2023 World Men's Handball Championship

2023 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries	Poland; Sweden
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Dates	11–29 January
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	70
Goals scored	4,065 (58.07 per match)
Attendance	319,207 (4,560 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kay Smits; (32 goals)
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The 2023 IHF World Men's Handball Championship is the 28th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It is currently being held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023. Denmark are the two-times defending World Champions, having won the 2019 and 2021 edition.

Bidding process

Eight nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:^[1]

However until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015 only three nations entered documents to bid for this event.^[2] On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Poland and Sweden had agreed intentions to jointly hosting this tournament:^[3]

Hungary
Poland and Sweden

A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015. Poland and Sweden were chosen as the hosts. This is the first time Poland participate as the host country at a IHF World Men's Handball Championship.^[4]

Venues

The tournament takes place in nine cities (four in Poland and five in Sweden): Kraków, Gdańsk, Katowice, Płock, Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Jönköping and Kristianstad. The opening game took place in Katowice while the final will take place in Stockholm.^[5]

Kraków	Gdańsk	Stockholm	Malmö	Gothenburg
Tauron Arena	Ergo Arena	Tele2 Arena	Malmö Arena	Scandinavium
Capacity: 15,030	Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 19,000	Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 12,000

Kraków Gdańsk Katowice Płock		Sweden, in orange, and Poland, in green are separated by the Baltic sea.	Gothenburg Stockholm Malmö Jönköping Kristianstad
Katowice	Płock	Jönköping	Kristianstad
Spodek	Orlen Arena	Husqvarna Garden	Kristianstad Arena
Capacity: 11,036	Capacity: 5,492	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 4,700

Marketing

The logo was unveiled on 23 August 2021. The logo was designed to be used on a dark blue background, but it may also stand alone. The logo synthetically presents a flying ball. It was inspired by a comet lighting up the sky. The symbol conveys dynamism and expression. The trails form a hand which, in combination with a ball in the foreground, create a characteristic and friendly graphic form. The logo’s colors refer to the national colors of Poland and Sweden, the organizers of the Men’s World Championship 2023. It carries a clear message about the sports discipline of handball. A skillful and well-balanced color split alludes to the cooperation of the event hosts and sticking together for the success of the Championship. The logo was designed by Polish design agency Studio Signature.^[6] The slogan: Stick Together was unveiled on 15 September 2021. The concept “Stick together” is the framework for all our communication and is the sender in all posts or other expressions coming from the 28th IHF Men’s World Championship Poland/Sweden 2023. We use “Stick together” to talk about the big questions and the broader context, but we also use “Stick together” locally in all marketing in each host city. It symbolizes by each concept:

Stick together for fair play.
Stick together as fans.
Stick together as a team.
Stick together to challenge.
Stick together in the arena.
Stick together to win.

It is also as part of both countries sustainability and capable communication concepts.^[7]

Qualification

The World Championship hosts qualified directly, along with the reigning world champions. Following the current IHF rules^[8] , the number of compulsory places awarded to each continental confederation is divided as follows: 4 places each for Africa, Asia and Europe. Because there is more than one organiser from the same Continental Confederation (Europe), the number of compulsory places of the respective Continental Confederation were reduced accordingly. So only 3 compulsory places for Europe, while Africa and Asia were kept with 4 four places allocated. Starting in 2021 Pan America was split into two zones: the North America and Caribbean Zone having 1 place, and the South and Central America Zone having 3 places. One additional place were available for Oceania, but only when that region's national team ranked fifth or higher at the Asian Championship. Since no Oceania team placed among the top five at the Asian Championship, the IHF awarded an additional wild card. In addition, several performance places were awarded for the continental confederations (12 places), which were based on the teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding World Championship. Taking into consideration the results of the 2021 Men's World Championship, 20 out of 32 places were distributed as follows:

