2021 World Men's Handball Championship

2021 World Men's Handball Championship
بطولة العالم لكرة اليد للرجال 2021
Tournament details
Host country	Egypt
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	13–31 January
Teams	32 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	102
Goals scored	5,803 (56.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frankis Marzo; (58 goals)
Best player	Mikkel Hansen
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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.

Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32.^[1] It was also the third World Championship hosted in Africa, the second in Egypt, and the first to be hosted outside of Europe since 2015.

Denmark were the defending champions, having won their first World Championship title in 2019 on home soil. They defended the title by beating Sweden in the final,^[2] the second final between two Scandinavian countries in a row. On the way, Denmark defeated hosts Egypt in the quarter-finals, and the reigning European champions Spain in the semi-finals. The latter secured the bronze medal after defeating France in the third place game.^[3]

The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Bidding process

Seven nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:^[5]

However, until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015, only three nations entered documents to bid for the event:^[6]

A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015, where Egypt was chosen as the host.^[7]

Format

The 2021 edition saw a format change as the tournament was expanded. The 32 teams were split into eight groups of four teams each. The top three teams from each group progressed to the main round, while the teams ranked last in their preliminary round groups played the President's Cup. The 24 main round teams were divided into four groups of six teams each. The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities.

Cairo New Capital Borg El Arab 6th of October		Cairo	New Administrative Capital
		Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex	New Capital Sports Hall
		Capacity: 17,000	Capacity: 7,500

		Alexandria	6th of October City
		Borg El Arab Sports Hall	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall
		Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 4,500

Qualification

As is the previous edition, the World Championship organizer was directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. Following the decision about increasing the number of participating teams, changes were made in the distribution of places by the Continental Confederations. The number of compulsory places awarded to each Continental Confederation was increased as follows: four places each for Africa, Asia, and Europe. Starting from this tournament, Pan America was split into two zones: the North America and Caribbean Zone with one compulsory place, and the South and Central America Zone with three places. There was also a South and Central American Men's Last Chance Qualification Tournament which provided a qualification spot for the winning team. One additional place was available for Oceania, but only in the case where that national team would rank 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.^[8] In addition, there were 12 performance places for the Continental Confederations, which were based on the teams ranked 1–12 of the preceding World Championship. According to the new qualification system^[9] and taking into consideration the results of the 2019 Men's World Championship, 32 places were 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 Championship^[10]	21–25 January 2020	Maringá	3	Argentina Brazil Uruguay
~~2020 Nor.Ca. Championship~~	(Cancelled)^[2]	Mexico City	1-1	~~United States~~^[11]
2020 South and Central American Last Chance Qualification Tournament	(Cancelled)^[2]	Uruguay^[12]	1	Chile^[13]
European qualification	23 October 2019 – 5 July 2020 (cancelled)	Various (cancelled)	10+1^[3]	Austria Belarus ~~Czech Republic~~ France Germany Hungary Iceland Portugal Slovenia Sweden North Macedonia (replacement) Switzerland (replacement)
Wild card^[14]	9 July 2020	—	2^[1]	Poland Russian Handball Federation^[4]

