2009 World Men's Handball Championship

none June 2023 World Men's Handball Championship 2009 Svjetsko prvenstvo u rukometu 2009. hr Croatia 2009 World Handball.png 300px Croatia 16 January – 1 February 24 5 7 7 France 3 Croatia Poland Denmark 110 6090 392550 Kiril Lazarov MKD(92 goals) Igor Vori CRO 2007 World Men's Handball Championship 2011 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament that took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania. The opening game and ceremony were held in Split, and the final game was played in Zagreb. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia in the final. Poland took the third place after winning over Denmark. Tickets for the tournament went on sale from 15 to 20 November.Ulaznica za finale Svjetskog prvenstva 700 kunaJune 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes hr For the finals, ticket prices started at 700 kuna (c. €95). To promote the tournament, the Croatian National Tourist Board launched a series of presentations in the capitals of 13 participating countries.Krenule rukometno-turističke prezentacije hr During the championship internal criticism arose against Hassan Moustafa, President of the IHF. The secretary general of the IHF, Peter Mühlematter, criticized Moustafa and asked for his demission. Moustafa asked to exclude Mühlematter after his criticism.Kritiker vor dem Ausschluss IHF-Generalsekretär ist im Verband isoliert https://web.archive.org/web/20090121174844/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/ 21 January 2009 deMoustafa soll gehen deMühlematter legt Moustafa Rücktritt nahe https://web.archive.org/web/20120215113109/http://www.focus.de/sport/mehrsport/handball-wm-muehlematter-legt-moustafa-ruecktritt-nahe_aid_364076.html 15 February 2012 deMühlematter fordert Moustafas Rücktritt deHandball Doping: "Da wird ohne Ende gelogen" de Venues Seven Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2009 Championship: Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. The sites included the new Spaladium Arena in Split and Arena Zagreb, where the final took place. Zagreb Varaždin Osijek Arena ZagrebCapacity: 15,024 Varaždin ArenaCapacity: 5,200 Gradski vrt HallCapacity: 3,538 150px 150px 150px Poreč Croatia center 300 Croatia 45.816667 15.983333 Zagreb Croatia 43.5 16.433333 Split Croatia 45.557531 18.679589 Osijek Croatia 46.3 16.333333 Varaždin Croatia 44.114167 15.227778 Zadar Croatia 45.216667 13.583333 Poreč Croatia 44.866667 13.85 Pula Žatika Sport CentreCapacity: 3,500 Pula Mate Parlov Sport CentreCapacity: 2,132 150px Zadar Split Krešimir Ćosić HallCapacity: 8,600 Spaladium ArenaCapacity: 10,941 150px 150px Qualification thumb|right|500px|Qualified nations Qualification occurred through the previous years' continental championships or qualifying tournaments: Host (1 vacancy) World Champion (1 vacancy) 2008 African Men's Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 American Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 Asian Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 European Men's Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 European qualifiers play-off (9 vacancies) 2008 Oceania qualifying tournament (1 vacancy) European qualifiers play-off SLO 62–63 SVK 33–33 29–30 ESP 63–56 GRE 32–24 31–32 NOR 61–52 UKR 29–22 32–30 BLR 56–60 RUS 26–26 30–34 MNE 55–56 ROU 31–27 24–29 CZE 62–62 SRB 2004 38–33 24–29 POL 54–48 SUI 32–24 22–24 HUN 54–49 BIH 27–25 27–24Official Statement III EHF https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/official-statement-iii/ 9 September 2020 MKD Macedonia 58–56 ISL 34–26 24–30 |} Seeding The draw for the groups of the preliminary round was held on 21 June 2008, in Zagreb. The draw took place at Zagreb's central Ban Jelačić Square and was hosted by Filip Brkić and Kristina Krepela.Izvlačenje skupina na Trgu bana Jelačića https://web.archive.org/web/20080627192358/http://www.hrs.hr/novosti.php?id_novost=1195 27 June 2008 hr Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6 CRO(hosts) GER(defending World Champions) DEN(champions