2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Greece
Dates	July 17–31
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches	100
Goals scored	5712 (57.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sajjad Esteki (84)
Best player	Christian Dissinger
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The 2011 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held at Thessaloniki, Greece from July 17–31, 2011.

Oceania withdrew their participation at this year's tournament, Norway replaced the Oceanian team.^[1]

Uruguay withdrew from this year's edition, Venezuela replaced them as the first substitute of the Pan-American continent.^[2]

In a rematch of the 2009 final Germany defeated Denmark 27–18 in the final.^[3]

Format

The 24 teams were allocated into six groups with the first four advancing to the eighthfinals in a knock-out system until the final.

Preliminary round

The draw took place at April 16, 2011 at 12:00 local time in Thessaloniki, Greece.^[4] The schedule was announced on June 21.^[5]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovenia	5	4	0	1	159	125	+34	8
Tunisia	5	4	0	1	158	115	+43	8
France	5	3	1	1	143	132	+11	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	148	140	+8	5
Serbia	5	1	0	4	125	125	0	2
Chile	5	0	0	5	92	188	−96	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 July 2011 14:30	Serbia	35 – 19	Chile	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Pavic 8	(17–7)	Feuchtmann 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

17 July 2011 16:30	Slovenia	32 – 28	Tunisia	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Marxzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Marguc 10	(17–15)	Ben Salah 8
	5× 3×	Report	3× 3×

17 July 2011 18:30	France	29 – 29	Norway	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Mahe 7	(17–15)	Toenesen 5
	5× 3×	Report	4× 2×

18 July 2011 14:00	Tunisia	31 – 22	France	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Sanai 7	(14–9)	Capella 7
	6× 2×	Report	1× 3×

18 July 2011 14:30	Norway	29 – 26	Serbia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Toenesen 8	(16–9)	Nenadic 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

18 July 2011 18:30	Chile	23 – 42	Slovenia	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Mousavian, Taghavi (IRN)
	Feuchtmann 7	(12–19)	Medved 10
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

19 July 2011 14:30	Tunisia	35 – 12	Chile	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	Boughanmi 7	(19–6)	Feuchtmann 3
	5× 2×	Report	4× 3×

19 July 2011 16:30	Slovenia	30 – 24	Norway	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Zarabec 8	(15–13)	Putans, Stroemberg 6
	5× 3×	Report	4× 3×

19 July 2011 18:30	France	24 – 23	Serbia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Mahe 7	(12–15)	Jokic 6
	6× 3× 1×	Report	5× 3×

21 July 2011 14:30	Serbia	19 – 28	Slovenia	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
	Ilic 8	(9–15)	Marguc 7
	4× 2× 1×	Report	7× 3×

21 July 2011 16:30	France	37 – 22	Chile	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Marxzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Gilbert 8	(18–13)	Feuchtmann 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

21 July 2011 16:30	Norway	27 – 39	Tunisia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Gullerud 7	(18–20)	Boughanmi 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

22 July 2011 14:30	Serbia	22 – 25	Tunisia	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Dimitrijevic 6	(7–14)	Amri 6
	2× 3×	Report	7× 3×

22 July 2011 16:30	Chile	16 – 39	Norway	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Feuchtmann 9	(8–17)	Gabrielsen 8
	7× 3×	Report	4× 3×

22 July 2011 18:30	Slovenia	27 – 31	France	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Cingesar 5	(14–12)	Mahe 7
	6× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	159	99	+60	10
Algeria	5	3	2	139	121	+18	6
Greece	5	3	2	136	128	+8	6
Qatar	5	2	3	144	135	+9	4
Argentina	5	2	3	128	143	−15	4
Venezuela	5	0	5	96	176	−80	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 July 2011 18:30	Argentina	31 – 17	Venezuela	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Robert 8	(17–7)	Silva 6
	3× 3×	Report	11× 2×

17 July 2011 20:30	Denmark	30 – 19	Qatar	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Wiesmach, Larsen 6	(14–11)	Salem 5
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

17 July 2011 21:00	Greece	25 – 28	Algeria	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Koutsikopoulos, Kouroumlidis 6	(11–12)	four players 5
	4× 3×	Report	4× 2× 1×

18 July 2011 16:00	Qatar	34 – 29	Argentina	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
	Al-Karbi 5	(18–14)	Arrom 8
	7× 2×	Report	4× 2×

