2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship

2011 Men's Youth World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	August 10–20
Teams	20 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	3,577 (55.89 per match)
Attendance	47,675 (745 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jim Gottfridsson (58 goals)
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
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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]

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.

Polideportivo Islas Malvinas (Capacity: 8,000)
Once Unidos (Capacity: 1,500)

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	4	4	0	144	96	+48	8
Egypt	4	3	1	138	88	+50	6
Brazil	4	2	2	138	111	+27	4
Qatar	4	1	3	125	95	+30	2
New Zealand	4	0	4	56	211	−155	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	4	4	0	127	86	+41	8
Spain	4	3	1	114	80	+34	6
Argentina	4	2	2	110	94	+16	4
Chile	4	1	3	77	104	−27	2
Gabon	4	0	4	76	138	−62	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Sweden	26

Egypt	25
		Sweden	23

		Spain	24
Spain	25

Germany	22
				Spain	22

				Denmark	24
France	31

Croatia	30
		France	26

		Denmark	29	Third place
Denmark	37

Switzerland	20
				Sweden	28

				France	24

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

Semifinals		Fifth place



Egypt	29

Germany	28
		Egypt	25

		Switzerland	24
Croatia	23

Switzerland	32
		Seventh place



		Germany	29

		Croatia	28

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

Semifinals		Ninth place



Slovenia	32

Brazil	27
		Slovenia	32

		Argentina	29
South Korea	27

Argentina	32
		Eleventh place



		Brazil	31

		South Korea	36

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

Semifinals		Thirteenth place



Serbia	33

Qatar	22
		Serbia	29

		Russia	34
Russia	41

Chile	29
		Fifteenth place



		Qatar	35

		Chile	24

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

Semifinals		Seventeenth place



Bahrain	61

New Zealand	20
		Bahrain	32

		Tunisia	30
Tunisia	27

Gabon	14
		Nineteenth place



		New Zealand	21

		Gabon	35

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

Rank	Team
	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 Jiménez (ESP)
Centre back: Aitor Ariño (ESP)
Right back: Martin Larsen (DEN)
Right wing: Mario Šoštarič (SVN)

Other awards

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

References

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

External links

[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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