Distribution of Places (following current IHF rules^[9])	Vacancies	Details	Comments
Host countries ¹	2
Reigning World Champion ²	1
Performances places for the Continental Confederations Based on teams ranked 1-12 of the preceding world championship - Africa - Asia - Europe - North America and the Caribbean - South and Central America - Oceania	12	1 1 9 0 1 0	as Egypt ranked 7th of 2021 Men's World Championship as Qatar ranked 8th of 2021 Men's World Championship as 9 Europeans teams ranked 1-12 of 2021 Men's World Championship as Argentina ranked 11th of 2021 Men's World Championship
Compulsory Places for the Continental Confederations - Africa - Asia - Europe - North America and the Caribbean - South and Central America - Oceania	16	4 4 3 ¹ 1 3 1 ³	17 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to there is more than one organiser 4 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to there is more than one organiser from Europe place allocated to Oceania or an additional free wild card
Wild card ⁴	1
Total	32

¹All hosting federations are automatically entitled to take part in the World Championship. If there is more than one organiser from the same Continental Confederation, the number of compulsory places of the respective Continental Confederation shall be reduced accordingly. If there is more than one organiser and the organisers are not from the same Continental Confederation, the IHF Council shall decide about the reduction of the compulsory places, considering only the compulsory places of the Continental Confederations involved.
²The reigning World Champion automatically qualifies for the next World Championship and, as a rule, is placed first in the first performance row. In case the reigning World Champion is also hosting the next World Championship, the Continental Confederation of the reigning World Champion obtains one additional performance place.
³The compulsory place for Oceania is subject to fulfilling certain conditions. The Continental Confederation of Oceania does not have a direct compulsory place for a Continental Confederation qualification event. The Continental Confederation of Oceania is invited to participate in the Asian qualification events. The compulsory place is awarded to Oceania if the representative from Oceania is ranked 5th or higher in the Asian qualification. If Oceania fails to rank 5th or does not participate, the IHF Council will award this place as a free wild card.
⁴The wild card shall be awarded by the IHF Council.

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nations	6 November 2015	Sochi	2	Poland Sweden
2021 World Championship	31 January 2021	Egypt	1	Denmark
2022 European Men's Handball Championship	13–30 January 2022	Hungary Slovakia	3	France Norway Spain
2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship	18–31 January 2022	Dammam	5	Bahrain Iran Qatar Saudi Arabia South Korea
2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship	25–29 January 2022	Recife	4	Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay
European qualification	7 November 2021 – 16 April 2022	Various	9	Belgium Croatia Germany Hungary Iceland Montenegro North Macedonia Portugal Serbia
2022 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship	26–30 June 2022	Mexico City	1	United States
2022 African Men's Handball Championship	11–18 July 2022	Egypt	5	Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Morocco Tunisia
Wild card	28 June 2022^[10]	—	1+1	Netherlands Slovenia

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances^{5, 6}
Poland	Co-host	6 November 2015	16 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
Sweden	Co-host	6 November 2015	25 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Denmark	World champion	31 January 2021	24 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, *2019, 2021*)
Bahrain	Top five at the 2022 Asian Championship	24 January 2022	4 (2011, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Iran			1 (2015)
Qatar			8 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Spain	Top three at 2022 European Championship	25 January 2022	21 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Saudi Arabia	Top five at the 2022 Asian Championship	26 January 2022	9 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Argentina	Top four at 2022 South and Central American Championship		13 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Uruguay	Top four at 2022 South and Central American Championship		1 (2021)
France	Top three at 2022 European Championship		23 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Brazil	Top four at 2022 South and Central American Championship		15 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Chile	Top four at 2022 South and Central American Championship		6 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Norway	Top three at 2022 European Championship	28 January 2022	16 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021)
South Korea	Top five at the 2022 Asian Championship	30 January 2022	13 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
Belgium	European playoffs	19 March 2022	0 (debut)
Hungary		16 April 2022	21 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Croatia			14 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Iceland			21 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Serbia			4 ( 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019)
Germany			26 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990⁷, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Portugal		17 April 2022	4 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021)
Montenegro			1 (2013)
North Macedonia			7 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Netherlands	Wild card	28 June 2022	1 (1961)
Slovenia	Wild card	28 June 2022	9 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
United States	Winner of the 2022 Nor.Ca. Championship	30 June 2022	6 (1964, 1970, 1974, 1993, 1995, 2001)
Morocco	Top five at 2022 African Men's Handball Championship	15 July 2022	7 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2021)
Tunisia			15 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Cape Verde			1 (2021)
Egypt			16 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Algeria		18 July 2022	15 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2021)

