2011 World Women's Handball Championship

2011 World Women's Handball Championship
XX Mundial Feminino de Handebol Brasil 2011
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	2–18 December
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (2nd title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	4,643 (52.76 per match)
Attendance	65,750 (747 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alexandra do Nascimento (57 goals)
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The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 December 2011.^[1]

On 18 December 2011, Norway successfully contested France 32–24 in the final. 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 had made this achievement previously. France lost, its second consecutive World Championship final (2009), to Russia.

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.^[2]^[3]

Spain successfully contested Denmark 24–18 in the final for the bronze and won their inaugural tournament medal.^[4] For fifth place, host nation Brazil achieved their best place at any previous tournament successfully knocking out the 2009 defending champions, Russia, 36–20.^[5]

Venues

The competition took place in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the third women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, after South Korea in 1990 and China in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Initially, the matches had to take place in the state of Santa Catarina.^{[citation needed]}

Four cities had been selected to host the matches:

City	Stadium	Capacity	Matches
São Paulo	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	11,000	Group C, Round of 16, President's Cup, Final Round
São Bernardo do Campo	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib	7,000	Group D, Round of 16, President's Cup
Santos	Arena Santos	5,000	Group A, Round of 16
Barueri	Ginásio José Corrêa	5,000	Group B, Round of 16

Qualification

Host nation

Brazil

Defending champions

Russia

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

Australia

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.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Czech Republic	52–75	Montenegro	26–42	26–33
Netherlands	78–62	Turkey	40–28	38–34
Spain	58–46	Macedonia	37–22	21–24
France	56–39	Slovenia	28–19	28–20
Croatia	66–56	Serbia	36–25	30–31
Iceland	61–42	Ukraine	37–18	24–24
Germany	53–46	Hungary	26–24	27–22
Poland	35–47	Denmark	16–23	19–24

Squads

Group draw

The draw was held on 2 July 2011 at 21:00 local time.^[7]^[8]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 24 June.^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Russia (TH) Norway Sweden Romania	Denmark Kazakhstan France Montenegro	Netherlands Croatia Brazil (Host) Angola	South Korea Germany Tunisia Argentina	China Spain Ivory Coast Cuba	Japan Iceland Uruguay Australia

TH = Title Holder

Group stage

A provisional scheduled was released on 24 June.^[10] Brazil played the opening game on 2 December.^[8] On 7 July the venues for each preliminary round were announced by the IHF.^[11] The detailed match schedule was released on 31 August.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	1	152	108	+44	8	Round of 16
2	Angola	5	3	2	129	129	0	6
3	Montenegro	5	3	2	143	115	+28	6
4	Iceland	5	3	2	109	112	−3	6
5	Germany	5	2	3	120	126	−6	4
6	China	5	0	5	98	161	−63	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 2011 15:00	Montenegro	21 – 22	Iceland	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Popović, Bulatović 6	(10–11)	Knútsdóttir 6
	3× 6×	Report	4× 1× 1×

3 December 2011 17:15	Norway	28 – 31	Germany	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Sulland 6	(14–13)	Mietzner 8
	1×	Report	3× 2×

3 December 2011 19:30	Angola	30 – 29	China	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 200 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	four players 5	(10–12)	Zhao Jiaqin 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

4 December 2011 14:30	Germany	24 – 25	Montenegro	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 400 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Mietzner 8	(10–12)	Bulatović 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

4 December 2011 17:15	China	16 – 43	Norway	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Lan Chunlei 7	(7–20)	Løke 7
	3× 5×	Report	3×

4 December 2011 19:30	Iceland	24 – 28	Angola	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 450 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Sigurðardóttir 7	(12–15)	M. Kiala 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

6 December 2011 15:00	Montenegro	28 – 26	Angola	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 350 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Popović 6	(14–13)	M. Kiala 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

6 December 2011 17:15	Norway	27 – 14	Iceland	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 700 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Sulland 6	(14–7)	Sigurðardóttir 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

6 December 2011 19:30	Germany	23 – 22	China	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 400 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Mietzner, Langkeit 4	(7–12)	Li Yao 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

7 December 2011 15:00	Montenegro	42 – 15	China	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Radičević 9	(19–7)	Chunlei 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

7 December 2011 17:15	Angola	20 – 26	Norway	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 800 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	M. Kiala 7	(10–16)	Sulland 10
	3× 5× 2×	Report	3× 6×

7 December 2011 19:30	Iceland	26 – 20	Germany	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 500 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Knútsdóttir 9	(13–12)	Mietzner 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

