The 20th World Men's Handball Championship

World Men's Handball Championship

The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938.- History :In 1938, the first indoor handball world championship was played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany on 5 February and 6 February...

 took place from January 19 to February 4, 2007 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. 24 national teams played in 12 German cities.

The tournament was won by Germany.

Stadiums

12 German cities were hosts for the 2007 Championship. The most modern stadiums - spread all over the country - had been selected. The final match took place in the Kölnarena

Kölnarena

Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 people....

in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 (Köln).

Town	Stadium	max. spectators
Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...	Kölnarena Kölnarena Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 people....	19.000
Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....	SAP-Arena SAP Arena SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the "Rhein-Neckar-Löwen" handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people.More than a...	14.300
Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...	Color Line Arena Color Line Arena O2 World is a multi-purpose arena in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 2002 and can hold up to 16,000 people. It is located adjacent to the football stadium Imtech Arena and the new Volksbank Arena in the Bahrenfeld district...	12.500
Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....	Westfalenhalle Westfalenhalle Westfalenhallen are three multi-purpose venues, located in Dortmund, Germany. The original building was opened in 1925, but was destroyed during World War II. New halls were built, the Große Westfalenhalle opened in 1952. The capacity of the arena is 16,500...	12.000
Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....	Gerry-Weber-Stadion Gerry Weber Stadion Gerry Weber Stadion is an indoor sports arena, located in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany. The capacity of the arena is 12,300 people and it was opened in 1992.It hosts the Gerry Weber Open every year in June...	11.000
Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...	Ostseehalle Ostseehalle The Sparkassen-Arena is an indoor arena, in Kiel, Germany.It is primarily used by THW Kiel and as a concert venue and holds up to 13,500 people.-History:...	10.200
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest sport places and holds from 8,861 people, up to 10,050 people....	10.000
Bremen	AWD-Dome AWD-Dome The Bremen-Arena is the largest indoor arena in Bremen, Germany. It is used for concerts, sports, and trade fairs. It used to be called Stadthalle Bremen until the financial services provider Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst bought the naming rights in January 2005...	9.200
Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....	Bördelandhalle Bördelandhalle Bördelandhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Magdeburg, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people. It is currently home to the SC Magdeburg handball team.- External links :*...	7.850
Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....	Porsche Arena Porsche Arena Porsche Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located in Stuttgart, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena varies, from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006, after 14 months of construction....	6.100
Lemgo Lemgo Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...	Lipperlandhalle Lipperlandhalle Lipperlandhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Lemgo, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. It hosted some matches at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.- External links :...	5.000
Wetzlar Wetzlar Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...	Mittelhessen-Arena Arena Wetzlar Rittal Arena Wetzlar is an indoor sporting arena located in Wetzlar, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and it was opened in 2005. It is the home to the Handball Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar...	5.000

