The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in

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(IHF).

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hosted the event from 2–18 December 2011. On 18 December 2011,

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successfully contested

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32–24 in the

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. Norway was the second team to achieve a triple title cache all in the same tournament by winning the World Championship, European Championship and Olympic Games titles.

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had made this achievement previously. France lost, its second consecutive World Championship final (2009), to

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. Norway automatically qualified for the 2012 Olympic Handball tournament and 2013 World Championship. When Norway vacated their European Championship and that tournament's second place team, Sweden, automatically qualifying for the Olympics.

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successfully contested Denmark 24–18 in the final for the bronze and won their inaugural tournament medal. For fifth place, host nation

achieved their best place at any previous tournament successfully knocking out the 2009 defending champions, Russia, 36–20.

Venues

The competition took place in the Brazilian state of

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. It is the third women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, after

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. Initially, the matches had to take place in the state of Santa Catarina. Four cities had been selected to host the matches:

Qualification

;Host nation * ;Defending champions * ;Qualified from the 2010 African Championship * * * ;Qualified from the 2010 European Championship * * * ;Qualified from the 2010 Asian Championship * * * * ;Qualified from the 2011 American Championship * * * ;Qualified from the 2011 Oceania Championship * ;Qualified from European play-offs * * * * * * * * Eight European teams qualified for the World Championships through play-offs. The draw was made on 19 December. The first match leg were played on 4-5 June with the second legs on 11-12 June.

Squads

Group draw

The draw was held on 2 July 2011 at 21:00 local time.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 24 June. *TH = Title Holder

Group stage

A provisional scheduled was released on 24 June.

played the opening game on 2 December. On 7 July the venues for each preliminary round were announced by the IHF. The detailed match schedule was released on 31 August. As all Handball world championships, the tie-breakers in case of point tie betwin two or more teams were: 1.Points in matches between tied teams 2. Goal difference in matches between tied teams 3. Goaldifference in all group matches 4. Most scored goals in all group matches, 5. Draw. ''All times are local ( UTC−2).''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

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Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5th–8th semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

President's Cup

Fifth and sixth place finishers from the group compete in the President's Cup to determine the places 17 through 24.

Places 17 to 20

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Places 21 to 24

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23rd place match

21st place match

19th place match

17th place match

Statistics

Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

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Ranking and awards

No placement matches for places 9 to 16 were played, but as those places might be decisive for qualification to the Olympics, the regulations ranked those teams. The losing teams of the Round of 16 were ranked based on a their group stage record (points, goal-difference, goals scored) against teams placed 1st to 4th (those advancing to the Round of 16).

Final ranking

All Star Team

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Other awards

*Top scorer:

References

External links

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IHF Site
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