2005 World Men's Handball Championship

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.

Town	Stadium	max. spectators
Radès	Hall 7th Novembre	14.000
Tunis	El Menzah Sports Palace	5.500
Sousse	Olympic Sports Hall	5.000
Nabeul	Salle Bir Challouf	5.000
Sfax	Sfax Hall 7th Novembre	4.000

Radès	Tunis	Sousse
Hall 7th Novembre	El Menzah Sports Palace	Olympic Sports Hall
Capacity: 14,000	Capacity: 5,500	Capacity: 5,000
File:CA MAS AFR LIGUEFOOT Nov2011 9.JPG	File:PalaisSportsElMenzahMai2012.jpg	File:Stade olympique de Sousse, 13 avril 2016.jpg
Nabeul	Template:Location map+
Salle Bir Challouf
Capacity: 5,000
File:Nabeul Stadspoort R01.jpg
Sfax
Sfax Hall 7th Novembre
Capacity: 4,000
File:Stade taieb mehiri.JPG

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	23 November 2002	1	Template:Hb
2003 World Men's Handball Championship	20 January – 2 February 2003	1	Template:Hb
2004 European Men's Handball Championship	22 January – 1 February 2004	3	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
2004 Asian Men's Handball Championship	12–21 February 2004	3	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
2004 African Men's Handball Championship	8–18 April 2004	3	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
European qualification	7 January – 6 June 2004	9	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb
2004 Oceania Handball Championship	7–9 June 2004	1	Template:Hb
2004 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	20–24 July 2004	3	Template:Hb Template:Hb Template:Hb

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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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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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
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File:Silver medal icon.svg	Template:Hb
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Template:Hb
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Qualified for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship

2005 Men's World Champions Spain Spain 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. Head coach: Juan Carlos Pastor.

All Star Team

• MVP: Template:Flagicon Ivano Balić
• Goalkeeper: Template:Flagicon Arpad Šterbik
• Left wing: Template:Flagicon Eduard Koksharov
• Left back: Template:Flagicon Wissem Hmam
• Centre back: Template:Flagicon Ivano Balić
• Right back: Template:Flagicon Mateo Garralda
• Right wing: Template:Flagicon Mirza Džomba
• Pivot: Template:Flagicon David Juříček

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Wissem Hmam	Template:Hb	81	137	59
2	Eduard Koksharov	Template:Hb	80	105	76
3	Mirza Dzomba	Template:Hb	65	84	74
4	Jan Filip	Template:Hb	58	100	58
	Siarhei Rutenka	Template:Hb
6	Juanín García	Template:Hb	55	73	75
7	David Juříček	Template:Hb	51	65	78
8	Kristian Kjelling	Template:Hb	50	84	60
9	Michaël Guigou	Template:Hb	48	63	76
10	Florian Kehrmann	Template:Hb	47	60	78

Source: IHF Template:Col-2

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson	Template:Hb	42	27	65
	Peter Larsen	Template:Hb		27	64
3	Daouda Karaboué	Template:Hb	41	45	110
	Aleksey Kostygov	Template:Hb		69	169
	Fredrik Ohlander	Template:Hb		58	140
6	Matías Schulz	Template:Hb	40	37	92
	Gorazd Škof	Template:Hb		92	232
8	José Javier Hombrados	Template:Hb	38	66	172
9	Danijel Šarić	Template:Hb	37	45	123
	Abdelmalek Slahdji	Template:Hb		22	59
	Arpad Sterbik	Template:Hb		85	227
	Tomas Svensson	Template:Hb		89	241

Source: IHF Template:Col-end

See also

• 2005 World Women's Handball Championship

References

• Men's WC 2005 in Tunisia, at IHF