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
23 January 2005
Tunisia  39 – 23  Angola
France  44 – 16  Canada
Denmark  27 – 23  Greece
25 January 2005
Greece  20 – 19  France
Canada  20 – 42  Tunisia
Angola  19 – 47  Denmark
26 January 2005
Greece  26 – 21  Angola
France  26 – 26  Tunisia
Denmark  52 – 18  Canada
28 January 2005
Canada  23 – 26  Greece
Tunisia  25 – 22  Denmark
France  40 – 18  Angola
29 January 2005
Angola  27 – 26  Canada
Tunisia  27 – 27  Greece
Denmark  26 – 32  France

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
23 January 2005
Czech Republic  34 – 34  Iceland
Russia  28 – 22  Algeria
Slovenia  34 – 17  Kuwait
25 January 2005
Kuwait  11 – 38  Russia
Algeria  29 – 29  Czech Republic
Iceland  33 – 34  Slovenia
26 January 2005
Slovenia  33 – 28  Algeria
Russia  25 – 21  Czech Republic
Kuwait  22 – 31  Iceland
28 January 2005
Russia  29 – 22  Iceland
Czech Republic  28 – 26  Slovenia
Algeria  34 – 29  Kuwait
29 January 2005
Iceland  34 – 25  Algeria
Czech Republic  33 – 22  Kuwait
Slovenia  27 – 31  Russia

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
23 January 2005
Croatia  36 – 23  Argentina
Spain  41 – 22  Japan
Sweden  49 – 16  Australia
24 January 2005
Australia  19 – 51  Spain
Japan  25 – 34  Croatia
Argentina  23 – 30  Sweden
26 January 2005
Croatia  38 – 18  Australia
Argentina  25 – 27  Japan
Sweden  26 – 33  Spain
27 January 2005
Sweden  32 – 18  Japan
Spain  31 – 33  Croatia
Australia  13 – 34  Argentina
29 January 2005
Japan  29 – 19  Australia
Spain  35 – 28  Argentina
Croatia  28 – 27  Sweden

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
23 January 2005
Germany  28 – 25  Egypt
Serbia and Montenegro  34 – 26  Qatar
Norway  34 – 12  Brazil
24 January 2005
Egypt  24 – 22  Serbia and Montenegro
Brazil  23 – 30  Germany
Qatar  22 – 33  Norway
26 January 2005
Germany  40 – 15  Qatar
Egypt  24 – 20  Brazil
Serbia and Montenegro  25 – 24  Norway
27 January 2005
Qatar  29 – 31  Egypt
Serbia and Montenegro  33 – 19  Brazil
Norway  27 – 27  Germany
29 January 2005
Germany  24 – 25  Serbia and Montenegro
Brazil  30 – 25  Qatar
Norway  24 – 19  Egypt

Main round

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Tunisia 5 2 3 0 150 128 +22 7
 France 5 2 2 1 127 120 +7 6
 Greece 5 2 1 2 134 138 -4 5
 Slovenia 5 1 2 2 142 140 +2 4
 Russia 5 2 0 3 126 137 -11 4
 Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 131 147 -16 4
31 January 2005
Greece  29 – 37  Slovenia
Tunisia  36 – 25  Czech Republic
France  25 – 22  Russia
1 February 2005
Czech Republic  26 – 31  France
Slovenia  26 – 26  Tunisia
Russia  24 – 29  Greece
3 February 2005
Greece  29 – 31  Czech Republic
Tunisia  35 – 24  Russia
France  26 – 26  Slovenia

Group II

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Croatia 5 4 0 1 139 135 +4 8
 Spain 5 3 1 1 155 139 +16 7
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 2 1 127 125 +2 6
 Norway 5 2 1 2 137 139 -2 4
 Germany 5 1 1 3 132 135 -3 3
 Sweden 5 0 1 4 132 148 -16 1
31 January 2005
Spain  32 – 28  Germany
Sweden  26 – 26  Serbia and Montenegro
Croatia  25 – 28  Norway
1 February 2005
Germany  26 – 29  Croatia
Serbia and Montenegro  28 – 28  Spain
Norway  34 – 31  Sweden
3 February 2005
Sweden  22 – 27  Germany
Croatia  24 – 23  Serbia and Montenegro
Spain  31 – 24  Norway

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×

Placement Matches (5–12th Place)

11th–12th

5 February
11:00		 Slovenia  29 – 32  Sweden Nabeul
Referees: Dolejs, I. (CZE)
Rutenka 9 (14–17) Petterson 7
Report

9th–10th

5 February
13:00		 Czech Republic  34 – 39  Germany Nabeul
Referees: Baum, M. (POL)
Bruna, Filip 8 (15–16) Jansen 8
Report

7th–8th

5 February
10:00		 Russia  27 – 30  Norway Rades
Referees: Adjemian, T. (ARG)
Kokcharov 11 (15–14) Hagen 7
Report

5th–6th

5 February
12:30		 Greece  26 – 37  Serbia and Montenegro Rades
Referees: Arnaldsson, S. (ISL)
Karypidis 6 (12–15) Stojanovic 6
Report

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

References

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