2025 World Men's Handball Championship

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.

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)
Tournament details
Host countries	Croatia Denmark Norway
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	14 January–2 February
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (4th title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	France
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	108
Goals scored	6,291 (58.25 per match)
Attendance	533,060 (4,936 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mathias Gidsel (74 goals)
Awards
Best player	Mathias Gidsel
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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

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

•  Croatia
•  Denmark/ Norway/ Switzerland
•  Serbia

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:

•  Croatia/ Denmark/ Norway
•  Hungary (withdrew)
•  Switzerland (withdrew)

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

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
Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen	12,500
Zagreb	Croatia	Arena Zagreb	15,200
Varaždin		Varaždin Arena	5,200
Poreč		Žatika Sport Centre	3,700

Rejected venues
Split	Dubrovnik
Spaladium Arena	New Dubrovnik Arena
Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 4,000
Copenhagen	Drammen
Royal Arena	New Drammen Arena
Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 12,000
Trondheim	Stavanger
Trondheim Spektrum	Stavanger Idrettshall
Capacity: 8,960	Capacity: 4,100

Qualification

Main article: 2025 World Men's Handball Championship qualification

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

Detailed summary of qualification process
Confederation	Direct slots	Teams started	Teams eliminated	Teams qualified	Percentage of entered teams with spots in finals	Qualifying start date	Qualifying end date
AHF	4	16	12	4	25%	11 January 2024	25 January 2024
CAHB	5	16	11	5	31.25%	17 January 2024	27 January 2024
EHF[A]	14+3+1	34+3	19	14+3+1	41.1%	1 November 2023	12 May 2024
NACHC	1+1	6	5	1+1	16.67%	6 May 2024	12 May 2024
OCHF[B]	0 or 1	1[C]	1	0	6.25%	11 January 2024	25 January 2024
SCAHC	3	10	7	3	30%	21 February 2023	20 January 2024
Total	27+3+2	83+3	55	27+3+2		21 February 2023	12 May 2024

Qualifying occurred between February 2023 and June 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]

AHF (4)  Bahrain  Japan  Kuwait  Qatar CAHB (5)  Algeria  Cape Verde  Egypt  Guinea  Tunisia

EHF[D] (17+1)  Austria  Croatia (co-host)  Czech Republic  Denmark (co-host)  France  Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Italy  Netherlands  North Macedonia  Norway (co-host)  Poland  Portugal

Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland WC NACHC (1+1)  Cuba  United States WC OCHF (0) None qualified SCAHC (3)  Argentina  Brazil  Chile

Team qualified   Team failed to qualify   Team withdrew or suspended   Did not enter

Wildcards

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

•   Switzerland
•  United States

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

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

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]

Seeding based on the 2023 World Championship
Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Europe 1 Europe 2 Europe 3 Europe 4 Europe 5 Europe 6 Europe 7 Africa 1	Europe 8 Europe 9 Europe 10 Europe 11 Europe 12 Europe 13 Europe 14 Europe 15	Asia 1 South America 1 Europe 16 South America 2 North America 1 Europe 17 Asia 2 Africa 2	Asia 3 Africa 3 South America 3 Asia 4 Africa 4 Africa 5 Wild card 1 Wild card 2

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

Referees

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

Referees  Algeria Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi  Argentina Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci  Argentina Mariana García María Paolantoni  Austria Denis Bolic Christoph Hurich  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin  Croatia Ante Mikelić Petar Parađina  Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný  Denmark Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen

Referees  France Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi  Germany Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies  Hungary Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss  Iran Ahmad Gheisarian Amir Gheisarian  Moldova Alexei Covalciuc Igor Covalciuc  North Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov  Montenegro Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović  Norway Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum

Referees  Romania Cristina Lovin Simona Stancu  Serbia Vladimir Jovandić Marko Sekulić  Slovakia Andrej Budzák Michaal Záhradník  Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok  Spain Javier Álvarez Yon Bustamante  Spain Ignacio Garcia Andreu Marin  Sweden Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik  Uruguay Cristian Lemes Mathias Sosa