⁵ Bold indicates champion for that year
⁶ Italic indicates host country for that year
⁷ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw took place on 2 July 2022 at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.^[11]^[10]^[12]

Seeding

Following ranking of previous World Championship, and following IHF rules.^[13]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Hold Title (DEN as Europe 3) Europe 1 (Host SWE) Europe 2 Europe 4 Europe 5 Europe 6 Europe 7 Africa 1	Asia 1 Europe 8 Europe 9 South America 1 Europe 10 Host (POL as Europe 12) Europe 11 Europe 13	Europe 14 Europe 15 South America 2 Asia 2 Asia 3 Africa 2 South America 3 Africa 3	South America 4 Africa 4 Africa 5 Asia 4 Asia 5 North America 1 Wild card 1 Wild card 2

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Denmark (Hold) Sweden (Host) Spain France Norway Iceland Germany Egypt	Qatar Croatia Belgium Brazil Portugal Poland (Host) Montenegro North Macedonia	Serbia Hungary Argentina Bahrain Saudi Arabia Cape Verde Chile Morocco	Uruguay Tunisia Algeria Iran South Korea United States Netherlands Slovenia

Groups

Each host country can assign one qualified team to each host city. Therefore Spain will play in group A (Krakow), Norway in group F (Krakow), and Denmark in group H (Malmö). Germany in group E (Katowice), Iceland in group D (Kristianstad) and Croatia in group G (Jönköping).^[14]

Group A (Krakow)	Group B (Katowice)	Group C (Göteborg)	Group D (Kristianstad)	Group E (Katowice)	Group F (Krakow)	Group G (Jönköping)	Group H (Malmö)
Spain Montenegro Chile Iran	France Poland (Host) Saudi Arabia Slovenia	Sweden (Host) Brazil Cape Verde Uruguay	Iceland Portugal Hungary South Korea	Germany Qatar Serbia Algeria	Norway North Macedonia Argentina Netherlands	Egypt Croatia Morocco United States	Denmark Belgium Bahrain Tunisia

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 16 November 2022.^[15]

Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Argentina	María Paolantoni Mariana García
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
Egypt	Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura

Referees
France	Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Germany	Maike Merz Tanja Kuttler
Hungary	Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss
Lithuania	Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika
North Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum

Referees
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Serbia	Marko Sekulić Vladimir Jovandić
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah
Turkey	Kürşad Erdoğan Ibrahim Özdeniz

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[16]^[17]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	99	73	+26	6	Main round Group I
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	94	94	0	4
3	Iran	3	1	2	78	93	−15	2
4	Chile	3	0	3	83	94	−11	0	Presidents 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.

12 January 2023 18:00	Chile	24–25	Iran	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,007 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Er. Feuchtmann 6	(11–13)	Oraei 7
	2×	Report	2× 8× 1×

12 January 2023 20:30	Spain	30–25	Montenegro	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,808 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Odriozola 6	(15–12)	B. Vujović 7
	4×	Report	6×

14 January 2023 18:00	Montenegro	34–31	Iran	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	M. Vujović 10	(19–16)	Oraei, Sadeghi 7
	2×	Report	1× 4×

14 January 2023 20:30	Spain	34–26	Chile	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,150 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	A. Dujshebaev 6	(18–15)	Er. Feuchtmann 8
	3×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2023 18:00	Montenegro	35–33	Chile	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Özdeniz, Erdoğan (TUR)
	M. Vujović 12	(20–18)	Er. Feuchtmann 9
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 1×

16 January 2023 20:30	Iran	22–35	Spain	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,403 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	three players 4	(11–21)	A. Dujshebaev, Solé 6
	1× 4×	Report	2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	102	78	+24	6	Main round Group I
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	96	77	+19	4
3	Poland (H)	3	1	2	74	82	−8	2
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	66	101	−35	0	Presidents 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

11 January 2023 21:00	France	26–24	Poland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 9,999 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Mahé 5	(14–13)	Sićko 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

12 January 2023 18:00	Saudi Arabia	19–33	Slovenia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,371 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Al-Muwallad 4	(8–16)	Janc 6
	4× 1×	Report	4×

14 January 2023 18:00	France	41–23	Saudi Arabia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Lenne 8	(24–14)	Al-Abbas, Al-Salem 5
	1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

