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China - 10 August 2008 - 24 August 2008

Winner : France

 

Final standings

1	France
2	Iceland
3	Spain
4	Croatia
5	Poland
6	Russia
7	Denmark
8	Republic of Korea
9	Germany
10	Egypt
11	Brazil
12	China

 

Group A (China - Beijing - 10/08/2008 - 18/08/2008)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	France	9	5	4	1	0	148	115	+33
2	Poland	7	5	3	1	1	147	128	+19
3	Croatia	6	5	3	0	2	140	115	+25
4	Spain	6	5	3	0	2	152	145	+7
5	Brazil	2	5	1	0	4	129	153	-24
6	China	0	5	0	0	5	104	164	-60

Last matches

10 August 2008
	Croatia	31 - 29	Spain
	Poland	33 - 19	China
	France	34 - 26	Brazil
12 August 2008
	Spain	30 - 29	Poland
	Croatia	33 - 14	Brazil
	France	33 - 19	China
14 August 2008
	France	23 - 19	Croatia
	Poland	28 - 25	Brazil
	Spain	36 - 22	China
16 August 2008
	Poland	27 - 24	Croatia
	France	28 - 21	Spain
	Brazil	29 - 22	China
18 August 2008
	France	30 - 30	Poland
	Croatia	33 - 22	China
	Spain	36 - 35	Brazil

Detail of the results

Group B (China - Beijing - 10/08/2008 - 18/08/2008)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Denmark	6	5	2	2	1	137	131	+6
2	Iceland	6	5	2	2	1	151	146	+5
3	Republic of Korea	6	5	3	0	2	122	129	-7
4	Russia	5	5	2	1	2	136	131	+5
5	Germany	5	5	2	1	2	126	130	-4
6	Egypt	2	5	0	2	3	127	132	-5

Last matches

10 August 2008
	Denmark	23 - 23	Egypt
	Germany	27 - 23	Republic of Korea
	Iceland	33 - 31	Russia
12 August 2008
	Russia	28 - 27	Egypt
	Republic of Korea	31 - 30	Denmark
	Iceland	33 - 29	Germany
14 August 2008
	Republic of Korea	22 - 21	Iceland
	Germany	25 - 23	Egypt
	Denmark	25 - 24	Russia
16 August 2008
	Republic of Korea	24 - 22	Egypt
	Russia	24 - 24	Germany
	Denmark	32 - 32	Iceland
18 August 2008
	Denmark	27 - 21	Germany
	Russia	29 - 22	Republic of Korea
	Iceland	32 - 32	Egypt

Detail of the results

Final round (China - Beijing - 20/08/2008 - 24/08/2008)

Quarter-Finals

20 August 2008
	Croatia	26 - 24	Denmark
	France	27 - 24	Russia
	Spain	29 - 24	Republic of Korea
	Iceland	32 - 30	Poland

Placement Matches

22 August 2008
	Russia	28 - 27	Denmark
	Poland	29 - 26	Republic of Korea
24 August 2008
	Poland	29 - 28	Russia
	Denmark	37 - 26	Republic of Korea

Semi-Finals

22 August 2008
	France	25 - 23	Croatia
	Iceland	36 - 30	Spain

Third Place Match

24 August 2008
	Spain	35 - 29	Croatia

Final

24 August 2008
	France	28 - 23	Iceland

Detail of the results

Statistics

• General statistics
  • Number of events : 3
  • Number of rounds : 7
  • Matches : 42
  • Home victories : 37 (88 %)
  • Away victories : 0 (0 %)
  • Drawn matches : 5 (12 %)

  • Best round in points : 1st (1835 points)
  • Average points per match : 54.62
  • Average points scored at home : 29.52
  • Scoring average: away games : 25.1
  • Total number of points : 2294
  • Average points per round : 327.71
• Various statistics
  
  

  Wins

  1	France	7
  2	Poland	5
  3	Spain	5
  4	Croatia	4
  5	Iceland	4
  6	Denmark	3

  Drawn matches

  1	Denmark	2
  2	Egypt	2
  3	Iceland	2
  4	France	1
  5	Germany	1
  6	Poland	1

  Losses

  1	China	5
  2	Republic of Korea	5
  3	Brazil	4
  4	Croatia	4
  5	Russia	4
  6	Denmark	3

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