^ 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 placed sixth or lower, the place transferred to the wild card spot.
^ 2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South and North American qualification tournaments were scrapped. The IHF Council decided to extend the deadline for the organisation of the remaining qualification tournaments until 31 October 2020.^[15]
^ 3. Because the European qualification was cancelled, the final ranking of the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship was used to determine the participants.^[16]
^ 4. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2020 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.^[17]^[18]^[19] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.^[20] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.^[21] The Russian team will play under the name "Russian Handball Federation Team".^[22]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances^{1, 2}
Egypt	Host	6 November 2015	15 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997,1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Denmark^[23]	World champion	27 January 2019	23 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Angola	Top seven at 2020 African Championship	20 January 2020	4 (2005, 2007, 2017, 2019)
Algeria	Top seven at 2020 African Championship	20 January 2020	14 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Tunisia	Top seven at 2020 African Championship	20 January 2020	14 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Qatar	Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship	21 January 2020	7 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Japan	Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship	23 January 2020	14 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2019)
Bahrain	Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship	23 January 2020	3 (2011, 2017, 2019)
South Korea	Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship	23 January 2020	12 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019³)
Argentina	Top three at 2020 South and Central American Championship	23 January 2020	12 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Brazil	Top three at 2020 South and Central American Championship	23 January 2020	14 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Croatia	Top three at 2020 European Championship	24 January 2020	13 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Spain	Top three at 2020 European Championship	24 January 2020	20 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Cape Verde	Top seven at 2020 African Championship	24 January 2020	0 (debut)
Morocco	Top seven at 2020 African Championship	24 January 2020	6 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007)
Norway	Top three at 2020 European Championship	25 January 2020	15 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019)
Uruguay	Top three at 2020 South and Central American Championship	25 January 2020	0 (debut)
DR Congo	Top seven at 2020 African Championship	26 January 2020	0 (debut)
Austria	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	6 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Belarus	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	4 (1995, 2013, 2015, 2017)
~~Czech Republic~~⁴	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	6 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2015)
France	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	22 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Germany	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	25 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990⁷, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Hungary	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	20 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019)
Iceland	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	20 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Portugal	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	3 (1997, 2001, 2003)
Slovenia	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	8 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Sweden	2020 European Championship final ranking	24 April 2020	24 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Poland	Wildcard	9 July 2020	15 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Russian Handball Federation	Wildcard	9 July 2020	13 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)⁵
~~United States~~⁶	North America and Caribbean representative^[11]	2 November 2020	6 (1964, 1970, 1974, 1993, 1995, 2001)
Chile	South and Central America representative^[13]	10 November 2020	5 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
North Macedonia⁴	Replacement	12 January 2021	6 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Switzerland⁶	Replacement	12 January 2021	10 (1954, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year.

² Italic indicates host country for that year.

³ Participated as a Unified Korea team in 2019.

⁴ On 12 January, the International Handball Federation announced that the Czech Republic had withdrawn from the tournament due to high number of COVID-19 infected players. North Macedonia replaced them.^[24]

⁵ Participated as Russia in 1993–2019.

⁶ On 12 January, the International Handball Federation announced that the United States had withdrawn from the tournament due to high number of COVID-19 infected players. Switzerland replaced them.^[25]

⁷ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw was held on 5 September 2020 at the Giza Pyramids Plateau.^[26]^[27] As hosts, Egypt had the privilege to assign itself to a group.^[28]

Seeding

On 23 July 2020, the pots were announced.^[29]

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 Korea Japan Bahrain North Macedonia⁴	Angola Cape Verde Morocco Chile DR Congo Poland ~~United States~~ Russia Handball Federation Switzerland⁵

Groups

This is the result of the draw with all groups

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
Germany Hungary Uruguay Cape Verde	Spain Tunisia Brazil Poland	Croatia Qatar Japan Angola	Denmark Argentina Bahrain DR Congo	Norway Austria France Switzerland	Portugal Algeria Iceland Morocco	Sweden Egypt North Macedonia Chile	Slovenia Belarus South Korea Russia United States

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 4 January 2021.^[30]

Referees
Algeria	Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
Egypt	Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
France	Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Iran	Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviannazhad

Referees
North Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah
Tunisia	Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[31]^[32]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	107	73	+34	6	Main round
2	Germany	3	2	1	81	43	+38	4
3	Uruguay	3	1	2	42	87	−45	2
4	Cape Verde	3	0	3	27	54	−27	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

15 January 2021 19:00	Germany	43–14	Uruguay	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Kastening 9	(16–4)	Morandeira 4
	4×	Report	1× 2×

15 January 2021 21:30	Hungary	34–27	Cape Verde	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Ancsin 7	(19–14)	Semedo 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	1× 4×

17 January 2021	Cape Verde	0–10^{[note 1]}	Germany

17 January 2021 21:30	Hungary	44–18	Uruguay	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRI)
	Máthé 8	(16–8)	Morandeira 4
	2× 3×	Report	2×

19 January 2021	Uruguay	10–0^{[note 1]}	Cape Verde

19 January 2021 21:30	Germany	28–29	Hungary	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Schiller 7	(14–15)	Bánhidi, Máthé 8
	7×	Report	1× 7×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	92	85	+7	5	Main round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	89	78	+11	4
3	Brazil	3	0	2	1	84	94	−10	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	90	98	−8	1	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

15 January 2021 19:00	Spain	29–29	Brazil	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	three players 4	(16–13)	Langaro, Moraes Ferreira 6
	4×	Report	1× 6×

15 January 2021 21:30	Tunisia	28–30	Poland	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Sanaï 9	(17–17)	Moryto 11
	2× 5×	Report	2× 6×