Venues

Kölnarena Kölnarena Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 people.... (Kölnarena) Location: Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... Capacity: 19,500 Club: VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a team handball club from Germany. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball club ever.-Accomplishments:...	SAP Arena SAP Arena SAP Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Mannheim, Germany. It is primarily used for ice hockey and handball, and is the home arena of the Adler Mannheim ice hockey club and the "Rhein-Neckar-Löwen" handball club. Inaugurated in 2005, the arena has a capacity of up to 15,000 people.More than a... (SAP-Arena) Location: Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart.... Capacity: 14,300 Club: Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a handball club from Mannheim, Germany. The club was founded in 2002 as a merger of TSG Kronau and TSG Baden Östringen, competing initially under the name SG Kronau/Östringen...	Color Line Arena Color Line Arena O2 World is a multi-purpose arena in Hamburg, Germany. It opened in 2002 and can hold up to 16,000 people. It is located adjacent to the football stadium Imtech Arena and the new Volksbank Arena in the Bahrenfeld district... (Color Line Arena) Location: Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... Capacity: 13,800 Clubs: HSV Handball HSV Handball HSV Hamburg is a team handball club from Germany, locates in Hamburg. Currently, HSV Hamburg competes in the Bundesliga First Division. The full name in German is Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V. but the club is usually called HSV Handball, HSV Hamburg or just HSV.HSV Hamburg is the former...
Westfalenhalle Westfalenhalle Westfalenhallen are three multi-purpose venues, located in Dortmund, Germany. The original building was opened in 1925, but was destroyed during World War II. New halls were built, the Große Westfalenhalle opened in 1952. The capacity of the arena is 16,500... (Westfalenhalle) Location: Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union.... Capacity: 12,000 Club:	Gerry Weber Stadion Gerry Weber Stadion Gerry Weber Stadion is an indoor sports arena, located in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany. The capacity of the arena is 12,300 people and it was opened in 1992.It hosts the Gerry Weber Open every year in June... (Gerry Weber Stadion) Location: Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh.... Capacity: 11,000 Club:	Ostseehalle (Ostseehalle) Location: Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the... Capacity: 10,200 Club: THW Kiel THW Kiel THW Kiel is a team handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, THW Kiel competes in the German First League of Handball and is German record champion with 16 titles....
Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle Max-Schmeling-Halle is a multi-purpose arena, in Berlin, Germany, named after the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. Apart from the Velodrom, it's one of Berlin's biggest sport places and holds from 8,861 people, up to 10,050 people.... (Max-Schmeling-Halle) Location: Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... Capacity: 10,000 Club: Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league.-History:...	AWD-Dome AWD-Dome The Bremen-Arena is the largest indoor arena in Bremen, Germany. It is used for concerts, sports, and trade fairs. It used to be called Stadthalle Bremen until the financial services provider Allgemeiner Wirtschaftsdienst bought the naming rights in January 2005... (AWD-Dome) Location: Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is... Capacity: 9,200 Club:	Bördelandhalle Bördelandhalle Bördelandhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Magdeburg, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people. It is currently home to the SC Magdeburg handball team.- External links :*... (Bördelandhalle) Location: Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe.... Capacity: 7,850 Club: SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg is a German multi-sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. Historically, the club has also had a water polo section as well as a football section that was separated that as 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965...
Porsche Arena Porsche Arena Porsche Arena is a multi-purpose arena, located in Stuttgart, Germany. The seating capacity of the arena varies, from 5,100 to 8,000 people and it was opened in 2006, after 14 months of construction.... (Porsche Arena) Location: Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... Capacity: 6,100 Club:	Lipperlandhalle Lipperlandhalle Lipperlandhalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Lemgo, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people. It hosted some matches at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship.- External links :... (Lipperlandhalle) Location: Lemgo Lemgo Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several... Capacity: 5,000 Club: TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a German handball club from Lemgo. From 1911 until 1942, the club's name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911. As of 2011, TBV Lemgo competes in the Handball-Bundesliga.- Accomplishments :* National Championship of Germany: 2** 1997, 2003...	Rittal Arena Wetzlar (Rittal Arena Wetzlar) Location: Wetzlar Wetzlar Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of... Capacity: 5,000 Club: HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar HSG Wetzlar is a professional team handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. Currently, HSG Wetzlar competes in the German First League of Handball and the German Handball Cup.-Accomplishments:*National Cup of Germany Final: 2**1997, 2001...

Preliminary round

The 24 competing teams will be drawn into six preliminary groups of four teams each, and the matches in the preliminary round are scheduled to be held from 20 January to 22 January. The two top teams from each group then proceed to the main round, while the third and fourth-placed teams play in the Presidents-Cup.

On 14 July 2006, the groups of the tournament were determined:

Group A (Wetzlar):	Group B (Magdeburg):	Group C (Berlin, Halle):
Group D (Bremen):	Group E (Kiel):	Group F (Stuttgart):

Presidents-Cup

The teams placed third and fourth in the preliminary round groups are divided into four groups of three teams, as such:

Group I: 3rd-placed group A 3rd-placed group B 3rd-placed group C

Group II: 3rd-placed group D 3rd-placed group E 3rd-placed group F

Group III: 4th-placed group A 4th-placed group B 4th-placed group C

Group IV: 4th-placed group D 4th-placed group E 4th-placed group F

The matches are scheduled for 24 January to 26 January. On 28 January, the winners of group I and II then play each other for the 13th place, the runners-up play each other for the 15th place, and the third-placed play off for 17th place. The Group III and IV teams play off for 19th, 21st and 23rd place in the same fashion.

Main round

The main round is scheduled for 24 January to 28 January, and the teams will be divided into two groups of six teams. The teams carry forward match results from matches against the other team from their group to qualify for the main round. Four teams from each main round group qualify for the quarter-finals.

No placement matches for the places 9 to 12 are scheduled.

Knockout stage

The knockout stage

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 is scheduled to make up the last week of the tournament, starting on Tuesday 30 January and continuing until Sunday 4 February. The quarter-finals are set up so that the winner of one group will face the fourth-placed team in the other. Semi-finals and consolation matches are held on 1 February; two days later, the 5th and 7th place play-offs take place on 3 February, with the 3rd place play-off and final is scheduled for the following day.

Seedings

The seedings for the preliminary round have been partially determined; the full seedings will be revealed when all qualifying matches have been played. Currently, the following seedings (in IHF terminology, performance row) have been confirmed:

• Pot 1: Spain, France, Denmark, Tunisia, Croatia, Germany
• Pot 2: Europe 4, Europe 5, Europe 6, Europe 7, Europe 8, Europe 9
• Pot 3: Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Europe 10, Europe 11, Brazil
• Pot 4: Angola, South Korea, Qatar, Argentina, Greenland, Australia

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to the Main Round
	Team will play in the President's Cup

All times are Central European Time

Central European Time

Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

 (UTC+1

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UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...