of Europe) FRA(3rd from Europe)Runners-up Croatia and 4th-placed Germany had already secured their places at the World Championship before the European Championship. SWE(5th from Europe) NOR(Euro playoff) POL(Euro playoff) HUN(Euro playoff) ESP(Euro playoff) SVK(Euro playoff) MKD Macedonia(euro playoff) EGY(champion of Africa) ROU(Euro playoff) RUS(Euro playoff) KOR 1997(champions of Asia) BRA(champions of America) SRB 2004(Euro playoff) TUN(2nd from Africa) KUW(2nd from Asia) ARG(2nd from America) AUS(Oceania qualifiers) ALG(3rd from Africa) KSA(3rd from Asia) CUB(3rd from America) Squads 2009 World Men's Handball Championship squads Each nation had to submit a squad of 16 players. Referees On 12 October 2008, the match officials for the tournament were confirmed.http://sportnet.hr/Vijest.aspx?ID=366564 Imenovani suci za rukometno SP sportnet.hr hr 12 October 2008 9 September 2020 But due to injury, the Swedish referee couple Rickard Canbro and Mikael Claesson had to withdraw from the championship, and was replaced by Danish couple Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen.http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=57&idart=1610 2009 Men's World Championship in Croatia: updated list of referees IHF 17 December 2008 9 September 2020 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081223023444/http://www.ihf.info/front_content.php?idcat=57&idart=1610 23 December 2008 Referees Andrei GouskoSiarhei Repkin Jesus Nilson Aires MenezesRogério Aparecido Pinto Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Jiří OpavaPavěl Válek Martin GjedingMads Hansen Per OlesenLars Ejby Pedersen Moustafa El-MoamliMohamed Shaaban Nordine LazaarLaurent Reveret Frank LemmeBernd Ullrich Referees Mohsen KarbaschiMajid Kolahdouzan Mindaugas GatelisVaidas Mažeika Mirosław BaumMarek Góralczyk Ivan CaçadorEurico Nicolau Constantin DinSorin-Laurenţiu Dinu Serbia 2004 Zoran StanojevićSlobodan Višekruna Nenad KrstičPeter LjubičWithdrawn due to injury Rickard CanbroMikael Claesson thumb|German officials Bernd Ullrich (left) and Frank Lemme (right) refereed the opening match between Croatia and South Korea on 16 January. Preliminary round thumb|upright|Ruksi, the caterpillar mascot.My name is Ruksi https://web.archive.org/web/20081217171906/http://www.croatia2009.com/eng_news.php?id=120 17 December 2008 croatia2009.com All times are local UTC+1. Group A main WDL complete IHF 2 5 0 0 168 106 3 1 1 152 119 3 1 1 148 115 2 0 3 141 135 1 0 4 133 137 0 0 5 76 206 Hungary 24–24 Slovakia HUN FRA FRA SVK SVK HUN HUN ROU ROU ARG ARG AUS AUS 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. Q A A A green1 Main round 17 January 2009 16:30 SVK 27–25 ARG Report Straňovský 7 Gull 5 12–13 7 3 6 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,000 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 17 January 2009 18:30 HUN 41–17 AUS Report Iváncsik, Zubai 7 Fletcher 8 20–8 3 3 1 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,000 Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan IRI 17 January 2009 20:30 FRA 31–21 ROU Report Guigou, Karabatić 7 Toma 5 12–9 3 3 2 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,000 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB 18 January 2009 15:00 AUS 12–47 SVK Report Fletcher 6 Antl 8 6–20 4 3 2 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 1,500 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB 18 January 2009 17:00 ROU 27–30 HUN Report Pîrîianu 6 Nagy 8 16–13 1 3 5 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,000 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 18 January 2009 19:00 ARG 26–33 FRA Report Kogovsek, Migueles 5 Guigou 7 15–19 2 3 1 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 2,500 Gubica, Milošević CRO 19 January 2009 15:30 ROU 30–26 ARG Report Ghionea 9 Kogovsek 7 15–13 4 3 5 3 1 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 1,500 Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan IRI 19 January 2009 17:30 HUN 24–24 SVK Report three players 5 Šulc 9 12–6 3 3 3 4 