GF World Cup '11

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
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All times are Central European Summer Time (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
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All times are Central European Summer Time (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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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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