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2025 World Men's Handball Championship
Svjetsko prvenstvo u rukometu 2025. (in Croatian)
Verdensmesterskabet i håndbold for mænd 2025 (in Danish)
Verdensmesterskapet i håndball for menn 2025 (in Norwegian)
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Tournament details
Host countriesImage Croatia
Image Denmark
Image Norway
Venues5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates14 January–2 February
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsImage Denmark (4th title)
Runners-upImage Croatia
Third placeImage France
Fourth placeImage Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played108
Goals scored6,291 (58.25 per match)
Attendance533,060 (4,936 per match)
Top scorersDenmark Mathias Gidsel
(74 goals)
Awards
Best playerDenmark Mathias Gidsel
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The 2025 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 29th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025.[1] This edition marked the first time the world championship was held in three countries.

Co-host Denmark were the triple defending champions, having won the 2019, 2021 and 2023 editions, and successfully defended their title by defeating co-host Croatia 32–26 in the final. In doing so, Denmark became the first men's national handball team to win four consecutive world titles.[2] France beat Portugal to win the bronze medals, while third co-host Norway finished 10th.

Denmark beat the record for the highest average win margin after 7 matches at a World Championship played with +13.4 goals. They also extended their record of most World Championship matches in a row without defeat to 31.[2]

Bidding process

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On 11 October 2018, five nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament.[3][4][5]

The deadline elapsed on 25 September 2019.[6] Switzerland became a solo bid, while Croatia took their place in the triple bid.[7][8][9] Serbia withdrew their bid, while Hungary filed both an application and deferment for a later tournament. These were the applicants:

Shortly before the vote, Hungary and Switzerland both withdrew, leaving the bid of Croatia, Denmark and Norway unopposed.[10][11] Croatia, Denmark and Norway were chosen as the hosts on 28 February 2020 at the IHF Council meeting in Cairo, Egypt.[12][13] This edition marks the first time Norway hosts the World Men's Handball Championship, the second for Croatia, and the third for Denmark.

Venues

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The bid contained 11 cities: Zagreb, Split, Varaždin, Poreč and Dubrovnik in Croatia;[14] Copenhagen and Herning in Denmark; and Trondheim, Stavanger, Drammen and Bærum in Norway; with the opening match and final taking place in Bærum.[15]

On 25 January 2024, Denmark announced that the Jyske Bank Boxen would be their only venue for the competition.[16] Then, two days later, Norway announced the Telenor Arena would be their only venue for the tournament, after negotiations with Trondheim fell through due to financial reasons.[17]

On 8 April 2024, the IHF announced the venues, with Bærum, Herning, Zagreb, Varaždin and Poreč. being confirmed as hosts cities. The opening game will be in Herning and the final will be in Bærum.[18][19][20][21] During the preparations for the tournament, the Telenor Arena was renamed the Unity Arena for the tournament.[22]

City/town Country Venue Capacity Image
Bærum Norway Unity Arena 15,000 Image
Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen 12,500 Image
Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb 15,200 Image
Varaždin Varaždin Arena 5,200 Image
Poreč Žatika Sport Centre 3,700 Image

Qualification

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The World Championship hosts were directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. Since there were three organisers, all from Europe, the number of compulsory places for Europe was reduced by two: 2 instead of default 4. The number of compulsory places awarded to other continental confederation remained unchanged. In regards to the 12 performance spots, and based on the results of the 2023 Men's World Championship, Europe received 11 more spots, while Africa took 1.

The slot allocation was as follows:

  • AHF (Asia): 4 slots
  • CAHB (Africa): 5 slots
  • EHF (Europe): 17 slots (including the three co-hosts)
  • NACHC (North America and the Caribbean): 1 slot
  • OCHF (Oceania): 0 slots
  • SCAHC (South and Central America): 3 slots
  • Wildcards: 2 slots

Qualifying occurred between February 2023 and May 2024. Each region's continental championships acted as world championship qualification, although Europe also has its own qualification process. With the exception of Belarus and Russia, who are banned of the IHF due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all remaining IHF member associations were eligible to enter qualification. In total, 83 nations have entered the continental championships and European qualifiers, which act as world championship qualification.

