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2011 World Women's Handball Championship
2011 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
2011 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | World Women's Handball Championship |
| year | 2011 |
| other_titles | XX Mundial Feminino de Handebol Brasil 2011 |
| image | 2011 World Women's Handball Championship.png |
| country | Brazil |
| dates | 2–18 December |
| num_teams | 24 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 88 |
| goals | 4643 |
| attendance | |
| top_scorer | BRA Alexandra do Nascimento (57 goals) |
| player | |
| previous | 2009 World Women's Handball Championship |
| next | 2013 World Women's Handball Championship |
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.
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.
Spain successfully contested Denmark 24–18 in the final for the bronze and won their inaugural tournament medal. For fifth place, host nation Brazil 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. 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 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
;Defending champions
;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
;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.
|}
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.
Seeding
The seeding was announced on 24 June.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|
- TH = Title Holder
Group stage
A provisional scheduled was released on 24 June. Brazil 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.
Group B
Group C
Group D
President's Cup
17–20th place semifinals
21st–24th place semifinals
23rd place game
21st place game
19th place game
17th place game
Knockout stage
;Championship bracket |11 December||30||19 |12 December||23||26 |11 December||30||29 |12 December||22||23 |11 December||34||22 |12 December||27||28 |11 December||23||19 |12 December||22||35 |14 December||23||25 |14 December||23||28 |14 December||30||25 |14 December||27||26 |16 December||28||23 |16 December||30||22 |18 December||24||32 |18 December||18||24
;5th place bracket |16 December||41||31 |16 December||31||32 |18 December||20||36 |18 December||29||32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | **Alexandra do Nascimento** | **57** | **78** | **73%** |
| 2 | Linn Jørum Sulland | 51 | 75 | 68% |
| 3 | Andrea Penezić | 49 | 77 | 64% |
| 4 | Shio Fujii | 46 | 72 | 64% |
| 5 | Carmen Martín | 45 | 57 | 79% |
| 6 | Luisa Kiala | 44 | 87 | 51% |
| Emiliya Turey | 44 | 58 | 76% | |
| 8 | Heidi Løke | 43 | 51 | 84% |
| 9 | Suleiky Gómez | 42 | 79 | 53% |
| Xeniya Volnukhina | 42 | 63 | 67% |
Source: IHF.info
Top goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Silvia Navarro** | **46%** | **108** | **237** |
| 2 | Clara Wöltering | 44% | 64 | 146 |
| 3 | Katrine Lunde | 43% | 124 | 290 |
| Karin Mortensen | 43% | 27 | 63 | |
| 5 | Chana Masson | 42% | 90 | 216 |
| 6 | Sonja Barjaktarović | 40% | 34 | 86 |
| Cléopâtre Darleux | 40% | 48 | 121 | |
| Christina Pedersen | 40% | 79 | 198 | |
| Anna Sedoykina | 40% | 77 | 192 | |
| 10 | Cecilia Grubbström | 38% | 44 | 117 |
| Gabriella Kain | 38% | 31 | 81 | |
| Maria Sidorova | 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).
Final ranking
| 24 |
|---|
| **2011 Women's World Champions** |
|---|
All Star Team
- Goalkeeper: Chana Masson
- Left wing: Emiliya Turey
- Left back: Andrea Penezić
- Pivot: Heidi Løke
- Centre back: Allison Pineau
- Right back: Line Jørgensen
- Right wing: Carmen Martín Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: IHF.info
Other awards
- Top scorer: Alexandra do Nascimento
References
References
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- "Heja Norge: Norway World Champion 2011!". ihf.info.
- "Competitipn system". handballbrazil2011.com.
- (18 December 2011). "First ever World Championship medal for Spanish women". ihf.info.
- (18 December 2011). "Brazil clash Russia and rank fifth". ihf.info.
- (19 December 2010). "2011 Women's World Championship, Play-off Europe Draw". [[European Handball Federation]].
- (2011-05-27). "Draw date for the XX Women's World Championship in Brazil". ihf.info.
- (2011-07-02). "Draw results of the XX Women's World Championship in Brasil". ihf.info.
- (2011-06-24). "Seeding for Women’s World Championship draw – Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online". ihf.info.
- (2011-06-24). "Preliminary Match Schedule for Brazil 2011 online". ihf.info.
- (2011-07-07). "Venues of the preliminary round in Brazil". [[International Handball Federation.
- [http://ihf.info/files/Uploads/NewsAttachments/0_Match%20Schedule%20BRA.pdf Match schedule]
- (2007). "World championship regulations". IHF.
- (10 December 2011). "Brackets set for the Women's World Championships". teamhandballnews.com.
- (9 December 2011). "Determination of Places 9-16". handballbrazil2011.com.
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