Squads

Main article: 2025 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	95	79	+16	6	Main round Group I
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	76	76	0	3
3	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	58	65	−7	2
4	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	17–17	Switzerland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 2,091 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Mořkovský 5	(7–8)	Rubin 8
	3×	Report	1× 2×

15 January 2025 20:30	Germany	35–28	Poland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 3,552 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Uščins 10	(15–14)	Pietrasik 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

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17 January 2025 18:00	Czech Republic	19–19	Poland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,397 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Hrstka 5	(12–9)	four players 3
	5× 1×	Report	3× 1×

17 January 2025 20:30	Switzerland	29–31	Germany	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 7,386 Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
	Rubin 7	(14–15)	Köster 7
	2× 2×	Report	2×

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19 January 2025 15:30	Poland	28–30	Switzerland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,653 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Przytuła 9	(15–18)	three players 5
	4×	Report	1× 4×

19 January 2025 18:00	Germany	29–22	Czech Republic	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 7,528 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Uščins 8	(11–11)	Solák 7
	4×	Report	5× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	3	3	0	0	118	63	+55	6	Main round Group I
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	84	87	−3	4
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	72	89	−17	2
4	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	32–25	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,510 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Prantner 10	(17–11)	Ben Abdallah 6
	2×	Report	6×

14 January 2025 20:30	Denmark	47–22	Algeria	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 12,397 Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
	Gidsel 10	(20–11)	Abdi 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

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16 January 2025 18:00	Italy	32–23	Algeria	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,516 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Prantner 7	(16–11)	Abdi, Berkous 6
	1× 2×	Report	6×

16 January 2025 20:30	Tunisia	21–32	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 13,697 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Ben Abdallah 5	(7–17)	Gidsel 9
	2×	Report	1×

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18 January 2025 18:00	Algeria	25–26	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,824 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Daoud 6	(9–13)	Jbeli 6
	1× 2×	Report	4×

18 January 2025 20:30	Denmark	39–20	Italy	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,297 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Jakobsen, Pytlick 9	(18–8)	Bronzo 4
	3× 1×	Report	3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	115	65	+50	6	Main round Group II
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	92	87	+5	4
3	Qatar	3	1	0	2	70	87	−17	2
4	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	37–19	Qatar	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	Briet 7	(18–10)	Marzo 4
	2×	Report	1×

14 January 2025 20:30	Austria	37–26	Kuwait	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,507 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	four players 5	(18–16)	three players 4
	2×	Report	5×

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16 January 2025 18:00	Kuwait	19–43	France	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,042 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Al-Dawani 5	(8–21)	Remili 6
	2×	Report

16 January 2025 20:30	Austria	28–26	Qatar	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,741 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Frimmel 9	(16–14)	Marzo 11
	1×	Report	1× 3×

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18 January 2025 18:00	France	35–27	Austria	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,001 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Briet, Mem 6	(19–15)	Frimmel 5
	3×	Report	4×

18 January 2025 20:30	Qatar	25–22	Kuwait	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,104 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Marković 7	(11–7)	Al-Shammari 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	98	77	+21	5	Main round Group II
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	109	91	+18	4
3	North Macedonia	3	1	1	1	88	84	+4	3
4	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	40–23	Guinea	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Ten Velde 9	(21–8)	Eponouh 5
	4×	Report	3×

15 January 2025 20:30	Hungary	27–27	North Macedonia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Ilić 6	(14–14)	Kuzmanovski 10
	4× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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17 January 2025 18:00	Netherlands	37–32	North Macedonia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Ten Velde 11	(18–15)	Kuzmanovski 9
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 7× 2×

17 January 2025 20:30	Guinea	18–35	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
	four players 3	(9–20)	Szita 7
	5×	Report	1×

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19 January 2025 18:00	North Macedonia	29–20	Guinea	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,000 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Kuzmanovski 12	(14–10)	Corcher 4
	2×	Report	3×