18 July 2011 18:00	Algeria	22 – 23	Denmark	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	three players 4	(11–13)	Wiesmach 7
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

18 July 2011 20:00	Venezuela	21 – 29	Greece	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Silva 6	(8–14)	Tziras 10
	4× 2× 1×	Report	4× 3×

19 July 2011 16:30	Denmark	38 – 14	Venezuela	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Vium 7	(20–5)	Hurtado, Soto 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

19 July 2011 18:30	Qatar	26 – 27	Algeria	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Hamdoon 5	(14–11)	Hamoud 8
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

19 July 2011 20:30	Argentina	24 – 29	Greece	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Mousavian, Taghavi (IRN)
	Cantore 8	(7–11)	Tziras, Ioannidis 6
	5× 3×	Report	6× 2×

21 July 2011 14:30	Argentina	26 – 23	Algeria	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Cangiani 7	(17–12)	Belaid 8
	5× 2×	Report	8× 2×

21 July 2011 18:30	Greece	26 – 29	Denmark	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Nikolaidis 8	(15–14)	Larsen 9
	4× 3×	Report	2× 2×

21 July 2011 20:30	Venezuela	23 – 39	Qatar	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Mousavian, Taghavi (IRI)
	Silva 4	(11–18)	Salem 6
	8× 3× 1×	Report	5× 3× 1×

22 July 2011 16:30	Algeria	39 – 21	Venezuela	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	three players 7	(22–8)	Silva 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	5× 3×

22 July 2011 18:30	Denmark	40 – 18	Argentina	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Marxzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Zachariasen, Jakobsen 6	(22–10)	Cantore 4
	1× 2×	Report	4× 3×

22 July 2011 20:30	Greece	27 – 26	Qatar	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Nikolaidis 5	(14–14)	Al-Sultan 7
	4× 3×	Report	5× 2×

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	5	5	0	169	121	+48	10
Russia	5	4	1	153	128	+25	8
Egypt	5	3	2	153	123	+30	6
Brazil	5	2	3	139	138	+1	4
South Korea	5	1	4	154	169	−15	2
Benin	5	0	5	106	197	−91	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 July 2011 14:30	Germany	41 – 22	Benin	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Russ 6	(21–10)	Quenum 5
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

17 July 2011 16:30	Egypt	30 – 33	Russia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
	Hisham 7	(14–16)	Zhedik 11
	4× 2×	Report	6× 2× 2×

17 July 2011 20:30	Brazil	36 – 32	South Korea	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Rossoni 10	(19–18)	Park Such-Eol 8
	6× 2×	Report	3× 3×

18 July 2011 16:30	Russia	22 – 27	Germany	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Mosorinski, Pandzic (SRB)
	Zhedik, Bezhenar 4	(10–12)	Dissinger 9
	6× 3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

18 July 2011 18:30	South Korea	26 – 31	Egypt	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Ko Ju-Seok 7	(13–13)	Hisham 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

18 July 2011 18:30	Benin	21 – 39	Brazil	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Quenum 8	(12–20)	Campos 9
	8× 3× 1×	Report	4× 2×

19 July 2011 14:30	Egypt	43 – 20	Benin	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Mosorinski, Pandzic (SRB)
	Hisham 12	(22–10)	Sina 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

19 July 2011 18:30	Germany	29 – 23	Brazil	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Dissinger, Pekeler 6	(12–11)	Campos 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

19 July 2011 20:30	Russia	31 – 30	South Korea	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Zhedik, Koshman 7	(15–17)	Ku Ju-Seok 7
	12× 3×	Report	3× 3×

21 July 2011 18:30	Germany	46 – 33	South Korea	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Hornke 9	(24–15)	Lee Hyeon-Sik 8
	6× 3×	Report	1× 3×

21 July 2011 18:30	Brazil	18 – 28	Egypt	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	Campos 7	(9–11)	Hisham, Gamal 6
	5× 3×	Report	4× 2×

21 July 2011 20:30	Benin	18 – 39	Russia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Mama 5	(10–18)	Bespalov 7
	5× 2×	Report	4× 3×

22 July 2011 14:30	South Korea	33 – 25	Benin	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Seo Seung-Hyun 8	(12–12)	Ahossou 8
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

22 July 2011 18:30	Brazil	23 – 28	Russia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Campos 7	(12–15)	Koshman 5
	1× 2×	Report	4× 3×