Guinea will make their debut at the championship. Of the returnees, Italy made their second appearance ever and first since 1997, Cuba and Kuwait are returning for the first time since the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, Czech Republic made the championship after ten years, while Austria, Japan and Switzerland qualified after missing out on 2023. The United States made back to back appearances for the first time in 30 years. Netherlands qualified on merit for the first time ever.

Iran, Montenegro, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea and Uruguay all failed to make this edition after participating in 2023. After making their debut in 2023, Belgium failed to qualify.[23]

As of 2027, this is the last time Austria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Guinea, Hungary, Netherlands and Switzerland qualified for the world championship and last time Angola, Faroe Islands, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Turkey and Uruguay failed to qualify.

Wildcards

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After no Oceanian team achieved a top 5 finish in the Asian Championship, two wildcards were given out by the IHF.

As the host country of the 2028 Summer Olympics, the first wildcard was given to United States on 18 October 2018.[24][25] Regarding the second wildcard, 12 non-classificated nations reportedly applied.[26] On 23 May 2024, it was announced that the second wildcard was given to Switzerland due to multiple reasons: their sporting merit, their commercial reach, their sporting project and also due to the fact that the proposal made by the Swiss broadcast partner was the most commercially interesting for the IHF.[27][28][29] Prior to their selection, Switzerland's coach, Andy Schmid, stated that after their narrow penalty shootout loss to Slovenia, the Swiss' performance merited a wildcard.[30]

Draw

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The Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb hosted the draw.

The draw took place at 19:30 CET in Zagreb, Croatia on 29 May 2024 at the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall.[31][32] Originally scheduled for the 1 June,[33] it was changed a few weeks later to 29 May.[19] The guests for the draw were Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Kuzmanović, head coach of the Croatian national team, Dagur Sigurðsson, Norwegian national team player, Alexander Blonz and former Danish international player, Morten Stig Christensen, who all assisted the draw.[34]

Seeding

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Ahead of the draw, the 32 finalist teams were seeded into four pots according to IHF rankings in May 2024.[35][31] Although, in regards to the European teams in pots 1 and 2, the 2024 European Championship decided the teams' positions. In addition, five teams were pre-assigned by the three host nations into each of the available vacant groups: Germany in Group A, Austria in Group C, Hungary in Group D, Sweden in Group F and Slovenia in Group G.[31][36]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Image Denmark
Image France
Image Sweden
Image Germany
Image Hungary
Image Slovenia
Image Norway
Image Egypt
Image Portugal
Image Croatia
Image Austria
Image Iceland
Image Netherlands
Image Spain
Image Italy
Image Czech Republic
Image Poland
Image North Macedonia
Image Qatar
Image Brazil
Image Argentina
Image Cuba
Image Japan
Image Algeria
Image Bahrain
Image Tunisia
Image Chile
Image Kuwait
Image Cape Verde
Image Guinea
Image United States
Image  Switzerland

Referees

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The referee pairs were selected on 14 November 2024.[37] The list was updated on 2 January 2025.[38]