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Group A (Wetzlar

Wetzlar

Wetzlar is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. Located at 8° 30′ E, 50° 34′ N, Wetzlar straddles the river Lahn and is on the German Timber-Framework Road which passes mile upon mile of half-timbered houses. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis on the north edge of...

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	3	3	0	0	102	71	+31	6
	3	2	0	1	97	77	+20	4
	3	1	0	2	85	94	-9	2
	3	0	0	3	68	110	-42	0

January 20, 2007
	35 – 21
	34 – 23
January 21, 2007
	20 – 36
	23 – 33
January 22, 2007
	39 – 27
	27 – 34

Group B (Magdeburg

Magdeburg

Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	3	2	0	1	106	76	+30	4
	3	2	0	1	103	63	+40	4
	3	2	0	1	90	79	+11	4
	3	0	0	3	48	129	-81	0

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January 20, 2007
	45 – 20
	32 – 21
January 21, 2007
	10 – 47
	29 – 32
January 22, 2007
	37 – 18
	24 – 32

Group C (Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

/Halle

Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia

Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	3	3	0	0	87	63	+24	6
	3	2	0	1	84	69	+15	4
	3	1	0	2	57	81	-24	2
	3	0	0	3	65	80	-15	0

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January 19, 2007
	27 – 22
January 20, 2007
	29 – 15
January 21, 2007
	23 – 31
	20 – 32
January 22, 2007
	25 – 27
	20 – 22

Group D (Bremen)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	3	3	0	0	109	76	+33	6
	3	2	0	1	97	88	+9	4
	3	1	0	2	94	88	+6	2
	3	0	0	3	65	113	-48	0

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January 20, 2007
	37 – 23
	33 – 29
January 21, 2007
	18 – 41
	30 – 31
January 22, 2007
	35 – 24
	35 – 29

Group E (Kiel

Kiel

Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	3	3	0	0	89	82	+7	6
	3	2	0	1	95	75	+20	4
	3	1	0	2	88	65	+23	2
	3	0	0	3	64	114	-50	0

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January 20, 2007
	41 – 13
	29 – 30
January 21, 2007
	20 – 39
	25 – 22
January 22, 2007
	34 – 31
	27 – 25

Group F (Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	3	3	0	0	108	72	+36	6
	3	1	1	1	94	83	+11	3
	3	1	1	1	87	92	-5	3
	3	0	0	3	60	102	-42	0

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January 20, 2007
	35 – 22
	32 – 32
January 21, 2007
	19 – 35
	23 – 41
January 22, 2007
	19 – 32
	32 – 27

Group I (Lemgo

Lemgo

Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	2	2	0	0	56	45	+11	4
	2	1	0	1	50	48	2	2
	2	0	0	2	48	61	-13	0

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January 24, 2007
	23 – 33
January 25, 2007
	25 – 28
January 27, 2007
	23 – 22

Group II (Lemgo

Lemgo

Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...

)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	2	2	0	0	61	50	+11	4
	2	1	0	1	68	64	+4	2
	2	0	0	2	48	63	-15	0

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January 24, 2007
	18 – 27
January 25, 2007
	30 – 36
January 27, 2007
	34 – 32

Group III (Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

/Halle

Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia

Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	2	2	0	0	63	53	+10	4
	2	1	0	1	64	58	+6	2
	2	0	0	2	48	64	-16	0

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January 24, 2007
	34 – 25		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
January 25, 2007
	30 – 33		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
January 27, 2007
	23 – 30		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

Group IV (Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

/Halle

Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia

Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	2	2	0	0	76	55	+21	4
	2	1	0	1	61	59	+2	2
	2	0	0	2	54	77	-23	0

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January 24, 2007
	27 – 33		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
January 25, 2007
	27 – 44		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
January 27, 2007
	28 – 32		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

Main Round

	Team advanced to the Quarterfinals
	Team will play Placement Matches

Group I (Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

/Halle

Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia

Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	5	4	0	1	162	147	+15	8
	5	4	0	1	157	138	+19	8
	5	3	0	2	161	153	+8	6
	5	3	0	2	142	128	+14	6
	5	1	0	4	140	165	-25	2
	5	0	0	5	142	173	-31	0

All times are Central European Time

Central European Time

Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

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January 24, 2007
	29 – 35		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
	30 – 36		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
	31 – 22		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
January 25, 2007
	28 – 35		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
	35 – 33		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
	33 – 19		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
January 27, 2007
	26 – 29		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
	32 – 31		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
	40 – 31		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
January 28, 2007
	33 – 28		Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
	27 – 38		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....
	28 – 26		Halle Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

Group II (Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
	5	5	0	0	145	128	+17	10
	5	3	0	2	141	134	+7	6
	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7	6
	5	2	0	3	136	142	-6	4
	5	2	0	3	132	138	-6	4
	5	0	0	5	138	157	-19	0

All times are Central European Time

Central European Time

Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

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UTC+1

UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...

