Draw For the 2011 Men"s World Handball Championship - France, Croatia, Poland and Iceland in Pot 1
The draw for the Preliminary Round of the 2011 Men's Handball World Championship (Sweden, 13-30 January 2011) will take place on 9 July in Scandinavium Arena, Goteborg.
The draw of the groups will last 30 minutes and will be broadcasted live by TV4 Sport - the Swedish TV which is the host broadcaster of the tournament.
There will be 4 preliminary groups of 6 teams each.
It is already known that Sweden will play its games in Goteborg and the Group of Sweden will be Group A.
It's also known that Denmark will be in Group C and will play its games in Malmo.
The draw will start with teams seeded in Pot 6, then continues with Pot 5, Pot 4, Pot 3 and Pot 1.
At this point a short break will be taken in order for Sweden to chose its group.
Once Sweden decided the group it wants to play in, this Group will become Group A.
Then the other 3 teams in Pot 2 will be drawn.
The group Denmark will be drawn in will automatically becomes Group C.
After the draw the organisers will decide which of the rest of the two groups will become Group B and Group D, respectively.
The unofficial (yet) pots for the draw*: POT 1: France, Croatia, Poland, Iceland POT 2: Denmark, Spain, Norway, Sweden POT 3: Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Tunisia POT 4: Austria, Korea, Romania, Slovakia POT 5: Egypt, Argentina, Algeria, Brasil POT 6: Bahrain, Japan, Chile, Australia * The final decision on the Pots to be taken by IHF in a few days.
The games in Group A will be played in Goteborg (13, 15, 17, 18 and 20 January).
Group B venues will be Linkoping and Norkoping (13, 15, 17, 18 and 20 January).
Group C matches will be played in Malmo and Lund (14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 January).
Group D matches will be hosted in Kristianstad and Lund (14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 January).
The top-three ranking teams after the preliminary round will succeed to the main round.
Preliminary group A and B qualifiers will make up Main Round Group 1; group C and D goes on to Main Round Group 2.
If the Swedish will qualify, they will play their games of Main Round Group 1 in Malmo.
Malmo arranges the main round together with Kristianstad and Lund (22, 23 and 25 January).
Main Round Group 2 matches will be played in Jonkoping and Skovde (22, 24 and 25 January).
The President's Cup, consisting of the last three teams from each preliminary round group get to play for the tournament placements 13-24 in Skovde, Kristianstad, Malmo and Lund.
One Semifinal (28 January), the bronze medal game and the Final (30 January) will be played in Malmo.
The other Semifinal will be played in Kristianstad.
The draw of the groups will last 30 minutes and will be broadcasted live by TV4 Sport - the Swedish TV which is the host broadcaster of the tournament.
There will be 4 preliminary groups of 6 teams each.
It is already known that Sweden will play its games in Goteborg and the Group of Sweden will be Group A.
It's also known that Denmark will be in Group C and will play its games in Malmo.
The draw will start with teams seeded in Pot 6, then continues with Pot 5, Pot 4, Pot 3 and Pot 1.
At this point a short break will be taken in order for Sweden to chose its group.
Once Sweden decided the group it wants to play in, this Group will become Group A.
Then the other 3 teams in Pot 2 will be drawn.
The group Denmark will be drawn in will automatically becomes Group C.
After the draw the organisers will decide which of the rest of the two groups will become Group B and Group D, respectively.
The unofficial (yet) pots for the draw*: POT 1: France, Croatia, Poland, Iceland POT 2: Denmark, Spain, Norway, Sweden POT 3: Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Tunisia POT 4: Austria, Korea, Romania, Slovakia POT 5: Egypt, Argentina, Algeria, Brasil POT 6: Bahrain, Japan, Chile, Australia * The final decision on the Pots to be taken by IHF in a few days.
The games in Group A will be played in Goteborg (13, 15, 17, 18 and 20 January).
Group B venues will be Linkoping and Norkoping (13, 15, 17, 18 and 20 January).
Group C matches will be played in Malmo and Lund (14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 January).
Group D matches will be hosted in Kristianstad and Lund (14, 16, 17, 19 and 20 January).
The top-three ranking teams after the preliminary round will succeed to the main round.
Preliminary group A and B qualifiers will make up Main Round Group 1; group C and D goes on to Main Round Group 2.
If the Swedish will qualify, they will play their games of Main Round Group 1 in Malmo.
Malmo arranges the main round together with Kristianstad and Lund (22, 23 and 25 January).
Main Round Group 2 matches will be played in Jonkoping and Skovde (22, 24 and 25 January).
The President's Cup, consisting of the last three teams from each preliminary round group get to play for the tournament placements 13-24 in Skovde, Kristianstad, Malmo and Lund.
One Semifinal (28 January), the bronze medal game and the Final (30 January) will be played in Malmo.
The other Semifinal will be played in Kristianstad.