Squads

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Preliminary round

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The schedule was announced on 8 April 2024.[18][39]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Germany 3 3 0 0 95 79 +16 6 Main round Group I
2 Image  Switzerland 3 1 1 1 76 76 0 3
3 Image Czech Republic 3 0 2 1 58 65 −7 2
4 Image Poland 3 0 1 2 75 84 −9 1 President's Cup Group I
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
15 January 2025
18:00
Czech Republic Image 17–17 Image  Switzerland Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 2,091
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Mořkovský 5 (7–8) Rubin 8
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15 January 2025
20:30
Germany Image 35–28 Image Poland Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 3,552
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Uščins 10 (15–14) Pietrasik 7
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17 January 2025
18:00
Czech Republic Image 19–19 Image Poland Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,397
Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
Hrstka 5 (12–9) four players 3
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17 January 2025
20:30
Switzerland Image 29–31 Image Germany Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 7,386
Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
Rubin 7 (14–15) Köster 7
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19 January 2025
15:30
Poland Image 28–30 Image  Switzerland Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,653
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Przytuła 9 (15–18) three players 5
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19 January 2025
18:00
Germany Image 29–22 Image Czech Republic Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 7,528
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Uščins 8 (11–11) Solák 7
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Denmark (H) 3 3 0 0 118 63 +55 6 Main round Group I
2 Image Italy 3 2 0 1 84 87 −3 4
3 Image Tunisia 3 1 0 2 72 89 −17 2
4 Image Algeria 3 0 0 3 70 105 −35 0 President's Cup Group I
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
14 January 2025
17:30
Italy Image 32–25 Image Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 6,510
Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
Prantner 10 (17–11) Ben Abdallah 6
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14 January 2025
20:30
Denmark Image 47–22 Image Algeria Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 12,397
Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
Gidsel 10 (20–11) Abdi 6
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16 January 2025
18:00
Italy Image 32–23 Image Algeria Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 8,516
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Prantner 7 (16–11) Abdi, Berkous 6
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16 January 2025
20:30
Tunisia Image 21–32 Image Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 13,697
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Ben Abdallah 5 (7–17) Gidsel 9
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18 January 2025
18:00
Algeria Image 25–26 Image Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 10,824
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Daoud 6 (9–13) Jbeli 6
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18 January 2025
20:30
Denmark Image 39–20 Image Italy Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,297
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Jakobsen, Pytlick 9 (18–8) Bronzo 4
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image France 3 3 0 0 115 65 +50 6 Main round Group II
2 Image Austria 3 2 0 1 92 87 +5 4
3 Image Qatar 3 1 0 2 70 87 −17 2
4 Image Kuwait 3 0 0 3 67 105 −38 0 President's Cup Group I
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
14 January 2025
18:00
France Image 37–19 Image Qatar Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Briet 7 (18–10) Marzo 4
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14 January 2025
20:30
Austria Image 37–26 Image Kuwait Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,507
Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
four players 5 (18–16) three players 4
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16 January 2025
18:00
Kuwait Image 19–43 Image France Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,042
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Al-Dawani 5 (8–21) Remili 6
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16 January 2025
20:30
Austria Image 28–26 Image Qatar Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 1,741
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Frimmel 9 (16–14) Marzo 11
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18 January 2025
18:00
France Image 35–27 Image Austria Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 3,001
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Briet, Mem 6 (19–15) Frimmel 5
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18 January 2025
20:30
Qatar Image 25–22 Image Kuwait Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 2,104
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Marković 7 (11–7) Al-Shammari 8
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Hungary 3 2 1 0 98 77 +21 5 Main round Group II
2 Image Netherlands 3 2 0 1 109 91 +18 4
3 Image North Macedonia 3 1 1 1 88 84 +4 3
4 Image Guinea 3 0 0 3 61 104 −43 0 President's Cup Group I
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
15 January 2025
18:00
Netherlands Image 40–23 Image Guinea Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Ten Velde 9 (21–8) Eponouh 5
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15 January 2025
20:30
Hungary Image 27–27 Image North Macedonia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Ilić 6 (14–14) Kuzmanovski 10
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17 January 2025
18:00
Netherlands Image 37–32 Image North Macedonia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Ten Velde 11 (18–15) Kuzmanovski 9
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17 January 2025
20:30
Guinea Image 18–35 Image Hungary Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
four players 3 (9–20) Szita 7
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19 January 2025
18:00
North Macedonia Image 29–20 Image Guinea Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
Kuzmanovski 12 (14–10) Corcher 4
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19 January 2025
20:30
Hungary Image 36–32 Image Netherlands Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
three players 6 (19–17) Ten Velde 10
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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Portugal 3 3 0 0 91 75 +16 6 Main round Group III
2 Image Brazil 3 2 0 1 86 80 +6 4
3 Image Norway (H) 3 1 0 2 87 77 +10 2
4 Image United States 3 0 0 3 62 94 −32 0 President's Cup Group II
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
15 January 2025
18:00
Portugal Image 30–21 Image United States Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 3,980
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
M. Costa, Portela 7 (15–10) Hoddersen 6
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15 January 2025
20:30
Norway Image 26–29 Image Brazil Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 7,917
Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
Grøndahl 6 (14–12) Langaro 8
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17 January 2025
18:00
Portugal Image 30–26 Image Brazil Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 5,762
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
M. Costa 9 (12–15) Dupoux, Langaro 5
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17 January 2025
20:30
United States Image 17–33 Image Norway Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 9,482
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Strömberg 4 (7–13) Lyse 6
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19 January 2025
18:00
Brazil Image 31–24 Image United States Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 7,827
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Hackbarth 8 (10–12) Strömberg 6
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19 January 2025
20:30
Norway Image 28–31 Image Portugal Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 11,345
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Lyse 9 (13–14) F. Costa, Frade 6
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Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Sweden 3 2 1 0 110 80 +30 5[a] Main round Group III
2 Image Spain 3 2 1 0 99 71 +28 5[a]
3 Image Chile 3 1 0 2 83 99 −16 2
4 Image Japan 3 0 0 3 67 109 −42 0 President's Cup Group II
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Sweden 29–29 Spain; goal difference: SWE 30 and ESP 28
16 January 2025
18:00
Spain Image 31–22 Image Chile Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 644
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Fernández 5 (17–13) Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 5
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16 January 2025
20:30
Sweden Image 39–21 Image Japan Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 1,685
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Karlsson 8 (17–13) Yano, Yoshino 4
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18 January 2025
18:00
Spain Image 39–20 Image Japan Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 2,880
Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
Serdio 7 (20–11) Nakata 4
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18 January 2025
20:30
Chile Image 30–42 Image Sweden Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 4,256
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Feuchtmann 7 (19–20) Möller 10
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20 January 2025
18:00
Japan Image 26–31 Image Chile Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 1,289
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Nakata 6 (11–14) Feuchtmann 9
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20 January 2025
20:30
Sweden Image 29–29 Image Spain Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 2,446
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Lagergren 9 (16–11) Solé 7
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Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Iceland 3 3 0 0 97 58 +39 6 Main round Group IV
2 Image Slovenia 3 2 0 1 95 66 +29 4
3 Image Cape Verde 3 1 0 2 83 98 −15 2
4 Image Cuba 3 0 0 3 66 119 −53 0 President's Cup Group II
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
16 January 2025
18:00
Slovenia Image 41–19 Image Cuba Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Vlah 8 (18–9) D. García 4
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16 January 2025
20:30
Iceland Image 34–21 Image Cape Verde Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 850
Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
Þorkelsson 8 (18–8) Pina 5
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18 January 2025
18:00
Cape Verde Image 24–36 Image Slovenia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,150
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Pina 6 (12–18) Vlah 8
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18 January 2025
20:30
Iceland Image 40–19 Image Cuba Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
three players 5 (21–9) Cordies 5
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20 January 2025
18:00
Cuba Image 28–38 Image Cape Verde Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 650
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Cordies, Vázquez 7 (14–20) Pereira 8
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20 January 2025
20:30
Slovenia Image 18–23 Image Iceland Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Janc 4 (8–14) Kristjánsson 7
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Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Egypt 3 3 0 0 102 73 +29 6 Main round Group IV
2 Image Croatia (H) 3 2 0 1 93 68 +25 4
3 Image Argentina 3 1 0 2 69 97 −28 2
4 Image Bahrain 3 0 0 3 71 97 −26 0 President's Cup Group II
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
15 January 2025
18:00
Egypt Image 39–25 Image Argentina Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Sanad 6 (21–11) Moscariello 7
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15 January 2025
20:30
Croatia Image 36–22 Image Bahrain Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Šoštarić 8 (17–9) Eid 6
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17 January 2025
18:00
Bahrain Image 24–35 Image Egypt Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,150
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Mohamed 8 (11–16) Ramadan 5
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17 January 2025
20:30
Croatia Image 33–18 Image Argentina Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,650
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Glavaš, Šipić 5 (18–7) Martínez 3
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19 January 2025
18:00
Argentina Image 26–25 Image Bahrain Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,750
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Martínez 10 (16–11) Habib 6
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19 January 2025
20:30
Egypt Image 28–24 Image Croatia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,600
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Omar 6 (14–11) Martinović 6
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President's Cup

