2019 World Men's Handball Championship

2019 World Men's Handball Championship
Verdensmesterskabet i håndbold for mænd 2019 (in Danish); Handball-Weltmeisterschaft der Männer 2019 (in German)
Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark; Germany
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	10–27 January
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	France
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	5,239 (54.57 per match)
Attendance	906,283 (9,440 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mikkel Hansen; (72 goals)
Best player	Mikkel Hansen
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The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more than one host country.^[2] It was also the first time a unified Korean team participated.^[3]

Denmark, in a clean sweep, won their first title by defeating Norway 31–22 in the final.^[4] This was Norway's second final in a row and the first final since 1995 between two nations who had not won before. France captured the bronze medal after a 26–25 win over Germany.^[5]

The tournament set a new spectator record with 906,283, helped by the fact that there were two home teams. Biggest number of spectator at single events was 19,250 at Germany's matches in the main round.

Bidding process

Denmark/Germany presented a bid and were up against competitors from Poland and Slovakia/Hungary. The International Handball Federation announced on 28 October 2013 that Denmark/Germany would be awarded the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

Format

This edition saw a format change back to the one used in 2011. The 24 teams were split into four groups, in which the first three teams qualified for the main round. The bottom three teams of each group played the Presidents' Cup to determine the positions from 13 to 24. In the main round, the 12 teams were split into two groups. Their points from the preliminary round against the other qualified team were carried over, and the best two placed teams in each main round group qualified for the semifinals, while the third- and fourth ranked teams played placement matches. From the semifinals on, a knockout system was used.

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which was used.^[6] All venues have a capacity of more than 10,000 spectators. The final was held in Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark.

Copenhagen	Herning		Berlin
Royal Arena	Jyske Bank Boxen		Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 15,000		Capacity: 17,000

Herning Copenhagen		Hamburg Berlin Munich Cologne
Cologne	Munich		Hamburg
Lanxess Arena	Olympiahalle		Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 15,500		Capacity: 16,000

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nations	28 October 2013	2	Denmark Germany
2017 World Championship	11–29 January 2017	1	France
2018 European Men's Handball Championship	12–28 January 2018	1	Spain
2018 African Men's Handball Championship	17–27 January 2018	3	Angola Egypt Tunisia
2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship	18–28 January 2018	4	Bahrain Qatar Saudi Arabia ~~South Korea~~^[3]
European qualification^[7]	25 October 2017 – 14 June 2018	9	Austria Croatia Hungary Iceland North Macedonia Norway Russia Serbia Sweden
2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	16–24 June 2018	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
Wildcard	9 May 2018 10 October 2018	2	Japan^[8] Korea^[3]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances¹
Denmark	Host	28 October 2013	22 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Germany	Host	28 October 2013	24 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990³, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
France	World champion	29 January 2017	21 (1954, 1958 ,1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Saudi Arabia	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	23 January 2018	8 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Qatar	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	23 January 2018	6 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
~~South Korea~~^[3]	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	23 January 2018	11 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Bahrain	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	24 January 2018	2 (2011, 2017)
Tunisia	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	25 January 2018	13 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Egypt	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	25 January 2018	14 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Angola	Third place of 2018 African Championship	27 January 2018	3 (2005, 2007, 2017)
Spain	European Champion	28 January 2018	19 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Japan	Wildcard	9 May 2018	14 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017)
Russia	European playoffs	12 June 2018	12 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Norway	European playoffs	12 June 2018	14 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
North Macedonia	European playoffs	13 June 2018	5 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Hungary	European playoffs	13 June 2018	19 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
Sweden	European playoffs	13 June 2018	23 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Austria	European playoffs	13 June 2018	5 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015)
Iceland	European playoffs	13 June 2018	19 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Croatia	European playoffs	14 June 2018	12 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Serbia	European playoffs	14 June 2018	3 ( 2009, 2011, 2013)
Brazil	Finalist of 2018 Pan American Championship	23 June 2018	13 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Argentina	Finalist of 2018 Pan American Championship	23 June 2018	11 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Chile	Third place of 2018 Pan American Championship	24 June 2018	4 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Korea	Wildcard²	10 October 2018	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host country for that year

² The associations of South Korea and North Korea were invited by the International Handball Federation to enter a unified team in the championship.^[3] South Korea, which had 11 previous appearances (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013), originally qualified as the semifinalist of the 2018 Asian Championship.

³ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw took place on 25 June 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[9]^[10]

Seeding

The seedings and draw procedure were announced on 22 June 2018.^[11]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France Spain Sweden Denmark	Croatia Russia Norway Hungary	Qatar Germany Austria North Macedonia³	Serbia Tunisia Iceland Argentina	Brazil Egypt Bahrain Chile	South Korea⁴ Saudi Arabia Angola Japan

³ Official name since February 2019. During the championships: Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

⁴ Later replaced by a

Unified Korea team

Squads

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 25 October 2018.^[12]

Referees
Argentina	Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
France	Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Iran	Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviannazhad
North Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov

Referees
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Óscar López Ángel Ramírez
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah
Tunisia	Ismail Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi

Preliminary round

The provisional schedule was confirmed on 28 June 2018 and the final schedule was announced on 31 October 2018.^[13]^[14]^[15]

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:^[16]

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	0	138	113	+25	9	Main round
2	Germany (H)	5	3	2	0	142	110	+32	8
3	Brazil	5	3	0	2	127	129	−2	6
4	Russia	5	1	2	2	131	127	+4	4
5	Serbia	5	1	1	3	127	146	−19	3
6	Korea	5	0	0	5	124	164	−40	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

10 January 2019 18:15	Korea	19–30	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Jang, Kang T. 4	(10–17)	Gensheimer 7
	5× 1×	Report	1× 6×

11 January 2019 18:00	Serbia	30–30	Russia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 10,468 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	N. Ilić 6	(16–16)	Dibirov 12
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

11 January 2019 20:30	Brazil	22–24	France	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 10,529 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Toledo 8	(13–16)	Guigou, Mem 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

12 January 2019 15:30	Russia	34–27	Korea	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 10,039 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Shishkarev 7	(20–13)	Kang J., Park K. 4
	2× 8× 1×	Report	1× 2×

12 January 2019 18:15	Germany	34–21	Brazil	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Gensheimer 10	(15–8)	Toledo 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 6× 1×

12 January 2019 20:30	France	32–21	Serbia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Fabregas, Remili 5	(15–12)	Radivojević 6
	2×	Report	2× 4×

14 January 2019 15:30	Serbia	22–24	Brazil	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 10,211 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Marsenić, Radivojević 5	(11–14)	Toledo 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 3×

14 January 2019 18:00	Russia	22–22	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Dibirov 8	(10–12)	Gensheimer 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

14 January 2019 20:30	France	34–23	Korea	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 10,331 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Remili 7	(17–16)	Kang T. 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 3×

15 January 2019 15:30	Russia	23–25	Brazil	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 9,011 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Dibirov, Zhitnikov 6	(10–15)	Borges 7
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

15 January 2019 18:00	Korea	29–31	Serbia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 11,953 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kang J. 12	(16–14)	Vorkapić 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

15 January 2019 20:30	Germany	25–25	France	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Mahé 9
	2× 5×	Report	6×

17 January 2019 15:30	Brazil	35–26	Korea	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 8,933 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Borges 6	(18–10)	Kang J. 5
	2× 5×	Report	1× 2×

17 January 2019 18:00	Germany	31–23	Serbia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,500 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Musche 5	(16–12)	N. Ilić 6
	1× 3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

17 January 2019 20:30	France	23–22	Russia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 11,287 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Richardson 4	(12–12)	Shkurinskiy 4
	2×	Report	1× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	152	115	+37	10	Main round
2	Spain	5	4	1	142	114	+28	8
3	Iceland	5	3	2	137	124	+13	6
4	North Macedonia	5	2	3	131	139	−8	4
5	Bahrain	5	1	4	107	151	−44	2
6	Japan	5	0	5	121	147	−26	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.