17 January 2021 19:00	Tunisia	32–32	Brazil	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Darmoul 9	(20–16)	Hackbarth, Langaro 6
	2× 6×	Report	4×

17 January 2021 21:30	Poland	26–27	Spain	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Sićko 6	(11–14)	three players 5
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2×

19 January 2021 19:00	Spain	36–30	Tunisia	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Fernández Pérez 10	(17–14)	Darmoul 8
	5×	Report	1× 3×

19 January 2021 21:30	Brazil	23–33	Poland	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Langaro 4	(11–13)	Moryto, Sićko 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	83	73	+10	5	Main round
2	Qatar	3	2	0	1	85	80	+5	4
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	88	89	−1	3
4	Angola	3	0	0	3	74	88	−14	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

15 January 2021 16:30	Qatar	30–25	Angola	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	Madadi 8	(14–13)	Pestana 6
	1× 6×	Report	4×

15 January 2021 19:00	Croatia	29–29	Japan	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Marić 7	(14–17)	Agarie, R. Tokuda 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

17 January 2021 16:30	Qatar	31–29	Japan	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Frankis 11	(15–16)	Doi 7
	3×	Report	2× 3×

17 January 2021 19:00	Angola	20–28	Croatia	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Ferreira 4	(11–12)	Čupić 6
	6× 2×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2021 16:30	Japan	30–29	Angola	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Watanabe 7	(16–12)	Tati 6
	1×	Report	5×

19 January 2021 19:00	Croatia	26–24	Qatar	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Štrlek 6	(13–11)	Frankis 7
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	104	59	+45	6	Main round
2	Argentina	3	2	1	72	74	−2	4
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	75	85	−10	2
4	DR Congo	3	0	3	68	101	−33	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

15 January 2021 19:00	Argentina	28–22	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	three players 5	(13–14)	Kiangebeni 7
	1× 4×	Report	2×

15 January 2021 21:30	Denmark	34–20	Bahrain	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gidsel 10	(19–10)	Ahmed 8
	5×	Report	1× 4×

17 January 2021 19:00	Argentina	24–21	Bahrain	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Pizarro 6	(12–10)	Ahmed 5
	1× 1×	Report	3× 6×

17 January 2021 21:30	DR Congo	19–39	Denmark	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Bouity, Mvumbi 4	(10–23)	J. Hansen 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

19 January 2021 19:00	Bahrain	34–27	DR Congo	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Al-Sayyad 9	(14–12)	Kiangebeni 6
	1× 7×	Report	1× 4×

19 January 2021 21:30	Denmark	31–20	Argentina	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	M. Hansen 7	(15–10)	Martínez Cami 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 6× 1×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	88	76	+12	6	Main round
2	Norway	3	2	1	93	82	+11	4
3	Switzerland^[a]	3	1	2	77	81	−4	2
4	Austria	3	0	3	82	101	−19	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ Switzerland replaced the United States, who withdrew due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad.^[25]

14 January 2021 19:00	Austria	25–28	Switzerland	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRI)
	Weber 7	(13–13)	Schmid 7
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 4×

14 January 2021 21:30	Norway	24–28	France	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Sagosen 10	(13–13)	Mahé 9
	5×	Report	2× 5×

16 January 2021 19:00	Austria	28–35	France	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Wagner 7	(13–17)	three players 4
	3×	Report	1× 4×

16 January 2021 21:30	Switzerland	25–31	Norway	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Lier, Milosevic 7	(13–17)	Sagosen 11
	1× 6×	Report	1× 3×

18 January 2021 19:00	France	25–24	Switzerland	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Mahé 7	(14–14)	Schmid 10
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

18 January 2021 21:30	Norway	38–29	Austria	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Sagosen 9	(20–17)	Wagner, Weber 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	84	62	+22	6	Main round
2	Iceland	3	2	1	93	72	+21	4
3	Algeria	3	1	2	67	88	−21	2
4	Morocco	3	0	3	66	88	−22	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

14 January 2021 19:00	Algeria	24–23	Morocco	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Abdi 7	(8–15)	Rezzouki 6
	6×	Report	1× 9× 3×

14 January 2021 21:30	Portugal	25–23	Iceland	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Martins 6	(11–10)	Elísson 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2021 19:00	Morocco	20–33	Portugal	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Harchaoui 5	(12–12)	Portela 9
	1× 7×	Report	2×

