The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd

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tournament that took place in Spain from 11 to 27 January 2013. This was the first time Spain hosted the World Men's Handball Championship, becoming the twelfth country to host the competition. Spain won the title, beating Denmark in the final 35–19. It was Denmark's second final in a row.

Venues

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Broadcasting rights

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Qualification tournaments

Qualified teams

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³ From both German teams only East Germany men's national handball team, East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw took place on 19 July 2012 in

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Seeding

The pots were announced on 9 July 2012.

Match officials

16 match official pairs were selected for the tournament.

Squads

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 19 July 2012. The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012. The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012. 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 eighth-finals. The last two teams in each group will play placement matches.

Tie-breaking criteria

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Group A

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Group D

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President's cup

17–20th place

Bracket

Semifinals

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19th place game

17th place game

21–24th place

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Semifinals

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23rd place game

21st place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Third place game

Final

The final match, watched by 19,500 people, was played at the

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hall in Barcelona. Denmark entered the final as the only unbeaten team during the tournament, having won all eight matches they previously played. Host nation Spain won seven of their eight matches before the final, losing only to Croatia in the final match in the group phase. Spain won their second World Men's Handball Championship, beating Denmark 35–19. While in the early minutes of the game the teams were closely matched, Spain played tough defense, limited Denmark's scoring chances and went on a scoring run to end the first half leading 18–10. The Spanish team then increased their lead in the second half, outscoring Denmark 17–9 to close out the game. It was the third World Championship final that Denmark lost, having also been defeated in

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Statistics

Final ranking

Teams 9 to 16 and 5 to 8 are ranked first by points, then by goal difference, then by plus goals from the preliminary round games against teams placed 1 to 4.

All-Star Team

All-Star Team of the tournament: *Goalkeeper: *Left wing: *Left back: *Centre back: *Pivot: *Right back: *Right wing:

Other awards

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Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

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References

External links

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