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Handball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's handball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the Olympic Park. The group stage matches were held at the Copper Box and the knockout rounds took place at the larger Basketball Arena. Twelve nations were represented in the tournament. The four best teams from each group advanced to a quarter-final round, while the 5th and 6th teams in each group were classified 9th–12th by the results of their group matches. Unlike in previous Olympics there was no placement matches involving the losing teams of the quarter-finals. The medals for the competition were presented by Austin Sealy, Barbados, IOC Member, Gunilla Lindberg, Sweden, IOC Executive Board Member, and Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Kuwait, IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Hassan Moustafa, IHF President, Egypt, Miguel Roca Mas, 1st IHF Vice President, Spain, and Leon Kalin, Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Ekberg
Niclas Ekberg (born 23 December 1988) is a Swedish professional handballer for Ystads IF and Sweden men's national handball team. He is known to be an exceptionally prolific goalscorer and holds many different goalscoring records at his club, THW Kiel. Career Ekberg started his career at IFK Ystad HK, IFK Ystad. In the 2008-2009 season he scored the second most goals in the Swedish league and was named ''Årets Komet''. He then joined city rivals Ystads IF HF, Ystads IF. With Ystad IF he played in the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2009-10 season. In the summer of 2010 he joined Danish side AG København Here he won back-to-back Danish league and Danish cup doubles. When the club became insolvent in July 2012 Ekberg was released of his contract. He then joined THW Kiel in Germany on a contract until 2015, which was extended in 2014 until 2018. With Kiel he won the 2013, 2017 and 2019 DHB-Pokal and the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021 German Championships. He also won the 2019-20 EHF C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Roca Mas
--> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands *São Miguel (other), various locations in Azores, Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde People * Miguel (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media *Miguel (singer) (born 1985), Miguel Jontel Pimentel, American recording artist *Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish pop new wave musician and actor * Miguel Calderón (born 1971), artist and writer *Miguel Cancel (born 1968), former American singer *Miguel Córcega (1929–2008), Mexican actor and director *Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author *Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), Spanish novelist *Miguel Ferrer (1955–2017), American actor * Miguel Galván (1957–2008), Mexican actor *Miguel Gómez (photographer) (born 1974), Colombian / American photographer. *Miguel Ángel Landa (born 1936), Venezuelan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Simonet
Diego Esteban Simonet Moldes (born 26 December 1989) is an Argentine handball player for Montpellier and the Argentina men's national handball team. He represented Argentina at the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship in Sweden, 2012 London Summer Olympics, 2013 World Men's Handball Championship in Spain and 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His action defending Argentina brought home six continental championships (2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014). Two of his brothers, Sebastian and Pablo, defended Argentina at Olympic and World Championship competitions. Awards and recognition *Clubs **Coupe de la Ligue: 2016 *2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship: Best right wing Notes References External links * * * Diego Esteban Simonetat the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in international men's handball in 2018. He won silver with the Icelandic handball team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as bronze at the 2010 European Championship. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Club career Guðjón started his handball career at a young age with Grótta on Seltjarnarnes. He also played with KA Akureyri and lost the Icelandic championship final in 2001. KA won the championship final the year after he left. After that, he began his professional career in Germany with Essen. In 2005, Gudjón Valur won the European championship with Essen. Later that year, he joined Gummersbach. At Gummersbach, he was joined by the Icelandic national handball coach Alfreð Gíslason, former I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockout Stage
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