16 January 2021 21:30	Algeria	24–39	Iceland	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Abdi 5	(10–22)	Elísson 12
	1× 4× 1×	Report	4× 1×

18 January 2021 19:00	Portugal	26–19	Algeria	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Portela 4	(14–9)	Berkous 7
	6× 1×	Report	1× 4× 1×

18 January 2021 21:30	Iceland	31–23	Morocco	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Guðmundsson, V. Kristjánsson 6	(15–10)	Zaroili 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4× 2× 1×

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	97	69	+28	6	Main round
2	Egypt (H)	3	2	1	96	72	+24	4
3	North Macedonia^[a]	3	1	2	71	99	−28	2
4	Chile	3	0	3	84	108	−24	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ North Macedonia replaced the Czech Republic, who withdrew due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad.^[24]

13 January 2021 19:00	Egypt	35–29	Chile	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	El-Deraa 6	(18–11)	E. Salinas 8
	2× 7×	Report	2× 9× 1×

14 January 2021 21:30	Sweden	32–20	North Macedonia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Wanne 11	(16–11)	Lazarov 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

16 January 2021 19:00	Egypt	38–19	North Macedonia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Mamdouh Shebib 8	(20–6)	three players 3
	2×	Report	5× 1×

16 January 2021 21:30	Chile	26–41	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Er. Feuchtmann 7	(16–20)	Pellas 12
	8× 1×	Report	1× 4×

18 January 2021 16:30	North Macedonia	32–29	Chile	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Lazarov 8	(16–17)	three players 7
	6×	Report	1× 5×

18 January 2021 19:00	Sweden	24–23	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Persson 8	(9–12)	Sanad 8
	1× 2×	Report	3×

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russian Handball Federation	3	2	1	0	93	83	+10	5	Main round
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	105	85	+20	4
3	Belarus	3	1	1	1	89	85	+4	3
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	79	113	−34	0	Presidents Cup

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

14 January 2021 16:30	Belarus	32–32	Russian Handball Federation	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Vailupau 10	(15–15)	three players 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 5× 1×

14 January 2021 19:00	Slovenia	51–29	South Korea	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Gajić 10	(25–16)	Kim Jin-h., Kim Jin-y. 6
	1× 6×	Report	2×

16 January 2021 16:30	Belarus	32–24	South Korea	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Vailupau 8	(15–9)	Kim Jin-y. 8
	1× 9× 1×	Report	3×

16 January 2021 19:00	Russian Handball Federation	31–25	Slovenia	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	three players 6	(16–13)	Dolenec 6
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

18 January 2021 16:30	South Korea	26–30	Russian Handball Federation	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Kim Ji-u. 8	(15–15)	Andreev, Kornev 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 5×

18 January 2021 19:00	Slovenia	29–25	Belarus	Borg El Arab Sports Hall, Borg El Arab Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Janc 8	(15–15)	Karalek 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

Presidents Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	3	0	82	51	+31	6	25th place game
2	DR Congo	3	2	1	64	69	−5	4	27th place game
3	Angola	3	1	2	70	66	+4	2	29th place game
4	Cape Verde	3	0	3	0	30	−30	0	31st place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

21 January 2021	Cape Verde	0–10^{[note 1]}	Tunisia

21 January 2021 19:00	Angola	31–32	DR Congo	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Ferreira 8	(15–13)	Kiangebeni 8
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1× 5×

23 January 2021	Cape Verde	0–10^{[note 1]}	Angola

23 January 2021 19:00	Tunisia	38–22	DR Congo	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Toumi 7	(17–13)	Mvumbi 5
	4×	Report	2× 2×

25 January 2021	DR Congo	10–0^{[note 1]}	Cape Verde

25 January 2021 19:00	Tunisia	34–29	Angola	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRI)
	Rzig 12	(14–13)	Hebo, Lopes 7
	1× 8×	Report	1× 3× 1×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	105	82	+23	6	25th place game
2	Chile	3	2	1	103	83	+20	4	27th place game
3	Morocco	3	1	2	71	89	−18	2	29th place game
4	South Korea	3	0	3	87	112	−25	0	31st place game

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

20 January 2021 16:30	Chile	44–33	South Korea	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	R. Salinas 12	(24–17)	Kim Jin-y. 8
	2× 4×	Report	5×

20 January 2021 19:00	Austria	36–22	Morocco	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Frimmel 9	(17–14)	Rezzouki 7
	2× 5×	Report	4×

