2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

The 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the world event for youth handballers, which was held in Argentina between August 10–20, 2011. In accordance with the IHF regulations, only players born on or after 1 January 1992 were eligible to enter the competition. The minimum age for the participation was 16.[1]

2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
DatesAugust 10–20
Teams20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Sweden
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played64
Goals scored3,577 (55.89 per match)
Attendance47,675 (745 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Jim Gottfridsson (58 goals)
Best playerSweden Jim Gottfridsson
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Denmark defeated Spain 24–22 in the final to win the title for the second time.[2]

Venues edit

Two arenas were used, both in Mar del Plata.

Preliminary round edit

The draw took place at May 21, 2011 in Argentina.

All times are Argentina Time (UTC–3)

     Team advanced to the Quarterfinals
     Team competed in placement games

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 4 2 2 0 116 111 +5 6
  Croatia 4 2 1 1 105 97 +8 5
  Slovenia 4 1 2 1 114 107 +7 4
  Serbia 4 1 2 1 107 100 +7 4
  Bahrain 4 0 1 3 94 121 −27 1
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2011
19:00
Serbia   27 – 27   Slovenia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 225
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Pavić 12 (11–13) Šoštarić 7
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10 August 2011
21:00
Sweden   27 – 27   Bahrain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Paz, Sousa (BRA)
Gottfridsson 9 (15–13) Habib, Saleh 6
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11 August 2011
18:30
Croatia   26 – 24   Slovenia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Kaleb 9 (12–10) Šoštarić 9
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11 August 2011
20:30
Bahrain   21 – 29   Serbia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Saleh 6 (11–11) Pavić 9
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12 August 2011
17:00
Sweden   29 – 25   Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Persson 7 (17–12) Kaleb 11
  3×  Report  2× 

13 August 2011
16:30
Serbia   29 – 30   Sweden Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Vučićević 9 (14–17) Gottfridsson 12
  4×  1×  Report   3× 

13 August 2011
17:00
Slovenia   33 – 24   Bahrain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Sostaric 11 (18–11) Saleh 8
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14 August 2011
19:00
Bahrain   22 – 32   Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Ali 7 (10–12) Sebetic 9
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15 August 2011
14:00
Croatia   22 – 22   Serbia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Mandalinic 8 (11–10) Mladenovic 6
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15 August 2011
16:00
Slovenia   30 – 30   Sweden Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Šoštarić 8 (16–15) Gottfridsson 10
  3×  Report   3× 

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 4 4 0 0 144 96 +48 8
  Egypt 4 3 0 1 138 88 +50 6
  Brazil 4 2 0 2 138 111 +27 4
  Qatar 4 1 0 3 125 95 +30 2
  New Zealand 4 0 0 4 56 211 −155 0
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2011
14:30
France   32 – 31   Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Boschi, Descat 8 (18–14) Patrianova 8
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10 August 2011
16:30
Qatar   53 – 14   New Zealand Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Alshammari, Memisevic 9 (34–6) Quin, Atkinson 4
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11 August 2011
14:30
Egypt   38 – 21   Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Tamer 8 (20–8) three players 4
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11 August 2011
16:30
New Zealand   16 – 55   France Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Atkinson 7 (9–26) Descat 15
  2×  Report   4× 

12 August 2011
19:00
Qatar   23 – 24   Egypt Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Hamdoon 6 (11–13) Khalil 10
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13 August 2011
14:30
Brazil   54 – 14   New Zealand Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
de Lima 10 (31–7) Burnett 5
  3×  Report   3× 

13 August 2011
19:00
France   25 – 22   Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Descat 8 (15–12) Hamdoon 6
  3×  Report   2× 

14 August 2011
18:00
New Zealand   12 – 49   Egypt Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Palmer 4 (5–26) El-Menshawy, Yousry 7
  2×  Report   2× 

15 August 2011
16:30
Egypt   27 – 32   France Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Tamer 6 (15–16) Minel, Ballet Kebengue 6
  3×  Report   3× 

15 August 2011
20:00
Brazil   32 – 27   Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Laj, Sok (SLO)
Dias 7 (14–14) Memisevic, Chaieb 5
  3×  Report   4× 

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Germany 4 4 0 0 130 106 +24 8
  Denmark 4 2 1 1 109 103 +6 5
  South Korea 4 1 1 2 116 127 −11 3
  Russia 4 1 1 2 106 118 −12 3
  Tunisia 4 0 1 3 108 115 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2011
18:30
Germany   40 – 30   South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Eliasson, Dugjonsson (ISL)
Kuhn 10 (16–17) Lee Hyeon-Sik 11
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10 August 2011
20:30
Tunisia   26 – 28   Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 255
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Jallouz 6 (14–14) Dereven 11
  10×  Report   7× 

