2025 World Men's Handball Championship

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)
Dates14 January–2 February
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (4th title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place France
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played108
Goals scored6,279 (58.14 per match)
Attendance533,060 (4,936 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denmark Mathias Gidsel
(74 goals)
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. France beat Portugal to win the bronze medals, while third co-host Norway finished 10th.

Bidding process

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On 11 October 2018, five nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament.[2][3][4]

The deadline elapsed on 25 September 2019.[5] Switzerland became a solo bid, while Croatia took their place in the triple bid.[6][7][8] 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.[9][10] Croatia, Denmark and Norway were chosen as the hosts on 28 February 2020 at the IHF Council meeting in Cairo, Egypt.[11][12] 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;[13] Copenhagen and Herning in Denmark; and Trondheim, Stavanger, Drammen and Bærum in Norway; with the opening match and final taking place in Bærum.[14]

On 25 January 2024, Denmark announced that the Jyske Bank Boxen would be their only venue for the competition.[15] 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.[16]

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.[17][18][19][20] During the preparations for the tournament, the Telenor Arena was renamed the Unity Arena for the tournament.[21]

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

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 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. So far, 76 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, Uruguay and Belgium, all of which participated in the 2023 edition (including Belgium who made their debut there),failed to qualify.[22]

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.[23][24] Regarding the second wildcard, 12 non-classificated nations reportedly applied.[25] On 23 May 2024, it was announced that the second wildcard was gived 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.[26][27][28] 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.[29]

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.[30][31] Originally scheduled for the 1 June,[32] it was changed a few weeks later to 29 May.[18] 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.[33]

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.[34][30] 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.[30][35]

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

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The referee pairs were selected on 14 November 2024.[36] The list was updated on 2 January 2025.[37]

Squads

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Preliminary round

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The schedule was announced on 8 April 2024.[17][38]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group C

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group D

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group E

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group F

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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. ^ a b 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group G

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group H

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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  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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group II

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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31st place game

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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
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FT: 28–28 Pen: 5–3[E]

29th place game

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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
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27th place game

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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
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25th place game

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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
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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  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
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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
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21 January 2025
20:30
Denmark  40–30