19 January 2025 20:30	Hungary	36–32	Netherlands	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	three players 6	(19–17)	Ten Velde 10
	1× 8×	Report	6× 1×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	91	75	+16	6	Main round Group III
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	86	80	+6	4
3	Norway (H)	3	1	0	2	87	77	+10	2
4	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	30–21	United States	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 3,980 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	M. Costa, Portela 7	(15–10)	Hoddersen 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

15 January 2025 20:30	Norway	26–29	Brazil	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 7,917 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Grøndahl 6	(14–12)	Langaro 8
	1× 1×	Report	6× 1×

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17 January 2025 18:00	Portugal	30–26	Brazil	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 5,762 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	M. Costa 9	(12–15)	Dupoux, Langaro 5
	3×	Report	4×

17 January 2025 20:30	United States	17–33	Norway	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 9,482 Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Strömberg 4	(7–13)	Lyse 6
	1× 2×	Report	4×

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19 January 2025 18:00	Brazil	31–24	United States	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 7,827 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Hackbarth 8	(10–12)	Strömberg 6
	2×	Report	4× 1×

19 January 2025 20:30	Norway	28–31	Portugal	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 11,345 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lyse 9	(13–14)	F. Costa, Frade 6
	1×	Report	1× 2×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	110	80	+30	5[a]	Main round Group III
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	99	71	+28	5[a]
3	Chile	3	1	0	2	83	99	−16	2
4	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. Sweden 29–29 Spain; goal difference: SWE 30 and ESP 28

16 January 2025 18:00	Spain	31–22	Chile	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 644 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Fernández 5	(17–13)	Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 5
	2×	Report	1×

16 January 2025 20:30	Sweden	39–21	Japan	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 1,685 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Karlsson 8	(17–13)	Yano, Yoshino 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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18 January 2025 18:00	Spain	39–20	Japan	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 2,880 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Serdio 7	(20–11)	Nakata 4
	1× 7×	Report	4× 2×

18 January 2025 20:30	Chile	30–42	Sweden	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 4,256 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Feuchtmann 7	(19–20)	Möller 10
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

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20 January 2025 18:00	Japan	26–31	Chile	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 1,289 Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Nakata 6	(11–14)	Feuchtmann 9
	4×	Report	6×

20 January 2025 20:30	Sweden	29–29	Spain	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 2,446 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Lagergren 9	(16–11)	Solé 7
	3×	Report	1× 1×

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	0	97	58	+39	6	Main round Group IV
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	95	66	+29	4
3	Cape Verde	3	1	0	2	83	98	−15	2
4	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	41–19	Cuba	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Vlah 8	(18–9)	D. García 4
	2×	Report	3×

16 January 2025 20:30	Iceland	34–21	Cape Verde	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 850 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Þorkelsson 8	(18–8)	Pina 5
	3× 1×	Report	2×

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18 January 2025 18:00	Cape Verde	24–36	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Pina 6	(12–18)	Vlah 8
	5×	Report	1× 3×

18 January 2025 20:30	Iceland	40–19	Cuba	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
	three players 5	(21–9)	Cordies 5
	1×	Report	4× 1×

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20 January 2025 18:00	Cuba	28–38	Cape Verde	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 650 Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	Cordies, Vázquez 7	(14–20)	Pereira 8
	5×	Report	1×

20 January 2025 20:30	Slovenia	18–23	Iceland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,400 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Janc 4	(8–14)	Kristjánsson 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 9× 2×

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	102	73	+29	6	Main round Group IV
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	0	1	93	68	+25	4
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	69	97	−28	2
4	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	39–25	Argentina	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Sanad 6	(21–11)	Moscariello 7
	2×	Report	3× 3×

15 January 2025 20:30	Croatia	36–22	Bahrain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Šoštarić 8	(17–9)	Eid 6
	4×	Report	2×

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17 January 2025 18:00	Bahrain	24–35	Egypt	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,150 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Mohamed 8	(11–16)	Ramadan 5
	1×	Report	2×