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Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Poland 3 3 0 0 120 92 +28 6 25th place game
2 Image Kuwait 3 2 0 1 96 97 −1 4 27th place game
3 Image Algeria 3 1 0 2 95 99 −4 2 29th place game
4 Image Guinea 3 0 0 3 75 98 −23 0 31st place game
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
21 January 2025
15:30
Kuwait Image 26–24 Image Guinea Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 154
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Al-Dawani 8 (15–11) Lebon 7
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21 January 2025
18:00
Poland Image 38–32 Image Algeria Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 168
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Jędraszczyk 8 (19–14) three players 6
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23 January 2025
15:30
Algeria Image 32–23 Image Guinea Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 72
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Khermouche 7 (14–9) Pasquet 5
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23 January 2025
18:00
Poland Image 42–32 Image Kuwait Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 125
Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
Paterek 9 (21–15) Al-Dawani 8
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25 January 2025
15:30
Algeria Image 31–38 Image Kuwait Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 234
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Saker 10 (14–18) Al-Dawani 13
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25 January 2025
18:00
Guinea Image 28–40 Image Poland Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 356
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Pasquet 8 (13–21) Czapliński 7
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Group II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image United States 3 3 0 0 84 79 +5 6 25th place game
2 Image Japan 3 2 0 1 88 77 +11 4 27th place game
3 Image Bahrain 3 1 0 2 94 87 +7 2 29th place game
4 Image Cuba 3 0 0 3 75 98 −23 0 31st place game
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
22 January 2025
15:30
Cuba Image 26–39 Image Bahrain Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 88
Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
three players 4 (12–17) Al-Zaimoor 6
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22 January 2025
18:00
United States Image 27–25 Image Japan Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 104
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Corning, Hoddersen 7 (15–13) Yoshino 8
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24 January 2025
15:30
Japan Image 31–27 Image Bahrain Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 150
Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
Yoshino 6 (13–13) Mohamed 6
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24 January 2025
18:00
United States Image 27–26 Image Cuba Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 211
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
Hoddersen 7 (14–15) D. García 8
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26 January 2025
15:30
Japan Image 32–23 Image Cuba Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 210
Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
Arase 7 (14–11) Rodríguez 8
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26 January 2025
18:00
Bahrain Image 28–30 Image United States Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 317
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Qambar 8 (14–15) Corning, Hoddersen 7
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31st place game