9 December 2011 15:00	Angola	25 – 22	Germany	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 400 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	L. Kiala 8	(14–10)	Mellbeck 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 6×

9 December 2011 17:15	Norway	28 – 27	Montenegro	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 800 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Sulland 9	(15–11)	Popović, Bulatović 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 10×

9 December 2011 19:30	China	16 – 23	Iceland	Arena Santos, Santos Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Wu Yin 5	(9–12)	Skúladóttir 8
	4× 5×	Report	4× 6×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	181	99	+82	10	Round of 16
2	Spain	5	4	1	151	108	+43	8
3	South Korea	5	3	2	164	124	+40	6
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	164	142	+22	4
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4	113	133	−20	2
6	Australia	5	0	5	52	219	−167	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 2011 15:45	Kazakhstan	37 – 9	Australia	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 200 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Volnukhina 7	(20–6)	Hudson-Gofers 3
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

3 December 2011 18:00	Russia	39 – 24	South Korea	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Bliznova, Khmyrova 6	(19–13)	Woo Sun-Hee 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

3 December 2011 20:15	Netherlands	27 – 34	Spain	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	van der Wissel 6	(15–18)	three players 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

4 December 2011 15:45	South Korea	31 – 19	Kazakhstan	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	three players 4	(16–4)	Nedopekina 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

4 December 2011 18:00	Spain	22 – 28	Russia	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Martín 5	(9–14)	Levina 7
	4× 5×	Report	2× 5×

4 December 2011 20:15	Australia	15 – 53	Netherlands	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Fletcher 4	(6–27)	Polman 11
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2011 15:45	Russia	45 – 8	Australia	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 500 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Bliznova 8	(21–4)	Cook 2
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2011 18:00	Kazakhstan	20 – 32	Netherlands	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 200 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Baranovskaya 6	(8–18)	Abbingh 7
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

6 December 2011 20:15	South Korea	26 – 29	Spain	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 200 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Choi Im-Jeong 8	(12–13)	Mangué 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 4×

7 December 2011 15:45	Netherlands	26 – 35	Russia	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 400 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	van der Wissel 7	(10–18)	Bodnieva 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

7 December 2011 18:00	Kazakhstan	18 – 27	Spain	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 450 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Volnukhina 6	(8–11)	Alonso 6
	1× 5×	Report	3× 1×

7 December 2011 20:15	Australia	11 – 45	South Korea	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 200 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Cook 5	(3–24)	Yoon Hyun-Kyung 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

9 December 2011 15:45	Spain	39 – 9	Australia	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Alonso 7	(18–5)	three players 3
	3×	Report	2× 5×

9 December 2011 18:00	Netherlands	26 – 38	South Korea	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Abbingh 4	(10–18)	Kim Cha-Youn, Choi Im-jeong 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

9 December 2011 20:15	Russia	34 – 19	Kazakhstan	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 200 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Turey 7	(13–13)	Volnukhina 6
	4× 6×	Report	2× 10×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	0	162	128	+34	10	Round of 16
2	France	5	4	0	1	165	103	+62	8
3	Romania	5	2	1	2	139	155	−16	5
4	Japan	5	2	1	2	138	156	−18	5
5	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	141	150	−9	2
6	Cuba	5	0	0	5	119	172	−53	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 December 2011 21:00	Brazil	37 – 21	Cuba	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	da Silva 8	(17–11)	Ramírez 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

3 December 2011 15:00	Romania	30 – 28	Tunisia	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 500 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Fiera 8	(14–15)	three players 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

3 December 2011 17:15	France	41 – 22	Japan	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 500 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Ayglon 6	(18–13)	Fujii 6
	2×	Report	2× 1×

5 December 2011 15:00	Cuba	27 – 33	Romania	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 300 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Lusson 8	(14–20)	four players 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

5 December 2011 17:15	Tunisia	17 – 25	France	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 500 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Chebbah 6	(9–12)	Deroin 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

5 December 2011 19:45	Japan	24 – 32	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Kamimachi 7	(12–16)	do Nascimento 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

6 December 2011 15:00	Tunisia	32 – 29	Cuba	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 200 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	Khouildi 8	(18–11)	Gómez 9
	2× 8×	Report	2× 5×

6 December 2011 17:15	Romania	28 – 28	Japan	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 600 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Ardean-Elisei 9	(13–12)	Fujii 11
	3× 7×	Report	3× 4×

6 December 2011 19:45	France	22 – 26	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Pineau 5	(17–10)	Rodrigues 6
	3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

