The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in
women's Team sport
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handball
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that is governed by the
International Handball Federation
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(IHF).
Brazil
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hosted the event from 2–18 December 2011.
On 18 December 2011,
Norway
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successfully contested
France
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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.
Denmark
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had made this achievement previously. France lost, its second consecutive World Championship final (2009), to
Russia
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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.
Spain
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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
Brazil
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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
São Paulo
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. It is the third women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, after
South Korea
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in
1990
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and
China
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in
2009
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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
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2010 African Championship
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2010 European Championship
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2010 Asian Championship
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2011 American Championship
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2011 Oceania Championship
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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.
Brazil
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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
Angola won the tie-break for second place due to a better record in matches between them, Montenegro and Iceland. In those direct encounters all three got 2 points but Angola's +2 goal difference beat Montenegro's +1 and Iceland's –3.
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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President's Cup
17–20th place semifinals
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21st–24th place semifinals
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23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
Knockout stage
;Championship bracket
;5th place bracket
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 game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Source
IHF.info
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Top goalkeepers
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IHF.info
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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
*Goalkeeper:
*Left wing:
*Left back:
*Pivot:
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Chosen by team officials and IHF experts
IHF.info
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Other awards
*Top scorer:
References
External links
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IHF Site
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