2013 World Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Spain
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| Dates | 11–27 January 2013 |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 6 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
Spain (2nd title)
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| Runner-up |
 Denmark
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| Third place |
 Croatia
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| Fourth place |
 Slovenia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 84 |
| Goals scored | 4529 (53.92 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Anders Eggert (DEN) (55 goals) |
| Best player |
Mikkel Hansen (DEN)
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The 2013 World Men's Handball Championship was the 23rd World Men's Handball Championship, an international handball tournament that took place in Spain from 11 to 27 January 2013. This was the first time Spain hosted the World Men's Handball Championship, becoming the twelfth country to host the competition.
Spain won the title, beating Denmark in the final 35–19.
Games in Madrid were scheduled to be played in the Madrid Arena but on 1 November 2012, five young people were killed in a human stampede during a Halloween party. The venue was subsequently closed because of the judicial investigation and the IHF changed the location of games to Caja Mágica.
The qualification for the 2013 World Handball Championship took place in the calendar years of 2011 and 2012. As the host nation, Spain and as defending champions, France were automatically qualified for the tournament.[2][3][4]
The draw took place on 19 July 2012 in Madrid, Spain.
The pots were announced on 9 July 2012.
16 match official pairs were selected for the tournament.
The draw was held on 19 July 2012. The playing schedule was published on 5 August 2012. The throw-off times were published on 12 September 2012.
Twenty-four participating teams were placed in the following four groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the eighth-finals. The last two teams in each group will play placement matches.
For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order
All times are (UTC+1).
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