2019 World Men's Handball Championship

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.[2] It was also the first time a unified Korean team participated.[3]

2019 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Denmark
 Germany
Dates10–27 January
Teams24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (1st title)
Runner-up Norway
Third place France
Fourth place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches96
Goals scored5239 (54.57 per match)
Attendance906,283 (9,440 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mikkel Hansen
(72 goals)
Best player Mikkel Hansen[1]
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Denmark, in a clean sweep, won their first title by defeating Norway 31–22 in the final.[4] This was Norway's second final in a row and the first final since 1995 between two nations who had not won before. France captured the bronze medal after a 26–25 win over Germany.[5]

The tournament set a new spectator record with 906,283, helped by the fact that there were two home teams. Biggest number af spectator at single events was 19,250 at Germany's matches in the main round.

Bidding process

Denmark/Germany presented a bid and were up against competitors from Poland and Slovakia/Hungary. The International Handball Federation announced on 28 October 2013 that Denmark/Germany would be awarded the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

Format

This edition saw a format change back to the one used in 2011. The 24 teams were split into four groups, in which the first three teams qualified for the main round. The bottom three teams of each group played the Presidents' Cup to determine the positions from 13–24. In the main round, the 12 teams were split into two groups. Their points from the preliminary round against the other qualified team were carried over, and the best two placed teams in each main round group qualified for the semifinals, while the third- and fourth ranked teams played placement matches. From the semifinals on, a knockout system was used.

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which was used.[6] All venues have a capacity of more than 10,000 spectators. The final was held in Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark.

Copenhagen Herning Berlin
Royal Arena Jyske Bank Boxen Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 17,000
Cologne Munich Hamburg
Lanxess Arena Olympiahalle Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 15,500 Capacity: 16,000

Qualification
Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nations 28 October 2013 2  Denmark
 Germany
2017 World Championship 11–29 January 2017 1  France
2018 European Men's Handball Championship 12–28 January 2018 1  Spain
2018 African Men's Handball Championship 17–27 January 2018 3  Angola
 Egypt
 Tunisia
2018 Asian Men's Handball Championship 18–28 January 2018 4  Bahrain
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea[3]
European qualification[7] 25 October 2017 – 14 June 2018 9  Austria
 Croatia
 Hungary
 Iceland
 North Macedonia
 Norway
 Russia
 Serbia
 Sweden
2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 16–24 June 2018 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
Wildcard 9 May 2018
10 October 2018		 2  Japan[8]
 Korea[3]

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances1
 DenmarkHost28 October 201322 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 GermanyHost28 October 201324 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19903, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 FranceWorld champion29 January 201721 (1954, 1958 ,1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Saudi ArabiaSemifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship23 January 20188 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 QatarSemifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship23 January 20186 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 South Korea[3]Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship23 January 201811 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 BahrainSemifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship24 January 20182 (2011, 2017)
 TunisiaFinalist of 2018 African Championship25 January 201813 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 EgyptFinalist of 2018 African Championship25 January 201814 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 AngolaThird place of 2018 African Championship27 January 20183 (2005, 2007, 2017)
 SpainEuropean Champion28 January 201819 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 JapanWildcard9 May 201814 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017)
 RussiaEuropean playoffs12 June 201812 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 NorwayEuropean playoffs12 June 201814 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
 North MacedoniaEuropean playoffs13 June 20185 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 HungaryEuropean playoffs13 June 201819 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
 SwedenEuropean playoffs13 June 201823 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
 AustriaEuropean playoffs13 June 20185 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015)
 IcelandEuropean playoffs13 June 201819 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 CroatiaEuropean playoffs14 June 201812 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 SerbiaEuropean playoffs14 June 20183 ( 2009, 2011, 2013)
 BrazilFinalist of 2018 Pan American Championship23 June 201813 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 ArgentinaFinalist of 2018 Pan American Championship23 June 201811 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 ChileThird place of 2018 Pan American Championship24 June 20184 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 KoreaWildcard210 October 20180 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host country for that year
2 The associations of South Korea and North Korea were invited by the International Handball Federation to enter a unified team in the championship.[3] South Korea, which had 11 previous appearances (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013), originally qualified as the semifinalist of the 2018 Asian Championship.
3 From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw took place on 25 June 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[9][10]