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28 January 2025
13:00
Guinea Image 33–31 Image Cuba Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 91
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Lebon 8 (16–16) Rodríguez 10
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FT: 28–28 Pen: 5–3[E]

29th place game

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28 January 2025
15:30
Algeria Image 26–29 Image Bahrain Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 110
Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
four players 4 (18–17) Mohamed 9
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27th place game

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28 January 2025
18:00
Kuwait Image 37–32 Image Japan Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 65
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Al-Dawani 8 (17–16) Fujisaka, Yoshino 6
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25th place game

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28 January 2025
20:30
Poland Image 24–22 Image United States Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 120
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Jędraszczyk 4 (11–13) Fofana 5
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FT: 21–21 Pen: 3–1

Main round

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Group I

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Results between advancing teams from Group A and Group B were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Denmark (H) 5 5 0 0 178 121 +57 10 Quarterfinals
2 Image Germany 5 4 0 1 155 137 +18 8
3 Image  Switzerland 5 2 1 2 144 138 +6 5
4 Image Italy 5 2 0 3 129 149 −20 4
5 Image Czech Republic 5 1 1 3 111 125 −14 3
6 Image Tunisia 5 0 0 5 117 164 −47 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
21 January 2025
15:30
Switzerland Image 37–26 Image Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,040
Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
Maros, Rubin 7 (20–11) Jbeli 11
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21 January 2025
18:00
Czech Republic Image 18–25 Image Italy Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 10,601
Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
Solák 5 (9–14) Parisini 5
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21 January 2025
20:30
Denmark Image 40–30 Image Germany Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,466
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Gidsel 10 (24–18) Kastening, Köster 6
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23 January 2025
15:30
Tunisia Image 26–32 Image Czech Republic Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,121
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Ben Abdallah 9 (12–19) Mořkovský 6
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23 January 2025
18:00
Italy Image 27–34 Image Germany Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 11,399
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Prantner 8 (13–15) Kastening 6
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23 January 2025
20:30
Denmark Image 39–28 Image  Switzerland Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,644
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Andersson 8 (18–11) Aellen, Leopold 5
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25 January 2025
15:30
Italy Image 25–33 Image  Switzerland Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 11,415
Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
Prantner 7 (9–14) Rubin 9
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25 January 2025
18:00
Czech Republic Image 22–28 Image Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,773
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Bláha 5 (10–12) Gidsel 10
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25 January 2025
20:30
Germany Image 31–19 Image Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 6,534
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Grgić 11 (18–8) Zariat 4
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Group II

