2011 World Women's Handball Championship

2011 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
XX Mundial Feminino de Handebol Brasil 2011

Host country	Brazil
Dates	2–18 December
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (2nd title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches	88
Goals scored	4643 (52.76 per match)
Attendance	65,750 (747 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alexandra do Nascimento (BRA) (57 goals)
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The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship, the 20th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Brazil from 2 to 18 December 2011.^[1]

The winner qualified for the 2012 Olympic Handball tournament and the 2013 World Championship, while teams finished second to seventh took the Olympic Qualifying tournament spots.^[2]

Norway won the title for the second time after defeating France 32–24 in the final, thus became only the second team after Denmark to possess the World Championship, European Championship and Olympic Games title in the same time. France, on the other hand, lost its second consecutive World Championship final after fell short against Russia in 2009. By winning the tournament, Norway qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics as World champions, while Sweden, which finished runner-up behind Norway in the European Championship, moved up to take the vacated European champion spot and also secured its place for the Olympics.^[3]

Spain triumphed over Denmark in the bronze final 24–18 and won their first ever World Championship medal,^[4] while hosts Brazil knocked out title holders Russia 36–20 in the match for the fifth place to take their best ever result.^[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.

Initially, the matches had to take place in the state of Santa Catarina.

Four cities have 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 legs were played on 4/5 June with the second legs on 11/12 June.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.	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

Main article: 2011 World Women's Handball Championship squads

Group draw

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

Seeding

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

Venue: Arena Santos, Santos 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]

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

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

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

3 December 2011 19:30	Angola	30 – 29	China	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	Attendance: 400 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Mietzner 8	(10–12)	Bulatović 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

Venue: Ginásio José Corrêa, Barueri

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

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

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

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

4 December 2011 15:45	South Korea	31 – 19	Kazakhstan	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	Attendance: 300 Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Martín 5	(9–14)	Levina 7
	5× 4×	Report	5× 2×

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group C

Venue: Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group D

Venue: Ginásio Adib Moyses Dib, São Bernardo do Campo

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

3 December 2011 13:00	Sweden	37 – 11	Argentina	Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Boson, Fogelström 5	(19–7)	Mendoza 3
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

3 December 2011 15:15	Denmark	36 – 10	Uruguay	Attendance: 400 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Kristiansen 7	(20–6)	Falco 3
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

3 December 2011 17:30	Croatia	36 – 20	Ivory Coast	Attendance: 400 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Penezić 7	(20–10)	Mambo 5
	6× 3×	Report	3× 2×

5 December 2011 15:15	Ivory Coast	25 – 28	Sweden	Attendance: 500 Referees: Al Suwaidi, Bamatraf (QAT)
	Mambo 8	(14–15)	Gulldén 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

5 December 2011 17:45	Argentina	13 – 31	Denmark	Attendance: 500 Referees: Arntsen, Gullaksen (NOR)
	Salvado 4	(5–18)	Kristiansen 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

5 December 2011 20:00	Uruguay	15 – 45	Croatia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Castro 5	(9–21)	Jovetić 6
	2× 3×	Report	1×

6 December 2011 15:15	Sweden	31 – 14	Uruguay	Attendance: 400 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Roberts 6	(13–7)	three players 3
	4× 2×	Report	1× 3×

6 December 2011 17:45	Denmark	23 – 19	Croatia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Troelsen 6	(10–8)	Penezić 9
	7× 3×	Report	5× 4×

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

8 December 2011 15:00	Croatia	27 – 26	Sweden	Attendance: 500 Referees: García, Marin (ESP)
	Franić 7	(14–12)	Torstenson 10
	5× 4×	Report	5× 4×

8 December 2011 17:15	Denmark	38 – 17	Ivory Coast	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	Attendance: 200 Referees: Liu, Liu (CHN)
	Castro 6	(11–11)	Mendoza 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

9 December 2011 15:00	Ivory Coast	31 – 24	Uruguay	Attendance: 300 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Mambo 9	(12–12)	Castro 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

9 December 2011 17:15	Sweden	19 – 20	Denmark	Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mazeika (LTU)
	Ahlm 8	(8–9)	Jørgensen, Nørgaard 4
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

9 December 2011 19:30	Croatia	23 – 18	Argentina	Attendance: 400 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Zebić 6	(9–11)	Decilio 4
	10× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

December 11

Russia

December 14

Iceland

Russia

December 12

France

Sweden

December 16

France

December 11

Denmark

Angola

December 14

South Korea

Angola

December 12

Denmark

Japan

December 18

Denmark

France

December 11

Norway

December 14

Netherlands

Norway

December 12

Croatia

Romania

December 16

Croatia

Norway

December 11

Spain

Third Place

Spain

December 14

December 18

Montenegro

Spain

Denmark

December 12

Brazil

Spain

Ivory Coast

Brazil

5th place bracket

Semi-finals			Fifth place

December 16
Russia	41
Angola	31

			December 18
			Russia	20
			Brazil	36


			Seventh place
December 16		December 18
Croatia	31	Angola	29
Brazil	32		Croatia	32

Last 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
	7× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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
	5× 4×	Report	5× 4×

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
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	3× 4×	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
	2× 3×	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
	5× 3×	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	1× 3×
	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
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3× 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
	5× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	2× 1×	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
	5× 4× 1×	Report	5× 3×

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
	5× 3×	Report	6× 4×

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
	5× 1×	Report	5× 3×

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
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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	5× 2×

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
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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	3× 2×

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
	5× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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	5× 3× 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	4× 3×

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	2× 3×

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
	11× 2×	Report	7× 3×

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	1× 3×

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
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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 World Women's Handball Championship
Norway Second title

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 (February 8, 2009)
↑ "Competitipn system". handballbrazil2011.com. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
↑ "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". International Handball Federation. ihf.info. Retrieved 18 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. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
↑ "2011 Women's World Championship, Play-off Europe Draw". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
↑ "Draw date for the XX Women's World Championship in Brazil". ihf.info. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
1 2 "Draw results of the XX Women's World Championship in Brasil". ihf.info. 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
↑ "Seeding for Women's World Championship draw – Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online". ihf.info. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
↑ "Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online" (PDF). ihf.info. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
↑ "Venues of the preliminary round in Brazil". ihf.info. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
↑ 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. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

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