Seeding

The seedings and draw procedure were announced on 22 June 2018.[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 France
 Spain
 Sweden
 Denmark		  Croatia
 Russia
 Norway
 Hungary		  Qatar
 Germany
 Austria
 North Macedonia3		  Serbia
 Tunisia
 Iceland
 Argentina		  Brazil
 Egypt
 Bahrain
 Chile		  South Korea4
 Saudi Arabia
 Angola
 Japan
3 Official name since February 2019. During the championships: Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
4 Later replaced by a  Unified Korea team

Squads
Main article: 2019 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 25 October 2018.[12]

Preliminary round

The provisional schedule was confirmed on 28 June 2018 and the final schedule was announced on 31 October 2018.[13][14][15]

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams have scored the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:[16]

  1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
  4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
  5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 5 4 1 0 138 113 +25 9 Main round
2  Germany (H) 5 3 2 0 142 110 +32 8
3  Brazil 5 3 0 2 127 129 −2 6
4  Russia 5 1 2 2 131 127 +4 4
5  Serbia 5 1 1 3 127 146 −19 3
6  Korea 5 0 0 5 124 164 −40 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) Host.
10 January 2019
18:15		 Korea  19–30  Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Jang, Kang T. 4 (10–17) Gensheimer 7
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11 January 2019
18:00		 Serbia  30–30  Russia Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 10,468
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
N. Ilić 6 (16–16) Dibirov 12
2× 5× Report 1× 4×
11 January 2019
20:30		 Brazil  22–24  France Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 10,529
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Toledo 8 (13–16) Guigou, Mem 6
3× 5× Report 3× 4×
12 January 2019
15:30		 Russia  34–27  Korea Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 10,039
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Shishkarev 7 (20–13) Kang J., Park K. 4
2× 8× 1× Report 1× 2×
12 January 2019
18:15		 Germany  34–21  Brazil Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
Gensheimer 10 (15–8) Toledo 5
2× 4× Report 2× 6× 1×
12 January 2019
20:30		 France  32–21  Serbia Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Fabregas, Remili 5 (15–12) Radivojević 6
 2× Report 2× 4×
14 January 2019
15:30		 Serbia  22–24  Brazil Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 10,211
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Marsenić, Radivojević 5 (11–14) Toledo 5
3× 6× 1× Report 2× 3×
14 January 2019
18:00		 Russia  22–22  Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Dibirov 8 (10–12) Gensheimer 8
3× 5× Report 3× 3×
14 January 2019
20:30		 France  34–23  Korea Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 10,331
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Remili 7 (17–16) Kang T. 7
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15 January 2019
15:30		 Russia  23–25  Brazil Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 9,011
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Dibirov, Zhitnikov 6 (10–15) Borges 7
1× 6× 1× Report 2× 5×
15 January 2019
18:00		 Korea  29–31  Serbia Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 11,953
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kang J. 12 (16–14) Vorkapić 7
1× 3× Report 2× 5× 1×
15 January 2019
20:30		 Germany  25–25  France Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
three players 4 (12–10) Mahé 9
2× 5× Report  6×
17 January 2019
15:30		 Brazil  35–26  Korea Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 8,933
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Borges 6 (18–10) Kang J. 5
2× 5× Report 1× 2×
17 January 2019
18:00		 Germany  31–23  Serbia Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 13,500
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Musche 5 (16–12) N. Ilić 6
1× 3× 1× Report 3× 7×
17 January 2019
20:30		 France  23–22  Russia Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance: 11,287
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Richardson 4 (12–12) Shkurinskiy 4
2× Report 1× 4×

