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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Dates | 15 January – 1 February |
Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 88 |
Goals scored | 4,805 (54.6 per match) |
Attendance | 306,100 (3,478 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player | ![]() |
The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those of Norway, Poland and France after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, in Malmö, Sweden. [2] This was the third time that the World Championship was hosted in the Middle East And North Africa, after Egypt in 1999 and Tunisia in 2005.
France won the final against Qatar 25–22 to win their fifth title, [3] a first in handball history while Qatar won their first ever medal. [4] Poland captured the bronze medal by defeating Spain 29–28 after extra time. [5] Denmark secured the fifth place by winning against Croatia which finished sixth and thus had the worst result in the past 13 years of international handball competing.
The competition was marred by numerous controversies throughout.
The games of the tournament were played in 3 cities: Doha, Al Rayyan and the newly created town of Lusail.
Three new venues were constructed for the tournament:
Lusail | Al Rayyan | Doha | |
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Lusail Sports Arena | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena | Duhail Handball Sports Hall | |
Capacity: 15,300 | Capacity: 7,700 | Capacity: 5,500 | |
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Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. Qatar, as hosts and Spain, as world champions, were automatically qualified, which left 22 places available for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament and the winners of an additional European qualification competition.
In a decision taken by the International Handball Federation on 8 July 2014 the spot allocated for a nation from Oceania was revoked on the grounds that Oceania has no continental confederation. The national team, qualified for this spot through the 2014 Oceania Handball Championship, was Australia. The spot was instead handed out as a wild card to the nation with the highest ranking at the previous world championships not qualified for the Qatar tournament. This nation was Germany. [7] Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates withdrew on 7 November 2014. [8] [9] Iceland and Saudi Arabia were chosen as the replacements. [10]
Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nation | 27 January 2011 | 1 | ![]() |
2013 World Champions | 11–27 January 2013 | 1 | ![]() |
2014 African Men's Handball Championship | 16–25 January 2014 | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2014 European Men's Handball Championship | 12–26 January 2014 | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship | 24 January – 4 February 2014 | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2014 Oceania Handball Championship | 25–26 April 2014 | 1 | ![]() |
European qualification | 7–15 June 2014 | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship | 23–29 June 2014 | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Wildcard | 8 July 2014 | 1 | ![]() |
Wildcards | 21 November 2014 | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
The draw was held on 20 July 2014 at 21:30 local time in Doha, Qatar. [11] [12]
The seedings were published on 11 July 2014. [13]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Each team selects 16 players for the tournament.
18 referee pairs are selected: [14]
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The schedule was published on 21 August 2014. [15] [16] A new schedule was released on 12 December 2014. [17] [18] The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order: [19]
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All times are local (UTC+3).
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 127 | +35 | 10 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 122 | +15 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 145 | +15 | 6 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 143 | +3 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 155 | −8 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 164 | −60 | 0 |
15 January 2015 20:30 | Qatar ![]() | 28–23 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO) |
Hassab Alla, Marković 6 | (15–12) | Chiuffa 6 | ||
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16 January 2015 17:00 | Spain ![]() | 38–33 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
Aguinagalde, Maqueda 6 | (21–17) | Tsitou 5 | ||
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16 January 2015 17:00 | Slovenia ![]() | 36–23 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
Gajić 9 | (16–14) | R. Salinas 10 | ||
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17 January 2015 17:00 | Brazil ![]() | 27–29 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Ribeiro, Toledo 5 | (14–15) | Cañellas 9 | ||
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17 January 2015 17:00 | Belarus ![]() | 29–34 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN) |
D. Rutenka 6 | (8–17) | Gajić 15 | ||
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17 January 2015 19:00 | Chile ![]() | 20–27 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) |
Oneto 5 | (9–15) | Marković 11 | ||
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19 January 2015 17:00 | Spain ![]() | 37–16 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR) |
Rivera Folch 7 | (14–7) | Araya, Frelijj 3 | ||
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19 January 2015 17:00 | Belarus ![]() | 29–34 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
three players 6 | (12–16) | Ribeiro 9 | ||
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19 January 2015 19:00 | Slovenia ![]() | 29–31 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Dolenec 8 | (15–18) | Capote 12 | ||
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21 January 2015 17:00 | Slovenia ![]() | 35–32 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) |
Gajić 12 | (19–18) | Ribeiro 7 | ||
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21 January 2015 17:00 | Chile ![]() | 23–34 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 800 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