14 January 2023 20:30	Poland	23–32	Slovenia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 9,999 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Moryto 6	(11–17)	Dolenec 7
	5×	Report	6×

16 January 2023 18:00	Slovenia	31–35	France	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,400 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Vlah 9	(14–16)	Mahé, Remili 7
	1× 3×	Report	6×

16 January 2023 20:30	Poland	27–24	Saudi Arabia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 9,999 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Moryto 9	(13–12)	Al-Abbas 5
	7×	Report	1× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	3	0	107	57	+50	6	Main round Group II
2	Brazil	3	2	1	83	78	+5	4
3	Cape Verde	3	1	2	88	89	−1	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	3	61	115	−54	0	Presidents 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

12 January 2023 18:00	Cape Verde	33–25	Uruguay	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,312 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	G. Furtado 6	(17–11)	Rostagno, Rubbo 5
	2×	Report	1×

12 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	26–18	Brazil	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,627 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Gottfridsson 6	(11–9)	Rodrigues 4
	3×	Report	2× 4×

14 January 2023 18:00	Brazil	35–24	Uruguay	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,697 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Hackbarth 7	(19–10)	Capello 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 1×

14 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	34–27	Cape Verde	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,750 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	D. Pettersson, Wanne 5	(19–8)	F. Landim, Moreno 6
	1×	Report	5×

16 January 2023 18:00	Brazil	30–28	Cape Verde	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,191 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Dupoux 7	(17–15)	Moreno 7
	2×	Report	4×

16 January 2023 20:30	Uruguay	12–47	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,051 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	De Agrela 5	(8–25)	Johansson 11
	3×	Report	3×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	1	85	74	+11	4^[a]	Main round Group II
2	Iceland	3	2	1	96	81	+15	4^[a]
3	Hungary	3	2	1	85	82	+3	4^[a]
4	South Korea	3	0	3	76	105	−29	0	Presidents 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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Portugal 2 Pts, +3 GD, Iceland 2 Pts, +2 GD, Hungary 2 Pts, −5 GD

12 January 2023 18:00	Hungary	35–27	South Korea	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,738 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Lékai 7	(21–11)	three players 5
	1× 8× 1×	Report	2× 3×

12 January 2023 20:30	Iceland	30–26	Portugal	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,738 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Elísson 9	(15–15)	Portela 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

14 January 2023 18:00	Portugal	32–24	South Korea	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,615 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Gomes 7	(15–12)	Lee H. 4
	5×	Report	3×

14 January 2023 20:30	Iceland	28–30	Hungary	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,615 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Elísson 9	(17–12)	Ancsin 6
	3×	Report	1× 5×

16 January 2023 18:00	South Korea	25–38	Iceland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,608 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Kang, Kim Y. 4	(13–19)	Ríkharðsson 11
	4×	Report	1× 4×

16 January 2023 20:30	Portugal	27–20	Hungary	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,608 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	F. Costa 6	(16–9)	Bodó 5
	1× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	102	81	+21	6	Main round Group III
2	Serbia	3	2	1	103	85	+18	4
3	Qatar	3	1	2	80	89	−9	2
4	Algeria	3	0	3	72	102	−30	0	Presidents 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.

13 January 2023 18:00	Germany	31–27	Qatar	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Knorr 8	(18–13)	Capote 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

13 January 2023 20:30	Serbia	36–27	Algeria	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Marsenić 9	(16–13)	Arib 5
	4×	Report	1× 4×

15 January 2023 18:00	Germany	34–33	Serbia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Mertens 7	(19–17)	Kukić 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

15 January 2023 20:30	Qatar	29–24	Algeria	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Gačević, Madadi 7	(12–11)	Abdi, Daoud 5
	2× 4×	Report	3×

17 January 2023 18:00	Algeria	21–37	Germany	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 2,350 Referees: Kiss, Bíró (HUN)
	Abdi 5	(9–16)	Kohlbacher 10
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1×

17 January 2023 20:30	Qatar	24–34	Serbia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 5	(14–17)	Radivojević 7
	3×	Report	4× 2×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	98	74	+24	6	Main round Group III
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	89	70	+19	4
3	Argentina	3	1	2	75	87	−12	2
4	North Macedonia	3	0	3	77	108	−31	0	Presidents 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.

