XX Men's World Championship Germany 2007
Welcome to Germany!
All the best for the new year and welcome to Germany that is to stage the first out of four World Championships in the year 2007.
The IHF Web Site includes many details which have been compiled particularly for your purpose and which we hope might be of use to you. We would be pleased if this Web Site helped you for your orientation within the IHF, and will additionally try to keep you well informed on a regular basis.
We hope for a successful staging of the World Championship as well as for a constructive collaboration and remain with kind regards.
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Please find below the latest news concerning the 2007 Men's World Championships in Germany
[2007-02-05]
Germany-Poland - high-quality fast-paced play at high risk
Regarding recent finals of the 2005 WCh (ESP-CRO) and the 2006 ECh (FRA-ESP) the die was cast at an early stage with a sort of thrill for the crowd only in the beginning. The Cologne WCh final,...
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[2007-02-04]
Germany are the 2007 World Champions
The XX Men's World Championship ended presenting a dignified champion. Host Germany prevailed against Poland soaring to a 29:24 (17:13) victory following a thrilling final in front of 19,000...
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[2007-02-03]
Croatia gained fifth place ahead of Russia and Spain
They failed to come up to the expectations to gain the WCh title but came off as the winner of the match for 5th place: Following 60 entertaining but rather one-sided minutes Croatia overcame...
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[2007-02-03]
IHF Press Conference
The IHF would like to invite the media representatives to a press conference to be held on Sunday, 04 February, 12.00, at the Kölnarena press conference centre. A first summary of the XX title...
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[2007-02-01]
Host Germany and Poland to play the WCh final
While the Polish and Danish teams warmed up for their semi-final, 12,500 spectators at Hamburg Color Line Arena cheered the German victory. And indeed, the side facing Germany in the final will be...
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[2007-02-01]
Finals and placement matches fixed
In close coordination with IHF partner Sportfive, the Competition Management fixed the finals and placement matches. Click here to view the complete fixtures
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[2007-01-30]
Denmark, France, Germany and Poland to meet in semi-finals
Thanks to a somewhat more variable play in attack and outstanding goalkeeper Slawomir Szma (denied 4 penalties in the second half) the Polish team secured a lucky 28:27 (16:14) quarter-final win...
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[2007-01-30]
Semi-finals and placement round fixed
After completion of the quarter-finals the Competition Management in coordination with IHF partner Sportfive fixed the semi-finals and placement round. Click here to view the full fixtures .
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[2007-01-30]
Next Generation Collecting: Online Trading Cards of the 2007 Men's World Championship
Just in time for the start of the quarter finals: The IHF in cooperation with Hunters & Collectors and team ism presents the first online trading card album for the Handball World...
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[2007-01-28]
Final matches of Main Round & President's Cup
Final matches in Mannheim turned the world in main round group MII upside down: On the last match day, Croatia prevailed against current world champions Spain with 29:28 and therewith...
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[2007-01-28]
Fixtures of quarter-finals and placement matches complete
After completion of the main round matches the Competition Management in coordination with Sportfive fixed the quarter-finals and placement matches. Click here to view the fixtures
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[2007-01-28]
Samaranch to attend the WCh finals
A great champion of handball is to attend the crucial matches in Cologne. Following IOC President Jacques Rogge, who will arrive in Cologne to witness the quarter-finals, his predecessor Juan Antonio...
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[2007-01-27]
President's Cup Finals & Main Round Matchday 3
Ukraine and Norway are to compete in the final of the President’s Cup on Sunday, 28 January, in Lemgo. Both of them remained unbeaten in the tournament that was held for the first time as part...
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[2007-01-26]
SportDigital.TV
A new World Championship, new media, a new era – the XX world title contests in Germany are setting the benchmark. With the Internet platform “sportdigital.tv ” the World...
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[2007-01-25]
Main Round Matchday 2 - Summary
First decision and turbulences in Main Round II in Mannheim. Croatia (25:18 against Hungary) is the first team to enter the quarter-finals. The Danish side return in grand style with a very merited...
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[2007-01-25]
Interim stock taking of 2007 Men’s World Championship
With half of the WCh matches being completed it is time to sum up in a first step. The IHF and the German federation (DHB) lined up to stage a World Championship that proves to be both the greatest...
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[2007-01-25]
Snippets
High guest: For one day, Iñaki Urgandarin, Duke of Mallorca, attended the World Championship. The Spaniard visited his fellow countrymen fighting currently in Main Round Group II in...
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[2007-01-24]
Matchday 1 of Main Round and President's Cup
While the President's Cup saw its debut in Lemgo and Halle, the Main Round qualifiers were eager to collect points with the knock-out system coming closer. TUN-ISL Iceland never give up. They were...
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[2007-01-23]
Tech Corner featuring video sequences: Experts analyses in moving pictures
Further to the experts' analysis providing picture rows, the Tech Corner now also offers video streams of selected moves in play.Please find below links to the first two sets of video streams of the...
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[2007-01-22]
Match schedules for main round and President’s Cup fixed
Monday night’s final matches of the preliminary round partly revealing surprising results helped established the 12 participants of the main round as well as the teams competing in the...
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