22 January 2021 16:30	Morocco	32–25	South Korea	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Fougani 7	(15–14)	Kim Jin-y. 9
	2× 5× 1×	Report	4×

22 January 2021 19:00	Austria	33–31	Chile	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Frimmel 8	(14–15)	Er. Feuchtmann 9
	1× 8×	Report	1× 7× 1×

24 January 2021 16:30	Morocco	17–28	Chile	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Harchaoui 6	(12–14)	E. Salinas 7
	2× 6×	Report	4×

24 January 2021 19:00	South Korea	29–36	Austria	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Kang, Kim Jin-y. 4	(14–18)	Pratschner 9
	1× 1×	Report	2× 3×

31st place game

27 January 2021	Cape Verde	0–10^{[note 1]}	South Korea

29th place game

27 January 2021 18:30	Angola	29–30 (ET)	Morocco	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Ferreira, Hebo 6	(14–13)	Rezzouki 12
	5×	Report	3× 4×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 0–0, 0–0 Pen: 2–3

27th place game

27 January 2021 16:00	DR Congo	30–35	Chile	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Ngando 8	(13–18)	three players 6
	3×	Report	1× 1×

25th place game

27 January 2021 18:30	Tunisia	37–33	Austria	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Sanaï 8	(19–16)	Frimmel, Wagner 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Main round

All points obtained in the preliminary round against teams that advance as well, are carried over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	162	134	+28	9	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	5	4	0	1	160	131	+29	8	Quarterfinals
3	Germany	5	2	1	2	153	122	+31	5^[a]
4	Poland	5	2	1	2	138	119	+19	5^[a]
5	Brazil	5	1	1	3	136	139	−3	3
6	Uruguay	5	0	0	5	88	192	−104	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Poland 23–23 Germany; goal difference: Germany +31 and Poland +19

21 January 2021 16:30	Uruguay	16–30	Poland	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Cancio 6	(9–14)	Moryto 8
	1×	Report	1× 6×

21 January 2021 19:00	Hungary	29–23	Brazil	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Bánhidi 5	(16–11)	Langaro 8
	2× 4×	Report	3×

21 January 2021 21:30	Spain	32–28	Germany	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fernández Pérez 6	(16–13)	Kastening 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

23 January 2021 16:30	Uruguay	23–38	Spain	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Cancio 8	(12–24)	Ariño 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

23 January 2021 19:00	Poland	26–30	Hungary	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Sićko 5	(10–16)	Lékai 8
	3×	Report	1× 3×

23 January 2021 21:30	Germany	31–24	Brazil	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Golla 7	(16–12)	Moraes Ferreira 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 3×

25 January 2021 16:30	Brazil	37–17	Uruguay	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Luciano 7	(18–7)	three players 3
	1× 2×	Report	2×

25 January 2021 19:00	Spain	36–28	Hungary	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Solé 8	(21–14)	Balogh, Győri 5
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

25 January 2021 21:30	Poland	23–23	Germany	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Krajewski 5	(12–11)	Schmidt, Weber 4
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	169	116	+53	10	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	5	3	0	2	132	135	−3	6^[a]	Quarterfinals
3	Argentina	5	3	0	2	120	121	−1	6^[a]
4	Croatia	5	2	1	2	128	132	−4	5
5	Japan	5	1	1	3	138	147	−9	3
6	Bahrain	5	0	0	5	107	143	−36	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Argentina 25–26 Qatar

21 January 2021 16:30	Japan	24–28	Argentina	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRI)
	Yoshino 6	(13–17)	Pizarro 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2021 19:00	Croatia	28–18	Bahrain	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Horvat 8	(13–8)	Ahmed, Al-Sayyad 6
	2×	Report	1× 3×

21 January 2021 21:30	Denmark	32–23	Qatar	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	M. Hansen 8	(17–12)	Frankis 12
	4×	Report	3× 7×

23 January 2021 16:30	Qatar	28–23	Bahrain	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Capote 9	(13–14)	Ahmed 5
	2×	Report	2× 4×

23 January 2021 19:00	Argentina	23–19	Croatia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Pizarro 4	(12–12)	Čupić 7
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 4×

23 January 2021 21:30	Japan	27–34	Denmark	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Agarie 7	(17–19)	Jakobsen 12
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3× 1×

25 January 2021 16:30	Bahrain	25–29	Japan	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Ahmed, Al-Sayyad 5	(12–19)	Yoshino 9
	1× 5×	Report	2×