13 January 2023 18:00	Argentina	19–29	Netherlands	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,418 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Parker, D. Simonet 5	(11–14)	Smits 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2023 20:30	Norway	39–27	North Macedonia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 4,048 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Abelvik Rød, Sagosen 6	(18–11)	Taleski 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

15 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	24–34	Netherlands	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kuzmanovski, Peševski 4	(11–18)	Smits 10
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5×

15 January 2023 20:30	Norway	32–21	Argentina	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,750 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	three players 5	(16–12)	D. Simonet 7
	2×	Report	5×

17 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	26–35	Argentina	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,214 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Taleski 5	(11–18)	D. Simonet 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

17 January 2023 20:30	Netherlands	26–27	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,750 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Smits 7	(17–13)	Sagosen 7
	1× 3×	Report

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	96	57	+39	6	Main round Group IV
2	Croatia	3	2	1	98	77	+21	4
3	United States	3	1	2	66	102	−36	2
4	Morocco	3	0	3	70	94	−24	0	Presidents 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.

13 January 2023 18:00	Morocco	27–28	United States	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 4,817 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Harchaoui 5	(12–12)	Fofana 6
	5× 1×	Report	5× 1×

13 January 2023 20:30	Egypt	31–22	Croatia	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 5,200 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Mahmoud 7	(16–12)	Šipić 5
	2×	Report	2× 5×

15 January 2023 18:00	Egypt	30–19	Morocco	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 3,304 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Kaddah 7	(13–9)	Lakbi 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

15 January 2023 20:30	Croatia	40–22	United States	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 3,423 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Karačić 8	(20–10)	Hines 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

17 January 2023 18:00	United States	16–35	Egypt	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 2,603 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Amitović, Chan 4	(7–19)	four players 4
	1× 2×	Report	2×

17 January 2023 20:30	Croatia	36–24	Morocco	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 2,617 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Cindrić 9	(15–13)	El Hakimy, Rezzouki 5
	1× 4×	Report	4×

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	113	70	+43	6	Main round Group IV
2	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	78	91	−13	3
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	87	102	−15	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	77	92	−15	1	Presidents 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.

13 January 2023 18:00	Bahrain	27–27	Tunisia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,870 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Jalal 10	(16–15)	Rzig 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2023 20:30	Denmark	43–28	Belgium	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 12,426 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	M. Hansen 10	(22–15)	Brixhe 5
	1× 2×	Report	5×

15 January 2023 18:00	Belgium	31–29	Tunisia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,023 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Qerimi 6	(17–16)	Maoua 4
	6×	Report	2× 2× 1×

15 January 2023 20:30	Denmark	36–21	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,566 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gidsel 9	(16–9)	A. Merza 5
		Report	2×

17 January 2023 18:00	Belgium	28–30	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 9,350 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Kotters 8	(12–15)	A. Merza 6
	3× 1×	Report	5×

17 January 2023 20:30	Tunisia	21–34	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,143 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Darmoul 6	(14–19)	Gidsel 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

Presidents Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	71	53	+18	4	25th place game
2	Chile	2	2	0	60	47	+13	4	27th place game
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	2	46	60	−14	0	29th place game
4	Uruguay	2	0	2	54	71	−17	0	31st place game

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2023. 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.

18 January 2023 15:30	Chile	26–23	Saudi Arabia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 600 Referees: Özdeniz, Erdoğan (TUR)
	Er. Feuchtmann 8	(12–13)	Al-Abdulali 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

18 January 2023 18:00	Uruguay	30–37	South Korea	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 800 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Rubbo 8	(15–23)	Ha T., Jin 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4× 1×

20 January 2023 15:30	Chile	34–24	Uruguay	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 600 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Er. Feuchtmann 6	(17–13)	De Agrela, Rubbo 4
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 5×

20 January 2023 18:00	Saudi Arabia	23–34	South Korea	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Al-Abbas, Al-Hassan 4	(12–17)	Jang 11
	1× 7× 1×	Report	8×

22 January 2023 13:00	South Korea	v	Chile	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

22 January 2023 15:30	Saudi Arabia	v	Uruguay	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Macedonia	1	1	0	40	25	+15	2	25th place game
2	Tunisia	1	1	0	30	25	+5	2	27th place game
3	Morocco	1	0	1	25	30	−5	0	29th place game
4	Algeria	1	0	1	25	40	−15	0	31st place game

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2023. 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.

