2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

The 2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the world event for youth handballers, which was held in Argentina between August 10–20 2011. In accordance with the IHF regulations, only players born on or after 1 January 1992 were eligible to enter the competition. The minimum age for the participation was 16.[1]

2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
DatesAugust 10–20
Teams20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Sweden
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches64
Goals scored3577 (55.89 per match)
Attendance47,675 (745 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jim Gottfridsson (58 goals)
Best player Jim Gottfridsson
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Denmark defeated Spain 24–22 in the final to win the title for the second time.[2]

Venues

Two arenas were used, both in Mar del Plata.

Preliminary round

The draw took place at May 21, 2011 in Argentina.

All times are Argentina Time (UTC–3)

     Team advanced to the Quarterfinals
     Team competed in placement games

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 4 2 2 0 116 111 +5 6
 Croatia 4 2 1 1 105 97 +8 5
 Slovenia 4 1 2 1 114 107 +7 4
 Serbia 4 1 2 1 107 100 +7 4
 Bahrain 4 0 1 3 94 121 −27 1
Source:
10 August 2011
19:00		 Serbia  27 – 27  Slovenia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 225
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Pavić 12 (11–13) Šoštarić 7
2× 7× Report 11× 3× 1×
10 August 2011
21:00		 Sweden  27 – 27  Bahrain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Paz, Sousa (BRA)
Gottfridsson 9 (15–13) Habib, Saleh 6
1× 4× Report 3× 4× 1×
11 August 2011
18:30		 Croatia  26 – 24  Slovenia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Kaleb 9 (12–10) Šoštarić 9
2× 2× Report 3× 3×
11 August 2011
20:30		 Bahrain  21 – 29  Serbia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Saleh 6 (11–11) Pavić 9
3× 9× 1× Report 3× 4×
12 August 2011
17:00		 Sweden  29 – 25  Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Persson 7 (17–12) Kaleb 11
2× 3× Report  2×
13 August 2011
16:30		 Serbia  29 – 30  Sweden Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Vučićević 9 (14–17) Gottfridsson 12
2× 4× 1× Report 3× 3×
13 August 2011
17:00		 Slovenia  33 – 24  Bahrain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Sostaric 11 (18–11) Saleh 8
6× 2× Report 5× 2×
14 August 2011
19:00		 Bahrain  22 – 32  Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Ali 7 (10–12) Sebetic 9
2× 2× Report 3× 3×
15 August 2011
14:00		 Croatia  22 – 22  Serbia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Mandalinic 8 (11–10) Mladenovic 6
3× 3× Report 3× 4×
15 August 2011
16:00		 Slovenia  30 – 30  Sweden Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Šoštarić 8 (16–15) Gottfridsson 10
3× 3× Report 5× 3×

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 4 4 0 0 144 96 +48 8
 Egypt 4 3 0 1 138 88 +50 6
 Brazil 4 2 0 2 138 111 +27 4
 Qatar 4 1 0 3 125 95 +30 2
 New Zealand 4 0 0 4 56 211 −155 0
Source:
10 August 2011
14:30		 France  32 – 31  Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Boschi, Descat 8 (18–14) Patrianova 8
3× 4× 2× Report 3× 4×
10 August 2011
16:30		 Qatar  53 – 14  New Zealand Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Alshammari, Memisevic 9 (34–6) Quin, Atkinson 4
3× 4× Report 3× 4×
11 August 2011
14:30		 Egypt  38 – 21  Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Tamer 8 (20–8) three players 4
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
11 August 2011
16:30		 New Zealand  16 – 55  France Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Atkinson 7 (9–26) Descat 15
2× 2× Report 5× 4×
12 August 2011
19:00		 Qatar  23 – 24  Egypt Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Hamdoon 6 (11–13) Khalil 10
2× 4× 1× Report 2× 6× 1×
13 August 2011
14:30		 Brazil  54 – 14  New Zealand Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
de Lima 10 (31–7) Burnett 5
2× 3× Report 1× 3×
13 August 2011
19:00		 France  25 – 22  Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Descat 8 (15–12) Hamdoon 6
9× 3× Report 7× 2×
14 August 2011
18:00		 New Zealand  12 – 49  Egypt Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Palmer 4 (5–26) El-Menshawy, Yousry 7
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
15 August 2011
16:30		 Egypt  27 – 32  France Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Tamer 6 (15–16) Minel, Ballet Kebengue 6
2× 3× Report 7× 3×
15 August 2011
20:00		 Brazil  32 – 27  Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Laj, Sok (SLO)
Dias 7 (14–14) Memisevic, Chaieb 5
6× 3× Report 5× 4×