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 5 5 0 0 152 115 +37 10 Main round
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 142 114 +28 8
3  Iceland 5 3 0 2 137 124 +13 6
4  North Macedonia 5 2 0 3 131 139 −8 4
5  Bahrain 5 1 0 4 107 151 −44 2
6  Japan 5 0 0 5 121 147 −26 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.
11 January 2019
15:30		 Japan  29–38  North Macedonia Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Watanabe 5 (13–18) K. Lazarov 8
 3× Report 1× 4×
11 January 2019
18:00		 Iceland  27–31  Croatia Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Pálmarsson 7 (14–16) Stepančić 8
2× 5× Report 3× 2×
11 January 2019
20:30		 Bahrain  23–33  Spain Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 9,800
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Al-Sayyad, Habib 7 (11–16) Solé 7
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13 January 2019
14:00		 North Macedonia  28–23  Bahrain Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
K. Lazarov 8 (12–8) Al-Sayyad 6
1× 3× Report 1× 3×
13 January 2019
16:30		 Croatia  35–27  Japan Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Horvat 8 (18–13) Tokuda 6
3× 2× Report 3× 2×
13 January 2019
19:00		 Spain  32–25  Iceland Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Solé 5 (19–14) Guðmundsson 6
1× 3× Report 2× 6×
14 January 2019
15:30		 Iceland  36–18  Bahrain Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Gunnarsson 8 (16–10) Merza 5
2× 4× Report 2× 5× 2×
14 January 2019
18:00		 Croatia  31–22  North Macedonia Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 9,800
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Duvnjak 6 (16–11) Manaskov 6
2× 3× Report 1× 3×
14 January 2019
20:30		 Spain  26–22  Japan Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 7,300
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Solé 8 (10–11) Tokuda 7
 3× Report 2× 3×
16 January 2019
15:30		 Japan  21–25  Iceland Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Agarie 4 (12–13) Gunnarsson, Sigurmannsson 5
1× 1× 1× Report 2× 2×
16 January 2019
18:00		 Croatia  32–20  Bahrain Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 8,600
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Štrlek 11 (19–9) Jalal 5
3× 7× Report 1× 5×
16 January 2019
20:30		 North Macedonia  21–32  Spain Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 9,600
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Peševski 6 (12–13) Gómez 6
1× 4× Report 1× 2×
17 January 2019
15:30		 Bahrain  23–22  Japan Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Basham 6 (10–9) Motoki 9
 4× Report 2× 4×
17 January 2019
18:00		 North Macedonia  22–24  Iceland Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 10,100
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
K. Lazarov, Manaskov 5 (13–11) Gunnarsson 10
3× 3× Report 2× 4×
17 January 2019
20:30		 Spain  19–23  Croatia Olympiahalle, Munich
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Solé 5 (10–13) Horvat 8
1× 1× Report 3× 2×