17 January 2025 20:30	Croatia	33–18	Argentina	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,650 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Glavaš, Šipić 5	(18–7)	Martínez 3
	2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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19 January 2025 18:00	Argentina	26–25	Bahrain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 2,750 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Martínez 10	(16–11)	Habib 6
	1× 2×	Report	2×

19 January 2025 20:30	Egypt	28–24	Croatia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,600 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Omar 6	(14–11)	Martinović 6
	1× 7×	Report	2× 2×

President's Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	120	92	+28	6	25th place game
2	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	96	97	−1	4	27th place game
3	Algeria	3	1	0	2	95	99	−4	2	29th place game
4	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	26–24	Guinea	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 154 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Al-Dawani 8	(15–11)	Lebon 7
	1× 1×	Report	3× 1×

21 January 2025 18:00	Poland	38–32	Algeria	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 168 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Jędraszczyk 8	(19–14)	three players 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 1×

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23 January 2025 15:30	Algeria	32–23	Guinea	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 72 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Khermouche 7	(14–9)	Pasquet 5
	2×	Report	3×

23 January 2025 18:00	Poland	42–32	Kuwait	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 125 Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
	Paterek 9	(21–15)	Al-Dawani 8
	1× 4×	Report	3×

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25 January 2025 15:30	Algeria	31–38	Kuwait	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 234 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Saker 10	(14–18)	Al-Dawani 13
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

25 January 2025 18:00	Guinea	28–40	Poland	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 356 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Pasquet 8	(13–21)	Czapliński 7
	1×	Report	4×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	84	79	+5	6	25th place game
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	88	77	+11	4	27th place game
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	94	87	+7	2	29th place game
4	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	26–39	Bahrain	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 88 Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
	three players 4	(12–17)	Al-Zaimoor 6
	3×	Report	2×

22 January 2025 18:00	United States	27–25	Japan	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 104 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Corning, Hoddersen 7	(15–13)	Yoshino 8
	3×	Report	3×

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24 January 2025 15:30	Japan	31–27	Bahrain	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 150 Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
	Yoshino 6	(13–13)	Mohamed 6
	1× 3×	Report	3×

24 January 2025 18:00	United States	27–26	Cuba	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 211 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Hoddersen 7	(14–15)	D. García 8
	3× 1×	Report	7×

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26 January 2025 15:30	Japan	32–23	Cuba	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 210 Referees: Ah. Gheisarian, Am. Gheisarian (IRI)
	Arase 7	(14–11)	Rodríguez 8
	4×	Report	3×

26 January 2025 18:00	Bahrain	28–30	United States	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 317 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Qambar 8	(14–15)	Corning, Hoddersen 7
	1× 4×	Report	2×

31st place game

28 January 2025 13:00	Guinea	33–31	Cuba	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 91 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Lebon 8	(16–16)	Rodríguez 10
	2×	Report	1×
	FT: 28–28 Pen: 5–3[E]

29th place game

28 January 2025 15:30	Algeria	26–29	Bahrain	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 110 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	four players 4	(18–17)	Mohamed 9
	1×	Report	1× 1×

27th place game

28 January 2025 18:00	Kuwait	37–32	Japan	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 65 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Al-Dawani 8	(17–16)	Fujisaka, Yoshino 6
	1× 2×	Report	1×

25th place game

28 January 2025 20:30	Poland	24–22	United States	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 120 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Jędraszczyk 4	(11–13)	Fofana 5
	1× 2×	Report	3×
	FT: 21–21 Pen: 3–1

Main round

Group I

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	Denmark (H)	5	5	0	0	178	121	+57	10	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	155	137	+18	8
3	Switzerland	5	2	1	2	144	138	+6	5
4	Italy	5	2	0	3	129	149	−20	4
5	Czech Republic	5	1	1	3	111	125	−14	3
6	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	37–26	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,040 Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
	Maros, Rubin 7	(20–11)	Jbeli 11
	1× 5× 1×	Report	5×

21 January 2025 18:00	Czech Republic	18–25	Italy	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,601 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Solák 5	(9–14)	Parisini 5
	2×	Report	4×