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Results between advancing teams from Group C and Group D were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image France 5 5 0 0 176 129 +47 10 Quarterfinals
2 Image Hungary 5 3 1 1 151 145 +6 7
3 Image Netherlands 5 2 1 2 172 177 −5 5
4 Image North Macedonia 5 1 2 2 152 159 −7 4[a]
5 Image Austria 5 1 2 2 147 156 −9 4[a]
6 Image Qatar 5 0 0 5 139 171 −32 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Austria 29–29 North Macedonia; goal difference: MKD -7 and AUT -9
21 January 2025
15:30
Austria Image 29–29 Image North Macedonia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Hutecek 6 (14–13) Mitev 6
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21 January 2025
18:00
Qatar Image 37–38 Image Netherlands Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Marzo 11 (19–17) Baijens 9
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21 January 2025
21:00
Hungary Image 30–37 Image France Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Lékai 5 (15–23) Mem 6
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23 January 2025
15:30
North Macedonia Image 39–34 Image Qatar Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 500
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Kuzmanovski, Peshevski 6 (21–17) Marzo 12
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23 January 2025
18:00
Netherlands Image 28–35 Image France Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Baijens 6 (13–19) Mem, Richardson 7
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23 January 2025
20:30
Hungary Image 29–26 Image Austria Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,600
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Rodríguez Álvarez 8 (12–13) Frimmel 6
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25 January 2025
15:30
Netherlands Image 37–37 Image Austria Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Steins 7 (19–17) Frimmel, Wagner 7
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25 January 2025
18:00
Qatar Image 23–29 Image Hungary Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Marković 6 (12–12) Imre 9
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25 January 2025
20:30
France Image 32–25 Image North Macedonia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Mem 8 (18–14) Kuzmanovski 8
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Group III

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Results between advancing teams from Group E and Group F were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Portugal 5 4 1 0 179 148 +31 9 Quarterfinals
2 Image Brazil 5 4 0 1 136 129 +7 8
3 Image Norway (H) 5 3 0 2 147 130 +17 6
4 Image Sweden 5 1 2 2 156 152 +4 4
5 Image Spain 5 1 1 3 138 137 +1 3
6 Image Chile 5 0 0 5 126 186 −60 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
22 January 2025
15:30
Brazil Image 28–24 Image Chile Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 857
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Langaro 8 (13–10) E. Salinas 7
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22 January 2025
18:00
Sweden Image 37–37 Image Portugal Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 3,813
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Lagergren 7 (18–18) Frade 7
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22 January 2025
20:30
Norway Image 25–24 Image Spain Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 5,508
Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
Grøndahl 7 (10–13) Garciandia 6
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24 January 2025
15:30
Spain Image 29–35 Image Portugal Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 2,865
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Fernández 6 (16–15) F. Costa 8
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24 January 2025
18:00
Sweden Image 24–27 Image Brazil Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 5,831
Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
Carlsbogård 6 (9–14) Langaro, Monte 4
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24 January 2025
20:30
Chile Image 22–39 Image Norway Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 7,809
Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
Feuchtmann 6 (11–17) Lien 10
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26 January 2025
15:30
Portugal Image 46–28 Image Chile Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 1,924
Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
F. Costa 9 (22–17) Feuchtmann 8
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26 January 2025
18:00
Spain Image 25–26 Image Brazil Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 4,878
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
P. Cikusa, Romero 4 (13–14) Hackbarth 6
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26 January 2025
20:30
Norway Image 29–24 Image Sweden Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 7,844
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Aar 9 (16–11) Johansson 7
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Group IV

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Results between advancing teams from Group G and Group H were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Image Croatia (H) 5 4 0 1 162 122 +40 8[a] Quarterfinals
2 Image Egypt 5 4 0 1 148 125 +23 8[a]
3 Image Iceland 5 4 0 1 140 116 +24 8[a]
4 Image Slovenia 5 2 0 3 139 125 +14 4
5 Image Argentina 5 1 0 4 117 162 −45 2
6 Image Cape Verde 5 0 0 5 119 175 −56 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Croatia 2 Pts, +2 GD, Egypt 2 Pts, +1 GD, Iceland 2 Pts, −3 GD
22 January 2025
15:30
Slovenia Image 34–23 Image Argentina Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 850
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Kljun 5 (15–8) Gull, Martínez 4
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22 January 2025
18:00
Cape Verde Image 24–44 Image Croatia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 8,450
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Pina 9 (11–24) Šoštarić 9
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22 January 2025
20:30
Egypt Image 24–27 Image Iceland Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,350
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Zein 8 (9–13) Kristjánsson 9
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24 January 2025
15:30
Argentina Image 30–26 Image Cape Verde Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 450
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
three players 5 (14–14) Pina 10
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24 January 2025
18:00
Egypt Image 26–25 Image Slovenia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 5,250
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
El-Deraa 6 (16–14) Janc 8
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24 January 2025
20:30
Croatia Image 32–26 Image Iceland Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,600
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Martinović 8 (20–12) Kristjánsson 5
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26 January 2025
15:30
Iceland Image 30–21 Image Argentina Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,550
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Ríkharðsson 7 (15–10) Martínez 6
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26 January 2025
18:00
Cape Verde Image 24–31 Image Egypt Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Pina 6 (13–14) Omar 11
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26 January 2025
20:30
Croatia Image 29–26 Image Slovenia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,600
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
three players 5 (15–15) Vlah 5
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Final round