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark (H) 5 5 0 0 167 103 +64 10 Main round
2  Norway 5 4 0 1 175 119 +56 8
3  Tunisia 5 3 0 2 138 147 −9 6
4  Chile 5 2 0 3 130 167 −37 4
5  Austria 5 1 0 4 121 148 −27 2
6  Saudi Arabia 5 0 0 5 112 159 −47 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) Host.
10 January 2019
20:15		 Chile  16–39  Denmark Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Salinas 4 (4–22) Mortensen 8
 5× Report 2× 5×
11 January 2019
18:00		 Saudi Arabia  22–29  Austria Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Ma. Al-Salem 7 (9–15) Bilyk 7
2× 6× 1× Report 2× 5×
11 January 2019
20:30		 Tunisia  24–34  Norway Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Jaballah 5 (13–18) Jøndal 9
2× 5× Report 1× 5×
12 January 2019
15:00		 Austria  24–32  Chile Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,900
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Weber 6 (15–14) Er. Feuchtmann 9
2× 6× Report 1× 5×
12 January 2019
17:30		 Norway  40–21  Saudi Arabia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 12,002
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Rød 9 (20–10) Ma. Al-Salem 7
3× 3× Report 1× 2×
12 January 2019
20:15		 Denmark  36–22  Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
M. Hansen, Schmidt 7 (19–10) Chouiref 5
3× 7× Report 2× 2×
14 January 2019
15:00		 Tunisia  36–30  Chile Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 3,247
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Chouiref, Soussi 7 (18–15) Er. Feuchtmann, Salinas 8
2× 4× Report 2× 5×
14 January 2019
17:30		 Norway  34–24  Austria Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 8,716
Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
Sagosen 8 (16–13) Božović 7
2× 1× Report 2× 5×
14 January 2019
20:15		 Denmark  34–22  Saudi Arabia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 12,157
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
M. Jacobsen 7 (17–11) Mo. Al-Salem 4
1× 5× Report 1× 7× 1×
15 January 2019
16:15		 Saudi Arabia  20–24  Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,571
Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
Al-Abdulali 5 (8–12) Boughanmi, Sanaï 7
1× 4× Report 1× 3× 1×
15 January 2019
18:30		 Norway  41–20  Chile Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 11,247
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Blonz 8 (21–12) Salinas 9
2× 1× Report 1× 2×
15 January 2019
20:45		 Austria  17–28  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,607
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
three players 3 (8–11) M. Jacobsen, Schmidt 6
1× 2× Report 2×
17 January 2019
15:00		 Chile  32–27  Saudi Arabia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 3,526
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Er. Feuchtmann 11 (21–13) Mo. Al-Salem 8
1× 5× Report 1× 9× 2×
17 January 2019
17:30		 Austria  27–32  Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 11,834
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Weber 9 (14–18) Boughanmi 9
2× 6× Report 2× 5×
17 January 2019
20:15		 Denmark  30–26  Norway Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 15,001
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
M. Hansen 14 (17–14) Johannessen 5
2× 4× Report 3× 4×

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 5 5 0 0 151 111 +40 10 Main round
2  Hungary 5 2 2 1 151 138 +13 6
3  Egypt 5 2 1 2 132 133 −1 5
4  Qatar 5 2 0 3 125 127 −2 4
5  Argentina 5 1 1 3 119 130 −11 3
6  Angola 5 1 0 4 121 160 −39 2
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.
11 January 2019
15:30		 Angola  24–23  Qatar Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 1,870
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Hebo 7 (12–8) Berrached 6
2× 6× Report 2× 4×
11 January 2019
18:00		 Argentina  25–25  Hungary Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 4,272
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Simonet 6 (10–13) Balogh 11
3× 4× Report 2× 3×
11 January 2019
20:30		 Egypt  24–27  Sweden Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,448
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
El-Ahmar, Shebib 5 (11–13) Gottfridsson, L. Nilsson 5
3× 1× Report 2× 4×
13 January 2019
15:30		 Qatar  28–23  Egypt Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,077
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Benali 9 (15–12) El-Ahmar 6
3× 6× Report 2× 3×
13 January 2019
18:00		 Hungary  34–24  Angola Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 4,891
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
Bóka 5 (18–8) Ferreira 5
2× 3× 1× Report  3×
13 January 2019
20:30		 Sweden  31–16  Argentina Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,492
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Zachrisson 6 (15–10) F. Fernández 6
1× 8× Report 2× 6×
14 January 2019
15:30		 Hungary  32–26  Qatar Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 1,694
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Lékai 5 (16–11) Frankis, Sinen 5
2× 8× Report 1× 5× 1×
14 January 2019
18:00		 Argentina  20–22  Egypt Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 2,607
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
F. Fernández 5 (9–8) Sanad 7
4× 7× 1× Report 2× 5× 1×
14 January 2019
20:30		 Sweden  37–19  Angola Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,731
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Ekberg, Zachrisson 5 (19–14) Hebo 5
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16 January 2019
15:30		 Angola  26–33  Argentina Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 1,709
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Ferreira 7 (12–17) Simonet 7
3× 5× Report 2× 1×
16 January 2019
18:00		 Hungary  30–30  Egypt Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,929
Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
Lékai 6 (14–14) Zein 7
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16 January 2019
20:30		 Qatar  22–23  Sweden Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,079
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Benali 8 (11–10) L. Nilsson, Zachrisson 7
3× 4× Report 2× 3× 1×
17 January 2019
15:30		 Egypt  33–28  Angola Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 2,247
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
El-Deraa 8 (19–12) Sibo 7
2× 3× Report 1× 4× 1×
17 January 2019
18:00		 Qatar  26–25  Argentina Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 4,448
Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
Frankis 8 (16–13) Baronetto, Simonet 4
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17 January 2019
20:30		 Sweden  33–30  Hungary Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 7,803
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
L. Nilsson 7 (16–15) Lékai 8
3× 2× Report 2× 5×