The qualification for the 2012 Men's Olympic Handball Tournament is held from January 2011 to April 2012. Qualification summary World Championship Continental qualification Europe (1st ranking continent) America (2nd ranking continent) Asia (3rd ranking continent) Preliminary round http://todor66.com/handball/Asia/Men_OQ_2011.html =Group A= 23.10 16:20 Saudi Arabia 41-26 Uzbekistan 17-13 23.10 20:20 Iran 27-23 Kuwait 11-9 24.10 13:00 Saudi Arabia 22-21 Iran 11-8 24.10 17:00 Qatar 38-32 Uzbekistan 20-15 25.10 15:00 Qatar 31-31 Kuwait 16-15 27.10 13:00 Iran 45-22 Uzbekistan 22-8 27.10 17:00 Saudi Arabia 30-21 Kuwait 16-10 28.10 15:00 Iran 35-32 Qatar 14-15 29.10 13:00 Kuwait 44-26 Uzbekistan 18-12 29.10 17:00 Qatar 28-27 Saudi Arabia 14-11 =Group B= 23.10 14:20 South Korea 31-18 Japan 14-6 23.10 18:20 Oman 41-27 Kazakhstan 21-15 24.10 15:00 Japan 26-24 China 12-10 24.10 19:00 South Korea 41-15 Kazakhstan 24-5 25.10 17:00 South Korea 31-24 Oman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15 and 29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbia, defending champion France and fourteen national teams through the qualifying tournament. The teams were split into four groups of 4, with the top 3 teams of each group advancing to the main round, carrying the points won against other qualified opponents. Going to the main round with no points, Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark ended up winning the championship after defeating Serbia men's national handball team, Serbia in the final with a scoreline of 21–19. The bronze medal was claimed by Croatia, who defeated Spain 31–27 to win their second bronze and fourth European medal overall. In the placement match for the 5th position Macedonia proved to be too strong for Slovenia and won the match by 28–27. Macedonian right ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 African Men's Handball Championship
The 2012 African Men's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, organized by the African Handball Confederation, which acted as the qualification process for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held in Rabat and Salé, Morocco between 11 and 20 January 2012. The winner qualified for the Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics. Teams Venues Preliminary round The draw was held on 24 September 2011 at Casablanca, Morocco. ''All times are local (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC±0).'' Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ''All times are local (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC±0).'' ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket ;5–8th bracket ''All times are local (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC±0).'' Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- 5–8th semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- Eleventh place game Ninth place game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handball At The 2011 Pan American Games – Men's Tournament
The men's tournament of handball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, began on October 16 and ended on October 24. All games were held at the San Rafael Gymnasium. The defending champions were Brazil, who won the title on home court. Argentina, the winner of the competition, qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain. Teams Qualification A National Olympic Committee may enter one men's team for the handball competition. Mexico, the host nation along with seven other countries qualified through regional competitions. ;Canada versus United States Series ---- Canada won 51–48 on aggregate and qualified for the games. *The second game at the end of regulation was a 25–21 advantage for Canada, thus the game went to overtime. ;Last chance qualifying tournament ---- ---- * USA advance to the Pan American Games with a better goal differential. Puerto Rico withdrew from participating in the tournament. Squads At the start of tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13 to 30 January 2011. All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, Linköping and Norrköping. In the preliminary round, 24 teams from all the world's continents were split into 4 groups, with the first-placed 3 teams advancing through the main round in two groups, carrying the previously won points against the remaining teams. France men's national handball team, France won the tournament after defeating Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark in the final, while Spain men's national handball team, Spain won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden men's national handball team, Sweden in the third-place match. Thus, France has qualified for the tournament at the Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London Olympics. The teams that finished in 2nd–7th place will play Handball at the 2012 Summer Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IHF Council
The IHF Council is an institution of International Handball Federation (the governing body of handball and beach handball). It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of IHF Congress. Its members are elected by the IHF Congress. The council is a non-executive, supervisory and strategic body that sets the vision for IHF and global handball. Composition The council is made up of the following individuals: * IHF President * IHF 1st Vice-President * AHF: one vice-president and one member * CAHB: one vice-president and one member * EHF: one vice-president and one member * NACHC: one member * OCHF: one member * SCAHC: one member * IHF Treasurer * Two IHF Executive Members * Chairperson of COC * Chairperson of PRC * Chairperson of CCM * Chairperson of CD * Chairperson of MC * Chairperson of AC IHF Council 2021 — 2025 General conditions If a continental confederation has at least 15 national federations as full members, it may nominate a counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
