Men’s World Handball Championship 2023

Poland and European champions Sweden co-host the biennial IHF World Championship, where reigning champions Denmark will aim to win a third successive title
 

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


Group A: Krakow
Spain 
Montenegro 
Chile
Iran

Group B: Katowice
France 
Poland 
Saudi Arabia 
Slovenia

Group C: Gothenburg
Sweden 
Brazil
Cape Verde 
Uruguay

Group D: Kristianstad
Iceland 
Portugal 
Hungary 
South Korea

Group E: Katowice
Germany 
Qatar 
Serbia 
Algeria

Group F: Krakow
Norway
North Macedonia 
Argentina 
Netherlands

Group G: Jönköping
Egypt 
Croatia 
Morocco 
United States

Group H: Malmö
Denmark
Belgium Debut 
Bahrain
Tunisia


Two-time IHF World Player of the Year Niklas Landin Jacobsen DEN


Venues

SWEDEN
Stockholm 
Gothenburg
Jönköping
Kristianstad 
Malmö
Baltic Sea
Gdansk 
Plock
POLAND
Katowice
Krakow
GERMANY


Fixtures: All dates January

B 11 	FRA - POL 21:00
A 12 	CHI - IRN 18:00		A 12 	ESP - MNE 20:30
B 	KSA - SVN 18:00
C 	CPV - URU 18:00 	C 	SWE - BRA 20:30
D	HUN - KOR 18:00 	D 	ISL - POR 20:30
E 13 	GER - QAT 18:00 	E 13    SRB - ALG 20:30
F	ARG - NED 18:00 	F	NOR - MKD 20:30
G	MAR - USA 18:00 	G	EGY - CRO 20:30
H	BRN - TUN 18:00 	H	DEN - BEL 20:30
A 14 	MNE - IRN 18:00 	A 14    ESP - CHI 20:30
B	FRA - KSA 18:00 	B	POL - SVN 20:30 
C	BRA - URU 18:00 	C	SWE - CPV 20:30
D	POR - KOR 18:00 	D	ISL - HUN 20:30
E 15 	GER - SRB 18:00 	E 15    QAT - ALG 20:30
F	MKD - NED 18:00 	F	NOR - ARG 20:30
G	EGY - MAR 18:00 	G	CRO - USA 20:30
H	BEL - TUN 18:00 	H 	DEN - BRN 20:30
A 16 	MNE - CHI 18:00 	A 16    IRN - ESP 20:30 	
B	SVN - FRA 18:00 	B	POL - KSA 20:30
C	BRA - CPV 18:00 	C	URU - SWE 20:30
D	KOR - ISL 18:00 	D	POR - HUN 20:30
E 17 	ALG - GER 18:00 	E 17    QAT - SRB 20:30 
F	MKD - ARG 18:00 	F	NED - NOR 20:30
G	USA - EGY 18:00 	G	CRO - MAR 20:30
H	BEL - BRN 18:00 	H	TUN - DEN 20:30


President’s Cup: January 18-25, Plock 
Eliminated teams play off to decide places 25-32

Main Round
Top two in each group qualify for Final Round

Group I: Krakow
18 A1-B3 B1-A2 A3-B2 
20 A2-B3 B2-A1 A3-B1 
22 B1-A1 B2-A2 B3-A3

Group II: Gothenburg
18 C1-D3 D1-C2 C3-D2 
20 C2-D3 D2-C1 C3-D1 
22 D1-C1 D2-C2 D3-C3

Group III: Katowice
19 E1-F3 F1-E2 E3-F2 
21 E2-F3 F2-E1 E3-F1 
23 F1-E1 F2-E2 F3-E3

Group IV: Malmö
19 G1-H3 H1-G2 G3-H2 
21 G2-H3 H2-G1 G3-H1 
23 H1-G1 H2-G2 H3-G3


Final Round
Semi-final venues to be transposed should either Poland or Sweden qualify for respective matches

Quarter-finals: Jan 25
1 I-1
III-2  
Gdansk
			Semi-final
Stockholm		Jan 27
3 II-1  		A Winner 1
IV-2			Winner 3
			Gdansk
Gdansk  				Final: Jan 29, 21:00
2 III-1  		Stockholm	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm
I-2			B Winner 2
			Winner 4
Stockholm
4 IV-1  
II-2


Third-placed play-off
Jan 29, Stockholm


All times local (GMT+1) 
  

Source: IHF
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