21 January 2025 20:30	Denmark	40–30	Germany	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,466 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Gidsel 10	(24–18)	Kastening, Köster 6
	1× 2×	Report	4×

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23 January 2025 15:30	Tunisia	26–32	Czech Republic	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,121 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Ben Abdallah 9	(12–19)	Mořkovský 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 8×

23 January 2025 18:00	Italy	27–34	Germany	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 11,399 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Prantner 8	(13–15)	Kastening 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

23 January 2025 20:30	Denmark	39–28	Switzerland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,644 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Andersson 8	(18–11)	Aellen, Leopold 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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25 January 2025 15:30	Italy	25–33	Switzerland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 11,415 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Prantner 7	(9–14)	Rubin 9
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

25 January 2025 18:00	Czech Republic	22–28	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,773 Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Bláha 5	(10–12)	Gidsel 10
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1×

25 January 2025 20:30	Germany	31–19	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,534 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Grgić 11	(18–8)	Zariat 4
	1× 1×	Report	3×

Group II

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	France	5	5	0	0	176	129	+47	10	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	5	3	1	1	151	145	+6	7
3	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	172	177	−5	5
4	North Macedonia	5	1	2	2	152	159	−7	4[a]
5	Austria	5	1	2	2	147	156	−9	4[a]
6	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. Austria 29–29 North Macedonia; goal difference: MKD -7 and AUT -9

21 January 2025 15:30	Austria	29–29	North Macedonia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Hutecek 6	(14–13)	Mitev 6
	3×	Report	1× 1×

21 January 2025 18:00	Qatar	37–38	Netherlands	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Marzo 11	(19–17)	Baijens 9
	2× 5× 1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

21 January 2025 21:00	Hungary	30–37	France	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Lékai 5	(15–23)	Mem 6
	1× 5×	Report	1×

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23 January 2025 15:30	North Macedonia	39–34	Qatar	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Kuzmanovski, Peshevski 6	(21–17)	Marzo 12
	5× 1×	Report	6× 1×

23 January 2025 18:00	Netherlands	28–35	France	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Baijens 6	(13–19)	Mem, Richardson 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

23 January 2025 20:30	Hungary	29–26	Austria	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Rodríguez Álvarez 8	(12–13)	Frimmel 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

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25 January 2025 15:30	Netherlands	37–37	Austria	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Steins 7	(19–17)	Frimmel, Wagner 7
	1× 1×	Report	2×

25 January 2025 18:00	Qatar	23–29	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Marković 6	(12–12)	Imre 9
	7×	Report	3×

25 January 2025 20:30	France	32–25	North Macedonia	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Mem 8	(18–14)	Kuzmanovski 8
	1× 1×	Report	4×

Group III

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	Portugal	5	4	1	0	179	148	+31	9	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	0	1	136	129	+7	8
3	Norway (H)	5	3	0	2	147	130	+17	6
4	Sweden	5	1	2	2	156	152	+4	4
5	Spain	5	1	1	3	138	137	+1	3
6	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	28–24	Chile	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 857 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Langaro 8	(13–10)	E. Salinas 7
	2×	Report	1× 4×

22 January 2025 18:00	Sweden	37–37	Portugal	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 3,813 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Lagergren 7	(18–18)	Frade 7
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

22 January 2025 20:30	Norway	25–24	Spain	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 5,508 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Grøndahl 7	(10–13)	Garciandia 6
	2×	Report	2×

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24 January 2025 15:30	Spain	29–35	Portugal	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 2,865 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Fernández 6	(16–15)	F. Costa 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

24 January 2025 18:00	Sweden	24–27	Brazil	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 5,831 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Carlsbogård 6	(9–14)	Langaro, Monte 4
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

24 January 2025 20:30	Chile	22–39	Norway	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 7,809 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Feuchtmann 6	(11–17)	Lien 10
	1× 4×	Report	3×