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 4 4 0 0 130 106 +24 8
 Denmark 4 2 1 1 109 103 +6 5
 South Korea 4 1 1 2 116 127 −11 3
 Russia 4 1 1 2 106 118 −12 3
 Tunisia 4 0 1 3 108 115 −7 1
Source:
10 August 2011
18:30		 Germany  40 – 30  South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Eliasson, Dugjonsson (ISL)
Kuhn 10 (16–17) Lee Hyeon-Sik 11
3× 9× Report 3× 5×
10 August 2011
20:30		 Tunisia  26 – 28  Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 255
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Jallouz 6 (14–14) Dereven 11
3× 10× Report 3× 7×
11 August 2011
18:30		 Denmark  29 – 26  South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
Baagoe 8 (12–16) Lee Hyeon-Sik 12
6× 2× Report 4× 3×
11 August 2011
20:30		 Russia  26 – 34  Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Kantemirov 5 (15–19) Eisenträger 7
7× 4× 1× Report 7× 4×
12 August 2011
16:30		 Tunisia  27 – 27  Denmark Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 210
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Jaziri 10 (14–15) H.Ellebaek 5
3× 3× Report 3× 4×
13 August 2011
18:30		 South Korea  29 – 29  Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 490
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Ha Min-Ho 7 (13–14) Kantemirov, Dereven 7
3× 3× Report 3× 3×
13 August 2011
20:30		 Germany  29 – 26  Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 350
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Wiede, Feld 7 (16–13) Jaziri 6
6× 2× Report 3× 3×
14 August 2011
21:00		 Russia  23 – 29  Denmark Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Dereven 8 (12–14) N.Pedersen 7
3× 1× Report 3× 3×
15 August 2011
14:30		 South Korea  31 – 29  Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Lee Hyeon-Sik 8 (16–15) Jaziri 7
6× 3× Report 5× 2×
15 August 2011
20:30		 Denmark  24 – 27  Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Kisum 5 (10–16) four players 4
1× 3× Report 4× 3×

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 4 4 0 0 127 86 +41 8
 Spain 4 3 0 1 114 80 +34 6
 Argentina 4 2 0 2 110 94 +16 4
 Chile 4 1 0 3 77 104 −27 2
 Gabon 4 0 0 4 76 138 −62 0
Source:
10 August 2011
15:00		 Argentina  30 – 22  Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Souto Cueto 10 (14–11) Reyes 7
2× 3× Report 3× 8×
10 August 2011
17:00		 Switzerland   44 – 24  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gonzales, Prieto (URU)
Muggli 7 (23–9) Aubyang 10
3× 4× Report 3× 2×
11 August 2011
14:30		 Spain  33 – 13  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Arino Bengoechea 6 (16–6) Camara 4
5× 1× Report 8× 3×
11 August 2011
16:30		 Chile  16 – 31   Switzerland Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 800
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Reyes 7 (8–16) Lier 9
4× 3× Report 6× 2×
12 August 2011
15:00		 Argentina  23 – 25  Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Five Players 4 (12–13) Sanchez, Sala 5
3× 1× Report 3× 2×
13 August 2011
15:00		 Switzerland   23 – 20  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Raemy 8 (10–12) Souto Cueto, Baronetto 6
5× 3× Report 6× 3×
13 August 2011
21:00		 Gabon  15 – 24  Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Paz, Sousa (BRA)
Aubyang 9 (7–8) Gomez 7
3× 3× Report 8× 3×
14 August 2011
21:00		 Chile  15 – 28  Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Javier 4 (9–11) four Players 4
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
15 August 2011
18:00		 Gabon  24 – 37  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Li, Wang (CHN)
Aubyang 10 (13–20) Molina 10
4× 3× Report 2× 2×
15 August 2011
18:30		 Spain  28 – 29   Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Dujshebaev Dobichebaeva 9 (13–10) Raemy 10
3× 2× Report 3× 3×

