409 days to go now. Only a little more than a year before the Men’s Handball World Championship 2011 is here! We just know two teams: France and Sweden, but the game schedule is set now – and further down there are a couple of small news on Facebook.

Men’s Handball World Championship 2011 begins 13 January with an opening match in Göteborg, where Sweden is one of the two teams.
The other 23 teams enter the tournament 14 January.
The WCh starts with Preliminary Round with four groups of six teams each: One group playing in Gothenburg, one in Linköping/Norrköping, one in Malmö/Lund and one in Kristianstad/Lund.
Preliminary Round ends 20 January.
The top three teams in each group proceed to the Main Round, which is played in two groups of six teams. One group is to be played in Jönköping and the other in Malmö/Lund, starting 22 January.
Team four to sex from Preliminary Round play in the President's Cup, where number four from each group fight about place 13-16 in Skövde. The teams on fifth and sixth places from Preliminary Round  are playing in Malmö, Lund and Kristianstad. President's Cup will be played 22, 23 and 24 January.
The top two teams from each Main Round group goes to the semi-finals, where one is to be played in Malmö and the other in Kristianstad. The semi-finals will be played Friday, January 28th.
Other teams from the Main Round struggles for place 5-12 in Malmö and Kristianstad.
The final – and the bronze match – are to be played in Malmö Arena Sunday, January 30th.

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