Spain new world champion!

Spain destroys Denmark 35:19 (18:10) in the final match at the 23th World Championship in Barcelona and become the World Champion for the second time after Tunisia 2005. In "San Jordi" was only one team in the game – Spain. Boys of Valero Rivera were fantastic from the first moment of the match, while powerful Danish players were totally lost in front of 16.000 domestic fans. At the end, fantastic night for Spanish handball, but anti-propaganda for handball fans all over the globe. Croatia wins third bronze medal in a row after victory over Slovenia 31:26 (14:13) in "San Jordi" hall in Barcelona. Team of Slavko Goluza was better rival in this clash with "former brothers" and broke resistance of the opponent in the beginning of the second half with series 7:0. After Slovenian playmaker Bezjak got red card (21:14), winner was known and in the last 15 minutes has been seen match without results pressure. Duvnjak and Cupic were the best scorers with 8 goals, while Alilovic had solid role between the posts. In Slovenian team, Primoz Prost with 16 saves was the only one on the necessary level.

Danish left back Mikkel Hansen is the Most Valuable Player of the 2013 Men's World Championship in Spain. After he had been in the All Star Teams of the 2011 World Championship and the 2012 European championship, the 2011 World Handball Player of the Year was selected by an IHF expert jury as the best player of the current championship. The All Star Team of the 2013 Men's World Championship includes each two players of the finalists Denmark and Spain and each one from Russia, Croatia and Hungary.

Goalkeeper: Niklas Landin (Denmark)
Left wing: Timur Dibirov (Russia)
Left back: Alberto Entrerrios (Spain)
Centre back: Domagoj Duvnjak (Croatia)
Right back: Laszlo Nagy (Hungary)
Right wing: Hans Lindberg (Denmark)
Pivot: Julen Aguinagalde (Spain)
Most Valuable Player: Mikkel Hansen (Denmark)
Top scorer: Anders Eggert (Denmark) - 54 goals