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 2,500 Gubica, Milošević CRO 19 January 2009 19:30 FRA 42–11 AUS Report Abalo 10 Fletcher 4 20–3 2 4 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 1,500 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 21 January 2009 15:00 AUS 20–40 ROU Report Blondell 8 Cozma 10 9–21 2 3 3 2 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 1,000 Gubica, Milošević CRO 21 January 2009 17:00 HUN 31–20 ARG Report Mocsai 6 Kogovsek, Gull 4 17–8 3 3 2 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,000 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB 21 January 2009 19:00 SVK 26–35 FRA Report Antl 7 Karabatić 9 9–15 7 4 2 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 2,500 Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan IRI 22 January 2009 15:00 ARG 36–16 AUS Report Torres 7 Fletcher 4 15–8 3 2 1 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 1,000 Gubica, Milošević CRO 22 January 2009 17:00 SVK 28–23 ROU Report Kukučka 8 Ghionea, Pîrîianu 5 12–13 4 3 4 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,500 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 22 January 2009 19:00 FRA 27–22 HUN Report three players 5 Gál 5 13–8 3 1 3 Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek 3,500 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB Group B main WDL complete IHF 2 5 0 0 170 115 H 4 0 1 162 118 3 0 2 140 126 2 0 3 167 127 1 0 4 106 181 0 0 5 99 177 CRO CRO SWE SWE KOR KOR 1997 ESP ESP CUB CUB KUW KUW 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. Q A A A green1 Main round 16 January 2009 20:30 CRO 27–26 KOR 1997 Report Čupić 8 Park J., Sim 5 14–13 2 3 4 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 12,000 Lemme, Ullrich GER 17 January 2009 16:30 ESP 47–17 KUW Report García, Rocas 7 H. Al-Shamari 5 18–9 3 3 4 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 8,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA 17 January 2009 18:30 SWE 41–14 CUB Report Källman, Lennartsson 6 Díaz 5 19–7 6 3 4 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 3,500 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 18 January 2009 16:30 CUB 20–45 ESP Report Echevarría 5 García 9 10–24 8 2 1 4 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 1,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA 18 January 2009 18:30 KOR 1997 25–31 SWE Report Lee J., Park J. 6 Källman 10 12–16 4 4 10 4 1 Spaladium Arena, Split 3,000 Din, Dinu ROU 18 January 2009 20:30 KUW 21–40 CRO Report Al-Gharaballi, Al-Qallaf 5 Šprem 8 13–22 9 2 1 5 2 Spaladium Arena, Split 10,000 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 19 January 2009 16:30 KOR 1997 34–19 KUW Report Yoon 7 five players 3 15–9 3 3 4 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 1,000 Din, Dinu ROU 19 January 2009 18:30 SWE 34–30 ESP Report Doder 11 Romero 11 19–13 7 4 3 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 5,000 Lemme, Ullrich GER 19 January 2009 20:30 CRO 41–20 CUB Report Čupić 11 Carol, Echevarría 5 20–9 2 2 7 2 Spaladium Arena, Split 11,800 Menezes, Pinto BRA 21 January 2009 16:30 CUB 26–31 KOR 1997 Report five players 4 Lee J. 10 13–17 10 2 4 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 500 Lemme, Ullrich GER 21 January 2009 18:30 SWE 30–19 KUW Report Larholm 6 Al-Hajeri 5 17–9 4 3 2 2 Spaladium Arena, Split 6,000 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 21 January 2009 20:30 ESP 22–32 CRO Report Romero 5 Duvnjak 7 11–18 2 4 8 4 Spaladium Arena, Split 12,000 Din, Dinu ROU 22 January 2009 16:30 KUW 23–26 CUB Report F. Al-Shamari, H. Al-Shamari 5 Carol 8 9–12 5 4 6 3 Spaladium Arena, Split 500 Menezes, Pinto BRA 22 January 2009 18:30 ESP 23–24 KOR 1997 Report Rocas, Romero 5 Oh Y. 6 15–14 1 3 4 4 Spaladium Arena, Split 8,000 Din, Dinu ROU 22 January 2009 20:30 CRO 30–26 SWE Report Čupić 8 Doder, Larholm 7 14–13 4 4 5 4 Spaladium Arena, Split 12,000 Lemme, Ullrich GER Group C main WDL complete IHF 2 4 1 0 147 116 3 0 2 145 136 3 0 2 146 131 2 1 2 143 145 2 0 3 143 142 0 0 5 114 168 Poland 29–30 