The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the tournament that took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hosts which included the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.
The opening game and ceremony were held in Split, and the final game was played in Zagreb. France won the tournament after defeating Croatia in the final. Poland took the third place after winning over Denmark. Tickets for the tournament went on sale from 15 to 20 November.Ulaznica za finale Svjetskog prvenstva 700 kuna For the finals, ticket prices started at 700 kuna (c. €95). To promote the tournament, the Croatian National Tourist Board launched a series of presentations in the capitals of 13 participating countries.Krenule rukometno-turističke prezentacije
During the championship internal criticism arose against Hassan Moustafa, President of the IHF. The secretary general of the IHF, Peter Mühlematter, criticized Moustafa and asked for his demission. Moustafa asked to exclude Mühlematter after his criticism.Kritiker vor dem Ausschluss IHF-Generalsekretär ist im Verband isoliert Moustafa soll gehen Mühlematter legt Moustafa Rücktritt nahe Mühlematter fordert Moustafas Rücktritt Handball Doping: "Da wird ohne Ende gelogen"
Venues Seven Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2009 Championship: Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. The sites included the new Spaladium Arena in Split and Arena Zagreb, where the final took place.
Zagreb Varaždin Osijek Arena ZagrebCapacity: 15,024 Varaždin ArenaCapacity: 5,200 Gradski vrt HallCapacity: 3,538 Poreč Žatika Sport CentreCapacity: 3,500 Pula Mate Parlov Sport CentreCapacity: 2,132 Zadar Split Krešimir Ćosić HallCapacity: 8,600 Spaladium ArenaCapacity: 10,941
Qualification
Qualification occurred through the previous years' continental championships or qualifying tournaments: Host (1 vacancy) World Champion (1 vacancy) 2008 African Men's Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 American Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 Asian Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 European Men's Handball Championship (3 vacancies) 2008 European qualifiers play-off (9 vacancies) 2008 Oceania qualifying tournament (1 vacancy)
European qualifiers play-off
Seeding The draw for the groups of the preliminary round was held on 21 June 2008, in Zagreb. The draw took place at Zagreb's central Ban Jelačić Square and was hosted by Filip Brkić and Kristina Krepela.Izvlačenje skupina na Trgu bana Jelačića
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6 (hosts) (defending World Champions) (champions of Europe) (3rd from Europe)Runners-up Croatia and 4th-placed Germany had already secured their places at the World Championship before the European Championship. (5th from Europe) (Euro playoff) (Euro playoff) (Euro playoff) (Euro playoff) (Euro playoff) (euro playoff) (champion of Africa) (Euro playoff) (Euro playoff) (champions of Asia) (champions of America) (Euro playoff) (2nd from Africa) (2nd from Asia) (2nd from America) (Oceania qualifiers) (3rd from Africa) (3rd from Asia) (3rd from America)
Squads
Each nation had to submit a squad of 16 players.
Referees On 12 October 2008, the match officials for the tournament were confirmed. But due to injury, the Swedish referee couple Rickard Canbro and Mikael Claesson had to withdraw from the championship, and was replaced by Danish couple Per Olesen and Lars Ejby Pedersen.
