2001 World Men's Handball Championship

The 17th World Handball Championship for men was held in France from 23 January to 4 February 2001. A total of 24 teams played first in groups against each other. This was followed by elimination games with knockout round, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals and placement matches for places three through eight. World Cup 2001 France to a 28:25 victory in the final against Sweden.

  • 6.1 World Cup: France
  • 6.2 Second Place: Sweden
  • 6.3 Third Place: Yugoslavia
  • 6.4 Eighth Place: Germany

Schedule

Group stage

The preliminary round was held from January 23 to January 28, 2001. The first four of each group qualified for the knockout stages.

Group A in Montpellier

Group B in Nantes

Group C in Besancon

Group D in Dunkirk

Final round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Placement matches in Paris

The losers of the quarter-finals came in two games at gegeinander. The winners of the two games played on the following day for 5th place, the two losers for 7th place

Semi-finals in Paris

Game for 7th place in Paris

Match for 5th place in Paris

3rd place match in Paris

Final in Paris

The mid-term results are given in brackets. In the event of an extension of the addition are there given the scores after the end of normal time and after the end of the first extension.

Full Time

Top scorers

FT ... field goals; 7m ... Seven meters

Best Goalkeeper

All-Star Team

The Squad

World Cup: France

  • Joël Abati
  • Grégory Anquetil
  • Patrick Cazal
  • Didier Dinart
  • Jerome Fernandez
  • Christian Gaudin

Coach: Daniel Costantini

Second Place: Sweden

  • Magnus Andersson
  • Martin Boquist
  • Christian Ericsson
  • Jonas Ernelind
  • Martin Frändesjö
  • Magnus Wislander

Coach: Bengt Johansson

Third Place: Yugoslavia

  • Mladen Bojinović
  • Zoran Đorđić
  • Goran Djukanovic
  • Ratko Đurković
  • Ivan Lapčević
  • Nebojša Golić
  • Blažo Lisicic
  • Žikica Milosavljevic
  • Nedeljko Jovanović
  • Nenad Maksić
  • Branko Kokir
  • Nenad Puljezević
  • Petar Kapisoda
  • Dragan Skrbic
  • Arpad Šterbik
  • Valadan Matic

Coach: Branislav Pokrajac

Eighth Place: Germany

Coach: Heiner Brand

Eduard Koksharov Single-elimination tournament Final (competition) Portugal Argentina Brazil Albertville Pavel Sukosyan Beno Lapajne Andrey Lavrov Bertrand Gille (handballer) Christian Gaudin (handballer) Bruno Martini (handballer) Magnus Andersson (handballer) Tomas Sivertsson Ljubomir Vranjes Jan-Olaf Immel
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