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 January – Zagreb
 
 
Image France34
 
30 January – Zagreb
 
Image Egypt33
 
Image France28
 
28 January – Zagreb
 
Image Croatia31
 
Image Croatia31
 
2 February – Bærum
 
Image Hungary30
 
Image Croatia26
 
29 January – Bærum
 
Image Denmark32
 
Image Denmark33
 
31 January – Bærum
 
Image Brazil21
 
Image Denmark40
 
29 January – Bærum
 
Image Portugal27 Third place
 
Image Portugal (ET)31
 
2 February – Bærum
 
Image Germany30
 
Image France35
 
 
Image Portugal34
 

Quarterfinals

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28 January 2025
18:00
Croatia Image 31–30 Image Hungary Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,600
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Glavaš 6 (16–16) Ilić 8
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28 January 2025
21:00
France Image 34–33 Image Egypt Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 5,850
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Mem, Remili 6 (18–14) Hesham 8
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29 January 2025
17:30
Denmark Image 33–21 Image Brazil Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 5,922
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
three players 6 (15–12) Carvalho 7
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29 January 2025
20:30
Portugal Image 31–30 (ET) Image Germany Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 7,475
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
F. Costa 8 (13–9) Zerbe 9
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FT: 26–26 ET: 5–4

Semifinals

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30 January 2025
21:00
France Image 28–31 Image Croatia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 15,600
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Mem 8 (11–18) Jelinić, Srna 7
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31 January 2025
20:30
Denmark Image 40–27 Image Portugal Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 8,448
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Gidsel 9 (20–16) Areia 5
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Third place game

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2 February 2025
15:00
France Image 35–34 Image Portugal Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 10,928
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Minne 10 (19–17) F. Costa 8
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Final

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2 February 2025
18:00
Croatia Image 26–32 Image Denmark Unity Arena, Bærum
Attendance: 13,384
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Martinović 6 (12–16) Gidsel 10
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Final ranking and awards

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Places 1 to 4 and 25 to 32 were decided by play-off or knock-out. The losers of the quarter finals were ranked 5th to 8th according to the places in the main round, points gained and goal difference. Teams finishing third in the main round were ranked 9th to 12th, teams finishing fourth in the main round were ranked 13th to 16th, teams finishing fifth in the main round were ranked 17th to 20th and teams ranked sixth were ranked 21st to 24th. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the main round was taken into account, then number of goals scored. If teams were still equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round was considered followed by the goal difference and then number of goals scored in the preliminary round.

Statistics

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Broadcasters

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Source:[43]

Preparations

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Croatian host city, Varaždin signed their hosting contract on 26 June 2024.[44] In November 2024, host city Poreč also signed their contract.[45][46] In December 2024, Croatian Handball Federation, Varaždin County, Međimurje County and Čakovec signed a joint co-hosting contract.[47]

On 22 October 2024, the official ball was released.[48]

On 22 November 2024, the Norwegian government allotted 10 million NOK for the tournament.[49]

Tickets

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The first phase of ticket sales started on 15 March 2024 in Croatia,[50][16][20][51][52] while the sales started on 8 April 2024 in Denmark for people who made a federation account.[19] General sales in Denmark commenced on 12 April 2024. Norway started their ticket sales on 12 April 2024.[21]

Another round of sales in Croatia started on 5 June 2024.[53]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ There were 2 ways of qualifying from Europe, via the European Championship or European qualification
  2. ↑ The Asian Championship acted as qualification for the Oceanian teams.
  3. ↑ New Zealand, who was the only Oceanian team who entered, participated in the Asian Championship to decide their qualification.
  4. ↑ There are 2 ways of qualifying from Europe, via the European Championship or European qualification
  5. ↑ Even though the outcome of the penalty shoot-out was decided after Guinea's fourth throw, bringing the score to 4–2 with one throw left for each team, the teams were required to finish five throws each. Both teams scored their final throw.