11 January 2019 15:30	Japan	29–38	North Macedonia	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Watanabe 5	(13–18)	K. Lazarov 8
	3×	Report	1× 4×

11 January 2019 18:00	Iceland	27–31	Croatia	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Pálmarsson 7	(14–16)	Stepančić 8
	2× 5×	Report	3× 2×

11 January 2019 20:30	Bahrain	23–33	Spain	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Al-Sayyad, Habib 7	(11–16)	Solé 7
	2× 6×	Report	2× 4×

13 January 2019 14:00	North Macedonia	28–23	Bahrain	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	K. Lazarov 8	(12–8)	Al-Sayyad 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2019 16:30	Croatia	35–27	Japan	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Horvat 8	(18–13)	Tokuda 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

13 January 2019 19:00	Spain	32–25	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Solé 5	(19–14)	Guðmundsson 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 6×

14 January 2019 15:30	Iceland	36–18	Bahrain	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gunnarsson 8	(16–10)	Merza 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5× 2×

14 January 2019 18:00	Croatia	31–22	North Macedonia	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Duvnjak 6	(16–11)	Manaskov 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

14 January 2019 20:30	Spain	26–22	Japan	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 7,300 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Solé 8	(10–11)	Tokuda 7
	3×	Report	2× 3×

16 January 2019 15:30	Japan	21–25	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Agarie 4	(12–13)	Gunnarsson, Sigurmannsson 5
	1× 1× 1×	Report	2× 2×

16 January 2019 18:00	Croatia	32–20	Bahrain	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 8,600 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Štrlek 11	(19–9)	Jalal 5
	3× 7×	Report	1× 5×

16 January 2019 20:30	North Macedonia	21–32	Spain	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 9,600 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Peševski 6	(12–13)	Gómez 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

17 January 2019 15:30	Bahrain	23–22	Japan	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Basham 6	(10–9)	Motoki 9
	4×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2019 18:00	North Macedonia	22–24	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 10,100 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	K. Lazarov, Manaskov 5	(13–11)	Gunnarsson 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2019 20:30	Spain	19–23	Croatia	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Solé 5	(10–13)	Horvat 8
	1× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	5	5	0	167	103	+64	10	Main round
2	Norway	5	4	1	175	119	+56	8
3	Tunisia	5	3	2	138	147	−9	6
4	Chile	5	2	3	130	167	−37	4
5	Austria	5	1	4	121	148	−27	2
6	Saudi Arabia	5	0	5	112	159	−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

10 January 2019 20:15	Chile	16–39	Denmark	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Salinas 4	(4–22)	Mortensen 8
	5×	Report	2× 5×

11 January 2019 18:00	Saudi Arabia	22–29	Austria	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Ma. Al-Salem 7	(9–15)	Bilyk 7
	2× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

11 January 2019 20:30	Tunisia	24–34	Norway	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Jaballah 5	(13–18)	Jøndal 9
	2× 5×	Report	1× 5×

12 January 2019 15:00	Austria	24–32	Chile	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,900 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Weber 6	(15–14)	Er. Feuchtmann 9
	2× 6×	Report	1× 5×

12 January 2019 17:30	Norway	40–21	Saudi Arabia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 12,002 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Rød 9	(20–10)	Ma. Al-Salem 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

12 January 2019 20:15	Denmark	36–22	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	M. Hansen, Schmidt 7	(19–10)	Chouiref 5
	3× 7×	Report	2× 2×

14 January 2019 15:00	Tunisia	36–30	Chile	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 3,247 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Chouiref, Soussi 7	(18–15)	Er. Feuchtmann, Salinas 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

14 January 2019 17:30	Norway	34–24	Austria	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,716 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Sagosen 8	(16–13)	Božović 7
	2× 1×	Report	2× 5×

14 January 2019 20:15	Denmark	34–22	Saudi Arabia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 12,157 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	M. Jacobsen 7	(17–11)	Mo. Al-Salem 4
	1× 5×	Report	1× 7× 1×

15 January 2019 16:15	Saudi Arabia	20–24	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,571 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Al-Abdulali 5	(8–12)	Boughanmi, Sanaï 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3× 1×