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26 January 2025 15:30	Portugal	46–28	Chile	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 1,924 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	F. Costa 9	(22–17)	Feuchtmann 8
	4×	Report	3× 1×

26 January 2025 18:00	Spain	25–26	Brazil	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 4,878 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	P. Cikusa, Romero 4	(13–14)	Hackbarth 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

26 January 2025 20:30	Norway	29–24	Sweden	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 7,844 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Aar 9	(16–11)	Johansson 7
	1× 5×	Report	2×

Group IV

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	Croatia (H)	5	4	0	1	162	122	+40	8[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	5	4	0	1	148	125	+23	8[a]
3	Iceland	5	4	0	1	140	116	+24	8[a]
4	Slovenia	5	2	0	3	139	125	+14	4
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	117	162	−45	2
6	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. Croatia 2 Pts, +2 GD, Egypt 2 Pts, +1 GD, Iceland 2 Pts, −3 GD

22 January 2025 15:30	Slovenia	34–23	Argentina	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 850 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Kljun 5	(15–8)	Gull, Martínez 4
	3×	Report	1× 5×

22 January 2025 18:00	Cape Verde	24–44	Croatia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,450 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Pina 9	(11–24)	Šoštarić 9
	1×	Report	1× 3×

22 January 2025 20:30	Egypt	24–27	Iceland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 4,350 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Zein 8	(9–13)	Kristjánsson 9
	2×	Report	2× 4×

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24 January 2025 15:30	Argentina	30–26	Cape Verde	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 450 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	three players 5	(14–14)	Pina 10
	1× 4×	Report	2×

24 January 2025 18:00	Egypt	26–25	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,250 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	El-Deraa 6	(16–14)	Janc 8
	4×	Report	1× 3×

24 January 2025 20:30	Croatia	32–26	Iceland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,600 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Martinović 8	(20–12)	Kristjánsson 5
	2× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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26 January 2025 15:30	Iceland	30–21	Argentina	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,550 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Ríkharðsson 7	(15–10)	Martínez 6
	4×	Report	1× 2×

26 January 2025 18:00	Cape Verde	24–31	Egypt	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Pina 6	(13–14)	Omar 11
	4×	Report	2×

26 January 2025 20:30	Croatia	29–26	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,600 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 5	(15–15)	Vlah 5
	2×	Report	4×

Final round

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	28 January – Zagreb
	France	34
					30 January – Zagreb
	Egypt	33
					France	28
	28 January – Zagreb
					Croatia	31
	Croatia	31
									2 February – Bærum
	Hungary	30
									Croatia	26
	29 January – Bærum
									Denmark	32
	Denmark	33
					31 January – Bærum
	Brazil	21
					Denmark	40
	29 January – Bærum
					Portugal	27			Third place
	Portugal (ET)	31
									2 February – Bærum
	Germany	30
									France	35
									Portugal	34

Quarterfinals

28 January 2025 18:00	Croatia	31–30	Hungary	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,600 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Glavaš 6	(16–16)	Ilić 8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 1×

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28 January 2025 21:00	France	34–33	Egypt	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,850 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Mem, Remili 6	(18–14)	Hesham 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2×

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29 January 2025 17:30	Denmark	33–21	Brazil	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 5,922 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	three players 6	(15–12)	Carvalho 7
	3×	Report	1× 5×

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29 January 2025 20:30	Portugal	31–30 (ET)	Germany	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 7,475 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	F. Costa 8	(13–9)	Zerbe 9
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5–4

Semifinals

30 January 2025 21:00	France	28–31	Croatia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 15,600 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Mem 8	(11–18)	Jelinić, Srna 7
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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31 January 2025 20:30	Denmark	40–27	Portugal	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 8,448 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Gidsel 9	(20–16)	Areia 5
	4×	Report	4×

Third place game

2 February 2025 15:00	France	35–34	Portugal	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 10,928 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Minne 10	(19–17)	F. Costa 8
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Final

2 February 2025 18:00	Croatia	26–32	Denmark	Unity Arena, Bærum Attendance: 13,384 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Martinović 6	(12–16)	Gidsel 10
	2× 7× 2×	Report	1× 4×

Final ranking and awards

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.

