2017 World Men's Handball Championship

2017 World Men's Handball Championship

Championnat du monde masculin de handball 2017
Tournament details
Host country	France
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Dates	11–29 January
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (6th title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	4,643 (55.27 per match)
Attendance	553,833 (6,593 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kiril Lazarov (MKD) (50 goals)
Awards
Best player	Nikola Karabatić (FRA)[1]

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.^[2]

France, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33–26 in the final, which secured France their sixth title.^[3] Slovenia defeated Croatia 31–30 to capture the bronze medal.^[4] Norway (from a wildcard) and Slovenia earned their first World Championship medals ever.

The championship set a record of attendance in total of 540,000 spectators with 23 matches being sold out and with a venue record of 28,010 at both of France's knock-out matches in Lille.^[5]

Venues

The championship was played at eight venues in Paris-Bercy, Rouen, Nantes, Metz, Albertville, Montpellier, Lille, and Brest.^[6] All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.^[7]

Lille	Paris	Nantes
Stade Pierre-Mauroy	AccorHotels Arena	Hall XXL
Capacity: 27,500	Capacity: 15,700	Capacity: 10,800
Montpellier	Lille Paris Montpellier Rouen Albertville Nantes Metz Brest
Park&Suites Arena
Capacity: 9,853
Albertville
La halle de glace Olympique
Capacity: 6,500
Rouen	Metz	Brest
Kindarena	Arènes de Metz	Brest Arena
Capacity: 5,700	Capacity: 5,127	Capacity: 4,000

8 venues

Bidding process

Denmark and France were bidding to host the 2017 Men's World Championships. The IHF Council awarded the Men’s and Women’s World Championships 2017 at their meeting on the fringes of the Women’s World Championships in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday 15 December 2011.^[8]

Denmark was the co-host of the 1999 Women’s World Championship and host of the 1978 Men's World Championship. Denmark has also hosted the Women's EHF EURO twice and was awarded with the Men's EHF EURO 2014.

France hosted the Men's World Championships in 1970 and 2001 and was host of the 2007 Women's World Championship.

Qualification

Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. France were automatically qualified as hosts. An additional automatic qualification spot was given to the defending champions, but because this was also France, the berth was given to the next best placed team from the last World Championship, losing finalists Qatar. The remaining 22 available places were for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament, the winners of an additional European qualification competition and an additional intercontinental qualification tournament.^[9]

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	15 December 2011	1	France
2015 World Championship	15 January – 1 February 2015	1	Qatar
2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship	15–28 January 2016	3	Bahrain  Japan  Saudi Arabia
2016 African Men's Handball Championship	21–30 January 2016	3	Angola  Egypt  Tunisia
2016 European Men's Handball Championship	15–31 January 2016	3	Croatia  Germany  Spain
European qualification	4 November 2015 – 16 June 2016	9	Belarus  Denmark  Hungary  Iceland  Macedonia  Poland  Russia  Slovenia  Sweden
2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	11–19 June 2016	3	Argentina  Brazil  Chile
Wildcard		1	Norway[10]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances^1, 2
France	00Hosts	15 December 2011	20 (1954, 1958 ,1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Qatar	01Finalist of 2015 World Championship	30 January 2015	5 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
Bahrain	Semifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship	24 January 2016	1 (2011)
Japan	Semifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship	24 January 2016	12 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011)
Saudi Arabia	Semifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship	24 January 2016	7 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015)
Egypt	Finalist of 2016 African Championship	29 January 2016	13 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Germany	Finalist of 2016 European Championship	29 January 2016	23 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990^3, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Spain	Finalist of 2016 European Championship	29 January 2016	18 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Tunisia	Finalist of 2016 African Championship	29 January 2016	12 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Angola	Third place at 2016 African Championship	30 January 2016	2 (2005, 2007)
Croatia	Third place at 2016 European Championship	31 January 2016	11 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Belarus	European playoffs	15 June 2016	3 (1995, 2013, 2015)
Denmark	European playoffs	15 June 2016	21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Hungary	European playoffs	15 June 2016	18 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Macedonia	European playoffs	15 June 2016	4 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015)
Poland	European playoffs	15 June 2016	14 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Russia	European playoffs	15 June 2016	11 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013. 2015)
Slovenia	European playoffs	15 June 2016	7 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
Sweden	European playoffs	15 June 2016	22 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015)
Iceland	European playoffs	16 June 2016	18 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Brazil	Finalist of 2016 Pan American Championship	18 June 2016	12 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Chile	Finalist of 2016 Pan American Championship	18 June 2016	3 (2011, 2013, 2015)
Argentina	Third place at 2016 Pan American Championship	19 June 2016	10 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Norway	Wildcard	21 June 2016	13 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italic indicates host country for that year

³ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in Paris, France.^[10][11]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France  Germany  Qatar  Spain	Croatia  Slovenia  Denmark  Poland	Sweden  Russia  Belarus  Macedonia	Hungary  Iceland  Brazil  Egypt	Tunisia  Chile  Bahrain  Japan	Argentina  Angola  Saudi Arabia  Norway

Squads

Main article: 2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Referees

16 referee pairs are selected:^[12]

Referees  Argentina Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci  Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný  Denmark Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen  France Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura  France Laurent Reveret Stevann Pichon  Germany Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig  Iran Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviannazhad  Latvia Renārs Līcis Zigmārs Sondors

Referees  Lithuania Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika  Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov  Montenegro Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović  Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok  South Korea Lee Se-ok Koo Bon-ok  Spain Óscar López Ángel Ramírez  Switzerland Arthur Brunner Morad Salah  Tunisia Ismail Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 23 September 2015.^[13][14]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	5	5	0	0	154	112	+42	10	Round of 16
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	155	124	+31	8
3	Russia	5	3	0	2	139	136	+3	6
4	Brazil	5	2	0	3	121	146	−25	4
5	Poland	5	1	0	4	115	125	−10	2
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	120	161	−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.
(H) Hosts