8 December 2011 15:00	Japan	32 – 31	Tunisia	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Fujii 11	(16–16)	Toumi 12
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7× 1×

8 December 2011 17:15	France	38 – 18	Cuba	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Spincer 6	(17–8)	Ramírez 5
	3×	Report	2× 6×

8 December 2011 19:45	Brazil	33 – 28	Romania	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	do Nascimento 8	(14–11)	Brădeanu, Curea 5
	3× 7×	Report	4× 6×

9 December 2011 15:00	Cuba	24 – 32	Japan	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 200 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Fernández 9	(9–16)	Kamimachi 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

9 December 2011 17:15	Romania	20 – 39	France	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 600 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Manea 4	(12–20)	Baudouin 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

9 December 2011 19:45	Brazil	34 – 33	Tunisia	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Moraes 8	(16–20)	Marzouk 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	148	78	+70	10	Round of 16
2	Croatia	5	4	1	150	102	+48	8
3	Sweden	5	3	2	141	97	+44	6
4	Ivory Coast	5	2	3	118	145	−27	4
5	Uruguay	5	1	4	82	159	−77	2
6	Argentina	5	0	5	77	135	−58	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 December 2011 13:00	Sweden	37 – 11	Argentina	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Boson, Fogelström 5	(19–7)	Mendoza 3
	4× 2×	Report	2× 3×

3 December 2011 15:15	Denmark	36 – 10	Uruguay	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 400 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Kristiansen 7	(20–6)	Falco 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

3 December 2011 17:30	Croatia	36 – 20	Ivory Coast	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 400 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Penezić 7	(20–10)	Mambo 5
	3× 6×	Report	2× 3×

5 December 2011 15:15	Ivory Coast	25 – 28	Sweden	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Mambo 8	(14–15)	Gulldén 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

5 December 2011 17:45	Argentina	13 – 31	Denmark	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	Salvado 4	(5–18)	Kristiansen 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

5 December 2011 20:00	Uruguay	15 – 45	Croatia	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Castro 5	(9–21)	Jovetić 6
	3× 2×	Report	1×

6 December 2011 15:15	Sweden	31 – 14	Uruguay	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 400 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Roberts 6	(13–7)	three players 3
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1×

6 December 2011 17:45	Denmark	23 – 19	Croatia	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Troelsen 6	(10–8)	Penezić 9
	3× 7×	Report	4× 5×

6 December 2011 20:00	Argentina	19 – 25	Ivory Coast	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Decilio, Mendoza 5	(8–14)	Gondo, Toualy 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 6×

8 December 2011 15:00	Croatia	27 – 26	Sweden	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Franić 7	(14–12)	Torstenson 10
	4× 5×	Report	4× 5×

8 December 2011 17:15	Denmark	38 – 17	Ivory Coast	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 300 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	Bille 8	(22–7)	Mambo, Courcelles 3
	3×	Report	3× 3×

8 December 2011 19:30	Uruguay	19 – 16	Argentina	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 200 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Castro 6	(11–11)	Mendoza 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

9 December 2011 15:00	Ivory Coast	31 – 24	Uruguay	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 300 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Mambo 9	(12–12)	Castro 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

9 December 2011 17:15	Sweden	19 – 20	Denmark	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Ahlm 8	(8–9)	Jørgensen, Nørgaard 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

9 December 2011 19:30	Croatia	23 – 18	Argentina	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 400 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Zebić 6	(9–11)	Decilio 4
	3× 10×	Report	3× 4×

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

11 December

Russia

30

14 December

Iceland

19

Russia

23

12 December

France

25

Sweden

23

16 December

France

26

France

28

11 December

Denmark

23

Angola

30

14 December

South Korea

29

Angola

23

12 December

Denmark

28

Japan

22

18 December

Denmark

23

France

24

11 December

Norway

32

Norway

34

14 December

Netherlands

22

Norway

30

12 December

Croatia

25

Romania

27

16 December

Croatia

28

Norway

30

11 December

Spain

22

Third place

Spain

23

14 December

18 December

Montenegro

19

Spain

27

Denmark

18

12 December

Brazil

26

Spain

24

Ivory Coast

22

Brazil

35

5th place bracket

Semi-finals		Fifth place

16 December

Russia	41
		18 December
Angola	31
		Russia	20
16 December
		Brazil	36
Croatia	31

Brazil	32
		Seventh place

		18 December

		Angola	29

		Croatia	32

Round of 16

11 December 2011 14:30	South Korea	29 – 30	Angola	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 600 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Choi Im-jeong 10	(13–13)	L. Kiala 7
	2× 7×	Report	3× 2×

