2021 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship will be the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 14 to 31 January 2021.

2021 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Dates14–31 January
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
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This will be the first Handball Championship with 32 teams instead of 24.[1] This will be the third championship hosted in Africa and second in Egypt. It's the first championship to be hosted outside of Europe since 2015. Denmark will be the defending champions after winning for the first time in 2019 on home soil.

Bidding process

Seven nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:[2]

However until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015 only three nations entered documents to bid for this event:[3]

A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015. Egypt was chosen as the host.[4]

Format

The new format will see 32 teams split in eight groups of four teams each. Top three teams from each group will progress to the main round while the teams ranked last in their preliminary round groups play the President's Cup. The 24 main round teams are divided into four groups of six teams each. The top-two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals.

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which will be used.

Cairo New Administrative Capital
Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex Handball Hall
Capacity: 16,200 Capacity: 7,000
Borg El Arab 6th of October City
Handball Hall Handball Hall
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 4,500

Qualification

As is the case until now, the World Championship organizer will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. Following decision about increasing number of participating teams, changes are about to be done in the distribution of places by Continental Confederations. The number of compulsory places awarded to each Continental Confederation is increased as follows: four places each for Africa, Asia, Europe. Starting from this tournament Pan America will be split into two zones: the North America and Caribbean Zone, having one compulsory place and the South and Central America Zone having three compulsory places. There will also be a South and Central American Men's Last Chance Qualification Tournament which will provide a space for the winning team. One additional place was available for Oceania, but only in the case where that 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.[5] In addition, there will be 12 performance places for the Continental Confederations, which are based on the teams ranked 1–12 of the preceding World Championship. According to the new qualification system[6] and taking into consideration the results of the 2019 Men’s World Championship, 32 places are distributed as follows:

  • Host nation: 1
  • Reigning world champion: 1
  • Africa: 6
  • Asia: 4
  • Europe: 13
  • Pan America: 5
    • North America and Caribbean: 1
    • South and Central America: 3
    • South and Central American Last Chance Qualification Tournament: 1
  • Oceania/additional wild card: 1
  • Wild card: 1
Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 6 November 2015 Sochi 1  Egypt
2019 World Championship 10–27 January 2019  Denmark
 Germany		 1  Denmark
2020 European Championship 9–26 January 2020  Austria
 Norway
 Sweden		 3  Croatia
 Norway
 Spain
2020 African Championship 16–26 January 2020  Tunisia 6  Algeria
 Angola
 Cape Verde
 DR Congo
 Morocco
 Tunisia
2020 Asian Championship 16–27 January 2020 Kuwait City 4[1]  Bahrain
 Japan
 Qatar
 South Korea
2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship[7] 21–25 January 2020 Maringá 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
2020 Nor.ca. Men's Handball Championship TBD[2] Mexico City 1
2020 South and Central American Handball Last Chance Qualification Tournament 19–25 October 2020[2] San Salvador 1
European qualification 23 October 2019 – 5 July 2020 (Cancelled) Various (Cancelled) 10[3]  Austria
 Belarus
 Czech Republic
 France
 Germany
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Portugal
 Slovenia
 Sweden
Wild card[8] 9 July 2020 — 1 + 1[1]  Poland
 Russia

^ 1. Since countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships did not finish within the top five, they did not qualify for the World Championship. Since they will be placed sixth or lower, the place will transfer to the wild card spot.
^ 2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South and North American qualification tournaments will be played at a later date. The IHF Council decided to extend the deadline for the organisation of the remaining qualification tournaments until 31 October 2020.[9]
^ 3. Because the european qualification was cancelled, the final ranking of the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship was used to determine the particiapnts.[10]

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances1, 2
 EgyptHost6 November 201515 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997,1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Denmark[11]World champion27 January 201923 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 AngolaTop seven at 2020 African Championship20 January 20204 (2005, 2007, 2017, 2019)
 AlgeriaTop seven at 2020 African Championship20 January 202014 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 TunisiaTop seven at 2020 African Championship20 January 202014 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 QatarSemifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship21 January 20207 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 JapanSemifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship23 January 202014 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2019)
 BahrainSemifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship23 January 20203 (2011, 2017, 2019)
 South KoreaSemifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship23 January 202011 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 20193)
 ArgentinaTop three at 2020 South and Central American Championship23 January 202012 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 BrazilTop three at 2020 South and Central American Championship23 January 202014 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 CroatiaTop three at 2020 European Championship24 January 202013 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 SpainTop three at 2020 European Championship24 January 202020 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Cape VerdeTop seven at 2020 African Championship24 January 20200 (debut)
 MoroccoTop seven at 2020 African Championship24 January 20206 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007)
 NorwayTop three at 2020 European Championship25 January 202015 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019)
 UruguayTop three at 2020 South and Central American Championship25 January 20200 (debut)
 DR CongoTop seven at 2020 African Championship26 January 20200 (debut)
 Austria2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 20206 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Belarus2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 20204 (1995, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Czech Republic2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 20206 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2015)
 France2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 202022 (1954, 1958 ,1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Germany2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 202025 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19903, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Hungary2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 202020 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019)
 Iceland2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 202020 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Portugal2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 20203 (1997, 2001, 2003)
 Slovenia2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 20208 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Sweden2020 European Championship final ranking24 April 202024 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 PolandWildcard9 July 202015 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 RussiaWildcard9 July 202013 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host country for that year
3 The associations of South Korea and North Korea were invited by the International Handball Federation to enter a unified team in the 2019 World Championship

Draw

The final draw will be held on 5 September 2020 at the Giza Pyramids Plateau.[12]

Seeding

On 23 July 2020, the pots were announced.[13]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Denmark
 Spain
 Croatia
 Norway
 Slovenia
 Germany
 Portugal
 Sweden		  Egypt
 Argentina
 Austria
 Hungary
 Tunisia
 Algeria
 Qatar
 Belarus		  Iceland
 Brazil
 Uruguay
 Czech Republic
 France
 South Korea1
 Japan
 Bahrain		  Angola
 Cape Verde
 Morocco
South America 4
 DR Congo
 Poland
North America 1
 Russia
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References
  1. "IHF Council decides to increase number of teams at World Championships". ihf.info. 19 October 2018.
  2. "Bidding process for the 2021/2023 Men's and Women's World Championships". ihf.info. 18 February 2015.
  3. "Applications for Men's World Championships 2021/2023". ihf.info. 15 April 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. "Distribution of places for expanded World Championship". ihf.info. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. "Pathway to Men's World Championship 2021 and Men's EHF Euro 2022 Qualifiers". eurohandball.com. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  7. "Argentina beat Brazil for South and Central American title". ihf.info. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. "Wild cards awarded to Poland and Russia". International Handball Federation. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  9. "Qualification deadline for 2021 Men's World Championship extended". ihf.info. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  10. "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
  11. "Flawless Denmark claim first world title". 27 January 2019.
  12. "Giza Pyramids Plateau hosts Egypt 2021 Draw Ceremony".
  13. "IHF publish pots for Egypt 2021". 23 July 2020.
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