R. Salinas 6 | (11–14) | Pukhouski, S. Rutenka 8 | ||
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21 January 2015 19:00 | Qatar ![]() | 25–28 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 12,400 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Marković 10 | (10–8) | Rivera Folch 7 | ||
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23 January 2015 17:00 | Brazil ![]() | 30–22 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN) |
Pacheco Filho 7 | (12–13) | five players 3 | ||
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23 January 2015 17:00 | Spain ![]() | 30–26 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Rivera Folch 6 | (14–10) | four players 4 | ||
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23 January 2015 19:00 | Qatar ![]() | 26–22 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
Marković 9 | (7–12) | D. Rutenka 7 | ||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 124 | +34 | 10 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 138 | +15 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 140 | +7 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 133 | −1 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 128 | −10 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 127 | 172 | −45 | 0 |
16 January 2015 15:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 30–25 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) |
Čelica 6 | (12–16) | A. Esteki 7 | ||
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16 January 2015 17:00 | Macedonia ![]() | 33–25 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
K. Lazarov 10 | (18–14) | Tej 6 | ||
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16 January 2015 19:00 | Croatia ![]() | 32–30 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 750 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) |
Čupić 11 | (16–13) | Szilágyi, Weber 7 | ||
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17 January 2015 19:00 | Tunisia ![]() | 25–28 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 4,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Bannour 9 | (13–14) | Čupić 8 | ||
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17 January 2015 19:00 | Iran ![]() | 31–33 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT) |
A. Esteki 9 | (17–19) | K. Lazarov 9 | ||
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17 January 2015 21:00 | Austria ![]() | 23–21 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
Szilágyi, Weber 4 | (11–12) | Malinović 6 | ||
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19 January 2015 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 22–25 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) |
Burić, Malinović 4 | (11–13) | Manaskov 6 | ||
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19 January 2015 19:00 | Croatia ![]() | 41–22 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Horvat 12 | (19–13) | S. Esteki 6 | ||
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19 January 2015 21:00 | Austria ![]() | 25–25 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Weber 9 | (14–15) | Sanaï, Tej 5 | ||
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21 January 2015 17:00 | Iran ![]() | 26–38 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
S. Esteki 7 | (13–18) | Santos 8 | ||
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21 January 2015 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 24–27 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Malinović 5 | (14–15) | Boughanmi 7 | ||
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21 January 2015 19:00 | Macedonia ![]() | 26–29 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
K. Lazarov 7 | (14–15) | Čupić 9 | ||
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23 January 2015 17:00 | Tunisia ![]() | 30–23 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE) |
Touati 7 | (12–12) | Karamian 4 | ||
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23 January 2015 19:00 | Macedonia ![]() | 36–31 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
K. Lazarov 9 | (16–16) | Weber 8 | ||
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23 January 2015 19:00 | Croatia ![]() | 28–21 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) |
Karačić 6 | (17–8) | Toromanović 7 | ||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 128 | +15 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 109 | +28 | 7 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 135 | −8 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 125 | +10 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 138 | +7 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 161 | −52 | 0 |
16 January 2015 19:00 | Algeria ![]() | 20−34 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Kaabeche 6 | (9−17) | Issa 5 | ||
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16 January 2015 21:00 | France ![]() | 30−27 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Guigou, Karabatić 7 | (16−9) | Horák 8 | ||
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16 January 2015 21:00 | Sweden ![]() | 24−16 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
Ekberg 7 | (12−7) | Atlason 5 | ||
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18 January 2015 19:00 | Iceland ![]() | 32–24 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO) |
Sigurðsson 8 | (12–13) | Berkous 5 | ||
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18 January 2015 21:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 22–36 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Babák, Sobol 5 | (10–19) | Andersson 10 | ||
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18 January 2015 21:00 | Egypt ![]() | 24–28 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Amer 5 | (11–14) | Karabatić 6 | ||
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20 January 2015 19:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 24–27 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT) |
Hrstka 5 | (10–13) | El-Ahmar 5 | ||
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20 January 2015 21:00 | France ![]() | 26–26 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Karabatić 6 | (12–14) | Hallgrímsson, Pálmarsson 5 | ||
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20 January 2015 21:00 | Sweden ![]() | 27–19 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Källman 6 | (15–6) | Daoud 6 | ||