15 January 2019 18:30	Norway	41–20	Chile	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 11,247 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Blonz 8	(21–12)	Salinas 9
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

15 January 2019 20:45	Austria	17–28	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,607 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	three players 3	(8–11)	M. Jacobsen, Schmidt 6
	1× 2×	Report	2×

17 January 2019 15:00	Chile	32–27	Saudi Arabia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 3,526 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Er. Feuchtmann 11	(21–13)	Mo. Al-Salem 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 9× 2×

17 January 2019 17:30	Austria	27–32	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 11,834 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Weber 9	(14–18)	Boughanmi 9
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

17 January 2019 20:15	Denmark	30–26	Norway	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 15,001 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	M. Hansen 14	(17–14)	Johannessen 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	151	111	+40	10	Main round
2	Hungary	5	2	2	1	151	138	+13	6
3	Egypt	5	2	1	2	132	133	−1	5
4	Qatar	5	2	0	3	125	127	−2	4
5	Argentina	5	1	1	3	119	130	−11	3
6	Angola	5	1	0	4	121	160	−39	2

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.

11 January 2019 15:30	Angola	24–23	Qatar	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 1,870 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Hebo 7	(12–8)	Berrached 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 4×

11 January 2019 18:00	Argentina	25–25	Hungary	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 4,272 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Simonet 6	(10–13)	Balogh 11
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

11 January 2019 20:30	Egypt	24–27	Sweden	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,448 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	El-Ahmar, Shebib 5	(11–13)	Gottfridsson, L. Nilsson 5
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

13 January 2019 15:30	Qatar	28–23	Egypt	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 3,077 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Benali 9	(15–12)	El-Ahmar 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 3×

13 January 2019 18:00	Hungary	34–24	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 4,891 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	Bóka 5	(18–8)	Ferreira 5
	2× 3× 1×	Report	3×

13 January 2019 20:30	Sweden	31–16	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,492 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Zachrisson 6	(15–10)	F. Fernández 6
	1× 8×	Report	2× 6×

14 January 2019 15:30	Hungary	32–26	Qatar	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 1,694 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Lékai 5	(16–11)	Frankis, Sinen 5
	2× 8×	Report	1× 5× 1×

14 January 2019 18:00	Argentina	20–22	Egypt	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 2,607 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	F. Fernández 5	(9–8)	Sanad 7
	4× 7× 1×	Report	2× 5× 1×

14 January 2019 20:30	Sweden	37–19	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 3,731 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Ekberg, Zachrisson 5	(19–14)	Hebo 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4× 1×

16 January 2019 15:30	Angola	26–33	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 1,709 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Ferreira 7	(12–17)	Simonet 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

16 January 2019 18:00	Hungary	30–30	Egypt	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 3,929 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Lékai 6	(14–14)	Zein 7
	4×	Report	5×

16 January 2019 20:30	Qatar	22–23	Sweden	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,079 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Benali 8	(11–10)	L. Nilsson, Zachrisson 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3× 1×

17 January 2019 15:30	Egypt	33–28	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 2,247 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	El-Deraa 8	(19–12)	Sibo 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

17 January 2019 18:00	Qatar	26–25	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 4,448 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Frankis 8	(16–13)	Baronetto, Simonet 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

17 January 2019 20:30	Sweden	33–30	Hungary	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 7,803 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	L. Nilsson 7	(16–15)	Lékai 8
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

Presidents Cup

21st–24th place playoffs

21st–24th place semifinals		21st place

19 January

Korea	27
		20 January
Japan	25
		Korea	26
19 January
		Saudi Arabia	27
Saudi Arabia	34

Angola	29
		23rd place

		20 January

		Japan	29

		Angola	32

21st–24th place semifinals

19 January 2019 13:00	Korea	27–25	Japan	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 4,446 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Kang J. 7	(12–14)	Doi 10
	1× 1×	Report	2× 7×

19 January 2019 15:30	Saudi Arabia	34–29	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 6,233 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	A. Al-Abbas 9	(20–14)	Ferreira 8
	2× 4×	Report	3×

23rd place game

20 January 2019
13:00

Japan

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