Referees Andrei GouskoSiarhei Repkin Jesus Nilson Aires MenezesRogério Aparecido Pinto Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Jiří OpavaPavěl Válek Martin GjedingMads Hansen Per OlesenLars Ejby Pedersen Moustafa El-MoamliMohamed Shaaban Nordine LazaarLaurent Reveret Frank LemmeBernd Ullrich
Referees Mohsen KarbaschiMajid Kolahdouzan Mindaugas GatelisVaidas Mažeika Mirosław BaumMarek Góralczyk Ivan CaçadorEurico Nicolau Constantin DinSorin-Laurenţiu Dinu Zoran StanojevićSlobodan Višekruna Nenad KrstičPeter LjubičWithdrawn due to injury Rickard CanbroMikael Claesson
Preliminary round
All times are local UTC+1.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
President's Cup Group I
Group II
Placement games 23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
15th place game
13th place game
Main round Group I
Group II
Final round Bracket
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
GK 12 Daouda Karaboué 0/1 00:14GK 16 Thierry Omeyer 10/28 59:46LB2 Jérôme Fernandez 2/3 42:09P 3Didier Dinart 0/0 33:19CB5Guillaume Gille 0/1 45:00CB8 Daniel Narcisse 6/6 21:48LB13Nikola Karabatic 2/5 54:25P 14Christophe Kempé 0/0 00:00LB15 Franck Junillon 0/0 00:00RW18 Joël Abati 0/0 00:00RW19Luc Abalo 2/4 60:00P 20 Cédric Sorhaindo 2/4 43:19LW21 Michaël Guigou 10/12 56:25LW24 Sébastien Ostertag 0/1 3:35 Coach : Claude Onesta
Statistics 24/36 Goals scored 19/36 67% % success 53% 7/7 Jets of 7m 4/44 min Suspensions 6 min 4 Yellow cards 4 0 Red cards 1 10/29 Total shots 7/31 34% % total shots 22%
GK 1 Venio Losert 1/7 9:07GK 25Mirko Alilović 6/24 50:53CB4Ivano Balić 1/2 18:34CB5Domagoj Duvnjak 2/6 41:10LB6Blaženko Lacković 4/7 29:43RB8 Marko Kopljar 0/0 7:29P 9Igor Vori 2/2 58:28LB10 Jakov Gojun 0/0 13:45RW13Zlatko Horvat 0/0 4:17LW17Goran Šprem 3/8 48:00CB18Denis Špoljarić 0/0 5:23RB19Petar Metličić 1/5 40:10LB24Tonči Valčić 0/0 35:21RW 27Ivan Čupić 6/6 57:40 Coach : Lino Červar
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
2009 Men's World Champions FranceThird title
Team roster: Jérôme Fernandez, Didier Dinart, Guillaume Gille, Daniel Narcisse, Guillaume Joli, Daouda Karaboué, Nikola Karabatić, Christophe Kempe, Franck Junillon, Thierry Omeyer, Joël Abati, Luc Abalo, Cedric Sorhaindo, Michaël Guigou, Sebastien Bosquet and Sebastien Ostertag.Head coach: Claude Onesta.
All Star Team The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 1 February 2009.
Position Player Most valuable player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot
Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Kiril Lazarov 92 167 55 2 Ivan Čupić 66 81 81 3 Felipe Borges Ribeiro 61 87 704 Valentin Ghionea 58 87 67Tomasz Tłuczyński 73 79 6 Bandar Al-Harbi 55 100 55 7 Kristian Kjelling 54 102 538 Michaël Guigou 52 66 79Momir Ilić 100 52 10 Hussein Zaky 50 98 51 Source: IHF
Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Per Sandström 44 52 1182 Nándor Fazekas 41 79 195Daouda Karaboué 41 99Richard Štochl 110 2665 Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib 39 62 157José Manuel Sierra 54 1397 Steinar Ege 38 95 249Andreas Palicka 44 1169 Thierry Omeyer 37 91 244Johan Sjöstrand 56 150 Source: IHF
Medalists GoldSilver Bronze
IHF broadcasting rights : RTL : BHRT (BHT 1) : ESPN Brasil : TV 2, TV 2 Sport : Nile Sport : Sport+ : RTL, DSF : Sport TV : Kuwait Sport Channel 3 and Kuwait Sport + : Sitel : TV 2, TV 2 Zebra and TV 2 Sport : TVP (TVP2 and TVP Sport) : TVR, Sport 1 : NTV Plus (Middle East): Al Jazeera Sports : RTS (RTS 1) : RTV Slovenija : TVE (TVE2, Teledeporte) : TV 4 : Tunis 7
High Definition : TV2 Sport HD : TVP (TVP HD) : NTV Plus HD (Middle East): Al Jazeera Sports HD : TV4 HD
References
External links
IHF website