Macedonia MKD GER GER MKD MKD North Macedonia POL POL RUS RUS TUN TUN ALG ALG 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. Q A A A green1 Main round 17 January 2009 15:30 POL 39–22 ALG Report Jurasik, Tłuczyński 6 Chehbour 6 17–8 3 3 7 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 3,500 Opava, Válek CZE 17 January 2009 17:30 GER 26–26 RUS Report Hens 9 Igropulo, Rastvortsev 5 15–14 5 3 9 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 4,600 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 17 January 2009 19:30 MKD Macedonia 24–25 TUN Report K. Lazarov 9 Tej 6 14–13 1 3 4 4 1 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 3,500 Caçador, Nicolau POR 18 January 2009 15:30 ALG 19–32 MKD Macedonia Report Chehbour 6 K. Lazarov 9 8–16 4 3 4 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 2,000 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 18 January 2009 17:30 TUN 24–26 GER Report Hammed 9 Hens 6 12–12 7 2 1 6 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 3,500 Opava, Válek CZE 18 January 2009 19:30 RUS 22–24 POL Report Igropulo 6 three players 4 14–11 10 3 2 7 4 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 3,000 Krstič, Ljubič SLO 19 January 2009 15:30 POL 29–30 MKD Macedonia Report Bielecki, M. Lijewski 7 K. Lazarov 13 15–16 4 3 4 4 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 1,500 Caçador, Nicolau POR 19 January 2009 17:30 GER 32–20 ALG Report Jansen 6 Berriah 8 16–10 6 4 4 4 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 1,500 Krstič, Ljubič SLO 19 January 2009 19:30 RUS 36–31 TUN Report Filippov, Kovalyov 7 Touati 9 16–11 7 2 1 4 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 1,000 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 21 January 2009 15:30 ALG 28–29 RUS Report Boudrali 6 Filippov 9 14–17 3 3 3 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 2,000 Caçador, Nicolau POR 21 January 2009 17:30 MKD Macedonia 23–33 GER Report K. Lazarov 9 Glandorf 9 14–13 6 3 1 7 3 1 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 3,800 Opava, Válek CZE 21 January 2009 19:30 POL 31–27 TUN Report Tłuczyński 11 Hedoui 6 16–11 3 3 9 4 1 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 800 Krstič, Ljubič SLO 22 January 2009 15:30 MKD Macedonia 36–30 RUS Report K. Lazarov 13 Igropulo 13 15–14 10 3 1 7 3 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 4,000 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 22 January 2009 17:30 GER 30–23 POL Report Kraus 7 Tłuczyński 6 14–11 9 3 1 5 4 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 4,000 Caçador, Nicolau POR 22 January 2009 19:30 TUN 36–25 ALG Report Touati 12 Bouakaz 5 18–11 3 3 9 2 1 Varaždin Arena, Varaždin 300 Opava, Válek CZE Group D main WDL complete IHF 2 5 0 0 167 121 3 0 2 161 146 3 0 2 162 123 2 0 3 110 126 2 0 3 128 158 0 0 5 107 161 Norway 26–27 Serbia SRB Egypt 25–22 Brazil EGY DEN DEN SRB SRB 2004 NOR NOR EGY EGY BRA BRA KSA KSA 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. Q A A A green1 Main round 17 January 2009 16:15 NOR 39–23 KSA Report Mamelund 8 B. Al-Harbi 6 19–10 3 3 7 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 2,000 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 17 January 2009 18:15 EGY 22–30 SRB 2004 Report El Ahmar 8 Stojanović 6 12–12 6 5 5 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 2,500 Baum, Góralczyk POL 17 January 2009 20:15 DEN 40–27 BRA Report Christiansen 8 F. Silva 6 19–12 2 3 5 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 2,200 Gousko, Repkin BLR 18 January 2009 16:15 BRA 21–39 NOR Report Hubner, F. Silva 4 Bjørnsen 7 8–17 4 3 3 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,500 Baum, Góralczyk POL 18 January 2009 18:15 KSA 18–26 EGY Report B. Al-Harbi 9 Zaky 7 8–12 6 3 3 4 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,500 Lazaar, Reveret FRA 18 January 2009 20:15 SRB 2004 36–37 DEN Report Ilić 10 Lindberg 8 22–16 8 3 4 2 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 3,500 Gousko, Repkin BLR 19 January 2009 17:00 BRA 32–30 SRB 2004 Report Ribeiro 