25 January 2021 19:00	Argentina	25–26	Qatar	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pizarro 7	(13–12)	Frankis 8
	2× 5×	Report	1× 3×

25 January 2021 21:30	Denmark	38–26	Croatia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Jakobsen 8	(17–15)	Marić 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	142	123	+19	10	Quarterfinals
2	Norway	5	4	1	155	137	+18	8	Quarterfinals
3	Portugal	5	3	2	135	132	+3	6
4	Switzerland	5	2	3	125	131	−6	4
5	Iceland	5	1	4	139	132	+7	2
6	Algeria	5	0	5	116	157	−41	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

20 January 2021 16:30	Switzerland	20–18	Iceland	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Schmid 6	(10–9)	Guðmundsson 4
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2× 1×

20 January 2021 19:00	France	29–26	Algeria	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	three players 4	(16–14)	Berkous 7
	3×	Report	1× 5×

20 January 2021 21:30	Portugal	28–29	Norway	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Martins, Portela 5	(14–16)	Sagosen 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	1× 4×

22 January 2021 16:30	Switzerland	29–33	Portugal	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Schmid 11	(15–17)	Iturriza 7
	4×	Report	1× 3×

22 January 2021 19:00	Iceland	26–28	France	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Elísson 8	(14–16)	Mem 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	5×

22 January 2021 21:30	Norway	36–23	Algeria	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Blonz 7	(17–11)	Abdi 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

24 January 2021 16:30	Algeria	24–27	Switzerland	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Abdi 6	(13–15)	Schmid 9
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

24 January 2021 19:00	Iceland	33–35	Norway	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Elísson 6	(18–18)	Sagosen 8
	2× 8× 1×	Report	2× 8×

24 January 2021 21:30	Portugal	23–32	France	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Martins 6	(12–16)	Descat 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	3	2	0	144	117	+27	8	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt (H)	5	3	1	1	149	117	+32	7	Quarterfinals
3	Slovenia	5	2	2	1	138	130	+8	6
4	Russian Handball Federation	5	2	1	2	138	139	−1	5
5	Belarus	5	1	2	2	139	148	−9	4
6	North Macedonia	5	0	0	5	106	163	−57	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

20 January 2021 16:30	North Macedonia	21–31	Slovenia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Lazarov 5	(9–13)	Gajić 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

20 January 2021 19:00	Russian Handball Federation	23–28	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Kosorotov 8	(8–15)	Mamdouh Shebib 7
	1× 7×	Report	3×

20 January 2021 21:30	Sweden	26–26	Belarus	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Wanne 7	(11–15)	Vailupau, Yurynok 6
	3×	Report	1× 4×

22 January 2021 16:30	North Macedonia	20–32	Russian Handball Federation	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Kuzmanovski 6	(9–19)	Soroka 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 2× 1×

22 January 2021 19:00	Egypt	35–26	Belarus	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	El-Ahmar 8	(21–14)	Vailupau 4
	1×	Report	1× 3×

22 January 2021 21:30	Slovenia	28–28	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Gajić 6	(14–15)	Wanne 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 8× 1×

24 January 2021 16:30	Belarus	30–26	North Macedonia	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRI)
	Kulesh 7	(14–14)	Lazarov 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 1×

24 January 2021 19:00	Slovenia	25–25	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Janc 7	(12–8)	Sanad 7
	2× 6×	Report	2×

24 January 2021 21:30	Russian Handball Federation	20–34	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Kotov 5	(8–17)	Pellas 8
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 5×

Final round

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

27 January

Spain	31
		29 January
Norway	26
		Spain	33
27 January
		Denmark	35
Denmark (Pen.)	35 (4)
				31 January
Egypt	35 (3)
				Denmark	26
27 January
				Sweden	24
France (ET)	35
		29 January
Hungary	32
		France	26
27 January
		Sweden	32	Third place
Sweden	35
				31 January
Qatar	23
				Spain	35

				France	29

Quarterfinals

27 January 2021 18:30	Denmark	39–38 (ET)	Egypt	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	M. Hansen 10	(16–13)	Omar 11
	1× 3× 1×	Report	5× 1×
	FT: 28–28 ET: 6–6, 1–1 Pen: 4–3

27 January 2021 21:30	Sweden	35–23	Qatar	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Chrintz, Pellas 8	(14–10)	Frankis 5
	3×	Report	3×