Final ranking Rank[40] Team  Denmark  Croatia  France 4  Portugal 5  Egypt 6  Germany 7  Brazil 8  Hungary 9  Iceland 10  Norway 11   Switzerland 12  Netherlands 13  Slovenia 14  Sweden 15  North Macedonia 16  Italy 17  Austria 18  Spain 19  Czech Republic 20  Argentina 21  Qatar 22  Tunisia 23  Cape Verde 24  Chile 25  Poland 26  United States 27  Kuwait 28  Japan 29  Bahrain 30  Algeria 31  Guinea 32  Cuba Qualified for the 2027 World Men's Handball Championship

2025 Men's World Champions Denmark 4th title Team roster: Niclas Kirkeløkke, Magnus Landin Jacobsen, Emil Jakobsen, Rasmus Lauge, Emil Nielsen, Magnus Saugstrup, Jannick Green, Mathias Gidsel, Kevin Møller, Henrik Møllgaard, Mads Mensah Larsen, Lukas Jørgensen, Jóhan Hansen, Lasse Andersson, Emil Bergholt, Simon Hald, Thomas Arnoldsen, Simon Pytlick, Emil Madsen Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen All-star Team The All-star Team was announced on 2 February 2025.[41] Position Player Goalkeeper Emil Nielsen Left wing Dylan Nahi Left back Simon Pytlick Centre back Martim Costa Right back Ivan Martinović Right wing Mario Šoštarić Pivot Victor Iturriza Best young player Francisco Costa MVP Mathias Gidsel

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Mathias Gidsel 74 107 69 2 Francisco Costa 54 79 68 Dika Mem 78 69 4 Simon Pytlick 50 67 75 5 Filip Kuzmanovski 49 71 69 6 Saif Al-Dawani 47 81 58 7 Rutger ten Velde 46 58 79 8 Emil Jakobsen 45 61 74 9 Martim Costa 44 82 54 10 Frankis Marzo 42 76 55 Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Samir Bellahcene 43 10 23 Emil Nielsen 125 294 3 Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson 40 67 167 Torbjørn Bergerud 59 149 5 David Späth 39 41 106 6 Andreas Wolff 38 76 201 7 Marcel Jastrzębski 37 42 113 Rangel da Rosa 71 191 9 Mateus Nascimento 36 35 97 Urban Lesjak 20 56 Dominik Kuzmanović 88 247 Source: IHF

Broadcasters

Country	Channel
Argentina	TyC Sports
Austria	ORF
Bahrain	Bahrain Sport
Brazil	Grupo Globo (selected matches in all platforms), Cazé Tv (streaming)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Cape Verde	RTC
Caribbean	DirecTV
Croatia	RTL (matches played in Croatia)[42]
Czech Republic	Česká televise
Denmark	DR, TV 2
Egypt	ONTime sport
Finland	Viaplay
France	TF1 (select matches), BeIN Sports
Georgia	Silknet
Germany	ARD / ZDF (Germany matches), Eurosport, Sportdeutschland.TV
Hungary	MTVA
Iceland	RÚV
Italy	Sky Sport
Kazakhstan	Sport Plus
Kosovo	Arena Sport
Kuwait	KTV Sport
Latin America	DirecTV
Montenegro	Arena Sport
North Macedonia	MRT (select matches), Arena Sport
Netherlands	Viaplay
Norway	Viaplay
Poland	TVP Sport (select matches), Viaplay
Portugal	RTP
Qatar	Alkass Sport
Romania	Digi Sport, Prima Sport
Serbia	RTS, Arena Sport
Slovakia	RTVS
Slovenia	Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Arena Sport
Spain	Teledeporte
Sweden	TV6 / TV10 (select matches), Viaplay
Switzerland	SRG
Tunisia	Télévision Tunisienne
Ukraine	Poverhnost TV
United States	ESPN3

Source:^[43]

Preparations

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

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]

Notes

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.