10 Ilić 7 14–14 2 3 2 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,000 Lazaar, Reveret FRA 19 January 2009 19:10 NOR 30–20 EGY Report Kjelling 9 Zaky 9 14–10 2 3 6 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,650 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 19 January 2009 21:15 DEN 32–13 KSA Report Eggert 10 Al-Habib 6 17–4 1 3 2 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 800 Baum, Góralczyk POL 21 January 2009 17:00 KSA 24–26 BRA Report B. Al-Harbi 9 Ribeiro 9 10–14 2 3 6 3 1 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,000 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 21 January 2009 19:10 NOR 26–27 SRB 2004 Report Løke 6 Vujin 6 10–12 2 4 5 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 3,500 Baum, Góralczyk POL 21 January 2009 21:15 EGY 17–26 DEN Report Zaky 4 Christiansen 7 7–12 4 3 3 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,200 Lazaar, Reveret FRA 22 January 2009 16:15 SRB 2004 38–29 KSA Report Bojinović, Marković 6 Al-Habib 6 21–13 3 6 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 800 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 22 January 2009 18:15 EGY 25–22 BRA Report Zaky 6 Ribeiro 5 13–6 5 3 5 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 2,000 Lazaar, Reveret FRA 22 January 2009 20:15 DEN 32–28 NOR Report Hansen 10 Kjelling 9 16–14 2 3 4 2 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 3,200 Gousko, Repkin BLR President's Cup Group I main WDL complete IHF 2 5 0 0 205 98 4 0 1 175 141 3 0 2 137 125 2 0 3 124 154 1 0 4 119 157 0 0 5 87 172 ESP ESP ROU ROU ARG ARG CUB CUB KUW KUW AUS AUS 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. 13P 15P 17P 19P 21P 23P Q 13th place game 15th place game 17th place game 19th place game 21st place game 23rd place game 24 January 2009 15:00 ARG 26–25 KUW Report Migueles 5 Abdulredha 6 12–12 4 2 4 2 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 500 Opava, Válek CZE 24 January 2009 17:00 AUS 10–42 ESP Report Fletcher, Subotic 3 Ugalde 9 6–18 4 4 3 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 1,200 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 24 January 2009 19:00 ROU 39–28 CUB Report Ghionea 12 Carol, Turiño 6 21–15 1 3 5 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 1,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA 25 January 2009 15:00 ESP 31–19 ARG Report García 6 Viscovich 5 15–11 4 3 1 3 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 1,600 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 25 January 2009 17:00 KUW 27–34 ROU Report Al-Qallaf, Al-Gharaballi 5 Ghionea 8 12–16 2 3 3 2 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 1,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA 25 January 2009 19:00 CUB 27–17 AUS Report Díaz 5 Fletcher 6 14–6 3 3 3 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 500 Gubica, Milošević CRO 26 January 2009 15:00 AUS 24–27 KUW Report Blondell 7 F. Al-Shamari 7 10–14 4 4 2 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 200 Menezes, Pinto BRA 26 January 2009 17:00 ARG 30–23 CUB Report Pizarro 8 Carol 6 16–15 6 3 6 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 500 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 26 January 2009 19:00 ROU 32–40 ESP Report Ghionea 7 Ugalde 9 16–19 3 3 4 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 2,500 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB Group II main WDL complete IHF 2 4 0 1 135 125 4 0 1 151 127 3 0 2 159 146 3 0 2 140 142 1 0 4 131 137 0 0 5 105 144 Russia 27–31 Egypt EGY Tunisia 36–25 Algeria TUN EGY EGY RUS RUS TUN TUN ALG ALG BRA BRA KSA KSA 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. 