morocco,  Portugal,  Sweden .

Group B :  Algeria,  Argentina,  Brazil,  France,  Kuwait,  Yugoslavia

Group C :  Croatia,  Greenland,  Germany,  South Korea,  Spain,  United States .

Group D :  Norway,  Russia,  Saudi Arabia,  Slovenia,  Tunisia,  Ukraine .

First round

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

Group A in Montpellier

Standings

Rank Country Pts W D L GF GA Diff
1 Sweden Sweden 10 5 0 0 147 112 +35
2 Egypt Egypt 7 3 1 1 124 115 +9
3 Iceland Iceland 5 2 1 2 125 119 +6
4 Portugal Portugal 4 2 0 3 122 122 0
5 Czech Republic Czech Republic 4 1 2 2 136 136 0
6 Morocco Morocco 0 0 0 5 112 162 -50

Group B in Nantes

Standings

Rank Country Pts W D L GF GA Diff
1 France France 10 5 0 0 132 85 +47
2 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 8 4 0 1 146 89 +57
3 Algeria Algeria 5 2 1 2 107 102 +5
4 Argentina Argentina 5 2 1 2 94 118 -24
5 Brazil Brazil 2 1 0 4 108 124 -16
6 Kuwait Kuwait 0 0 0 5 76 145 -69

Group C in Besançon

Standings

Rank Country Pts W D L GF GA Diff
1 Spain Spain 8 4 0 1 160 105 +55
2 Germany Germany 7 3 1 1 157 100 +57
3 Croatia Croatia 7 3 1 1 154 115 +39
4 South Korea South Korea 6 3 0 2 145 132 +13
5Greenland Greenland 2 1 0 4 85 140 -55
6United States USA 0 0 0 5 80 189 -109

Group D in Dunkerque

Standings

Rank Country Pts W D L GF GA Diff
1 Russia Russia 9 4 1 0 140 120 +20
2 Ukraine Ukraine 6 3 0 2 134 115 +19
3 Tunisia Tunisia 6 3 0 2 116 110 +6
4 Norway Norway 5 2 1 2 116 127 -11
5 Slovenia Slovenia 4 2 0 3 145 137 +8
6 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 5 92 134 -42

Places 17 to 24

Rank Country Pts Diff
17  Slovenia 4 8
18  Czech Republic 4 0
19  Brazil 2 -16
20  Greenland 2 -55
21  Saudi Arabia 0 -42
22  Morocco 0 -50
23  Kuwait 0 -69
24  USA 0 -109

Round of 16

Places 9 to 16

Rank Country Pts Diff
9 Croatia 3 0
10 Tunisia 2 0
11 Iceland 2 -2
12 South Korea 1 -11
13 Algeria 0 -13
14 Norway ' -18
15 Argentina 1 -31
16 Portugal 0 -14

Quarter-finals

Ranking games in Paris

Semi-finals in Paris

Bronze medal game in Paris

Final in Paris

Final standings

  1.  France
  2.  Sweden
  3.  Yugoslavia
  4.  Egypt
  5.  Spain
  6.  Russia
  7.  Ukraine
  8.  Germany
  9.  Croatia
  10.  Tunisia
  11.  Iceland
  12.  South Korea
  13.  Algeria
  14.  Norway
  15.  Argentina
  16.  Portugal
  17.  Slovenia
  18.  Czech Republic
  19.  Brazil
  20.  Greenland
  21.  Saudi Arabia
  22.  Morocco
  23.  Kuwait
  24.  United States

Stefan Lövgren (Sweden) was named MVP of the tournament.

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