Presidents Cup

21st–24th place playoffs
 
21st–24th place semifinals21st place
 
      
 
19 January
 
 
 Korea27
 
20 January
 
 Japan25
 
 Korea26
 
19 January
 
 Saudi Arabia27
 
 Saudi Arabia34
 
 
 Angola29
 
23rd place
 
 
20 January
 
 
 Japan29
 
 
 Angola32

21st–24th place semifinals
19 January 2019
13:00		 Korea  27–25  Japan Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 4,446
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Kang J. 7 (12–14) Doi 10
1× 1× Report 2× 7×
19 January 2019
15:30		 Saudi Arabia  34–29  Angola Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 6,233
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
A. Al-Abbas 9 (20–14) Ferreira 8
2× 4× Report  3×

23rd place game
20 January 2019
13:00		 Japan  29–32  Angola Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 2,952
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Doi, Watanabe 5 (14–15) Sibo 8
2× 4× Report 2× 5×

21st place game
20 January 2019
15:30		 Korea  26–27  Saudi Arabia Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,523
Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
Kang J. 4 (14–13) Mo. Al-Salem 7
 3× Report 3× 7×

17th–20th place playoffs
 
17th–20th place semifinals17th place
 
      
 
19 January
 
 
 Serbia32
 
20 January
 
 Bahrain27
 
 Serbia28
 
19 January
 
 Argentina30
 
 Austria22
 
 
 Argentina24
 
19th place
 
 
20 January
 
 
 Bahrain27
 
 
 Austria29

17th–20th place semifinals
19 January 2019
18:00		 Serbia  32–27  Bahrain Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 7,225
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
V. Ilić 9 (15–17) Al-Sayyad 9
1× 6× Report 2× 7× 2×
19 January 2019
20:30		 Austria  22–24  Argentina Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 1,013
Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Frimmel 8 (12–12) F. Fernández 6
2× 5× Report 2× 2×

19th place game
20 January 2019
18:00		 Bahrain  27–29  Austria Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 3,624
Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
Al-Salatna 6 (17–17) Weber 9
 5× Report 1× 6×

17th place game
20 January 2019
20:30		 Serbia  28–30  Argentina Royal Arena, Copenhagen
Attendance: 1,421
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Kukić 7 (15–13) F. Fernández 10
2× 7× Report 2× 6×

13th–16th place playoffs
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
19 January
 
 
 Russia30
 
20 January
 
 North Macedonia28
 
 Russia28
 
19 January
 
 Qatar34
 
 Chile27
 
 
 Qatar37
 
15th place
 
 
20 January
 
 
 North Macedonia32
 
 
 Chile30

13th–16th place semifinals
19 January 2019
13:00		 Russia  30–28  North Macedonia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 10,949
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Zhitnikov 8 (17–14) K. Lazarov 9
 2× Report
19 January 2019
15:30		 Chile  27–37  Qatar Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 13,267
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Er. Feuchtmann 7 (11–21) Benali 8
3× 1× Report 1× 3×