References

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  2. 1 2 Christian Ipsen (2 February 2025). "Her er Danmarks utrolige rekorder" [Here are Denmark's unbelievable records] (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bidders for upcoming IHF events". IHF. 11 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Hrvatska i Srbija u borbi za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2025.!". Večernji list (in Croatian).
  5. ↑ "Hrvatska želi Svjetsko rukometno prvenstvo 2025.: Glavni protukandidat - Srbija!". gol.dnevnik.hr (in Croatian).
  6. ↑ "2025 and 2027 Men's and Women's World Championships". IHF. 25 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Thygesen, Kenneth (20 September 2019). "Danmark har fundet ny makker i jagten på at få VM på hjemmebane". Jyllands-Posten.
  8. ↑ "SP opet u Hrvatskoj? Pridružili smo se Dancima i Norvežanima". 24 sata (in Croatian). 21 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Hrvatska, Danska i Norveška zajednički kandidati za SP u rukometu 2025". Radio 1 (in Croatian). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  10. ↑ "VM i herrehåndbold 2025 til Danmark". DanskHåndbold. 2020-02-29. Archived from the original on 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  11. ↑ Čabraja, Jozo (January 19, 2020). "Predstavljanje kandidature Hrvatske, Danske i Norveške za SP 2025./27". hrs hr. Croatian Handball Federation.
  12. ↑ "World Championships 2025 and 2027". IHF. 25 September 2019.
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  17. ↑ "Telenor Arena blir norsk VM-arena i 2025". Norges Håndballforbund. 27 January 2024.
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  25. ↑ "Council Meeting No. 3" (PDF). Doha, Qatar: IHF. 18 October 2018. pp. 8–9.
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  28. ↑ "Endrunde sportlich verpasst - Dank Wildcard: Schweiz fährt doch noch an die WM". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). 23 May 2024.
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  33. ↑ "Aktivnosti HRS-a: Vrlo uspješan sastanak tri organizatora SP – a 2025. Godine". Croatian Handball Federation (in Croatian). 9 January 2024.
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  37. ↑ "Referees for the 2025 IHF Men's World Championship announced". ihf.info. 14 November 2024.
  38. ↑ "IHF announce referees for the 29th IHF Men's World Championship". ihf.info. 2 January 2025.
  39. ↑ "Match schedule" (PDF). ihf.info. 8 April 2024.
  40. ↑ "Final ranking" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF. 27 January 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  41. ↑ "Gidsel named MVP, as 2025 IHF Men's World Championship All-Star team announced". IHF. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  42. ↑ "Kreće rukometni spektakl na RTL-u: 'Ništa ne prepuštamo slučaju!'". rtl.hr (in Croatian). 14 January 2025.
  43. ↑ "How to watch: 29th IHF Men's World Championship". International Handball Federation. 18 January 2025.
  44. ↑ "Aktivnosti HRS-a: Potpisan Ugovor o suorganizaciji SP 2025 s Gradom Varaždinom | HRS" (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 26 June 2024.
  45. ↑ "Poreč potpuno spreman za Svjetsko rukometno prvenstvo u siječnju | HRS" (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 12 November 2024.
  46. ↑ "Poreč spreman za Svjetsko prvenstvo: Gledat će se vrhunski rukomet, a stižu i legendarni Francuzi". istarski.hr (in Croatian).
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  48. ↑ "IHF | News".
  49. ↑ "Regjeringen gir 10 mill. Til VM på hjemmebane | handball.no".
  50. ↑ Čabraja, Jozo (12 March 2024). "SP 2025: Još malo do početka prodaje ulaznica". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation.
  51. ↑ Čabraja, Jozo (19 March 2024). "Aktivnosti HRS-a: Silvijo Njirić direktor Svjetskog prvenstva 2025. godine / Potvrđene cijene ulaznica". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation.
  52. ↑ Čabraja, Jozo (3 May 2024). "Aktivnosti HRS – a: Druga runda prodaje ulaznica za SP 2025". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation.
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