Handball · International
Kostetskiy's 14 goals helped Ukraine secure seventh place against Germany
Ukraine built a nine-goal half-time lead before completing a 30–24 classification victory in Paris on 4 February 2001.
2001-02-04 · Bercy Sports Hall, Paris, France
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Ukraine secured seventh place at the 2001 men's Handball World Championship with a 30–24 victory over Germany at Bercy in Paris on 4 February. Yuriy Kostetskiy scored 14 goals, six from penalties, and Valeriy Lochman added eight. Their combined 22-goal contribution accounted for most of Ukraine's attacking return in the final classification match.
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Ukraine took control early, leading 5–0 after ten minutes and 12–4 after 21. Its advantage was 17–8 at half-time. Germany outscored Ukraine 16–13 after the interval, calculated from the official scores, but that improvement was insufficient to erase the nine-goal deficit. Markus Baur finished with eight German goals, including six penalties, while Florian Kehrmann scored six.
Context
The result left Germany eighth after consecutive defeats in the quarter-final and two classification games. Ukraine's seventh position and Germany's eighth are confirmed in the international federation's final ranking. The official club report was published on 5 February, while its match table explicitly dates the game to 4 February; those dates are kept separate here.
Period by period
| Goals | Ukraine | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Final | 30 | 24 |
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