15th place game
20 January 2019
13:00		 North Macedonia  32–30  Chile Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 9,473
Referees: Brunner (SUI), Ražnatović (MNE)
K. Lazarov 9 (16–16) Er. Feuchtmann 9
1× 4× Report 3× 5×

13th place game
20 January 2019
15:30		 Russia  28–34  Qatar Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 12,781
Referees: Salah (SUI), Pavićević (MNE)
Kovalyov 9 (14–17) Benali, Frankis 8
2× 7× 1× Report 1× 6× 1×

Main round

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 5 4 1 0 136 116 +20 9 Semifinals
2  France 5 3 1 1 133 122 +11 7
3  Croatia 5 3 0 2 124 117 +7 6 Fifth place game
4  Spain 5 2 0 3 147 136 +11 4[lower-alpha 1] Seventh place game
5  Brazil 5 2 0 3 128 149 −21 4[lower-alpha 1]
6  Iceland 5 0 0 5 122 150 −28 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) Host.
Notes:
  1. Spain 36–24 Brazil
19 January 2019
18:00		 France  33–30  Spain Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,121
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Fabregas, Mem 6 (17–15) Solé 11
1× 4× Report 3× 4×
19 January 2019
20:30		 Germany  24–19  Iceland Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Fäth 6 (14–10) Gunnarsson 6
1× 3× Report 1× 6×
20 January 2019
18:00		 Brazil  29–26  Croatia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 15,227
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Langaro 9 (17–13) Duvnjak 6
2× 4× Report 1× 2×
20 January 2019
20:30		 Iceland  22–31  France Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 18,587
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Jónsson 5 (11–15) Porte, Richardson 5
1× 2× Report 1× 5×
21 January 2019
18:00		 Spain  36–24  Brazil Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,209
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Ariño, Solé 6 (19–13) Langaro, Nantes 4
1× 3× Report 2× 2×
21 January 2019
20:30		 Croatia  21–22  Germany Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Karačić, Štrlek 4 (11–11) Wiede 6
2× 4× Report 2× 5×
23 January 2019
15:30		 Brazil  32–29  Iceland Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 11,027
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Langaro 9 (15–15) Jónsson 7
1× 3× Report 1× 2×
23 January 2019
18:00		 France  20–23  Croatia Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 17,191
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Richardson 5 (11–11) Horvat 7
 1× Report 1× 2×
23 January 2019
20:30		 Germany  31–30  Spain Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 19,250
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Böhm 5 (17–16) Solé 8
2× 3× Report 1× 3×

Group II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark (H) 5 5 0 0 147 116 +31 10 Semifinals
2  Norway 5 4 0 1 157 135 +22 8
3  Sweden 5 3 0 2 148 137 +11 6 Fifth place game
4  Egypt 5 1 1 3 132 138 −6 3[lower-alpha 1] Seventh place game
5  Hungary 5 1 1 3 134 144 −10 3[lower-alpha 1]
6  Tunisia 5 0 0 5 113 161 −48 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) Host.
Notes:
  1. Hungary 30–30 Egypt
19 January 2019
18:00		 Tunisia  23–35  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,153
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Sanaï 6 (14–19) Ekberg, A. Nilsson 7
2× 2× Report 1× 3×
19 January 2019
20:30		 Denmark  25–22  Hungary Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 15,001
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
M. Hansen 7 (15–10) Szita 5
1× 6× Report 2× 4×
20 January 2019
18:00		 Hungary  26–21  Tunisia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 2,605
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Balogh 9 (16–14) Boughanmi, Sanaï 5
1× 6× Report 3× 6×
20 January 2019
20:30		 Norway  32–28  Egypt Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 3,643
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Rød, Sagosen 10 (16–14) El-Ahmar, Sanad 4
1× 4× Report 1× 5× 1×
21 January 2019
18:00		 Sweden  27–30  Norway Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 11,600
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
A. Nilsson, Wanne 5 (14–17) Jøndal 11
2× 5× Report 3× 6× 1×
21 January 2019
20:30		 Egypt  20–26  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 13,237
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Zein 6 (7–9) M. Hansen, Zachariassen 5
3× 4× Report 2× 5×
23 January 2019
15:30		 Tunisia  23–30  Egypt Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 4,924
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Boughanmi 6 (10–15) Omar 7
3× 3× Report 1× 3×
23 January 2019
18:00		 Norway  35–26  Hungary Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 13,815
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Jøndal, Rød 7 (16–13) Balogh 11
1× 4× Report 1× 4×
23 January 2019
20:30		 Denmark  30–26  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 15,002
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
M. Hansen 6 (13–13) Tollbring 8
2× 4× Report 1× 4×