11 August 2011
18:30
Denmark   29 – 26   South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
Baagoe 8 (12–16) Lee Hyeon-Sik 12
  2×  Report   3× 

11 August 2011
20:30
Russia   26 – 34   Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Kantemirov 5 (15–19) Eisenträger 7
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12 August 2011
16:30
Tunisia   27 – 27   Denmark Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 210
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Jaziri 10 (14–15) H.Ellebaek 5
  3×  Report   4× 

13 August 2011
18:30
South Korea   29 – 29   Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 490
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Ha Min-Ho 7 (13–14) Kantemirov, Dereven 7
  3×  Report   3× 

13 August 2011
20:30
Germany   29 – 26   Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 350
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Wiede, Feld 7 (16–13) Jaziri 6
  2×  Report   3× 

14 August 2011
21:00
Russia   23 – 29   Denmark Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Dereven 8 (12–14) N.Pedersen 7
  1×  Report   3× 

15 August 2011
14:30
South Korea   31 – 29   Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Lee Hyeon-Sik 8 (16–15) Jaziri 7
  3×  Report   2× 

15 August 2011
20:30
Denmark   24 – 27   Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Kisum 5 (10–16) four players 4
  3×  Report   3× 

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   Switzerland 4 4 0 0 127 86 +41 8
  Spain 4 3 0 1 114 80 +34 6
  Argentina 4 2 0 2 110 94 +16 4
  Chile 4 1 0 3 77 104 −27 2
  Gabon 4 0 0 4 76 138 −62 0
Source: [citation needed]
10 August 2011
15:00
Argentina   30 – 22   Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Souto Cueto 10 (14–11) Reyes 7
  3×  Report   8× 

10 August 2011
17:00
Switzerland   44 – 24   Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Muggli 7 (23–9) Aubyang 10
  4×  Report   2× 

11 August 2011
14:30
Spain   33 – 13   Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Arino Bengoechea 6 (16–6) Camara 4
  1×  Report   3× 

11 August 2011
16:30
Chile   16 – 31    Switzerland Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 800
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Reyes 7 (8–16) Lier 9
  3×  Report   2× 

12 August 2011
15:00
Argentina   23 – 25   Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Five Players 4 (12–13) Sanchez, Sala 5
  1×  Report   2× 

13 August 2011
15:00
Switzerland   23 – 20   Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Raemy 8 (10–12) Souto Cueto, Baronetto 6
  3×  Report   3× 

13 August 2011
21:00
Gabon   15 – 24   Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Paz, Sousa (BRA)
Aubyang 9 (7–8) Gomez 7
  3×  Report   3× 

14 August 2011
21:00
Chile   15 – 28   Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Javier 4 (9–11) four Players 4
  2×  Report   2× 

15 August 2011
18:00
Gabon   24 – 37   Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Aubyang 10 (13–20) Molina 10
  3×  Report   2× 

15 August 2011
18:30
Spain   28 – 29    Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Dujshebaev Dobichebaeva 9 (13–10) Raemy 10
  2×  Report   3× 

Knockout stage edit

Championship bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Sweden26
 
 
 
  Egypt25
 
  Sweden23
 
 
 
  Spain24
 
  Spain25
 
 
 
  Germany22
 
  Spain22
 
 
 
  Denmark24
 
  France31
 
 
 
  Croatia30
 
  France26
 
 
 
  Denmark29 Third place
 
  Denmark37
 
 
 
   Switzerland20
 
  Sweden28
 
 
  France24
 

Quarterfinals edit

17 August 2011
17:30
Sweden   26 – 25   Egypt Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gottfridsson, Persson 7 (11–12) Khalil 8
  3×  Report   2× 

17 August 2011
17:30
France   31 – 30   Croatia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Descat 11 (11–12) Milicevic 8
  1×  Report   4× 

17 August 2011
20:00
Denmark   37 – 20    Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto (URU)
Sørensen 6 (17–10) Raemy 8
  Report   1× 

17 August 2011
20:00
Spain   25 – 22   Germany Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Saez Lozano, Cacheda Gonzalez 5 (14–10) Kuhn 8
  4×  Report   8× 

Semifinals edit

18 August 2011
17:30
Sweden   23 – 24   Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gottfridsson 10 (10–11) Arino Bengoechea 6
  3×  Report   3× 

18 August 2011
20:00
France   26 – 29   Denmark Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Minel 5 (16–13) Pedersen 8
  2×  Report   2× 