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22 January 2015 19:00 | Sweden ![]() | 25–25 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO) |
Ekberg 10 | (10–10) | El-Ahmar 9 | ||
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22 January 2015 21:00 | Iceland ![]() | 25–36 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR) |
Guðjónsson 5 | (11–21) | Jícha 11 | ||
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22 January 2015 21:00 | Algeria ![]() | 26–32 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Berkous 11 | (12–19) | Guigou 7 | ||
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24 January 2015 19:00 | Egypt ![]() | 25–28 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Issa, Radwan 5 | (10–15) | Sigurðsson 13 | ||
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24 January 2015 21:00 | Algeria ![]() | 20–36 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
Daoud, Hamoud 5 | (10–21) | Jícha 7 | ||
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24 January 2015 21:00 | France ![]() | 27–25 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 3,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Joli 9 | (11–12) | Källman 8 | ||
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 124 | +26 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 127 | +27 | 8 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 121 | +14 | 6 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 123 | +9 | 5 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 131 | +2 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 165 | −78 | 0 |
16 January 2015 15:00 | Russia ![]() | 27–17 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
Dereven, Zhitnikov 4 | (17–9) | Al-Abbas, Al-Hannabi 4 | ||
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16 January 2015 19:00 | Poland ![]() | 26−29 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Lijewski 7 | (13−17) | Weinhold 9 | ||
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16 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark ![]() | 24−24 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Eggert 5 | (13−8) | Pizarro 8 | ||
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18 January 2015 19:00 | Argentina ![]() | 23–24 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
three players 5 | (12–11) | three players 5 | ||
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18 January 2015 19:00 | Germany ![]() | 27–26 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 600 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE) |
Gensheimer 9 | (9–13) | Igropulo 6 | ||
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18 January 2015 21:00 | Saudi Arabia ![]() | 18–38 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 600 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
Al-Janabi, Moj. Al-Salem 4 | (6–20) | H. Toft Hansen 8 | ||
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20 January 2015 19:00 | Poland ![]() | 26–25 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Rojewski 6 | (12–13) | Shishkarev 7 | ||
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20 January 2015 19:00 | Argentina ![]() | 32–20 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN) |
Pizarro 7 | (13–11) | Al-Janabi 5 | ||
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20 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark ![]() | 30–30 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 2,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Christiansen, Hansen 6 | (16–16) | Weinhold 8 | ||
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22 January 2015 19:00 | Poland ![]() | 32–13 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE) |
Syprzak 10 | (17–6) | Al-Abdulali 4 | ||
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22 January 2015 19:00 | Germany ![]() | 28–23 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) |
Groetzki 7 | (13–14) | Fernández 6 | ||
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22 January 2015 21:00 | Russia ![]() | 28–31 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Shishkarev 8 | (8–16) | Lauge 9 | ||
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24 January 2015 19:00 | Saudi Arabia ![]() | 19–36 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
three players 3 | (8–18) | Musche, Sellin 11 | ||
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24 January 2015 19:00 | Russia ![]() | 27–30 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT) |
Shishkarev 7 | (16–17) | Pizarro 9 | ||
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24 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark ![]() | 31–27 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO) |
Lindberg 6 | (16–12) | Rojewski 5 | ||
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Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
B1 | ![]() | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
A4 | ![]() | 25 | B1 | ![]() | 22 | ||||||||||||||
D3 | ![]() | 24 | D3 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() | 20 | D3 | ![]() | 29 | ||||||||||||||
B3 | ![]() | 27 | A2 | ![]() | 31 | ||||||||||||||
A2 | ![]() | 29 | A2 | ![]() | 26 | ||||||||||||||
D1 | ![]() | 23 | D1 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||
C4 | ![]() | 16 | A2 | ![]() | 22 | ||||||||||||||
C3 | ![]() | 25 | C1 | ![]() | 25 | ||||||||||||||
D2 | ![]() | 30 | D2 | ![]() | 24 | ||||||||||||||
A1 | ![]() | 28 | A1 | ![]() | 25 | ||||||||||||||
B4 | ![]() | 20 | A1 | ![]() | 22 | Third place | |||||||||||||
A3 | ![]() | 30 | C1 | ![]() | 26 | ||||||||||||||
B2 | ![]() | 28 | A3 | ![]() | 23 | D3 | ![]() | 29 | |||||||||||
C1 | ![]() | 33 | C1 | ![]() | 32 | A1 | ![]() | 28 | |||||||||||
D4 | ![]() | 20 |
25 January 2015 18:30 | Austria ![]() | 27–29 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 12,200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO) |
Weber 8 | (14–13) | Marković 8 | ||
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25 January 2015 18:30 | Slovenia ![]() | 30–28 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 800 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) |
Gajić 9 | (16–15) | Georgievski, K. Lazarov 7 | ||
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25 January 2015 21:00 | Spain ![]() | 28–20 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Ugalde 6 | (18–9) | Boughanmi 5 | ||
