2023 IHF Men’s Handball World Championship will start on January 11, and 32 teams will fight for the title of world champion in Poland and Sweden.
olympic champions France face co-hosts Poland in Katowice in the opening match with the final on January 29 in Stockholm.
Denmark are the holders Mikkel Hansen and jointly bid a hat-trick of titles, losing to France in the final at Tokyo 2020 in 2021.
Sweden they were defeated by the finalists two years ago in Egypt with Spain finishing third and France fourth.
The teams will get an extra incentive as the winner will automatically secure a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics. That will go to the runners-up if France – already qualified as hosts – come out victorious.
Read the schedule and find out how to watch the 2023 World Men’s Handball Championship and Olympic qualifiers.
2023 Men’s Handball World Championship – Teams Involved
Here are the 32 teams competing for the trophy:
Algeria (ALG), Argentina (ARG), Bahrain (BAH), Belgium (BEL), Brazil (BRA), Cape Verde (CPV), Chile (CHI), Croatia (CRO), Denmark (DEN), Egypt (EGY ), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Hungary (HUN), Iceland (ISL), Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), Montenegro (MNE), Morocco (MAR), Netherlands (NED), North Macedonia (MKD), Norway (NOR), Poland (POL), Portugal (POR), Qatar (QAT), Republic of Korea (KOR), Saudi Arabia (SAR), Serbia (SRB), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE ), Tunisia (TUN), United States (US), Uruguay (URU).
2023 IHF Men’s Handball World Championship schedule
Below is the basic schedule. For details on the match, please visit the website IHF official website.
preliminary round: January 11-17
main round: January 18-23
President’s Cup (for teams that did not advance to the main round): January 18-25
Quarterfinals: January 25
Semi-finals: January 27
Play-offs for places fifth to eighth: January 27 and 29
Third place match and final: January 29
2023 IHF Men’s Handball World Championship venues
The championships will be held in nine cities and facilities throughout Poland and Sweden:
- Spodek, Katowice (Poland)
- TAURON Arena, Krakow (Poland)
- Scandinavium Arena, Gothenburg (Sweden)
- Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad (Sweden)
- Malmo Arena, Malmo (Sweden)
- Husqvarna Garden, Jonkoping (Sweden)
- Orlen Arena, Plock (Poland)
- ERGO Arena. Gdansk (Poland)
- Tele2 Arena, Stockholm (Sweden)
