Men’s World Handball Championship 2021

In a tournament now expanded to 32 teams, Egypt hosts the biennial IHF World Championship – with Denmark aiming to defend their title, after defeating Norway in the 2019 final


Preliminary Round
Top three in each group qualify for Main Round	Titles

Group A: 6th of October City
Germany
Hungary
Uruguay 	Debut
Cape Verde	Debut

Group B: New Admin. Capital
Spain 
Tunisia 
Brazil 
Poland

Group C: Borg El Arab
Croatia 
Qatar 
Japan 
Angola

Group D: Cairo
Denmark 
Argentina 
Bahrain 
DR Congo	Debut

Group E: 6th of October City
Norway 
Austria 
France 
United States

Group F: New Admin. Capital
Portugal 
Algeria 
Iceland 
Morocco

Group G: Cairo
Sweden
Egypt
Czech Republic 
Chile

Group H: Borg El Arab
Slovenia 
Belarus 
South Korea 
Russia


Mikkel Hansen
Spearheading Denmark attack


Venues
EGYPT
Mediterranean Sea
Borg El Arab
River Nile
Cairo
New Admin. Capital
6th of October City
Red Sea 
50km 30 miles


Fixtures: All dates January

G 13 	EGY - CHI 19:00
E 14	AUT - USA 19:00
F 	ALG - MAR 19:00
G 	SWE - CZE 21:30
H	BLR - RUS 16:30
A 15 	GER - URU 19:00
B	ESP - BRA 19:00
C	QAT - ANG 16:30
D	ARG - COD 19:00
E 16 	AUT - FRA 19:00
F	MAR - POR 19:00
G	EGY - CZE 19:00
H	BLR - KOR 16:30
A 17 	CPV - GER 19:00
B	TUN - BRA 19:00
C	QAT - JPN 16:30
D	ARG - BRN 19:00
E 18 	FRA - USA 19:00
F	POR - ALG 19:00
G	CZE - CHI 16:30
H	KOR - RUS 16:30
A 19 	URU - CPV 19:00
B	ESP - TUN 19:00
C	JPN - ANG 16:30
D	BRN - COD 19:00
 
E 14 	NOR - FRA 21:30
F	POR - ISL 21:30

H	SVN - KOR 19:00
A 15 	HUN - CPV 21:30
B	TUN - POL 21:30
C	CRO - JPN 19:00
D	DEN - BRN 21:30
E 16 	USA - NOR 21:30
F	ALG - ISL 21:30
G	CHI - SWE 21:30
H	RUS - SVN 19:00
A 17 	HUN - URU 21:30
B	POL - ESP 21:30
C	ANG - CRO 19:00
D	COD - DEN 21:30
E 18 	NOR - AUT 21:30
F	ISL - MAR 21:30
G	SWE - EGY 19:00
H	SVN - BLR 19:00
A 19 	GER - HUN 21:30
B	BRA - POL 21:30
C	CRO - QAT 19:00
D	DEN - ARG 21:30
   

President’s Cup: January 20-27
6th of October City / New Administrative Capital 
Eliminated teams playoff to decide places 25-32

Main Round
Top two in each group qualify for Final Round
    
Group I: New Admin. Capital
21 A1-B3 B1-A2 A3-B2 
23 A2-B3 B2-A1 A3-B1 
25 B1-A1 B2-A2 B3-A3

Group II: Cairo
21 C1-D3 D1-C2 C3-D2 
23 C2-D3 D2-C1 C3-D1 
25 D1-C1 D2-C2 D3-C3

Group III: 6th of October City
20 E1-F3 F1-E2 E3-F2 
22 E2-F3 F2-E1 E3-F1 
24 F1-E1 F2-E2 F3-E3

Group IV: Cairo
20 G1-H3 H1-G2 G3-H2 
22 G2-H3 H2-G1 G3-H1 
24 H1-G1 H2-G2 H3-G3


Final Round
All venues Cairo, unless stated

Quarter-finals: Jan 27
1 II-1 
IV-2		Semi-final
18:30 	 	Jan 29
		A Winner 1
		Winner 2 
21:30 		18:30
2 IV-1
II-2				Final: Jan 31, 18:30
				Cairo Stadium Indoor Hall

21:30
New Administrative Capital
3 I-1 
III-2		
		21:30
		B Winner 3
21:30 		Winner 4
Borg El Arab 	
4 III-1 	
I-2		
		

Third-placed play-off
Jan 31, 15:30	


All times local (GMT+2)


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