2023 World Men's Handball Championship

Host countries

Venues9 (in 9 host cities)

Dates11–29 January

Teams32 (from 5 confederations)

2023 World Men's Handball Championship
Världmästerskapet i handboll för herrar 2023 (in Swedish) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Ręcznej Mężczyzn 2023 (in Polish)

Tournament details
Host countries	Poland Sweden
Venues	9 (in 9 host cities)
Dates	11–29 January
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (3rd title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	112
Goals scored	6,555 (58.53 per match)
Attendance	618,112 (5,519 per match)
Top scorers	Mathias Gidsel (60 goals)
Awards
Best player	Mathias Gidsel
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The 2023 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 28th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023.

Denmark were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2019 and 2021 editions, and successfully defended their title by defeating France 34–29 in the final. In doing so, Denmark became the first men's national handball team to win three consecutive world titles. Spain beat the hosts and European champions Sweden to win a World Championship bronze medal for the third time, the second in consecutive editions.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Eight nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:^[5]

However until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015 only three nations entered documents to bid for this event.^[6] On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Poland and Sweden had agreed intentions to jointly hosting this tournament:^[7]

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.^[8]

Venues

The tournament took 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 took place in Stockholm.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

Qualification

The World Championship hosts qualified directly, along with the reigning world champions. Following the current IHF rules,^[12] 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^[12])	Vacancies	Details	Comments
Organisers ¹	3
Reigning world champion ²	1
Performance places for the continental confederations	12		Based on teams ranked 1-12 in the preceding world championship
Africa		1	Egypt ranked 7th in the 2021 Men's World Championship
Asia		1	Qatar ranked 8th in the 2021 Men's World Championship
Europe		9	9 European teams ranked 1-12 in the 2021 Men's World Championship
North America and the Caribbean		0
South and Central America		1	Argentina ranked 11th in 2021 the Men's World Championship
Oceania		0
Compulsory places for the continental confederations	16		17 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to having two organisers
Africa		4
Asia		4
Europe		3 ¹	4 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to having two organisers from Europe
North America and the Caribbean		1
South and Central America		3
Oceania		1 ³	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 confederation shall be reduced accordingly. If there is more than one organiser and the organisers are not from the same confederation, the IHF Council shall decide about the reduction of the compulsory places, considering only the compulsory places of the 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 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 confederational qualification event. The 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	13–31 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^[13]	—	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.^[14]^[13]^[15]

Seeding

Following ranking of previous World Championship, and following IHF rules.^[12]

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 could assign one qualified team to each host city. Therefore Spain played 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).^[16]

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.^[17]

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

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	President's Cup Group I

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	President's Cup Group I

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	President's Cup Group I

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	President's Cup Group I

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	President's Cup Group II

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	President's Cup Group II

President's Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile	3	3	0	93	73	+20	6	25th place game
2	South Korea	3	2	1	97	86	+11	4	27th place game
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	74	87	−13	2	29th place game
4	Uruguay	3	0	3	81	99	−18	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.

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	26–33	Chile	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 650 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Kang 6	(16–16)	Er. Feuchtmann 9
	2× 4× 1×	Report	6×

22 January 2023 15:30	Saudi Arabia	28–27	Uruguay	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Ma. Al-Salem 8	(15–14)	Rubbo 11
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	93	78	+15	6	25th place game
2	North Macedonia	3	2	1	108	83	+25	4	27th place game
3	Morocco	3	1	2	78	97	−19	2	29th place game
4	Algeria	3	0	3	77	98	−21	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.

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	27–28	Morocco	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 900 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Abdi 7	(15–13)	Harchaoui 5
	1× 4×	Report	3× 4×

21 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	28–33	Tunisia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Kuzmanovski 8	(14–16)	Darmoul 7
	1× 7×	Report	3× 9× 1×

23 January 2023 15:30	Tunisia	30–25	Algeria	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 800 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Boughanmi 8	(15–12)	Abdi 8
	1× 2×	Report	2×

23 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	40–25	Morocco	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Kuzmanovski 8	(18–12)	Zaher 8
	3×	Report	1×

31st place game

25 January 2023 13:00	Uruguay	33–34	Algeria	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Chaparro, Rubbo 6	(17–16)	Arib, Yacine 6
	2×	Report	4×

29th place game

25 January 2023 15:30	Saudi Arabia	32–30	Morocco	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Moj. Al-Salem 7	(18–11)	Harchaoui 10
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

27th place game

25 January 2023 18:00	South Korea	33–36	North Macedonia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Jin 8	(19–20)	Kuzmanovski 8
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 5×

25th place game

25 January 2023 20:30	Chile	26–38	Tunisia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Er. Feuchtmann 8	(10–24)	Toumi 8
	2×	Report	4× 2×

Main round

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 January

France	35
		27 January
Germany	28
		France	31
25 January
		Sweden	26
Sweden	26
				29 January
Egypt	22
				France	29
25 January
				Denmark	34
Norway	34
		27 January
Spain (ET)	35
		Spain	23
25 January
		Denmark	26	Third place
Denmark	40
				29 January
Hungary	23
				Sweden	36

				Spain	39

5–8th place playoffs

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

27 January

Germany (ET)	35
		29 January
Egypt	34
		Germany	28
27 January
		Norway	24
Norway	33

Hungary	25
		Seventh place

		29 January

		Egypt (ET)	36

		Hungary	35

Quarterfinals

25 January 2023 18:00	Denmark	40–23	Hungary	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 11,338 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gidsel 9	(21–12)	Bodó, Lékai 6
	3×	Report	4×