Third place game edit

20 August 2011
14:30
Sweden   28 – 24   France Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Wanne 6 (15–10) Descat 8
  5×  Report   4× 

Final edit

20 August 2011
17:00
Spain   22 – 24   Denmark Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Plaza Jimenez, Costoya Rodríguez 4 (17–13) Baagoe 7
  Report   2× 

5–8th place bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Egypt29
 
 
 
  Germany28
 
  Egypt25
 
 
 
   Switzerland24
 
  Croatia23
 
 
   Switzerland32
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Germany29
 
 
  Croatia28

Semifinals edit

18 August 2011
17:30
Egypt   29 – 28   Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 150
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Hamed 7 (15–11) Wiede 8
  8×  Report   8× 

18 August 2011
20:00
Croatia   23 – 32    Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 315
Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
Kaleb 5 (10–13) Jud 11
  2×  Report   7× 

Seventh place game edit

20 August 2011
09:30
Germany   29 – 28   Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Kuhn 9 (17–15) Mandalinic 8
  4×  Report   1× 

Fifth place game edit

20 August 2011
12:00
Egypt   25 – 24    Switzerland Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Osama 6 (13–12) three players 6
  2×  Report   1× 

9–12th place bracket edit

 
SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Slovenia32
 
 
 
  Brazil27
 
  Slovenia32
 
 
 
  Argentina29
 
  South Korea27
 
 
  Argentina32
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Brazil31
 
 
  South Korea36

Semifinals edit

17 August 2011
15:00
Slovenia   32 – 27   Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Sostaric 11 (16–15) Dias 8
  6×  Report   6× 

17 August 2011
15:00
South Korea   27 – 32   Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Lee Hyeon-Sik 9 (10–15) Souto Cueto 12
  5×  Report   6× 

Eleventh place game edit

18 August 2011
15:00
Brazil   31 – 36   South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 230
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Silva 6 (16–18) Lee Hyeon-Sik 9
  5×  Report   1× 

Ninth place game edit

18 August 2011
15:00
Slovenia   32 – 29   Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Cehte, Fidel 8 (16–17) Simonet 6
  5×  Report   4× 

13–16th place bracket edit

 
SemifinalsThirteenth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Serbia33
 
 
 
  Qatar22
 
  Serbia29
 
 
 
  Russia34
 
  Russia41
 
 
  Chile29
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
 
 
 
  Qatar35
 
 
  Chile24

Semifinals edit

17 August 2011
12:45
Serbia   33 – 22   Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Muya Kupa, Sangwani (COD)
Vucicevic, Pavic 6 (17–12) Mallash 5
  5×  Report   4× 

17 August 2011
12:45
Russia   41 – 29   Chile Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Akpatsa, Asignon (TOG)
Dereven 12 (21–17) Salinas 9
  4×  Report   4× 

Fifteenth place game edit

18 August 2011
12:45
Qatar   35 – 24   Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
Mallash 7 (14–11) Reyes 8
  4×  Report  

Thirteenth place game edit

18 August 2011
12:45
Serbia   29 – 34   Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Pavic 6 (13–17) Dereven 9
  5×  Report   7× 

17–20th place bracket edit

 
SemifinalsSeventeenth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Bahrain61
 
 
 
  New Zealand20
 
  Bahrain32
 
 
 
  Tunisia30
 
  Tunisia27
 
 
  Gabon14
 
Nineteenth place
 
 
 
 
 
  New Zealand21
 
 
  Gabon35

Semifinals edit

17 August 2011
10:30
Bahrain   61 – 20   New Zealand Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Al-Maqabi, Afrooz 12 (31–8) Palmer 5
  2×  Report   3× 

17 August 2011
10:30
Tunisia   27 – 14   Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
Trabelsi 4 (13–10) Aubyang 5
  1×  Report   6× 

Nineteenth place game edit

18 August 2011
10:30
New Zealand   21 – 35   Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Quin 6 (9–13) Aubyang 15
  4×  Report   7× 

Seventeenth place game edit

18 August 2011
10:30
Bahrain   32 – 30   Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Saleh 10 (17–15) Jaziri, Jallouz 6
  5×  Report   3× 

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Denmark
    Spain
    Sweden
4   France
5   Egypt
6    Switzerland
7   Germany
8   Croatia
9   Slovenia
10   Argentina
11   South Korea
12   Brazil
13   Russia
14   Serbia
15   Qatar
16   Chile
17   Bahrain
18   Tunisia
19   Gabon
20   New Zealand

Awards edit

All-star team edit

Other awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Info Brochure" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Final: Danish dynamite lit in second halftime". IHF. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

External links edit