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January 24, 2007
	25 – 28
	33 – 29
	26 – 28
January 25, 2007
	26 – 30
	25 – 18
	27 – 23
January 27, 2007
	31 – 29
	31 – 33
	26 – 24
January 28, 2007
	28 – 29
	26 – 25
	33 – 29

23rd/24th Place (Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

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January 28, 2007
	22 – 36

21st/22nd Place (Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

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January 28, 2007
	28 – 29

19th/20th Place (Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

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January 28, 2007
	36 – 29

17th/18th Place (Lemgo

Lemgo

Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...

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January 28, 2007
	22 – 26

15th/16th Place (Lemgo

Lemgo

Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...

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January 28, 2007
	44 – 31

13th/14th Place (Lemgo

Lemgo

Lemgo is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of c. 42,000.It was founded in the 12th century by Bernhard II at the crossroad of two merchant routes. Lemgo was a member of the Hanseatic League, a medieval trading association of free cities in several...

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January 28, 2007
	22 – 32

11th/12th Place (Köln

KOLN

KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...

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January 30, 2007
	25 – 21

9th/10th Place (Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

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January 30, 2007
	33 – 34

Finals

• ^a full time score was 34-34. Denmark won in 1st overtime
  Overtime (sports)
  Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw. In most sports, this extra period is only played if the game is required to have a clear winner, as in single-elimination...
  
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• ^b full time score was 21-21. After 1st overtime it was 27-27. Germany won in 2nd overtime.
• ^c full time score was 26-26. After 1st overtime it was 30-30. Poland won in 2nd overtime.

5th-8th Place

Final ranking

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2007 Men's World Champions Germany Germany national handball team The Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup-Achievements:Olympic Games* winner in 1936... Third Title Team Roster Henning Fritz Henning Fritz Henning Fritz was born on September 21, 1974 in Magdeburg, Germany. He is a German Handball goalkeeper. He is also the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year, in 2004.... , Pascal Hens Pascal Hens Pascal "Pommes" Hens is a German team handball player and World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team... , Oliver Roggisch Oliver Roggisch Oliver Roggisch is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.-References:... , Dominik Klein Dominik Klein Dominik Klein is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team... , Michael Haaß Michael Haas Michael Haas is a Professor at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and former Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii . He is the Chairman of the International Academic Advisory Board of the University of Cambodia. He played a role in stopping the secret funding of the... , Sebastian Preiß Sebastian Preiß Sebastian Preiß is a German handball player in the German national team. He began his career in the Handball-Bundesliga first national league at THW Kiel and currently plays for TBV Lemgo.-References:... , Holger Glandorf, Johannes Bitter Johannes Bitter Johannes Bitter is a German team handball player and goalkeeper. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship... , Markus Baur Markus Baur Markus Baur is a German handball player and is considered one of the world's best players on his position.Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, making his debut against the Moroccan national handball team on 4 August in Balingen... , Christian Zeitz Christian Zeitz Christian Zeitz is a German team handball player and World Champion. He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.-References:... , Torsten Jansen Torsten Jansen Torsten "Toto" Jansen is a German handballer, currently playing for Hamburg in the Bundesliga... , Andrej Klimovets Andrej Klimovets Andrej Klimovets is a former Belarusian and from 2005 German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship.... , Michael Kraus, Florian Kehrmann Florian Kehrmann Florian Kehrmann is a German handball player.Kehrmann has played for TUSEM Essen from 1994 until 1995 and for Sportring Solingen from 1995 until 1999... , Lars Kaufmann Lars Kaufmann Lars Kaufmann is a German team handball player. He is World champion from 2007 with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship....  and Christian Schwarzer Christian Schwarzer Christian "Blacky" Schwarzer is a German handball player.Born in Braunschweig, he has played for VfL Fredenbeck from 1987 to 1991 and for TV Niederwürzbach from 1991 to 1999... . Head Coach: Heiner Brand Heiner Brand Heiner Brand is a former West German handball player. Starting in 1997, he is currently the German national team's coach.- Career :... .

All Star Team

• Goalkeeper:
• Left wing:
• Left back:
• Pivot:
• Centre back:
• Right back:
• Right wing:

External links

• official website (German)
• National Handball Teams