Final round

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
25 January
 
 
 Germany25
 
27 January
 
 Norway31
 
 Norway22
 
25 January
 
 Denmark31
 
 Denmark38
 
 
 France30
 
Third place
 
 
27 January
 
 
 Germany25
 
 
 France26

Semifinals
25 January 2019
17:30		 Denmark  38–30  France Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
M. Hansen 12 (21–15) Mahé 8
 3× Report 2× 4×
25 January 2019
20:30		 Germany  25–31  Norway Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Gensheimer 7 (12–14) Rød 7
2× 7× 1× Report 2× 3×

Seventh place game
26 January 2019
17:30		 Spain  36–31  Egypt Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 5,318
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Cañellas 9 (17–18) El-Ahmar 7
1× 3× Report 1× 3× 1×

Fifth place game
26 January 2019
20:30		 Croatia  28–34  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 6,075
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Stepančić 5 (13–16) Ekberg 6
2× 3× Report 2× 2×

Third place game
27 January 2019
14:30		 Germany  25–26  France Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 14,121
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Gensheimer 7 (13–9) Mahé 7
2× 6× 1× Report 3× 4×

Final
27 January 2019
17:30		 Norway  22–31  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 15,003
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Jøndal 9 (11–18) M. Hansen 7
1× 3× Report 1× 3×

Final ranking

Places 1–8 and 13–24 were decided by play–off or knock–out. Teams finishing fifth in the main round are ranked 9th to 10th and teams ranked sixth are ranked 11th and 12th. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account.[17][18]

Awards

All-Star Team

All-Star Team of the tournament and MVP.[1]

PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen
Left wing Magnus Jøndal
Left back Sander Sagosen
Centre back Rasmus Lauge Schmidt
Right back Fabian Wiede
Right wing Ferran Solé
Pivot Bjarte Myrhol
Most valuable player Mikkel Hansen

Statistics

International broadcasters

Source:[19]

Host broadcasters
Country Broadcaster Summary
 Denmark[20] DR All matches live on al three DR television channels, TV2, and TV2 Sport respectively. Simulcast coverage for a final match.
TV 2
 Germany ARD Live coverage respectively for Germany matches only, with highlights of all other matches.
ZDF
Eurosport 15 matches live, excluding Germany.
Sportdeutschland.TV All matches
RTL News report coverage for other team matches on RTL, RTL II, Nitro, VOX, and N-TV
WeltN24 News report coverage for Germany team matches only, on Welt and Sky Sport News.
Sky