22 July 2011 20:30	Egypt	21 – 26	Germany	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Mosorinski, Pandzic (SRB)
	Hisham 6	(8–13)	Sellin, Dissinger 4
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	194	117	+77	10
Portugal	5	4	1	176	125	+51	8
Sweden	5	3	2	180	122	+58	6
Iran	5	2	3	159	179	−20	4
Hungary	5	1	4	128	161	−33	2
Canada	5	0	5	99	230	−131	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

17 July 2011 18:30	Portugal	49 – 17	Canada	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Ferraz 8	(25–5)	Bilton 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17 July 2011 18:30	Sweden	47 – 30	Iran	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Zakrisson 9	(26–15)	Jamali, Esteki 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

17 July 2011 20:30	Spain	33 – 19	Hungary	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Mosorinski, Pandzic (SRB)
	Cabanas 5	(17–5)	Pasztor 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

18 July 2011 16:30	Canada	20 – 40	Sweden	Mikras 3 - Spiti tou Handbol, Thessaloniki Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Bilton 7	(10–20)	Svannel 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3× 1×

18 July 2011 16:30	Iran	24 – 43	Spain	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Jamali 8	(12–23)	Guedea 7
	1× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

18 July 2011 20:30	Hungary	21 – 32	Portugal	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Borsos, Takacs 5	(10–14)	Ferraz 8
	3× 2×	Report	4× 2×

19 July 2011 16:30	Portugal	36 – 25	Iran	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Duarte 7	(17–15)	Jamali 10
	5× 3×	Report	8× 3×

19 July 2011 16:30	Sweden	26 – 27	Spain	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Marxzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Nilsson 9	(12–12)	Cabanas 5
	3×	Report	3× 3×

19 July 2011 18:30	Canada	21 – 42	Hungary	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Bilton 10	(9–19)	Pasztor 9
	1× 2×	Report	2× 3×

21 July 2011 16:30	Sweden	40 – 17	Hungary	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Adolfsson 6	(19–5)	four players 3
	5× 3×	Report	6× 2×

21 July 2011 16:30	Spain	35 – 31	Portugal	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Humet 7	(17–13)	Ferraz, Portela 6
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

21 July 2011 18:30	Iran	45 – 24	Canada	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Esteki 15	(25–16)	Johnston 6
	4× 3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

22 July 2011 16:30	Hungary	29 – 35	Iran	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
	Pasztor 8	(16–18)	Jamali 12
	4× 3×	Report	3× 1× 1×

22 July 2011 16:30	Portugal	28 – 27	Sweden	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Ferraz 8	(14–16)	Arnesson 8
	5× 2×	Report	6× 3×

22 July 2011 18:30	Spain	54 – 17	Canada	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	Cabanas 9	(27–11)	three players 3
	2× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Knockout stage

Championship

Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final

	Denmark	35
	Norway	30		Denmark	28
	Sweden	40		Sweden	27
	Russia	39					Denmark	35
	Greece	21					Tunisia	21
	Tunisia	24		Tunisia	31
	Spain	39		Spain	30
	Brazil	24								Denmark	18
	Slovenia	38								Germany	27
	Qatar	35		Slovenia	21
	Portugal	29		Egypt	26
	Egypt	30					Egypt	24
	France	32					Germany	25
	Algeria	26		France	23				Third place
	Germany	36		Germany	28						Tunisia	24
	Iran	29								Egypt	18

Eightfinals

24 July 2011 13:00	Spain	39 – 24	Brazil	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Cabanas, Goni Leoz 6	(19–10)	Rossoni 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

24 July 2011 13:00	Germany	36 – 29	Iran	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Sellin, Russ 7	(16–14)	Esteki 10
	6× 3×	Report	3× 3×

24 July 2011 15:30	Slovenia	38 – 35 (ET)	Qatar	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferipoulos (GRE)
	Marguc 9	(17–14)	Alkhalaf 7
	10× 3×	Report	5× 3× 2×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–3, 6–3

24 July 2011 15:30	France	32 – 26	Algeria	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Porte 7	(17–8)	Daoud 7
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

24 July 2011 18:00	Egypt	30 – 29	Portugal	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Hisham 7	(13–17)	Ramos 7
	6× 2×	Report	4× 3×