27 January 2021 21:30	Spain	31–26	Norway	New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	A. Dujshebaev 8	(21–15)	Jøndal 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

27 January 2021 21:30	France	35–32 (ET)	Hungary	Dr. Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall, 6th of October City Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Guigou 6	(12–14)	Bánhidi 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 5–2

Semifinals

29 January 2021 18:30	France	26–32	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Descat 5	(13–16)	Wanne 11
	4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

29 January 2021 21:30	Spain	33–35	Denmark	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	D. Dujshebaev 7	(16–18)	M. Hansen 12
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

Third place game

31 January 2021 15:30	Spain	35–29	France	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	A. Dujshebaev 8	(16–13)	Descat 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

Final

31 January 2021 18:30	Denmark	26–24	Sweden	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	M. Hansen 7	(13–13)	Wanne 5
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Final ranking and awards

Final ranking

Places 1 to 4 and 25 to 32 were decided by play-off or knock-out. The losers of the quarter-finals were ranked 5th to 8th according to the places in the main round, points gained and goal difference. Teams finishing third in the main round were ranked 9th to 12th, teams finishing fourth in the main round were ranked 13th to 16th, teams finishing fifth in the main round were ranked 17th to 20th and teams ranked sixth were ranked 21st to 24th. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the main round were taken into account, then number of goals scored. If teams would still be equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round would be considered followed by the goal difference and then number of goals scored in the preliminary round.^[35]

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	Sweden
	Spain
4	France
5	Hungary
6	Norway
7	Egypt
8	Qatar
9	Slovenia
10	Portugal
11	Argentina
12	Germany
13	Poland
14	Russian Handball Federation
15	Croatia
16	Switzerland
17	Belarus
18	Brazil
19	Japan
20	Iceland
21	Bahrain
22	Algeria
23	North Macedonia
24	Uruguay
25	Tunisia
26	Austria
27	Chile
28	DR Congo
29	Morocco
30	Angola
31	South Korea
32	Cape Verde^{[note 1]}

	Qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship

2021 Men's World Champions Denmark Second title Team roster: Niklas Landin Jacobsen, Magnus Landin Jacobsen, Magnus Bramming, Emil Jakobsen, Emil Nielsen, Anders Zachariassen, Magnus Saugstrup, Lasse Svan Hansen, Kevin Møller, Henrik Møllgaard, Mads Mensah Larsen, Mikkel Hansen, Morten Olsen, Jóhan Hansen, Lasse Andersson, Nikolaj Øris Nielsen, Jacob Holm, Mathias Gidsel, Simon Hald, Nikolaj Læsø Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen

All-star Team

The All-star Team was announced on 31 January 2021.^[36]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Andreas Palicka
Left wing	Hampus Wanne
Left back	Mikkel Hansen
Centre back	Jim Gottfridsson
Right back	Mathias Gidsel
Right wing	Ferran Solé
Pivot	Ludovic Fabregas
MVP	Mikkel Hansen

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Frankis Marzo	58	96	60
2	Sander Sagosen	54	83	65
3	Hampus Wanne	53	71	75
4	Erwin Feuchtmann	49	78	63
5	Mikkel Hansen	48	69	70
6	Andy Schmid	44	80	55
7	Mohamed Darmoul	40	49	82
8	Mathias Gidsel	39	49	80
	Kim Jin-young		72	54
	Rodrigo Salinas Muñoz		59	66

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Humberto Gomes	43	33	76
2	Johannes Bitter	36	33	92
	Urban Lesjak		27	76
	Leonel Maciel		57	159
	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas		66	182
6	Adam Morawski	35	56	158
6	RHF Stanislav Tretynko	35	21	60
8	Juan Bar	34	18	53
	Rodrigo Corrales		54	160
	Klemen Ferlin		44	131
	Björgvin Páll Gústavsson		36	107
	Kevin Møller		29	86
	Andreas Palicka		72	213
	Kristian Sæverås		37	108

