The 2013

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, the 21st event hosted by the

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(IHF), was held in

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from 6 to 22 December 2013.Spain and Serbia to stage 2013 World Championships
by

, 2 October 2010

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

defeated

22–20 in the final and became the first IHF world champions from the

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Venues

Five venues in four cities had been selected to host the matches:

Bidding process

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

was the other applicant for the championship. The decision to select Serbia as the host was announced on 2 October 2010.

Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year, ''Italics'' indicates host for that year.

Squads

Group draw

The draw was held on 15 June 2013 at 11:30 local time.

Seeding

*TH = Title holder

Group stage

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).'' Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Knockout stage. The last two teams in each group played placement matches.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams have finished tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions were set to be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order # number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question # goal difference in the matches among the teams in question # number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points) # goal difference in all the group matches # number of goals scored in all the group matches # drawing of lots

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

President's Cup (place 17-24)

17–20th place playoff

17–20th place semifinals

19th place game

17th place game

21st–24th place playoff

21st–24th place semifinals

23rd place game

21st place game

Knockout stage (place 1-16)

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

The final was played at the Kombank Arena between

and the host

and was attended by 19,467 spectators.Brazil World Champion
, ''serbia.2013.com'', 22 December 2013.Brazil World Champions for the first time
IHF, 22 December 2013. Referees of the match were Spain's Andreu Marín and Ignacio García. It was the first final ever for both teams with Brazil's previous best result being fifth place at the 2011 World Championship and third place for Serbia at the 2001 World Championship (then as FR Yugoslavia). Both teams advanced to the final after playing in Group B of the group stage with Brazil winning their match in the third round 25–23. On the way to the final in the knockout stage Brazil defeated the

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and

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, while Serbia won its matches against

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and

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. The game started with an early 3–1 lead for the Brazilians, but Serbia came from behind to level the result and took control of the match with an 8–6 lead. Serbian players had the last lead in the match at 10–9 before Brazil went on with a 4–0 run to take a three-goals lead 13–10. The Serbian team scored before halftime to make it 13–11 at the break. In the second half, Brazil started furiously scoring three goals in a row to extend the lead to a margin of five making the result 16–11 in their favour. The Serbians did not give up and managed to cut their opponent's comfortable lead to only one goal with a 4–0 series. One of the driving forces for the comeback was the goalkeeper

Katarina Tomašević Katarina Tomašević ( sr-cyr, Катарина Томашевић; née Stevancevic; born 6 February 1984) is a Serbian handballer for the Serbian national team. Honors * Austrian Championship: **''Winner'': 2007 * Serbian Championship: **''Wi ...

who saved two penalties in one minute. The final entered with a tied result at 19–19 in the last four minutes. Brazil scored to take the lead, which was answered with an equaliser brought by Andrea Lekić to make it 20–20. The Brazilian team took the lead again and after

Dragana Cvijić Dragana Cvijić (born 15 March 1990) is a Serbian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Serbian national team. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Winner'': 2012'', ''2015'' *World Championship: **''Finalist'': 2013 Individu ...

missed to score for her team, Ana Paula Rodrigues scored to finish the match and set the final result 22–20.

Alexandra do Nascimento Alexandra Priscila do Nascimento Martínez (born 16 September 1981) is a Brazilian former handball player. She played in the Brazilian national team. Career She was born in 1981 in Limeira (São Paulo) but she soon moved to Espírito Santo wher ...

with six and Cvijić with five goals were the best scorers for the two finalists. Brazil became the first South American country to win the World Women's Handball Championship and only the second non-European (after South Korea) to do so.

Statistics

Final ranking

According to the IHF.Final ranking

All Star Team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts
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Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

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References

External links

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