24 July 2011 18:00	Sweden	40 – 39	Russia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Mosorinski, Pandzic (SRB)
	Zakrisson 11	(16–17)	Zhedik 13
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

24 July 2011 20:30	Greece	21 – 24	Tunisia	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Leszcynski, Piechota (POL)
	Zampounis 6	(13–13)	Chouiref 6
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

24 July 2011 20:30	Denmark	35 – 30	Norway	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
	Wiesmach 14	(20–13)	Toenesen 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Quarterfinals

26 July 2011 18:00	Denmark	28 – 27	Sweden	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Marxzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Damgaard, Olsen 5	(17–17)	Nilsson 6
	1× 3×	Report	6× 2×

26 July 2011 18:00	Tunisia	31 – 30	Spain	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Bannour 12	(13–15)	Cabanas 6
	8× 3×	Report	3× 3×

26 July 2011 20:30	Egypt	26 – 21	Slovenia	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Hisham 6	(12–10)	Nosan 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

26 July 2011 20:30	France	23 – 28	Germany	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Mahe 6	(12–12)	Sellin 6
	8× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Semifinals

28 July 2011 18:00	Denmark	35 – 21	Tunisia	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
	Wiesmach 9	(20–13)	Toumi 5
	2× 2× 1×	Report	4× 3× 1×

28 July 2011 20:30	Egypt	24 – 25	Germany	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Mosorinski, Pandzic (SRB)
	Ahmed Abdel 6	(11–14)	Dissinger 6
	3× 2× 1×	Report	6× 3×

Third place game

30 July 2011 18:00	Tunisia	24 – 18	Egypt	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Volodkov, Zotin (RUS)
	Sanai 8	(14–8)	Hisham 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Final

30 July 2011 20:30	Denmark	18 – 27	Germany	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Marxzouqi, Al-Nuaimi (UAE)
	Saad 5	(10–13)	Sellin 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

5–8th place play-offs

Semifinals			Fifth place

27 July
Sweden	26
Spain	28

			28 July
			Spain	29
			France	28


			Seventh place
27 July		28 July
Slovenia	29	Sweden	27
France	30		Slovenia	24

Semifinals

27 July 2011 18:00	Sweden	26 – 28	Spain	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Nilsson 9	(12–9)	Alonso 6
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

27 July 2011 20:30	Slovenia	29 – 30	France	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Opava, Valke (CZE)
	Marguc 7	(16–16)	Mahe 9
	6× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Seventh place game

28 July 2011 16:00	Sweden	27 – 24	Slovenia	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	Lonn, Cederholm 6	(12–9)	Marguc 5
	5× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Fifth place game

28 July 2011 18:00	Spain	29 – 28	France	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Alonso 8	(15–11)	Grebille 6
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

9th–16th place playoffs

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Ninth place

	Norway	41
	Russia	40
				Norway	34

				Brazil	29
	Greece	20

	Brazil	23
								Norway	37
								Portugal	41
	Portugal	39
	Qatar	29
				Portugal	37	Eleventh place

				Iran	33
	Algeria	28						Brazil	22

	Iran	36						Iran	21

13–16th place bracket

Semifinals			13th place

27 July
Russia	32
Greece	22

			28 July
			Algeria	24
			Russia	28


			15th place
27 July		28 July
Qatar	21	Qatar	31
Algeria	22		Greece	23

Quarterfinals

25 July 2011 13:00	Norway	41 – 40	Russia	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	Kristensen 8	(20–14)	Bespalov, Parshutin 7
	3× 3×	Report	5× 2×

25 July 2011 15:30	Algeria	28 – 36	Iran	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Horvath, Marton (HUN)
	Hamoud 9	(12–19)	Esteki 16
	5× 2×	Report	4× 2×

25 July 2011 18:00	Portugal	39 – 29	Qatar	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Ferraz 9	(19–12)	Hamdoon 7
	7× 2×	Report	3× 2× 1×

25 July 2011 20:30	Greece	20 – 23	Brazil	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Koutsikopoulos 4	(11–13)	Campos 5
	4× 3×	Report	2× 2×

13th–16th place Semifinals

27 July 2011 16:00	Qatar	21 – 22	Algeria	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	three players 4	(12–11)	Zamoun, Hamoud 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

27 July 2011 20:30	Russia	32 – 22	Greece	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Mousavian, Taghavi (IRI)
	Zhedik 9	(17–12)	Koutsikopoulos 5
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

