GF World Cup '11

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The GF World Cup '11 is the seventh edition of the GF World Cup, which was held in Aarhus, Denmark between 20 and 25 September. Romania entered the tournament as defending champions following their triumph in 2010 against Norway, but were eliminated during the group stage. Norway reached the final again, for the fourth time in row, but fall short in close fight against Russia, which came back from four goals down to win the match 25–23.[1]

Competition

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 2 0 1 85 68 +17 4
 France 3 2 0 1 84 78 +6 4
 Germany 3 2 0 1 70 74 −4 4
 Romania 3 0 0 3 75 94 −19 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are

UTC+2
)

September 20, 2011
14:00
France  30 – 25  Romania
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 250
Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia
)
Lacrabère 6 (12–9)
Curea
6
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September 20, 2011
18:00
Norway  25 – 13  Germany
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 625
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark
)
Lunde-Borgersen 5 (14–7) three players 3
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September 21, 2011
14:00
Germany  31 – 29  Romania
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Mazeika, Mindaugas (Lithuania
)
Steinbach, Wolhbold 6 (14–12)
Şoit
8
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September 21, 2011
18:00
France  34 – 27  Norway
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (Denmark
)
Baudouin 7 (20–14)
Riegelhuth
7
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September 22, 2011
14:00
France  20 – 26  Germany
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia
)
Baudouin 5 (9–18) Richter 8
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September 22, 2011
18:00
Norway  33 – 21  Romania
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark
)
Sulland 8 (15–9)
Curea
8
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Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 86 67 +19 6
 Spain 3 1 0 2 67 75 −8 2
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 65 71 −6 2
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 76 81 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]

All times are

UTC+2
)

September 20, 2011
16:00
Spain  19 – 24  Sweden
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 300
Referees: Hansen, Gjeding (Denmark
)
Mangué 5 (8–14) Fredén, Alm 4
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September 20, 2011
20:00
Denmark  28 – 31  Russia
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 2004
Referees: Mazeika, Mindaugas (Lithuania
)
Dalby 7 (14–13)
Davydenko
8
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September 21, 2011
16:00
Russia  28 – 21  Sweden
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 886
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (Denmark
)
Postnova, Turey 5 (14–12) Fredén 6
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September 21, 2011
20:00
Denmark  24 – 30  Spain
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (Croatia
)
Thorsgaard 6 (9–17) Aguilar 7
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September 22, 2011
16:00
Spain  18 – 27  Russia
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Gram, Mortensen (Denmark
)
Alonso
4
(9–16)
Chernoivanenko
6
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September 22, 2011
20:00
Denmark  24 – 20  Sweden
NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 2712
Referees: Mazeika, Mindaugas (Lithuania
)
Skov 7 (13–9) Alm 7
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Knockout stage

Semifinals

September 24, 2011
14:15
France  26 – 27  Russia
NRGi Arena, Aarhus

September 24, 2011
16:15
Norway  25 – 23  Spain
NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Bronze medal match

September 25, 2011
15:30
France  16 – 15  Spain
NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Final

September 25, 2011
17:30
Norway  23 – 25  Russia
NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Ranking and awards

References

  1. ^ Graabek, Lars (25 September 2011). "Rusland vandt GF World Cup" [Russia won the GF World Cup]. Danish Handball Federation (in Danish). dhf.dk. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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