Draw for XXIII Men’s WCh on 19 July in Spain

Lausanne, July 18, 2012: Men’s WCh, Thursday 19th July is set to be the day on which the draw for the 2013 Men’s World Championship takes place. Then the lots for the preliminary round groups will be drawn in “Jardines Cecilio Rodríguez” del Parque del Retiro in the Spanish capital Madrid.

The pots and the procedure for the draw are based on the so called performance rows and seeding lists of the 24 nations, their rankings at the respective continental qualifications and the results of the 2011 World Championships. Host Spain is seeded in pot 1 and can choose their group after the pots six to two have been drawn.

These are the pots (rows) for the draw on 19 July:

1: France (defending champion), Denmark, Spain, Serbia

2. Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia, Germany

3: Hungary, Poland, Iceland, Argentina

4: Korea, Tunisia, Algeria, Qatar

5: Montenegro, Russia, Belarus, Egypt

6: Brazil, Chile, Saudi-Arabia, Australia

The draw will take place on 19 July at 11:30 in the Cecilio Rodriquez Gardens inside Retiro Park in Madrid. The World Championship will be played from 11 to 27 January 2013 in Barcelona / Granollers, Madrid, Zaragoza, Seville and Guadalajara with the final weekend in Barcelona. —– IHF