Other broadcasters
Country/Region Broadcaster Summary
Worldwide IHF TV All 96 matches exclusively live and free via the official IHF tournament website (unsold markets only)
SNTV News report access (49 matches after Preliminary Round – online/social embargoes: France, Germany, Korea, and Scandinavia)
 Argentina[21][22][23] Televisión Pública 8 matches live and free (all Argentina team and a final)
DeporTV Selected matches live and free, including all Argentina team in simulcast with Televisión Pública.
 Australia Eurosport Up to 38 matches live on Eurosport 1 (Australia, Asia-Pacific, and Poland) and Eurosport 2 (Poland only), in English language (for Australia and Asia-Pacific) and Polish language (for Poland).
Asia-Pacific
 Poland
 Austria ORF 10 matches live and free on ORF Sport +, (all Austria team, both semi-finals, and a final).
Balkan countries Arena Sport All 96 matches exclusively live.
 Belarus Poverkhnost Selected matches live on Sport 1 and Sport 2.
Baltic countries
 Moldova
 Ukraine
 Bulgaria BNT All matches exclusively live and free on all three BNT channels.
 Caribbean DirecTV All matches exclusively live on DirecTV Sports.
Latin American countries
 Croatia RTL Selected matches live and free, including all Croatia team, both semi-finals, and a final.
 Cyprus CytaVision All 96 matches exclusively live.
 Czech Republic Česká Televize Selected matches live and free on ČT Sport.
 Egypt ERTU Live and free coverage on Nile Sport for Egypt matches only.
 France TF1 Live and free coverage for France matches only.
beIN Sports Selected matches live, including all France team.
 Georgia Silk Sport All 96 matches exclusively live.
 Hungary MTVA Selected matches live and free on M4.
 Iceland RÚV Live and free coverage for Iceland matches only.
 Ireland Premier Media Broadcasting Ltd. 9 matches, live and free on FreeSports (starting with the 6 main round matches, both semi-finals, and a final).
 United Kingdom
 Israel Charlton Ltd. Selected matches live on Sport 1 and Sport 2.
 Italy Pallamano.TV 10 selected matches exclusively live
 South Korea JTBC 10 matches live on JTBC3 Fox Sports (all Korea team, both semi-finals, and a final). Plus free coverage for highlights on JTBC3 Fox Sports YouTube channel.
 Macedonia MRT 10 matches live and free on MRT 1 (in Macedonian language) and MRT 2 (in Albanian language) (all Macedonia team, both semi-finals, and a final).
 Mexico[24] Canal Once Live coverage of final match only.
Nordic countries NENT All 96 matches exclusively live on Viaplay, selected matches also available live on Viasport (excluding Sweden matches for Sweden viewers) and free on Viafree (Finland, Norway, and Sweden), with all Norway and Sweden matches live and free on TV3 (Norway and Sweden only).
 Netherlands Ziggo Selected matches live on Ziggo Sport Totaal, also available for free on Ziggo Sport (Ziggo customers only).
 Portugal Sport TV Selected matches live.
 Romania Telekom Sport All 96 matches exclusively live on Telekom Sport 1, Telekom Sport 2, Telekom Sport 3 or Telekom Sport 4, and Digi Sport 1, Digi Sport 2, Digi Sport 3 or Digi Sport 4.
Digi Sport
 Russia Match TV Selected matches live, including all Russia team.
 Saudi Arabia SBC
 Serbia RTS 10 matches live and free (all Serbia team, both semi-finals, and a final).
 Slovakia Pragosport Selected matches live.
 Slovenia Šport TV Selected matches live.
Sub-Saharan Africa

English language only

Also available in French language

 Econet Media 10 matches live on Kwesé Sports in English language, starting from Main round, including both semi-finals and a final.
Canal+ More than 10 matches live on Canal+ Sport in French language, starting from Preliminany round, including selected main round, both semi-finals and a final.
 Spain RTVE Selected matches live on Teledeporte, including Spain team.
  Switzerland TV24 6 matches live and free in German language.
 Tunisia ÉRTT Live and free coverage on Tunisia 1 or Tunisia 2 for Tunisia matches only.
 United States NBC Sports 9 matches live on Olympic Channel (6 main round matches, both semi-finals, and final) and final tape-delayed on NBCSN.

Radio and audio streaming
Region Radio
 Europe EBU

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