2001 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2001 World Men's Handball Championship took place in France from January 23 to February 4, 2001.

Qualified teams

24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.

Group A : hb|CZE , hb|EGY , hb|ISL , hb|MAR , hb|POR , hb|SWE .

Group B : hb|ALG , hb|ARG , hb|BRA , hb|FRA , hb|KUW , hb|Serbia and Montenegro (under the name of FR Yugoslavia).

Group C : hb|CRO , hb|GRL , hb|GER , hb|KOR , hb|ESP , hb|USA .

Group D : hb|NOR , hb|RUS , hb|KSA , hb|SLO , hb|TUN , hb|UKR .

First round

The first four teams of each group qualify for the round of 16.

Group A in Montpellier

*"Tuesday, January 23rd:"
** Egypt 28 - 18 Morocco
** Portugal 29 - 19 Czech Republic
** Sweden 24 - 21 Iceland

*"Wednesday, January 24th:"
** Czech Republic 26 - 26 Egypt
** Iceland 22 - 19 Portugal
** Morocco 21 - 33 Sweden

*"Thursday, January 25th:"
** Egypt 23 - 19 Portugal
** Morocco 23 - 31 Iceland
** Sweden 29 - 22 Czech Republic

*"Saturday, January 27th:"
** Czech Republic 40 - 23 Morocco
** Portugal 25 - 32 Sweden
** Egypt 24 - 22 Iceland

*"Sunday, January 28th:"
** Portugal 30 - 26 Morocco
** Iceland 29 - 29 Czech Republic
** Sweden 29 - 23 Egypt

tandings

Group D in Dunkerque

*"Tuesday, January 23rd:"
**Slovenia 28 - 24 Ukraine
**Russia 23 - 20 Tunisia
**Norway 20 - 14 Saudi Arabia

*"Wednesday, January 24th:"
**Saudi Arabia 22 - 35 Slovenia
**Ukraine 27 - 30 Russia
**Tunisia 28 - 19 Norway

*"Thursday, January 25th:"
**Ukraine 24 - 18 Tunisia
**Russia 29 - 18 Saudi Arabia
**Slovenia 29 - 30 Norway

*"Saturday, January 27th:"
**Saudi Arabia 17 - 28 Ukraine
**Norway 25 - 25 Russia
**Slovenia 23 - 28 Tunisia

*"Sunday, January 28th:"
**Tunisia 22 - 21 Saudi Arabia
**Norway 22 - 31 Ukraine
**Russia 33 - 30 Slovenia

tandings

Quarter-finals

*"Thursday, February 1st in Albertville"
**Germany 23 - 26 France (overtime)
*"Thursday, February 1st in Amnéville les Thermes"
**Egypt 21 - 19 Russia
*"Thursday, February 1st in Toulouse"
**Spain 24 - 26 FRY
*"Thursday, February 1st in Marseille"
**Sweden 34 - 20 Ukraine

Ranking games in Paris

*"Saturday, February 3rd"
** places 5 to 8:
*** Ukraine 23 - 24 Spain
*** Germany 29 - 33 Russia

*"Sunday, February 4th"
** places 7 and 8 :
*** Ukraine 30 - 24 Germany
** places 5 and 6 :
*** Spain 40 - 38 Russia (overtime)

emi-finals in Paris

*"Saturday, February 3rd"
** Sweden 25 - 24 FRY
** France 24 - 21 Egypt

Bronze medal game in Paris

*"Sunday, February 4th"
**FRY 27 - 17 Egypt

Final in Paris

*"Sunday, February 4th"
**France 34 - 31 Sweden (overtime)

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Stefan Lövgren (Sweden) was named MVP of the tournament.