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Sweden26
 
 
 
 Egypt25
 
 Sweden23
 
 
 
 Spain24
 
 Spain25
 
 
 
 Germany22
 
 Spain22
 
 
 
 Denmark24
 
 France31
 
 
 
 Croatia30
 
 France26
 
 
 
 Denmark29 Third place
 
 Denmark37
 
 
 
  Switzerland20
 
 Sweden28
 
 
 France24
 

Quarterfinals
17 August 2011
17:30		 Sweden  26 – 25  Egypt Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gottfridsson, Persson 7 (11–12) Khalil 8
4× 3× Report 4× 2×
17 August 2011
17:30		 France  31 – 30  Croatia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
Descat 11 (11–12) Milicevic 8
3× 1× Report 4× 4×
17 August 2011
20:00		 Denmark  37 – 20   Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gonzalez, Prieto (URU)
Sørensen 6 (17–10) Raemy 8
3× Report 3× 1×
17 August 2011
20:00		 Spain  25 – 22  Germany Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 500
Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Saez Lozano, Cacheda Gonzalez 5 (14–10) Kuhn 8
3× 4× Report 3× 8×

Semifinals
18 August 2011
17:30		 Sweden  23 – 24  Spain Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gottfridsson 10 (10–11) Arino Bengoechea 6
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
18 August 2011
20:00		 France  26 – 29  Denmark Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Minel 5 (16–13) Pedersen 8
2× 2× Report 1× 2×

Third place game
20 August 2011
14:30		 Sweden  28 – 24  France Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Wanne 6 (15–10) Descat 8
2× 5× Report 3× 4×

Final
20 August 2011
17:00		 Spain  22 – 24  Denmark Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Plaza Jimenez, Costoya Rodríguez 4 (17–13) Baagoe 7
3× Report 3× 2×

5–8th place bracket
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Egypt29
 
 
 
 Germany28
 
 Egypt25
 
 
 
  Switzerland24
 
 Croatia23
 
 
  Switzerland32
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Germany29
 
 
 Croatia28

Semifinals
18 August 2011
17:30		 Egypt  29 – 28  Germany Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 150
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Hamed 7 (15–11) Wiede 8
3× 8× Report 3× 8×
18 August 2011
20:00		 Croatia  23 – 32   Switzerland Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 315
Referees: Paz, Souza (BRA)
Kaleb 5 (10–13) Jud 11
4× 2× Report 3× 7×

Seventh place game
20 August 2011
09:30		 Germany  29 – 28  Croatia Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Kuhn 9 (17–15) Mandalinic 8
3× 4× Report 2× 1×

Fifth place game
20 August 2011
12:00		 Egypt  25 – 24   Switzerland Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
Osama 6 (13–12) three players 6
3× 2× Report 3× 1×

9–12th place bracket
 
SemifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Slovenia32
 
 
 
 Brazil27
 
 Slovenia32
 
 
 
 Argentina29
 
 South Korea27
 
 
 Argentina32
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Brazil31
 
 
 South Korea36

Semifinals
17 August 2011
15:00		 Slovenia  32 – 27  Brazil Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 250
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Sostaric 11 (16–15) Dias 8
4× 6× Report 3× 6×
17 August 2011
15:00		 South Korea  27 – 32  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: El Sayed, Zidan (EGY)
Lee Hyeon-Sik 9 (10–15) Souto Cueto 12
2× 5× Report 4× 6×

