Central European Time (UTC+1) Group B (Norrköping/Linköping) All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Group C (Malmö/Lund) All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Group D (Gothenburg) All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Main round The top three teams of every preliminary group advanced to the Main round. Every team kept the points from preliminary round matches against teams who also advanced. In the main round every team had 3 games against the opponents they did not face in the preliminary round. The top two of every group advanced to the Semifinals, the other teams played placement matches. Group I (Jönköping) All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Group II (Malmö/Lund) All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Presidents Cup Preliminary round 23rd-place match 21st-place match 19th-place match 17th-place match 15th-place match 13th-place match Placement matches 11th-place match 9th-place match 7th-place match 5th-place match Final round (Kristianstad/Malmö) Semifinals Bronze match Final The final was played at a sold-out Malmö Arena in Malmö between France and Denmark, and was followed by 12,462 spectators. 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. First half The French team started the match with a 2–0 lead, and maintained a lead until the 17th minute, where Denmark started a 3–0 run and equalised at 9–9 with a penalty shot by Anders Eggert. On the next attack, Mikkel Hansen received the Danes' first two-minute suspension, allowing France to open another three-goal lead. The half time score was 15–12 in favor of France. Second half 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. Still, France took the lead once again, but with five minutes remaining and the French lead at 29–27, Jérôme Fernandez was penalized with a 2-minute suspension. Denmark took advantage, scoring two goals and making it 29–29 with 3:30 remaining. In the last minute, the French found themselves one goal ahead, 31–30. The Danish coach Ulrik Wilbek used a team timeout with 25 seconds to go to prepare the team for the last attack. Three seconds were left, when the Dane Bo Spellerberg scored