19 January 2023 15:30	Algeria	25–40	North Macedonia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 600 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Daoud 5	(11–19)	Manaskov, Peševski 7
	4× 1×	Report	2×

19 January 2023 18:00	Morocco	25–30	Tunisia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 800 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Rezzouki 9	(13–13)	Rzig 8
	1× 6×	Report	6×

21 January 2023 15:30	Algeria	v	Morocco	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

21 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	v	Tunisia	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

23 January 2023 15:30	Tunisia	v	Algeria	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

23 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	v	Morocco	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

31st place game

25 January 2023 13:00	I4	v	II4	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

29th place game

25 January 2023 15:30	I3	v	II3	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

27th place game

25 January 2023 18:00	I2	v	II2	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

25th place game

25 January 2023 20:30	I1	v	II1	Orlen Arena, Płock
		Report

Main round

Group I

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (Q)	4	4	0	137	108	+29	8	Quarterfinals
2	Spain (Q)	4	4	0	123	96	+27	8	Quarterfinals
3	Slovenia (E)	4	2	2	127	110	+17	4
4	Poland (H, E)	4	1	3	97	105	−8	2
5	Montenegro (E)	4	1	3	103	123	−20	2
6	Iran (E)	4	0	4	103	148	−45	0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2023. 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.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

18 January 2023 15:30	Iran	21–38	Slovenia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,206 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Oraei, Sadeghzadeh 4	(9–20)	Makuc 6
	3×	Report	5×

18 January 2023 18:00	France	35–24	Montenegro	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,411 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Richardson 10	(16–13)	Božović 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

18 January 2023 20:30	Spain	27–23	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 7,030 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	three players 4	(16–15)	Sićko 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2× 1×

20 January 2023 15:30	Slovenia	26–31	Spain	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Dolenec 7	(15–15)	Odriozola 6
	2× 4×	Report	3×

20 January 2023 18:00	Iran	29–41	France	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 4,150 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 4	(14–18)	Briet, Tournat 6
	7×	Report	1×

20 January 2023 20:30	Montenegro	20–27	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 9,087 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	M. Vujović 6	(8–11)	Jędraszczyk 6
	3×	Report	3× 1×

22 January 2023 15:30	Montenegro	v	Slovenia	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

22 January 2023 18:00	Iran	v	Poland	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

22 January 2023 21:00	Spain	v	France	Tauron Arena, Kraków
		Report

Group II

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H, Q)	4	4	0	0	132	103	+29	8	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	4	2	1	1	116	101	+15	5	Quarterfinals
3	Iceland	4	2	0	2	128	121	+7	4
4	Hungary	4	2	0	2	106	117	−11	4
5	Brazil	4	1	1	2	101	110	−9	3
6	Cape Verde (E)	4	0	0	4	108	139	−31	0

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2023. 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.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

18 January 2023 15:30	Portugal	28–28	Brazil	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,301 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Areia 7	(12–11)	Dupoux 10
	1× 1×	Report	3×

18 January 2023 18:00	Cape Verde	30–40	Iceland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Pina 11	(13–18)	Guðjónsson 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×

18 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	37–28	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,256 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Wanne 9	(18–14)	Rosta 7
	2×	Report	1× 3×

20 January 2023 15:30	Cape Verde	23–35	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,110 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Pina 6	(12–14)	Areia 9
	9× 1×	Report	2×

20 January 2023 18:00	Brazil	25–28	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,317 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Monta da Silva 6	(14–14)	Lékai 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

20 January 2023 20:30	Iceland	30–35	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
		(16–17)
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

22 January 2023 15:30	Cape Verde	v	Hungary	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

22 January 2023 18:00	Brazil	v	Iceland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

22 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	v	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg
		Report

Group III

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	104	79	+25	6	Quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	3	0	90	75	+15	6	Quarterfinals
3	Netherlands	3	2	1	87	76	+11	4
4	Serbia	3	1	2	95	89	+6	2
5	Qatar (E)	3	0	3	81	97	−16	0
6	Argentina (E)	3	0	3	59	100	−41	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2023. 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.
(E) Eliminated