Source: IHF

Broadcasters

Country	Channel
Algeria	EPTV (Algeria matches and final)
Austria	ORF
Belarus	Belarus 5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Arena Sport
Chile	TNT Sports (Chile matches and final)
Croatia	RTL 2, RTL
Denmark	DR1 (TV & Radio), TV 2
Egypt and Middle East and North Africa	OnTime Sports (AR)
France	beIN Sports, TMC
France	RMC (Radio)
Germany	ARD
	ZDF
	Eurosport
	Sportdeutschland.TV
Hungary	M4 Sport
Iceland	RÚV
Montenegro	Arena Sport
North Macedonia	MRT, Arena Sport
Norway	TV3/Viaplay
Poland	TVP^[37]
Romania	Digi Sport
Portugal	RTP (Radio)
Serbia	Arena Sport
Slovenia	Radiotelevizija Slovenija
Slovenia	Val 202 (Radio)
Spain	Teledeporte
Sweden	Nordic Entertainment Group
Sweden	Radiosporten (Radio)
Switzerland	TV24^[38]
United Arab Emirates	RMC Sport
United States	ESPN+^[39]
Countries without a license	YouTube (Telecom Egypt)

Source:^[40]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cape Verde had to withdraw from the tournament, after not having the minimum of players available, due to several cases of players who tested positive for COVID-19.^[33]^[34]

References

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External links

[table_note_SUI0.21721013319549-36] Switzerland replaced the United States, who withdrew due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad.^[25]

[table_note_MKD0.81411069995449-37] North Macedonia replaced the Czech Republic, who withdrew due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad.^[24]

[table_hth_GER0.53782507103767-38] Poland 23–23 Germany; goal difference: Germany +31 and Poland +19

[table_hth_QAT0.9584607253589-39] Argentina 25–26 Qatar

[CPV-35] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cape Verde had to withdraw from the tournament, after not having the minimum of players available, due to several cases of players who tested positive for COVID-19.^[33]^[34]

[1] "IHF Council decides to increase number of teams at World Championships". ihf.info. 19 October 2018.

[2] "Denmark claim second straight Men's World Championship gold". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.

[3] "Superb Dujshebaev brothers help Spain secure bronze medal". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.

[4] "Egypt 2021 – World Championship to be staged without spectators". ihf.info. 10 January 2021.

[5] "Bidding process for the 2021/2023 Men's and Women's World Championships". ihf.info. 18 February 2015.

[6] "Applications for Men's World Championships 2021/2023". ihf.info. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

[7] "2021 and 2023 IHF Men's World Championships Awarded". ihf.info. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[8] "Distribution of places for expanded World Championship". ihf.info. 9 March 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[9] "Pathway to Men's World Championship 2021 and Men's EHF Euro 2022 Qualifiers". eurohandball.com. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[10] "Argentina beat Brazil for South and Central American title". ihf.info. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[USA-11] "United States of America nominated for Egypt 2021". International Handball Federation. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[12] "uruguay confirma sede para el último cupo egipto 2021". handballsca.tv (in Spanish). 5 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[CHI-13] "Chile nominated for Egypt 2021". International Handball Federation. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.

[14] "Wild cards awarded to Poland and Russia". International Handball Federation. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[15] "Qualification deadline for 2021 Men's World Championship extended". ihf.info. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[16] "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.

[17] MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[18] "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

[19] "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. AP. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.

[20] "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.

[21] Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[22] "Appearance of Russian Handball Federation at the 27th IHF Men's World Championship". ihf.info. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.

[23] "Flawless Denmark claim first world title". 27 January 2019.

[CZE-24] "Egypt 2021 – North Macedonia replace Czech Republic". ihf.info. 12 January 2021.

[SUI-25] "Egypt 2021 – Switzerland replace USA". ihf.info. 12 January 2021.

[26] "Giza Pyramids Plateau hosts Egypt 2021 Draw Ceremony".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[27] "Groups set for Egypt 2021". ihf.info. 5 September 2020.

[28] "Egypt 2021 draw details confirmed". ihf.info. 25 August 2020.

[29] "IHF publish pots for Egypt 2021". 23 July 2020.

[30] "IHF confirms referees for Egypt 2021". ihf.info. 4 January 2021.

[31] "Fiery opening clashes as Egypt 2021 playing schedule set". ihf.info. 10 September 2020.

[32] "Egypt 2021 throw-off times confirmed". ihf.info. 23 September 2020.

[33] "Match cancellation: Cape Verde vs Germany". IHF. Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[34] "Cape Verde withdraw from the 27th IHF Men's World Championship". IHF. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[40] "Egypt 2021: Semi-finals Schedule, 5-32 Ranking Confirmed". ihf.info. 28 January 2021.

[41] "Egypt 2021 All-star Team". ihf.info. 31 January 2021.

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[44] USA Team Handball [@USATH] (9 January 2021). "We've got HUGE news" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021 – via Twitter.

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