13P 15P 17P 19P 21P 23P Q 13th place game 15th place game 17th place game 19th place game 21st place game 23rd place game 24 January 2009 16:00 TUN 28–21 KSA Report Ayed 5 B. Al-Harbi 5 12–8 3 3 3 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 300 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 24 January 2009 18:00 ALG 28–22 EGY Report Berriah 7 Zaky 6 12–7 3 3 2 2 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 300 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB 24 January 2009 20:00 RUS 25–22 BRA Report Dibirov 7 Gaeta, Ribeiro 4 15–9 5 3 1 4 2 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 300 Gubica, Milošević CRO 25 January 2009 16:00 EGY 31–30 TUN Report El Ahmar 11 Ayed 9 15–14 6 3 1 6 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,000 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB 25 January 2009 18:00 KSA 15–34 RUS Report Al-Abdulali 4 Chernoivanov 8 5–17 2 3 2 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,000 Opava, Válek CZE 25 January 2009 20:00 BRA 28–29 ALG Report Ribeiro, Ferreira 8 Boudrali 5 15–10 6 3 3 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 500 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 26 January 2009 16:00 ALG 30–27 KSA Report Soudani 8 B. Al-Harbi 13 14–12 2 3 4 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 500 Gubica, Milošević CRO 26 January 2009 18:00 TUN 34–33 BRA Report Touati 6 Ribeiro, Ferreira 9 18–16 3 3 6 4 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 500 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 26 January 2009 20:00 RUS 27–31 EGY Report Igropulo 8 El Ahmar, Yousry 8 12–16 8 3 1 5 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,000 Opava, Válek CZE Placement games 23rd place game 27 January 2009 15:00 AUS 19–23 KSA Report Fletcher 6 B. Al-Harbi 6 11–15 5 3 4 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 300 Menezes, Pinto BRA 21st place game 27 January 2009 16:00 KUW 24–27 BRA Report Al-Gharaballi 8 Ribeiro 11 12–13 2 4 3 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 200 El-Moamli, Shaaban EGY 19th place game 27 January 2009 17:00 CUB 27–34 ALG Report Turiño 8 three players 6 15–18 4 3 7 4 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 350 Gubica, Milošević CRO 17th place game 27 January 2009 18:00 ARG 23–29 TUN Report Migueles 5 Gharbi, Kraiem 6 13–14 4 3 4 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 500 Opava, Válek CZE 15th place game 27 January 2009 19:00 ROU 42–38 RUS Report Irimescu 8 Dibirov 12 25–21 6 3 6 3 Mate Parlov Sport Centre, Pula 750 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 13th place game 27 January 2009 20:00 ESP 28–24 EGY Report Cañellas 9 El-Salam 7 15–10 2 3 4 3 Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč 1,000 Stanojević, Višekruna SRB Main round Group I main WDL complete IHF 2 5 0 0 137 118 H 4 0 1 139 112 2 1 2 127 135 2 0 3 135 140 1 1 3 124 137 0 0 5 119 139 CRO CRO FRA FRA HUN HUN SWE SWE SVK SVK KOR KOR 1997 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. SF SF 5P 7P 9P 11P Q green1 Semifinals Fifth place game Seventh place game Ninth place game Eleventh place game 24 January 2009 16:30 SVK 23–20 KOR 1997 Report Šulc 6 Lee J. 8 15–12 5 3 2 2 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 3,000 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 24 January 2009 18:30 FRA 28–21 SWE Report Guigou, Karabatić 7 Andersson 5 16–10 3 2 1 3 1 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 13,000 Baum, Góralczyk POL 24 January 2009 20:30 HUN 22–27 CRO Report Nagy 6 Čupić 6 12–14 3 3 3 4 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 15,000 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 25 January 2009 16:30 SWE 30–31 HUN Report Källman 8 Ilyés 8 18–16 4 2 1 6 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 4,000 Lemme, Ullrich GER 25 January 2009 18:30 KOR 1997 21–30 FRA Report Kim T., Oh Y. 5 Abalo, Guigou 5 15–15 3 3 4 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 10,000 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 25 January 2009 20:30 CRO 31–25 SVK Report Hrvatin 6 Šulc 7 18–13 2 3 4 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 15,000 Gousko, Repkin BLR 27 January 2009 16:30 HUN 28–27 KOR 1997 Report Császár 8 Lee J. 7 11–14 4 1 2 1 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 800 Gousko, Repkin BLR 27 January 2009 18:30 SVK 26–27 SWE Report Kukučka 9 Doder 11 11–16 5 3 4 3 