The 2005 World Men's Handball Championship was the 19th team handball World Championship. It was played in Tunisia from 23 January to 6 February 2005.
The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.
Venues
List
5 Tunisian cities were hosts for the 2005 Championship. The most modern stadiums – spread all over the country – had been selected. The final match took place in the Hall 7th Novembre in Radès, south-east of the capital Tunis.
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!width="100"|Town
!width="150"|Stadium
!width="120"|max. spectators
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|Radès
|Hall 7th Novembre
|14.000
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|Tunis
|El Menzah Sports Palace
|5.500
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|Sousse
|Olympic Sports Hall
|5.000
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|Nabeul
|Salle Bir Challouf
|5.000
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|Sfax
|Sfax Hall 7th Novembre
|4.000
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! Radès
! Tunis
! Sousse
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| Hall 7th Novembre
| El Menzah Sports Palace
| Olympic Sports Hall
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| Capacity: 14,000
| Capacity: 5,500
| Capacity: 5,000
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! Nabeul
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| Salle Bir Challouf
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| Capacity: 5,000
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! Sfax
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|Sfax Hall 7th Novembre
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| Capacity: 4,000
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Qualification
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| Host nation || 23 November 2002 ||style="text-align:center;"|1 ||
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| 2003 World Men's Handball Championship || 20 January – 2 February 2003 ||style="text-align:center;"|1 ||
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| 2004 European Men's Handball Championship || 22 January – 1 February 2004 ||style="text-align:center;"|3 || <br><br>
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| 2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship || 12–21 February 2004 || style="text-align:center;"|3 || <br><br>
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| 2004 African Men's Handball Championship || 8–18 April 2004 || style="text-align:center;"|3 || <br><br>
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| European qualification || 7 January – 6 June 2004 || style="text-align:center;"|9 || <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
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| 2004 Oceania Handball Championship || 7–9 June 2004|| style="text-align:center;"|1 ||
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| 2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship || 20–24 July 2004 || style="text-align:center;"|3 || <br><br>
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Preliminary round
Group A
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Group C
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Group D
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Main round
Group I
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Group II
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Placement matches
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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|2005 Men's World Champions
150px|border|Spain<br>Spain<br/>First Title
Team roster: Jose Javier Hombrados, Alberto Entrerrios, Albert Rocas, Rubén Garabaya, Rolando Uríos, Mateo Garralda, Demetrio Lozano, Fernando Hernández, Juancho Pérez, David Barrufet, Juanín García, Iker Romero, Mariano Ortega, Chema Rodríguez.<br>Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor.
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All Star Team
- MVP: Ivano Balić
- Goalkeeper: Arpad Šterbik
- Left wing: Eduard Koksharov
- Left back: Wissem Hmam
- Centre back: Ivano Balić
- Right back: Mateo Garralda
- Right wing: Mirza Džomba
- Pivot: David Juříček
Top goalscorers
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%"
! Rank !! Name !! Team !! Goals !! Shots !! %
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| 1 || align=left|Wissem Hmam || align=left| || 81 || 137 || 59
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| 2 || align=left|Eduard Koksharov || align=left| || 80 || 105 || 76
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| 3 || align=left|Mirza Dzomba || align=left| || 65 || 84 || 74
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| rowspan=2|4 || align=left|Jan Filip || align=left| || rowspan=2|58 || rowspan=2|100 || rowspan=2|58
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| align=left|Siarhei Rutenka || align=left|
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| 6 || align=left|Juanín García || align=left| || 55 || 73 || 75
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| 7 || align=left|David Juříček || align=left| || 51 || 65 || 78
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| 8 || align=left|Kristian Kjelling || align=left| ||50 || 84 || 60
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| 9 || align=left|Michaël Guigou || align=left| || 48 || 63 || 76
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| 10 || align=left|Florian Kehrmann || align=left| || 47 || 60 || 78
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<small>Source: IHF</small>
Top goalkeepers
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%"
! Rank !! Name !! Team !! % !! Saves !! Shots
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| rowspan=2|1 || align=left|Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson || align=left| || rowspan=2|42 || 27 || 65
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| align=left|Peter Larsen || align=left| || 27 || 64
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| rowspan=3|3 || align=left|Daouda Karaboué || align=left| || rowspan=3|41 || 45 || 110
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| align=left|Aleksey Kostygov || align=left| || 69 || 169
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| align=left|Fredrik Ohlander || align=left| || 58 || 140
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| rowspan=2|6 || align=left|Matías Schulz || align=left| || rowspan=2|40 || 37 || 92
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| align=left|Gorazd Škof || align=left| || 92 || 232
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| 8 || align=left|José Javier Hombrados || align=left| || 38 || 66 || 172
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| rowspan=4|9 || align=left|Danijel Šarić || align=left| || rowspan=4|37 || 45 || 123
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| align=left|Abdelmalek Slahdji || align=left| || 22 || 59
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| align=left|Arpad Sterbik || align=left| || 85 || 227
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| align=left|Tomas Svensson || align=left| || 89 || 241
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<small>Source: IHF</small>
See also
- 2005 World Women's Handball Championship
References
- Men's WC 2005 in Tunisia, at IHF