11 December 2011 14:30	Russia	30 – 19	Iceland	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 400 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Postnova 7	(15–12)	Knútsdóttir 4
	4× 5×	Report	4× 5×

11 December 2011 17:15	Norway	34 – 22	Netherlands	Arena Santos, Santos Attendance: 700 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Løke 8	(15–11)	van der Heijden, Bont 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

11 December 2011 17:15	Montenegro	19 – 23	Spain	Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri Attendance: 400 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Jovanović 5	(9–11)	E. Pinedo 7
	4× 3×	Report	2× 2×

12 December 2011 14:30	Sweden	23 – 26	France	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 400 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Torstenson, Gulldén 5	(15–12)	Baudouin 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

12 December 2011 14:30	Romania	27 – 28	Croatia	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 300 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Șoit 6	(18–15)	Penezić 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4×

12 December 2011 17:15	Denmark	23 – 22 (ET)	Japan	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 500 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Troelsen 6	(9–11)	Fujii 8
	4× 4×	Report	3× 1×
	FT: 19–19 ET: 4–3

12 December 2011 20:00	Brazil	35 – 22	Ivory Coast	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	do Nascimento 10	(15–8)	Mambo 8
	2× 1×	Report	3× 1× 1×

Quarterfinals

14 December 2011 11:45	Russia	23 – 25	France	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Turey 7	(12–13)	Lacrabère 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

14 December 2011 14:30	Angola	23 – 28	Denmark	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Carlos 7	(11–15)	Nørgaard 7
	1× 2×	Report	4× 4×

14 December 2011 17:15	Croatia	25 – 30	Norway	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bumatraf (QAT)
	Penezić 4	(12–16)	Løke 8
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 5×

14 December 2011 20:00	Spain	27 – 26	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Martín 8	(19–17)	do Nascimento, Cavaleiro 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 6×

5th–8th semifinals

16 December 2011 11:45	Russia	41 – 31	Angola	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 200 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate (CIV)
	Shipilova 6	(17–18)	Calandula 5
	1× 5×	Report	3× 5×

16 December 2011 14:30	Croatia	31 – 32	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 200 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Penezić 10	(15–14)	do Nascimento 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Semifinals

16 December 2011 17:15	France	28 – 23	Denmark	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Lacrabère 10	(14–12)	Jørgensen 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

16 December 2011 20:00	Norway	30 – 22	Spain	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Løke 7	(16–9)	Aguilar 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 3×

Seventh place match

18 December 2011 11:45	Angola	29 – 32	Croatia	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 500 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	L. Kiala, Carlos 7	(12–14)	Zebić 11
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Fifth place match

18 December 2011 09:00	Russia	20 – 36	Brazil	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Bliznova 5	(11–18)	do Nascimento 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Third place match

18 December 2011 14:30	Denmark	18 – 24	Spain	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Nørgaard 4	(9–9)	Martín 10
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Final

18 December 2011 17:15	France	24 – 32	Norway	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Spincer, Mendy 4	(13–19)	Lunde-Borgersen 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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

11 December 2011 11:45	Germany	37 – 14	Kazakhstan	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 100 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	Nadgornaja 6	(15–6)	Volnukhina 6
	2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

11 December 2011 14:30	Tunisia	34 – 17	Uruguay	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 100 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Elghaoui 9	(14–10)	Palla 4
	3×	Report	3× 4×

Places 21 to 24

11 December 2011 17:15	China	45 – 11	Australia	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 100 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Lan Chunlei 11	(22–4)	Cook 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

11 December 2011 19:30	Cuba	25 – 20	Argentina	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 100 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Lusson 9	(12–11)	Mendoza 4
	2× 11×	Report	3× 7×

23rd place match

12 December 2011 11:45	Australia	12 – 30	Argentina	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 100 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Hudson-Gofers 4	(4–12)	Ferrea 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

21st place match

12 December 2011 20:00	China	30 – 29	Cuba	Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo Attendance: 200 Referees: Abid, Chaouch (TUN)
	Li Yao 8	(15–13)	Lusson 10
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

19th place match

12 December 2011 11:45	Kazakhstan	31 – 22	Uruguay	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 100 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Volnukhina 12	(17–9)	Castro 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

