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21st World Handball Championship (for men’s) in 2009 will take place in Croatia. 7 Croatian city’s will host the World Cup, 3 of them are in the continental part of the country (Zagreb, Varazdin, Osijek) and 4 on the coast (Porec, Pula, Zadar and Split).
The opening will take place today in Split with Croatia versus Korea at 20:30.
The price of tickets for the preliminary group in Osijek, Porec, Split and Varazdin are 150 kuna. The same amount can is for the second round matches that are played in Zadar, while the main group tickets in Zagreb cost 200 kuna.
Semifinal match in Split costs 150 kuna, the second semifinal game is played in Zagreb, and tickets for this match are 300 kuna.
Final meeting and the game for the third place is on 01 February in Zagreb and the ticket cost 350 kuna.
Final Round
Main Round
| Team advanced to the Semifinals | |
| Team will play Placement Matches |
Group I
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Croatia |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 118 | +19 | 10 |
 France |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 112 | +27 | 8 |
 Hungary |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 135 | -8 | 5 |
 Sweden |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 140 | -5 | 4 |
 Slovakia |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 124 | 137 | -13 | 3 |
 South Korea |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 139 | -20 | 0 |
Group II
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 145 | +11 | 8 |
 Poland |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 141 | +9 | 6 |
 Germany |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 133 | +14 | 5 |
 Serbia |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 153 | 161 | -8 | 5 |
 Norway |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 141 | -3 | 4 |
 Macedonia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 155 | -23 | 2 |
Preliminary round
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
France Hungary Slovakia Romania Argentina Australia |
Croatia
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Germany Poland FYR Macedonia Russia Tunisia Algeria |
Denmark Norway Egypt Brazil Serbia Saudi Arabia |
04.01.2009 & 06.01.2009
Sljeme, Zagreb
Men’s and women’s World Cup slalom at Zagreb’s Sljeme will take place at beginning of January 2009. Snow Queen (Snježna kraljica) is a women’s slalom race of the Alpine skiing World Cup, the event attracts approximately 15,000 to 20,000 spectators,and the total prize money fund which is given on Snow Queen is the biggest in women races which is making it the largest women’s race in the world cup.
Originally the race was named “Golden Beer”, but to honor Janica Kostelić sport victories (she was the World Cup overall champion in 2001, 2003, 2006, and is considered to be one of the greatest female skiers of all time!) the race changed it’s name to the “Snow Queen”.
The organizer of the race is Croatian Ski Association, technical information about the race course are:
Course name: Crveni spust
Start: 995 m
Finish: 785 m
Vertical drop: 210 m
FIS homologation No.: 7669/12/04
Total prize money fund for the FIS World Cup “Vip Snow Queen Trophy” 2009 is 165.000 € for the ladie’s race (04.01.) and 165.000 € for the men’s race.
1st place 60.000 €
2nd place 30.000 €
3rd place 15.000 €
4th place 8.000 €
Snow Queens:
Year Winner
2005 Tanja Poutiainen
2006 Marlies Schild
2007 Marlies Schild
2008 Tanja Poutiainen
Official site: Vip Snow Queen Trophy