25 January 2023 18:00	Norway	34–35 (ET)	Spain	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk Attendance: 5,489 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Bjørnsen 9	(13–12)	Fernández Pérez 8
	6×	Report	1× 3×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 4–4, 5–6

25 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	26–22	Egypt	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 16,215 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Ekberg 6	(14–9)	Kaddah, Mahmoud 5
	4×	Report	1×

25 January 2023 20:54^{[note 1]}	France	35–28	Germany	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk Attendance: 5,262 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Fabregas, Remili 5	(16–16)	Golla 6
	3×	Report	1×

5–8th place semifinals

27 January 2023 15:30	Germany	35–34 (ET)	Egypt	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,604 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Knorr 7	(17–14)	Y. El-Deraa, Zein 7
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 1×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 5–4

27 January 2023 18:00	Norway	33–25	Hungary	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 9,081 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Sagosen 7	(16–13)	Lékai 6
	2×	Report	1× 2× 1×

Semifinals

27 January 2023 18:00	Spain	23–26	Denmark	Ergo Arena, Gdańsk Attendance: 6,567 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	A. Dujshebaev 5	(10–15)	Pytlick 6
	1× 3×	Report	3×

27 January 2023 21:00	France	31–26	Sweden	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 19,128 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Fabregas 6	(16–12)	Johansson 5
	3×	Report	4× 1×

Seventh place game

29 January 2023 15:30	Egypt	36–35 (ET)	Hungary	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 8,980 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Zein 12	(17–11)	Bodó, Lékai 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 6×
	FT: 28–28 ET: 3–3, 5–4

Fifth place game

29 January 2023 13:00	Germany	28–24	Norway	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 6,260 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	three players 5	(16–13)	Gullerud 6
	4×	Report	1× 2×

Third place game

29 January 2023 18:00	Sweden	36–39	Spain	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 22,650 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Wanne 9	(22–18)	Figueras 9
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

Final

29 January 2023 21:00	France	29–34	Denmark	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 23,050 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Remili 6	(15–16)	Lauge 10
	3×	Report	1× 4×

Final ranking and awards

Final ranking

Places 1 to 8 and 25 to 32 were decided by play-off or knock-out. Teams finishing third in the main round were 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 were taken into account, then number of goals scored. If teams were still equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round were considered followed by the goal difference and then number of goals scored in the preliminary round.

Rank^[22]	Team
	Denmark
	France
	Spain
4	Sweden
5	Germany
6	Norway
7	Egypt
8	Hungary
9	Croatia
10	Slovenia
11	Serbia
12	Iceland
13	Portugal
14	Netherlands
15	Poland
16	Bahrain
17	Brazil
18	Montenegro
19	Argentina
20	United States
21	Belgium
22	Qatar
23	Cape Verde
24	Iran
25	Tunisia
26	Chile
27	North Macedonia
28	South Korea
29	Saudi Arabia
30	Morocco
31	Algeria
32	Uruguay

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

2023 Men's World Champions Denmark 3rd title Team roster: Niklas Landin Jacobsen, Niclas Kirkeløkke, Magnus Landin Jacobsen, Emil Jakobsen, Rasmus Lauge, Magnus Saugstrup, Hans Lindberg, Mathias Gidsel, Kevin Møller, Henrik Møllgaard, Mads Mensah Larsen, Mikkel Hansen, Lukas Jørgensen, Jóhan Hansen, Michael Damgaard, Jacob Holm, Simon Hald, Simon Pytlick, Mads Hoxer Hangaard, Lasse Møller Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen

All-star Team

The All-star Team was announced on 29 January 2023.^[23]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Andreas Wolff
Left wing	Ángel Fernández Pérez
Left back	Simon Pytlick
Centre back	Nedim Remili
Right back	Alex Dujshebaev
Right wing	Niclas Ekberg
Pivot	Ludovic Fabregas
Best young player	Juri Knorr
MVP	Mathias Gidsel

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Mathias Gidsel	60	80	75
2	Erwin Feuchtmann	54	77	70
3	Juri Knorr	53	85	62
4	Simon Pytlick	51	70	73
5	Bjarki Már Elísson	45	59	76
6	Richárd Bodó	44	74	59
	Alex Dujshebaev		65	68
	Kay Smits		66	67
9	Mikkel Hansen	41	60	68
9	Ali Zein	41	64	64

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Tobias Thulin	39	39	100
2	Rémi Desbonnet	38	36	95
3	Torbjørn Bergerud	37	81	220
	Mateusz Kornecki		30	82
	Andreas Wolff		112	305
6	Andreas Palicka	36	72	202
7	Abdelrahman Mohamed	35	31	89
8	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	34	88	256
8	Urban Lesjak	34	50	146
10	Miguel Ferreira	33	51	154
	Kevin Møller		27	81
	Assil Nemli		34	104
	Mate Šunjić		29	89

Source: IHF

Broadcasters

Country	Channel
Argentina	TyC Sports, DirecTV
Belgium	VRT
Bahrain	Bahrain Sport
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Caribbean	DirecTV
China	Huya Live
Croatia	RTL
Czech Republic	Česká televize
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	MTVA
Iceland	RÚV
Iran	IRIB Varzesh
Italy	Eleven Sport
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:^[24]

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×

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×

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×

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 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 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×

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, Ma. 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×

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×

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×

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×

Qualified teams

Seeding

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group II

31st place game

29th place game

27th place game

25th place game

Group I

Group II

Group III

Group IV

Bracket

5–8th place playoffs

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

All-star Team

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

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	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

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	1× 3×	Report

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	President's Cup Group II