All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, Linköping and Norrköping.

The host broadcaster was the Swedish commercial network TV4 Sport and the television rights were sold to other countries.

[3] One of the objectives of the championship was to create a multicultural party that extends far outside the handball arenas.

[7] In addition, the match was aired on both major Danish public television channels DR1 and TV 2 with 2,670,000 viewers, making it the most watched sport event in Denmark ever.

On the next attack, Mikkel Hansen received the Danes' first two-minute suspension, allowing France to open another three-goal lead.

The second half started with France maintaining a lead of at least two goals in the first 15 minutes.

But a couple of saves in a row by the well-tempered Niklas Landin Jacobsen, meant that Mikkel Hansen could equalise to 24–24 with 11 minutes to play.

The French took the lead from there, though, and secured the win at 36–34 when Thierry Omeyer saved a Mikkel Hansen 9m shot with just over one minute to go.

Source: Hego official statistics Source: Hego official statistics FranceFourth title Jérôme Fernandez, Didier Dinart, Xavier Barachet, Bertrand Gille, Guillaume Joli, Samuel Honrubia, Daouda Karaboué, Nikola Karabatić, Franck Junillon, Thierry Omeyer, William Accambray, Luc Abalo, Cédric Sorhaindo, Michaël Guigou, Bertrand Roine, Sébastien Bosquet, and Arnaud Bingo.Head coach: Claude Onesta.