Eleventh place game
18 August 2011
15:00		 Brazil  31 – 36  South Korea Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 230
Referees: Gang, Wang (CHN)
Silva 6 (16–18) Lee Hyeon-Sik 9
3× 5× Report 3× 1×

Ninth place game
18 August 2011
15:00		 Slovenia  32 – 29  Argentina Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Eliasson, Gudjonsson (ISL)
Cehte, Fidel 8 (16–17) Simonet 6
4× 5× Report 3× 4×

13–16th place bracket
 
SemifinalsThirteenth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Serbia33
 
 
 
 Qatar22
 
 Serbia29
 
 
 
 Russia34
 
 Russia41
 
 
 Chile29
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
 
 
 
 Qatar35
 
 
 Chile24

Semifinals
17 August 2011
12:45		 Serbia  33 – 22  Qatar Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Referees: Muya Kupa, Sangwani (COD)
Vucicevic, Pavic 6 (17–12) Mallash 5
2× 5× Report 3× 4×
17 August 2011
12:45		 Russia  41 – 29  Chile Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Akpatsa, Asignon (TOG)
Dereven 12 (21–17) Salinas 9
4× 4× Report 3× 4×

Fifteenth place game
18 August 2011
12:45		 Qatar  35 – 24  Chile Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
Mallash 7 (14–11) Reyes 8
3× 4× Report 3×

Thirteenth place game
18 August 2011
12:45		 Serbia  29 – 34  Russia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Pavic 6 (13–17) Dereven 9
3× 5× Report 3× 7×

17–20th place bracket
 
SemifinalsSeventeenth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Bahrain61
 
 
 
 New Zealand20
 
 Bahrain32
 
 
 
 Tunisia30
 
 Tunisia27
 
 
 Gabon14
 
Nineteenth place
 
 
 
 
 
 New Zealand21
 
 
 Gabon35

Semifinals
17 August 2011
10:30		 Bahrain  61 – 20  New Zealand Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 100
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Al-Maqabi, Afrooz 12 (31–8) Palmer 5
3× 2× Report 3× 3×
17 August 2011
10:30		 Tunisia  27 – 14  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bartlett, Stokes (GBR)
Trabelsi 4 (13–10) Aubyang 5
2× 1× Report 3× 6×

Nineteenth place game
18 August 2011
10:30		 New Zealand  21 – 35  Gabon Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Akpatsa, Assignon (TOG)
Quin 6 (9–13) Aubyang 15
2× 4× Report 2× 7×

Seventeenth place game
18 August 2011
10:30		 Bahrain  32 – 30  Tunisia Once Unidos, Mar del Plata
Attendance: 300
Referees: Muya Kupa, Mobati (COD)
Saleh 10 (17–15) Jaziri, Jallouz 6
3× 5× Report 3× 3×

Final standings
RankTeam
 Denmark
 Spain
 Sweden
4  France
5  Egypt
6   Switzerland
7  Germany
8  Croatia
9  Slovenia
10  Argentina
11  South Korea
12  Brazil
13  Russia
14  Serbia
15  Qatar
16  Chile
17  Bahrain
18  Tunisia
19  Gabon
20  New Zealand

Awards

All-star team
  • Goalkeeper:  Nikola Portner (SUI)
  • Left wing:  Hugo Descat (FRA)
  • Left back:  Theis Baagøe (DEN)
  • Pivot:  Ignacio Plaza Jimenez (ESP)
  • Centre back:  Aitor Arino (ESP)
  • Right back:  Martin Larsen (DEN)
  • Right wing:  Mario Sostarcic (SVN)

Other awards
  • MVP:  Jim Gottfridsson (SWE)
  • Most promising player:  Nicolai Nygaard Pedersen (DEN)

References
  1. "Info Brochure" (pdf). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. "Final: Danish dynamite lit in second halftime". IHF. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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