9th–12th place Semifinals

27 July 2011 15:30	Portugal	37 – 33	Iran	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Duarte 8	(12–17)	Esteki 12
	6× 3×	Report	11× 3×

27 July 2011 18:00	Norway	34 – 29	Brazil	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	three players 5	(15–14)	Perrella 12
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Fifteenth place game

28 July 2011 15:30	Greece	23 – 31	Qatar	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Tziras, Kandilas 4	(14–14)	Al-Karbi 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

Thirteenth place game

28 July 2011 14:00	Russia	28 – 24	Algeria	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Zhedik 6	(13–9)	Zamoum 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Eleventh place game

28 July 2011 13:30	Brazil	22 – 21	Iran	PAOK Sports Arenahall, Thessaloniki Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	three players 4	(13–9)	Esteki 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Ninth place game

28 July 2011 12:00	Norway	37 – 41	Portugal	YMCA indoor hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Toenesen 8	(13–19)	Duarte 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17–20th place play-offs

Semifinals			Seventeenth place

24 July
Serbia	32
Argentina	27

			25 July
			Serbia	35
			Hungary	36


			Nineteenth place
24 July		25 July
South Korea	31	Argentina	31
Hungary	34		South Korea	41

Semifinals

24 July 2011 18:00	Serbia	32 – 27	Argentina	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Jokic 13	(19–14)	Filipuzzi, Canepa 6
	6× 2×	Report	4× 3×

24 July 2011 20:00	South Korea	31 – 34	Hungary	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Mousavian, Taghavi (IRI)
	Jung Jin Ho 7	(13–18)	Ancsin, Pasztor 6
	2× 3×	Report	9× 2×

Nineteenth place game

25 July 2011 18:00	Argentina	31 – 41	South Korea	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Mousavian, Taghavi (IRN)
	Pizarro, Canepe 10	(15–22)	Jung Jin-Ho 9
	6× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Seventeenth place game

25 July 2011 20:00	Serbia	35 – 36	Hungary	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Abdelaziz, Rashed (EGY)
	Nenadic 9	(14–18)	three players 6
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

21–24th place play-offs

Semifinals			21st place

24 July
Chile	28
Venezuela	24

			25 July
			Chile	27
			Canada	26


			23rd place
24 July		25 July
Benin	22	Venezuela	18
Canada	23		Benin	28

Semifinals

24 July 2011 14:00	Chile	28 – 24	Venezuela	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Al Mutawa, Al Suwailem (KUW)
	Feuchtmann 7	(13–10)	Silva 6
	5× 2×	Report	3× 2×

24 July 2011 16:00	Benin	22 – 23	Canada	Evosmos Sports Hall, Thessaloniki Referees: Pavisevic, Raznatovic (MNE)
	Quenum 8	(12–12)	Bilton 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

21st place game

25 July 2011 14:00	Chile	27 – 26	Canada	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Feuchtmann 10	(11–10)	Kuby 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

23rd place game

25 July 2011 16:00	Venezuela	18 – 28	Benin	PAOK Sports Arena, Thessaloniki Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Al-Marxzouqi (UAE)
	Contreras 5	(7–12)	Sina 11
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Germany
	Denmark
	Tunisia
4	Egypt
5	Spain
6	France
7	Sweden
8	Slovenia
9	Portugal
10	Norway
11	Brazil
12	Iran
13	Russia
14	Algeria
15	Qatar
16	Greece
17	Hungary
18	Serbia
19	South Korea
20	Argentina
21	Chile
22	Canada
23	Benin
24	Venezuela

All-star team

Goalkeeper: Nils Dresrüsse (GER)
Left wing: Oussama Boughanmi (TUN)
Left back: Christian Dissinger (GER)
Pivot: Andreas Nilsson (SWE)
Centre back: Mads Mensah Larsen (DEN)
Right back: Andrey Bespalon (RUS)
Right wing: Patrick Wiesmach Larsen (DEN)

References

↑ "Norway replaces Oceania team at the Men’s Junior WCh in Greece". ihf.com. 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
↑ "Venezuela replaces Uruguay at the Men’s Junior WCh in Greece". ihf.com. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
↑ "The defending Champion won the final". ihf.info. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
↑ "Draw results of the XVIII Men’s Junior World Championship in Greece". ihf.com. 2011-04-16. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
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