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2005 World Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Tunisia |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Dates | 23 January – 6 February |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Croatia |
| Third place |  France |
| Fourth place | Tunisia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 86 |
| Goals scored | 4,825 (56.1 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Wissem Hmam (TUN) (81 goals) |
| Best player | Ivano Balić (CRO) |
The 2005 World Men's Handball Championship was the 19th team handball World Championship. It was played in Tunisia from 23 January to 6 February 2005.
The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.
Venues
List
5 Tunisian cities were hosts for the 2005 Championship. The most modern stadiums – spread all over the country – had been selected. The final match took place in the Hall 7th Novembre in Radès, south-east of the capital Tunis.
| Town | Stadium | max. spectators |
|---|---|---|
| Radès | Hall 7th Novembre | 14.000 |
| Tunis | El Menzah Sports Palace | 5.500 |
| Sousse | Olympic Sports Hall | 5.000 |
| Nabeul | Salle Bir Challouf | 5.000 |
| Sfax | Sfax Hall 7th Novembre | 4.000 |
| Radès | Tunis | Sousse |
|---|---|---|
| Hall 7th Novembre | El Menzah Sports Palace | Olympic Sports Hall |
| Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 5,000 |
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| Nabeul | ||
| Salle Bir Challouf | ||
| Capacity: 5,000 | ||
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| Sfax | ||
| Sfax Hall 7th Novembre | ||
| Capacity: 4,000 | ||
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Qualification
| Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 23 November 2002 | 1 | Tunisia
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| 2003 World Men's Handball Championship | 20 January – 2 February 2003 | 1 | Croatia
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| 2004 European Men's Handball Championship | 22 January – 1 February 2004 | 3 |  Germany Slovenia Denmark
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| 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship | 12–21 February 2004 | 3 |  Kuwait Japan Qatar
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| 2004 African Men's Handball Championship | 8–18 April 2004 | 3 |  Egypt Angola Algeria
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| European qualification | 7 January – 6 June 2004 | 9 |  Czech Republic France Greece Iceland Norway Russia Serbia and Montenegro Spain Sweden
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| 2004 Oceania Handball Championship | 7–9 June 2004 | 1 |  Australia
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| 2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship | 20–24 July 2004 | 3 |  Argentina Brazil Canada
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Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunisia (H)
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5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 159 | 118 | +41 | 8 | Main round |
| 2 | Greece
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 117 | +15 | 7[a] | |
| 3 | France
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 106 | +55 | 7[a] | |
| 4 | Denmark
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 117 | +57 | 6 | |
| 5 | Angola
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 108 | 178 | −70 | 2 | |
| 6 | Canada
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 201 | −98 | 0 |
| 23 January 2005 17:00 |
Tunisia
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39–23 | Angola
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Hall 7th Novembre, Radès Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR) |
| Haj Ahmed 6 | (20–10) | J. Pereira 6 | ||
3× 6×
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Report | 3× 7×
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| 23 January 2005 19:00 |
France
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44–16 | Canada
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Hall 7th Novembre, Radès Referees: Adjemian, Götz (ARG) |
| Abati, Anquetil 8 | (24–5) | three players 3 | ||
| 3× 4×
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Report | 3× 9×
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| 23 January 2005 21:00 |
Denmark
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27–23 | Greece
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Hall 7th Novembre, Radès Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| Stryger 11 | (14–15) | Balomenos, Karypidis 6 | ||
4× 9× 1×
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Report | 4× 7×
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| 25 January 2005 16:15 |
Greece
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20–19 | France
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Hall 7th Novembre, Radès Referees: Aly Hassan, Selim (EGY) |
| Sanikis 6 | (9–11) | Anquetil 5 | ||
| 4× 6× 1×
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Report | 3× 4×
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| 25 January 2005 18:15 |
Canada
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20–42 | Tunisia
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Hall 7th Novembre, Radès Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
| three players 4 | (8–19) | Madi 8 | ||
| 3× 6× 1×
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Report | 3× 2×
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| 25 January 2005 20:15 |
Angola
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19–47 | Denmark
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Hall 7th Novembre, Radès Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN) |
| Dias 5 | (9–23) | Schnuchel 10 | ||
| 3× 8×
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Report | 3× 5×
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