17th place match

12 December 2011 17:15	Germany	33 – 25	Tunisia	Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo Attendance: 800 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Nadgornaja 11	(16–14)	Chebbah 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Alexandra do Nascimento (BRA)	57	78	73%
2	Linn Jørum Sulland (NOR)	51	75	68%
3	Andrea Penezić (CRO)	49	77	64%
4	Shio Fujii (JPN)	46	72	64%
5	Carmen Martín (ESP)	45	57	79%
6	Luisa Kiala (ANG)	44	87	51%
6	Emiliya Turey (RUS)	44	58	76%
8	Heidi Løke (NOR)	43	51	84%
9	Suleiky Gómez (CUB)	42	79	53%
9	Xeniya Volnukhina (KAZ)	42	63	67%

Source: IHF.info

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Silvia Navarro (ESP)	46%	108	237
2	Clara Wöltering (GER)	44%	64	146
3	Katrine Lunde (NOR)	43%	124	290
3	Karin Mortensen (DEN)	43%	27	63
5	Chana Masson (BRA)	42%	90	216
6	Sonja Barjaktarović (MNE)	40%	34	86
	Cléopâtre Darleux (FRA)	40%	48	121
	Christina Pedersen (DEN)	40%	79	198
	Anna Sedoykina (RUS)	40%	77	192
10	Cecilia Grubbström (SWE)	38%	44	117
	Gabriella Kain (SWE)	38%	31	81
	Maria Sidorova (RUS)	38%	59	154

Source: IHF.info

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).^[15]

Final ranking

	Norway
	France
	Spain
4	Denmark
5	Brazil
6	Russia
7	Croatia
8	Angola
9	Sweden
10	Montenegro
11	South Korea
12	Iceland
13	Romania
14	Japan
15	Netherlands
16	Ivory Coast
17	Germany
18	Tunisia
19	Kazakhstan
20	Uruguay
21	China
22	Cuba
23	Argentina
24	Australia

2011 Women's World Champions Norway First title Team roster: Marit Malm Frafjord, Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Mari Molid, Stine Bredal Oftedal, Ida Alstad, Heidi Løke, Tonje Nøstvold, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, Kari Mette Johansen, Gøril Snorroeggen, Katrine Lunde Haraldsen, Linn Jørum Sulland, Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren, Amanda Kurtović, Camilla Herrem. Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson.

All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Chana Masson (BRA)
Left wing: Emiliya Turey (RUS)
Left back: Andrea Penezić (CRO)
Pivot: Heidi Løke (NOR)
Centre back: Allison Pineau (FRA)
Right back: Line Jørgensen (DEN)
Right wing: Carmen Martín (ESP)

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info

Other awards

Top scorer: Alexandra do Nascimento (BRA)

References

^ Team Handball News - 2011 Women’s World Championships awarded to Brazil^{[permanent dead link]} (8 February 2009)
^ "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
^ "Competitipn system". handballbrazil2011.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
^ "First ever World Championship medal for Spanish women". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
^ "Brazil clash Russia and rank fifth". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
^ "2011 Women's World Championship, Play-off Europe Draw". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
^ "Draw date for the XX Women's World Championship in Brazil". ihf.info. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Draw results of the XX Women's World Championship in Brasil". ihf.info. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
^ "Seeding for Women's World Championship draw – Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online". ihf.info. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ "Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
^ "Venues of the preliminary round in Brazil". ihf.info. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
^ Match schedule
^ "World championship regulations" (PDF). IHF. 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ "Brackets set for the Women's World Championships". teamhandballnews.com. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
^ "Determination of Places 9-16". handballbrazil2011.com. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

External links

[1] Team Handball News - 2011 Women’s World Championships awarded to Brazil^{[permanent dead link]} (8 February 2009)

[2] "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2011.

[3] "Competitipn system". handballbrazil2011.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

[4] "First ever World Championship medal for Spanish women". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

[5] "Brazil clash Russia and rank fifth". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

[6] "2011 Women's World Championship, Play-off Europe Draw". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

[7] "Draw date for the XX Women's World Championship in Brazil". ihf.info. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.

[Draw_results-8] "Draw results of the XX Women's World Championship in Brasil". ihf.info. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.

[9] "Seeding for Women's World Championship draw – Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online". ihf.info. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

[10] "Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online" (PDF). ihf.info. 24 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

[11] "Venues of the preliminary round in Brazil". ihf.info. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.

[12] Match schedule

[13] "World championship regulations" (PDF). IHF. 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2011.

[14] "Brackets set for the Women's World Championships". teamhandballnews.com. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

[15] "Determination of Places 9-16". handballbrazil2011.com. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

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