1 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 10,000 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 27 January 2009 20:30 FRA 19–22 CRO Report Junillon 5 Vori 8 7–11 2 3 3 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 15,000 Baum, Góralczyk POL Group II main WDL complete IHF 2 4 0 1 156 145 3 0 2 150 141 2 1 2 147 133 2 1 2 153 161 2 0 3 138 141 1 0 4 132 155 Germany 35–35 Serbia GER DEN DEN POL POL GER GER SRB SRB 2004 NOR NOR MKD MKD Macedonia 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. SF SF 5P 7P 9P 11P Q green1 Semifinals Fifth place game Seventh place game Ninth place game Eleventh place game 24 January 2009 15:30 MKD Macedonia 27–29 NOR Report K. Lazarov 9 Tvedten 10 13–16 2 4 5 4 1 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 4,500 Caçador, Nicolau POR 24 January 2009 17:30 GER 35–35 16–19 SRB 2004 Report Jansen 10 Bojinović 8 4 3 4 3 1 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 4,500 Lazaar, Reveret FRA 24 January 2009 20:15 POL 32–28 DEN Report Kuchczyński 9 Boesen 6 20–12 5 3 4 4 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 1,500 Din, Dinu ROU 25 January 2009 15:30 SRB 2004 23–35 POL Report Ilić 6 Tłuczyński 11 7–21 2 3 2 3 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 2,000 Caçador, Nicolau POR 25 January 2009 17:30 NOR 25–24 GER Report Kjelling, Tvedten 7 Glandorf 6 12–12 5 4 5 4 1 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 2,500 Krstič, Ljubič SLO 25 January 2009 20:15 DEN 32–24 MKD Macedonia Report Christiansen 8 K. Lazarov 8 13–12 4 3 6 3 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 5,500 Lazaar, Navaret FRA 27 January 2009 15:30 MKD Macedonia 28–32 SRB 2004 Report K. Lazarov 7 Ilić 8 16–15 3 3 5 3 1 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 3,500 Krstič, Ljubič SLO 27 January 2009 17:30 GER 25–27 DEN Report Preiß 7 Lindberg 6 14–14 6 4 4 3 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 3,000 Din, Dinu ROU 27 January 2009 20:15 POL 31–30 NOR Report Bielecki 5 Kjelling 8 14–14 3 3 4 3 Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar 4,200 Lazaar, Reveret FRA Final round Bracket thumb|Final, France vs. Croatia, 22:19, 28:11 min, Arena Zagreb N4 yes high yes Semifinals Final Third place 30 January DEN 22 FRA 27 30 January CRO 29 POL 23 1 February FRA 24 CRO 19 1 February DEN 23 POL 31 Semifinals 30 January 2009 17:30 DEN 22–27 FRA Report Jørgensen 5 Abalo 7 11–16 3 2 2 1 Spaladium Arena, Split 11,000 Gousko, Repkin BLR 30 January 2009 20:30 CRO 29–23 POL Report Čupić 12 Jurasik 6 14–13 3 3 4 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 15,000 Lemme, Ullrich GER Eleventh place game 29 January 2009 12:30 KOR 1997 31–32 MKD Macedonia Report Jeong 7 K. Lazarov 15 14–14 3 2 4 4 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 1,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA Ninth place game 29 January 2009 20:15 SVK 27–34 NOR Report Kukučka 6 Kjelling 9 14–18 6 2 5 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 3,000 Gubica, Milošević CRO Seventh place game 29 January 2009 17:30 SWE 37–29 SRB 2004 Report Gustafsson 7 Vujin, Vučković 5 20–16 3 4 3 1 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 5,300 Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan IRI Fifth place game 29 January 2009 15:00 HUN 25–28 GER Report Nagy 5 Kaufmann 8 13–16 3 2 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 3,000 Baum, Góralczyk POL Third place game #ddaa77 1 February 2009 15:00 DEN 23–31 POL Report Hansen 10 Bielecki 10 11–14 5 3 3 3 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 8,000 Lazaar, Reveret FRA Final gold 1 February 2009 17:30 FRA 24–19 CRO Report Guigou 10 Čupić 6 11–12 2 4 3 4 1 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb 15,000 Olsen, Pedersen DEN FRA GK 12 Daouda Karaboué 0/1 00:14GK 16 Thierry Omeyer 10/28 59:46LB2 Jérôme Fernandez 2/3 42:09P 3Didier Dinart 0/0 33:19CB5Guillaume Gille 0/1 45:00CB8 Daniel Narcisse 6/6 21:48LB13Nikola Karabatic 2/5 54:25P 14Christophe Kempé 0/0 00:00LB15 Franck Junillon 0/0 00:00RW18 Joël