2005 World Men's Handball Championship

2005 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Tunisia
Dates 23 January–6 February
Teams 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (1st title)
Runner-up  Croatia
Third place  France
Fourth place  Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)  Wissem Hmam (TUN)
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The 2005 World Men's Handball Championship was the 19th team handball World Championship. It was played in Tunisia between 23 January – 6 February 2005.

The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.

Preliminary round

Group A (Tunis/Rades)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Tunisia 5 3 2 0 159 118 +41 8
 Greece 5 3 1 1 132 117 +15 7
 France 5 3 1 1 161 106 +55 7
 Denmark 5 3 0 2 174 117 +57 6
 Angola 5 1 0 4 108 178 –80 2
 Canada 5 0 0 5 103 201 –98 0
1st round, 23 January 2nd round, 25 January 3rd round, 26 January
  • Tunisia - Angola 39:23
  • France - Canada 44:16
  • Denmark - Greece 27:23
  • Greece - France 20:19
  • Tunisia - Canada 42:20
  • Denmark - Angola 47:19
  • Greece - Angola 26:21
  • France - Tunisia 26:26
  • Denmark - Canada 52:18
4th round, 28 January 5th round, 29 January
  • Greece - Canada 36:23
  • Tunisia - Denmark 25:22
  • France - Angola 40:18
  • Angola - Canada 27:26
  • Tunisia - Greece 27:27
  • France - Denmark 32:26

Group B (Nabeul/Hammamet)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Russia 5 5 0 0 151 103 +48 10
 Czech Republic 5 2 2 1 145 136 +9 6
 Slovenia 5 3 0 2 154 137 +17 6
 Iceland 5 2 1 2 154 144 +10 5
 Algeria 5 1 1 3 138 153 –15 3
 Kuwait 5 0 0 5 101 170 –69 0
1st round, 23 January 2nd round, 25 January 3rd round, 26 January
  • Czech Rep. - Iceland 34:34
  • Russia - Algeria 28:22
  • Slovenia - Kuwait 34:17
  • Russia - Kuwait 38:11
  • Czech Rep. - Algeria 29:29
  • Slovenia - Iceland 34:33
  • Slovenia - Algeria 33:28
  • Russia - Czech Rep. 25:21
  • Iceland - Kuwait 31:22
4th round, 28 January 5th round, 29 January
  • Russia - Iceland 29:22
  • Czech Rep. - Slovenia 28:26
  • Algeria - Kuwait 34:29
  • Iceland - Algeria 34:25
  • Czech Rep. - Kuwait 33:22
  • Russia - Slovenia 31:27

Group C (Sfax)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 169 124 +45 10
 Spain 5 4 0 1 191 128 +63 8
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 164 118 +46 6
 Japan 5 2 0 3 121 151 -30 4
 Argentina 5 1 0 4 133 141 –10 2
 Australia 5 0 0 5 85 201 –116 0

Group D (Sousse)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 4 0 1 139 117 +22 8
 Norway 5 3 1 1 142 105 +37 7
 Germany 5 3 1 1 149 115 +34 7
 Egypt 5 3 0 2 104 99 +5 6
 Brazil 5 1 0 4 104 146 –42 2
 Qatar 5 0 0 5 117 168 –51 0

Main round

Group I

Standings:
Tunisia 5230150:1287
France 5221127:1206
Greece 5212134:1385
Slovenia 5122142:1404
Russia 5203126:1374
Czech Rep. 5203131:1474

Group II

Standings:
Croatia 5401139:1358
Spain 5311155:1397
Serbia&Mn 5221127:1256
Norway 5212137:1395
Germany 5113132:1353
Sweden 5014132:1481

11th, 9th, 7th, 5th place matches

11th place match: Slovenia - Sweden 29:32
9th place match: Czech Rep. - Germany 34:39
7th place match: Russia - Norway 27:30
5th place match: Greece - Serbia & Mn 26:37

Final round

Finals (Salle Omnisport de Rades, Rades)

Semi-finals Final
5 February – 15:00 (Rades)
  Tunisia  30  
  Spain  33  
 
6 February – 17:30 (Rades)
      Spain  40
    Croatia  34
Bronze Match
5 February – 17:30 (Rades) 6 February – 15:00 (Rades)
  Croatia  35   France  26
  France  32     Tunisia  25

Semifinals

5 February
15:00		 Tunisia  30 – 33  Spain Salle Omnisport de Rades, Rades
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Hansson, P. (SWE)
Hmam 9 (16–18) Romero 8
Report
5 February
17:30		 Croatia  35 – 32  France Salle Omnisport de Rades, Rades
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Vakula, A. (UKR)
Balic 8 (15–14) Guigou 7
Report

Bronze match

6 February
15:00		 France  26 – 25  Tunisia Salle Omnisport de Rades, Rades
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Lauren, H. (DEN)
Guigou 6 (10–14) Hmam 11
Report

Final

6 February
17:30		 Spain  40 – 34  Croatia Salle Omnisport de Rades, Rades
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Lemme, F. (GER)
García 11 (21–13) Dzomba 7
4× 3× Report 5× 3×

Final standings

Final ranking

 Spain
 Croatia
 France
4  Tunisia
5  Serbia and Montenegro
6  Greece
7  Norway
8  Russia
9  Germany
10  Czech Republic
11  Sweden
12  Slovenia
13  Denmark
14  Egypt
15  Iceland
16  Japan
17  Algeria
18  Argentina
19  Brazil
20  Angola
21  Qatar
22  Kuwait
23  Canada
24  Australia
2005 Men's World Champions


Spain
First Title

Team Roster

Jose Javier Hombrados, Alberto Entrerrios, Albert Rocas, Rubén Garabaya, Rolando Uríos, Mateo Garralda, Demetrio Lozano, Fernando Hernández, Juancho Pérez, David Barrufet, Juanín García, Iker Romero, Mariano Ortega, Chema Rodríguez.
Head Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor.

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Wissem Hmam  Tunisia 81
2 Eduard Kokcharov  Russia 80
3 Mirza Dzomba  Croatia 62
4 Jan Filip  Czech Republic 58
Siarhei Rutenka  Slovenia
6 Juanín García  Spain 55
7 David Juricek  Czech Republic 51
8 Kristian Kjelling  Norway 50
9 Michael Guigou  France 48
10 Florian Kehrmann  Germany 47

See also

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