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25 January 2015 21:00 | Croatia ![]() | 26–25 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 800 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT) |
Kopljar 5 | (13–15) | Silva 5 | ||
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26 January 2015 18:30 | Germany ![]() | 23–16 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
Gensheimer 6 | (12–8) | El-Ahmar, Issa 4 | ||
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26 January 2015 18:30 | Poland ![]() | 24–20 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
B. Jurecki, M. Jurecki 5 | (10–11) | Petersen 5 | ||
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26 January 2015 21:00 | Iceland ![]() | 25–30 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) |
Petersson 7 | (10–16) | Lauge Schmidt 6 | ||
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26 January 2015 21:00 | France ![]() | 33–20 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Porte 6 | (16–6) | Carou 4 | ||
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28 January 2015 18:30 | Croatia ![]() | 22–24 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Duvnjak, Kopljar 5 | (10–12) | Jurkiewicz 6 | ||
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28 January 2015 18:30 | Qatar ![]() | 26–24 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
Capote 8 | (18–14) | Gensheimer 5 | ||
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28 January 2015 21:00 | Slovenia ![]() | 23–32 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
L. Žvižej 6 | (10–18) | Narcisse 6 | ||
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28 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark ![]() | 24–25 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Eggert, Hansen 6 | (11–11) | Rivera Folch 10 | ||
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30 January 2015 18:30 | Poland ![]() | 29–31 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Jurecki 9 | (13–16) | Capote, Mallash 6 | ||
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30 January 2015 21:00 | Spain ![]() | 22–26 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Cañellas, Ugalde 5 | (14–18) | Guigou 5 | ||
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1 February 2015 16:30 | Poland ![]() | 29–28 (ET) | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 9,400 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Szyba 8 | (13–13) | Tomás 7 | ||
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FT: 24–24 ET: 5–4 |
1 February 2015 19:15 | Qatar ![]() | 22–25 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
Marković 7 | (11–14) | Karabatić 5 | ||
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Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
30 January | ||||||
![]() | 28 | |||||
31 January | ||||||
![]() | 23 | |||||
![]() | 24 | |||||
30 January | ||||||
![]() | 28 | |||||
![]() | 36 | |||||
![]() | 33 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
31 January | ||||||
![]() | 30 | |||||
![]() | 27 |
30 January 2015 16:00 | Croatia ![]() | 28–23 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 800 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
Štrlek 8 | (13–11) | Gensheimer, Schöngarth 6 | ||
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30 January 2015 18:30 | Denmark ![]() | 36–33 | ![]() | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT) |
Hansen 13 | (19–15) | Gajić 12 | ||
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31 January 2015 16:30 | Germany ![]() | 30–27 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE) |
Gensheimer 13 | (16–14) | Natek 9 | ||
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31 January 2015 19:15 | Croatia ![]() | 24–28 | ![]() | Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
three players 4 | (11–15) | Hansen 8 | ||
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17–20th place playoffs
| 21–24th place playoffs
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26 January 2015 13:00 | Chile ![]() | 31–32 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 100 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
R. Salinas 18 | (15–17) | three players 5 | ||
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26 January 2015 15:00 | Algeria ![]() | 25–27 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 100 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE) |
Hamoud 9 | (14–12) | Moj. Al-Salem 5 | ||
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26 January 2015 17:00 | Belarus ![]() | 37–29 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
S. Rutenka 9 | (20–16) | Burić 6 | ||
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26 January 2015 19:00 | Czech Republic ![]() | 32–30 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN) |
Zdráhala 8 | (16–15) | Dereven 8 | ||
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27 January 2015 13:00 | Chile ![]() | 30–28 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 100 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
R. Salinas 11 | (10–16) | Hamoud 12 | ||
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FT: 27–27 Pen: 3–1 |
27 January 2015 15:00 | Iran ![]() | 26–22 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 150 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA) |
A. Esteki 6 | (15–10) | Al-Abdulali 6 | ||
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27 January 2015 17:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 28–42 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN) |
Malinović 6 | (16–20) | Kovalev 6 | ||
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27 January 2015 19:00 | Belarus ![]() | 31–32 | ![]() | Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Rased, El-Sayed (EGY) |
S. Rutenka 12 | (13–14) | four players 6 | ||
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FT: 28–28 Pen: 3–4 |
Top goalscorers
Source: IHF.info | Top goalkeepers
Source: IHF.info |
The final rankings were used in the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification process. France, as World Champion, qualified for the Olympics. The next 6 teams earned a place in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Qatar and Germany, however, won their continental tournaments (qualifying them directly for the Olympics) and thus their spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments went to Slovenia and Macedonia.