19 January 2023 15:30	Qatar	30–32	Netherlands	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Madadi 11	(19–15)	Smits, Ten Velde 8
	6×	Report	1× 6×

19 January 2023 18:00	Germany	39–19	Argentina	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,150 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 5	(24–11)	Martínez Cami 5
	3×	Report	4×

19 January 2023 20:30	Norway	31–28	Serbia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Barthold, Sagosen 5	(14–17)	three players 5
	3×	Report	1× 4×

21 January 2023 15:30	Serbia	v	Argentina	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

21 January 2023 18:00	Qatar	v	Norway	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

21 January 2023 20:30	Netherlands	v	Germany	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

23 January 2023 15:30	Qatar	v	Argentina	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

23 January 2023 18:00	Serbia	v	Netherlands	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

23 January 2023 20:30	Germany	v	Norway	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

Group IV

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	99	66	+33	6	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	0	111	81	+30	5	Quarterfinals
3	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	83	91	−8	4
4	Croatia	3	1	1	1	94	85	+9	3
5	Belgium (E)	3	0	0	3	84	106	−22	0
6	United States (E)	3	0	0	3	65	107	−42	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 January 2023. 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.
(E) Eliminated

19 January 2023 15:30	United States	27–32	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,891 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Hoddersen 6	(13–17)	Al-Sayyad 11
	1× 3× 1×	Report	4×

19 January 2023 18:00	Egypt	33–28	Belgium	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,784 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahmoud 7	(22–15)	Danesi 9
	3×	Report	1× 4×

19 January 2023 20:30	Denmark	32–32	Croatia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,420 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Pytlick 9	(15–16)	Šipić 9
	5×	Report	2× 8×

21 January 2023 15:30	Bahrain	v	Egypt	Malmö Arena, Malmö
		Report

21 January 2023 18:00	Croatia	v	Belgium	Malmö Arena, Malmö
		Report

21 January 2023 20:30	United States	v	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö
		Report

23 January 2023 15:30	United States	v	Belgium	Malmö Arena, Malmö
		Report

23 January 2023 18:00	Croatia	v	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö
		Report

23 January 2023 20:30	Egypt	v	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö
		Report

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

25 January

I1
	27 January
III2

25 January

Sweden Sweden
		29 January
IV2

25 January

III1
	27 January
I2

25 January
		Third place
IV1
		29 January
II2

5–8th place playoffs

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place

	27 January


					29 January


	27 January




					Seventh place

					29 January

Quarterfinals

25 January 2023	I1	v	III2	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk
		Report

25 January 2023	III1	v	I2	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk
		Report

25 January 2023	Sweden	v	IV2	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

25 January 2023	IV1	v	II2	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

5–8th place semifinals

27 January 2023	LQF1	v	LQF3	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

27 January 2023	LQF2	v	LQF4	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

Semifinals

27 January 2023 18:00	WQF1	v	WQF3	¹
		Report

27 January 2023	WQF2	v	WQF4	¹
		Report

¹Scenarios for semi-finals: if qualified SWE to play in Stockholm. If neither POL nor SWE are qualified, SF1 to be played in Gdansk, SF2 to be played in Stockholm.^[17]

Seventh place game

29 January 2023 13:00	LSF1	v	LSF2	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

Fifth place game

29 January 2023 15:30	WSF1	v	WSF2	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

Third place game

29 January 2023 18:00	LSF1	v	LSF2	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

Final

29 January 2023	WSF1	v	WSF2	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
		Report

Final ranking

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

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32

	Qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 19 January 2023

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Kay Smits	32	43	74
2	Erwin Feuchtmann	31	49	63
3	Mathias Gidsel	30	39	77
4	Ahmad Madadi	29	35	83
5	Bjarki Már Elísson	28	37	76
5	Branko Vujović	28	47	60
7	Mikkel Hansen	26	32	81
7	Arkadiusz Moryto	26	37	70
9	Hampus Wanne	25	32	78
10	Szymon Sićko	24	39	62
	Aleks Vlah		33	73
	Miloš Vujović		33	73