Abati 0/0 00:00RW19Luc Abalo 2/4 60:00P 20 Cédric Sorhaindo 2/4 43:19LW21 Michaël Guigou 10/12 56:25LW24 Sébastien Ostertag 0/1 3:35 Coach : Claude Onesta FRA Statistics CRO 24/36 Goals scored 19/36 67% % success 53% 7/7 Jets of 7m 4/44 min Suspensions 6 min 4 Yellow cards 4 0 Red cards 1 10/29 Total shots 7/31 34% % total shots 22% CRO GK 1 Venio Losert 1/7 9:07GK 25Mirko Alilović 6/24 50:53CB4Ivano Balić 1/2 18:34CB5Domagoj Duvnjak 2/6 41:10LB6Blaženko Lacković 4/7 29:43RB8 Marko Kopljar 0/0 7:29P 9Igor Vori 2/2 58:28LB10 Jakov Gojun 0/0 13:45RW13Zlatko Horvat 0/0 4:17LW17Goran Šprem 3/8 48:00CB18Denis Špoljarić 0/0 5:23RB19Petar Metličić 1/5 40:10LB24Tonči Valčić 0/0 35:21RW 27Ivan Čupić 6/6 57:40 Coach : Lino Červar Ranking and statistics Final ranking RankFinal Standing https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/xximenshandballworldchampionship2009/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=151 inf.info 1 February 2009 19 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250119031840/https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/xximenshandballworldchampionship2009/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=151 live TeamImage:gold medal icon.svg FRAImage:silver medal icon.svg CROImage:bronze medal icon.svg POL4 DEN5 GER6 HUN7 SWE8 SRB 20049 NOR10 SVK11 MKD12 KOR 199713 ESP14 EGY15 ROU16 RUS17 TUN18 ARG19 ALG20 CUB21 BRA22 KUW23 KSA24 AUS 2009 Men's World Champions 150px|border|FranceFranceThird title Team roster: Jérôme Fernandez, Didier Dinart, Guillaume Gille, Daniel Narcisse, Guillaume Joli, Daouda Karaboué, Nikola Karabatić, Christophe Kempe, Franck Junillon, Thierry Omeyer, Joël Abati, Luc Abalo, Cedric Sorhaindo, Michaël Guigou, Sebastien Bosquet and Sebastien Ostertag.Head coach: Claude Onesta. All Star Team The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 1 February 2009.https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/xximenshandballworldchampionship2009/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=151 France 2009 World Champions IHF 1 February 2009 9 September 2020 Position Player Most valuable player Igor Vori CRO Goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer FRA Right wing Ivan Čupić CRO Right back Marcin Lijewski POL Centre back Nikola Karabatić FRA Left back Blaženko Lacković CRO Left wing Michaël Guigou FRA Pivot Igor Vori CRO Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Kiril Lazarov MKD Macedonia 92 167 55 2 Ivan Čupić CRO 66 81 81 3 Felipe Borges Ribeiro BRA 61 87 704 Valentin Ghionea ROU 58 87 67Tomasz Tłuczyński POL 73 79 6 Bandar Al-Harbi KSA 55 100 55 7 Kristian Kjelling NOR 54 102 538 Michaël Guigou FRA 52 66 79Momir Ilić SRB 2004 100 52 10 Hussein Zaky EGY 50 98 51 Source: IHF Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Per Sandström SWE 44 52 1182 Nándor Fazekas HUN 41 79 195Daouda Karaboué FRA 41 99Richard Štochl SVK 110 2665 Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib EGY 39 62 157José Manuel Sierra ESP 54 1397 Steinar Ege NOR 38 95 249Andreas Palicka SWE 44 1169 Thierry Omeyer FRA 37 91 244Johan Sjöstrand SWE 56 150 Source: IHF Medalists GoldSilver Bronze FRA text-align:center; CRO text-align:center; POLtext-align:center; IHF broadcasting rights : RTL : BHRT (BHT 1) : ESPN Brasil : TV 2, TV 2 Sport : Nile Sport : Sport+ : RTL, DSF : Sport TV : Kuwait Sport Channel 3 and Kuwait Sport + North Macedonia Macedonia: Sitel : TV 2, TV 2 Zebra and TV 2 Sport : TVP (TVP2 and TVP Sport) : TVR, Sport 1 : NTV Plus (Middle East): Al Jazeera Sports Serbia 2004: RTS (RTS 1) : RTV Slovenija : TVE (TVE2, Teledeporte) : TV 4 : Tunis 7 High Definition : TV2 Sport HD : TVP (TVP HD) : NTV Plus HD (Middle East): Al Jazeera Sports HD : TV4 HD References External links IHF website Category:World Men's Handball Championship Category:International handball competitions hosted by Croatia World Mens Handball Championship, 2009 World Category:January 2009 sports events in Europe Category:February 2009 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Zagreb Category:2000s in Zagreb