As mentioned under qualifications, Australia lost its spot in the tournament due to an IHF decision, being replaced by Germany, who had not originally qualified. Further, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates withdrew. [7] [8] [9]
A large number of players in the Qatar team had been naturalised in the years leading up to the championship. According to IHF rules, to gain eligibility for a new national team, a player cannot have played for another nation for three years in an official match. [20] [21] This allowed several foreign-born players, including Spanish-born Borja Vidal, Goran Stojanović and Jovo Damjanović from Montenegro, and Bertrand Roiné who previously played for France, to play for the Qatar team at the championship. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine , only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar. [22]
Head of the Qatar Handball Federation, Ahmed Mohammed Abdulrab Al Shaabi, acknowledged the policy in a statement in June 2013, saying "We're a small nation with limited human resources, so we had to bring players from outside in the past." He also announced an end to the policy at the time, adding however that they "[might] make an exception only in the case of an experienced goalkeeper." [23] In January 2014, Danish sports agent Mads Winther said he had met with "contacts involved with Qatar" regarding the possibility of naturalising Danish players. [24]
The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship." [25] At a press conference during the championship, Qatar head coach Valero Rivera declined to comment on the matter. [25] Spanish player Joan Cañellas did not think it was an issue, saying "If they can do it, why not." [21]
After the controversial semi-final against Poland, and reaching the final as a result, the practice was even more criticised, with players such as Danijel Šarić having now represented four different national teams. [26]
Qatar flew in about 60 Spanish fans to cheer for Qatar during the championship. [27]
During the first 12 matches of the tournament, 143 two-minute suspensions were awarded by the referees, a figure that came under strong criticism from teams, who had not been informed of the IHF Referee Committee's instructions to referees commanding them to keep a strict disciplinary line. [28]
The referees were widely accused of being one-sided in favour of the hosts. Especially at the matches against Austria, [29] [30] [31] Germany [29] [32] [33] and Poland. [34] [35] [36] [37] After the final whistle, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees. [38] [39]
Qualification matches for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place January 3 to June 18, 2006. 2006, mostly as continental championships. According to the IHF rules, each continent had three places, and the host (Germany) and holders (Spain) were automatically qualified. The other nine places are allocated to the continents according to performance in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. Thus:
The Qatar national handball team is controlled by the Qatar Handball Association and take part in international handball competitions.
The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 December 2011.
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The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011.
The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.
The handball tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 21 August at the Future Arena in the Barra Olympic Park. The tournaments were won by Denmark in the men's competition and Russia for the women's tournament. The French teams for both competitions finished with the silver medal, and the bronze went to Germany and Norway, respectively.
The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more than one host country. It was also the first time a unified Korean team participated.
The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.
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The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021.
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.
The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is the ongoing 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involves 24 national teams after expansion in 2019, with Qatar the defending champions.
Bahrain competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The 2020 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held in Montenegro, France and Germany. The top two teams from each of the three tournaments qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics joining six already qualified teams: host nation, world champions and four winners of continental qualifying events.
The 2020 IHF Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments were held from 19 to 21 March 2021, in Spain, Hungary and Montenegro. Four teams took part in each tournament, with the two best-ranked teams qualifying for Tokyo 2020.
The 2025 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, will be the 29th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will be held in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025. This edition marks the first time the world championship is being held in three countries.
The 2027 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, will be the 30th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will take place in Germany in January 2027.
The men's qualification for the Olympic handball tournament will occur between January 2023 and March 2024, assigning quota places to the twelve squads for the Games: the hosts, the world champion, four continental events winners, and six teams from the IHF World Olympic qualifying tournaments, respectively.
They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.