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

As of 19 January 2023

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Tobias Thulin	68	21	31
2	Mohamed Aly	45	15	33
3	Abdelrahman Homayed	43	19	44
4	Andreas Palicka	41	32	78
5	Miguel Ferreira	37	41	110
6	Mikael Appelgren	36	15	42
	Joel Birlehm		22	61
	Bart Ravensbergen		51	141
9	Manuel Gaspar	35	13	37
	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas		29	83
	Leonardo Terçariol		32	91

Source: IHF

Broadcasters

Country	Channel
Argentina	TyC Sports
Belgium	VRT
Bahrain	Bahrain Sport
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Caribbean	DirecTV
China	Huya Live
Croatia	Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (select matches), RTL
Czech Republic	Czech TV
Denmark	DR1, TV 2
Estonia	Viaplay
Egypt	Ontime sport
Finland	Viaplay
France	TF1 (select matches), BeIN Sports
Georgia	Silknet
Germany	ARD / ZDF (select matches), Eurosport, Sportdeutschland.TV
Hungary	Magyar Televízió
Iceland	RÚV
Iran	IRIB Varzesh
Italy	FIGH Italia
Japan	Sportsbull
Kosovo	Arena Sport
Latin America	DirecTV
Montenegro	RTCG, Arena Sport
Morocco	Arryadia
North Macedonia	MRT (select matches), Arena Sport
Netherlands	Viaplay
Norway	TV3 (select matches), Viaplay
Poland	TVP (select matches), Viaplay
Portugal	RTP
Qatar	Alkass Sport
Romania	Prima Sport
Saudi Arabia	Shahid / SSC
Serbia	RTS, Arena Sport
Slovakia	RTVS
Slovenia	Radiotelevizija Slovenija, Arena Sport
Spain	Teledeporte
Sweden	TV6 / TV10 (select matches), Viaplay
Switzerland	SRG
Tunisia	El Watania 1 / El Watania 2
Ukraine	Poverhnost TV
United Kingdom	Viaplay
United States	ESPN

Source:^[18]

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^ "Regulations%20for%20IHF%20Competitions_E_4.pdf" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ Ticket sales in Poland started
^ "IHF announce referees for the 28th IHF Men's World Championship". ihf.info. 16 November 2022.
^ "Playing schedule for Poland/Sweden 2023 released". ihf.info. 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Match Schedule" (PDF). handball23.com. 28 October 2022.
^ "Where to watch and listen to Poland/Sweden 2023". International Handball Federation. 9 January 2023.

External links

[table_hth_POR0.15099419194786-18] Portugal 2 Pts, +3 GD, Iceland 2 Pts, +2 GD, Hungary 2 Pts, −5 GD

[1] "Bidding process for the 2021/2023 Men's and Women's World Championships". ihf.info. 18 February 2015.

[2] "Applications for Men's World Championships 2021/2023". ihf.info. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

[3] "Sverige söker värdskapet för VM 2023". Svensk Handball (in Swedish). 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

[4] "2021 and 2023 IHF Men's World Championships Awarded". ihf.info. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[5] "Sverige inleder VM 2023 i Göteborg" (in Swedish). Svenska Handbollslandslaget. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[6] "The official logotype of the 28th IHF Men's World Championship". International Handball Federation. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[7] ""Stick Together" is the communication concept of the 28th IHF Men's World Championship". International Handball Federation. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[8] "Regulations%20for%20IHF%20Competitions_E_4.pdf" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[9] "Regulations%20for%20IHF%20Competitions_E_4.pdf" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[WC-10] "Netherlands and Slovenia receive Wild Cards for Poland/Sweden 2023". International Handball Federation. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[11] "Śląsk i Katowice gospodarzami mistrzostw świata" (in Polish). Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

[12] "Poland/Sweden 2023 draw concludes with high-profile clashes highlighting preliminary round". Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.

[13] "Regulations%20for%20IHF%20Competitions_E_4.pdf" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[14] Ticket sales in Poland started

[15] "IHF announce referees for the 28th IHF Men's World Championship". ihf.info. 16 November 2022.

[16] "Playing schedule for Poland/Sweden 2023 released". ihf.info. 28 October 2022.

[:0-17] "Match Schedule" (PDF). handball23.com. 28 October 2022.

[19] "Where to watch and listen to Poland/Sweden 2023". International Handball Federation. 9 January 2023.

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