2005 World Men's Handball Championship

The 19th World Handball Championship for men was held in Tunisia from 23 January to 6 February 2005. A total of 24 teams entered in the preliminary round and main round, first in groups against each other. This was followed by placement matches for places 5 to 12 as well as the semi-finals, third-place match and final. World Champion 2005 Spain was for a 40:34 final win against Croatia.

2.1 Group 1 ( wheel )
2.2 Group 2 ( Nabeul )
2.3 Placement matches 2.3.1 places 11 and 12
2.3.2 places 9 and 10
2.3.3 places 7 and 8
2.3.4 Places 5 and 6

4.1 All-Star Team

5.1 Statistic
5.2 Best Goalkeeper

6.1 medalist
6.2 9th place: Germany

Schedule

Preliminary round

The first three teams in each group qualify for the main round.

Group A ( Tunis, Rades )

Group B ( Nabeul, Hammamet )

Group C (Sfax )

Group D ( Sousse )

Main Round

The main round of the 2005 World Championship was first played in two groups. In group 1, each played the first three teams in the preliminary round group A and B, in group 2, respectively, the first three teams in the preliminary round groups C and D. The game results achieved against each other in the preliminary round are transferred to the main round. The first two teams from Group 1 and 2 contested the semi-finals, the remaining teams played the slots 5 through 12. The winners of the semi-finals determined the World Champion 2005, the losers playing for third place tournament.

Group 1 ( wheel )

Group 2 ( Nabeul )

Placement matches

Places 11 and 12

Places 9 and 10

Places 7 and 8

Places 5 and 6

Final round ( wheel )

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

3rd Place Match

Final

Final placements

Awards

Best player ( MVP, MVP): Ivano Balic Croatia

All-Star Team

Statistics

Statistic

FT - Field Goals; 7m - seven meters; T / S - Goals per game

Best Goalkeeper

Banns

Medalist

9th place: Germany

Johannes Bitter
Carsten Lichtlein
Pascal Hens
Frank von Behren
Oliver Roggisch
Beautiful Christian

Holger Glandorf
Steffen Weber
Sebastian Preiss
Jens Tiedtke
Michael Hegemann

Coach: Heiner Brand

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