GF World Cup '11

The GF World Cup '11 is the seventh edition of the GF World Cup, which was held in Aarhus, Denmark between 20–25 September. Romania entered the tournament as defending champions following their triumph in 2010 against Norway, but were eliminated during the group stage. Norway reached the final again, for the fourth time in row, but fall short in close fight against Russia, which came back from four goals down to win the match 25–23.^[1]

Competition

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	2	0	1	85	68	+17	4
France	3	2	0	1	84	78	+6	4
Germany	3	2	0	1	70	74	−4	4
Romania	3	0	0	3	75	94	−19	0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

September 20, 2011 14:00	France	30 – 25	Romania	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 250 Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia)
	Lacrabère 6	(12–9)	Curea 6
	2× 3×	Report	3×

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September 20, 2011 18:00	Norway	25 – 13	Germany	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 625 Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark)
	Lunde-Borgersen 5	(14–7)	three players 3
	2× 2×	Report	4× 3×

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September 21, 2011 14:00	Germany	31 – 29	Romania	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Referees: Mazeika, Mindaugas (Lithuania)
	Steinbach, Wolhbold 6	(14–12)	Şoit 8
	5× 2×	Report	4× 3×

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September 21, 2011 18:00	France	34 – 27	Norway	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (Denmark)
	Baudouin 7	(20–14)	Riegelhuth 7
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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September 22, 2011 14:00	France	20 – 26	Germany	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia)
	Baudouin 5	(9–18)	Richter 8
	2×	Report	3× 2×

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September 22, 2011 18:00	Norway	33 – 21	Romania	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark)
	Sulland 8	(15–9)	Curea 8
	6× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	86	67	+19	6
Spain	3	1	0	2	67	75	−8	2
Sweden	3	1	0	2	65	71	−6	2
Denmark	3	1	0	2	76	81	−5	2

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

September 20, 2011 16:00	Spain	19 – 24	Sweden	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 300 Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (Denmark)
	Mangué 5	(8–14)	Fredén, Alm 4
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

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September 20, 2011 20:00	Denmark	28 – 31	Russia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2004 Referees: Mazeika, Mindaugas (Lithuania)
	Dalby 7	(14–13)	Davydenko 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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September 21, 2011 16:00	Russia	28 – 21	Sweden	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 886 Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark)
	Postnova, Turey 5	(14–12)	Fredén 6
	5× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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September 21, 2011 20:00	Denmark	24 – 30	Spain	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia)
	Thorsgaard 6	(9–17)	Aguilar 7
	1× 2×	Report	5× 2×

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September 22, 2011 16:00	Spain	18 – 27	Russia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Referees: Gram, Mortensen (Denmark)
	Alonso 4	(9–16)	Chernoivanenko 6
	4× 2×	Report	8× 3×

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September 22, 2011 20:00	Denmark	24 – 20	Sweden	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2712 Referees: Mazeika, Mindaugas (Lithuania)
	Skov 7	(13–9)	Alm 7
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Knockout stage

Semifinals

September 24, 2011 14:15	France	26 – 27	Russia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus

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September 24, 2011 16:15	Norway	25 – 23	Spain	NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Bronze medal match

September 25, 2011 15:30	France	16 – 15	Spain	NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Final

September 25, 2011 17:30	Norway	23 – 25	Russia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Ranking and awards

Final standing  Russia  Norway  France 4  Spain 5–8  Denmark  Germany  Romania  Sweden

All Star Team Goalkeeper:  Maria Sidorova (RUS) Left wing:  Siraba Dembele (FRA) Left back:  Macarena Aguilar (ESP) Pivot:  Marit Malm Frafjord (NOR) Centre back:  Allison Pineau (FRA) Right back:  Ekaterina Davidenko (RUS) Right wing:  Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth (NOR) Most Valuable Player:  Allison Pineau (FRA) Source: Danish Handball Federation

References

1. Graabek, Lars (25 September 2011). "Rusland vandt GF World Cup" [Russia won the GF World Cup]. Danish Handball Federation (in Danish) (dhf.dk). Retrieved 26 September 2011.

External links

• GF World Cup 2011 Site