11 January 2017 20:45	France	31–16	Brazil	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Porte 6	(17–7)	Toledo 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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12 January 2017 17:45	Russia	39–29	Japan	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 4,867 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	three players 6	(18–15)	Shida 7
	2× 3×	Report	3×

12 January 2017 20:45	Poland	20–22	Norway	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,356 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Daszek 7	(10–12)	Lie Hansen 6
	2× 3×	Report	4× 6×

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13 January 2017 17:45	Japan	19–31	France	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Uegaki 5	(9–17)	Fabregas 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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14 January 2017 14:45	Brazil	28–24	Poland	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,171 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Toledo 8	(16–11)	Paczkowski 6
	3×	Report	1×

14 January 2017 17:45	Norway	28–24	Russia	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 9,812 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Bjørnsen 7	(15–11)	Soroka 8
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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15 January 2017 17:45	France	31–28	Norway	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	three players 5	(16–12)	Sagosen 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7× 1×

15 January 2017 20:45	Brazil	27–24	Japan	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 8,326 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Langaro 8	(14–12)	Tokuda 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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16 January 2017 20:45	Poland	20–24	Russia	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 4,961 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	T. Gębala 4	(9–13)	Kovalyov 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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17 January 2017 14:00	Norway	39–26	Brazil	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,943 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Sagosen 7	(18–13)	Chiuffa, Pozzer 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6×

17 January 2017 17:45	Poland	26–25	Japan	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 8,655 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Daszek 5	(9–11)	Shida 9
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

17 January 2017 20:45	Russia	24–35	France	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Shishkaryov 6	(11–16)	Dipanda 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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19 January 2017 14:00	Russia	28–24	Brazil	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,197 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Dereven, Shelmenko 5	(14–15)	three players 5
	2× 5× 1×	Report	1× 4×

19 January 2017 17:45	France	26–25	Poland	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Nyokas 7	(13–13)	T. Gębala, Krajewski 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

19 January 2017 20:45	Japan	23–38	Norway	Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,621 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Motoki 4	(14–19)	Myrhol 7
	3×	Report	1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	160	115	+45	10	Round of 16
2	Slovenia	5	3	1	1	151	136	+15	7
3	Macedonia	5	2	1	2	139	137	+2	5
4	Iceland	5	1	2	2	128	121	+7	4[a]
5	Tunisia	5	1	2	2	144	144	0	4[a]
6	Angola	5	0	0	5	122	191	−69	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:

1. Iceland 22–22 Tunisia

12 January 2017 14:00	Slovenia	42–25	Angola	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,179 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Mačkovšek, Marguč 8	(22–13)	Lopes 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 3×

12 January 2017 17:45	Macedonia	34–30	Tunisia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,561 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	K. Lazarov 12	(13–14)	Boughanmi 9
	4× 4×	Report	3× 6×

12 January 2017 20:45	Spain	27–21	Iceland	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Balaguer, Cañellas 4	(10–12)	Sigurðsson 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 5×

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14 January 2017 14:45	Iceland	25–26	Slovenia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Elísson 7	(8–11)	Bezjak 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4×

14 January 2017 17:45	Tunisia	21–26	Spain	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,056 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Toumi 5	(10–12)	Balaguer, Tomás 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

14 January 2017 20:45	Angola	22–31	Macedonia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,845 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Lopes 5	(9–14)	K. Lazarov 10
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

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15 January 2017 14:45	Iceland	22–22	Tunisia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Sigurðsson 5	(11–13)	Bannour 12
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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16 January 2017 17:45	Slovenia	29–22	Macedonia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,605 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Bezjak, Marguč 4	(16–10)	K. Lazarov 9
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

16 January 2017 20:45	Spain	42–22	Angola	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,126 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Fernández 9	(21–10)	Lopes 6
	2× 1×	Report	2× 1× 1×

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17 January 2017 17:45	Slovenia	28–28	Tunisia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,039 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Kavtičnik 7	(15–13)	Sanaï 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3× 1×

17 January 2017 20:45	Angola	19–33	Iceland	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 1,725 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Lopes 8	(8–16)	Sigurðsson 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

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18 January 2017 20:45	Macedonia	25–29	Spain	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,951 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	K. Lazarov 6	(14–14)	Rivera Folch 11
	4× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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19 January 2017 14:00	Tunisia	43–34	Angola	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 1,935 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Bannour 10	(23–16)	Teca 10
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3× 1×

19 January 2017 17:45	Macedonia	27–27	Iceland	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,225 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	K. Lazarov 7	(13–15)	Kárason 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

19 January 2017 20:45	Spain	36–26	Slovenia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Balaguer 7	(18–10)	Marguč 6
	1× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	159	107	+52	10	Round of 16
2	Croatia	5	4	0	1	148	126	+22	8
3	Belarus	5	2	0	3	134	145	−11	4[a]
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	147	138	+9	4[a]
5	Saudi Arabia	5	1	0	4	123	157	−34	2[b]
6	Chile	5	1	0	4	122	160	−38	2[b]

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:

1. Belarus 27–25 Hungary
2. Saudi Arabia 26–25 Chile

13 January 2017 14:00	Belarus	28–32	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Karalek 10	(14–14)	R. Salinas 8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 4×

13 January 2017 17:45	Germany	27–23	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Gensheimer 13	(16–11)	six players 3
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2× 1×

13 January 2017 20:45	Croatia	28–23	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Cindrić 6	(12–11)	Al-Salem 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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14 January 2017 20:45	Hungary	28–31	Croatia	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,588 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	Balogh, Harsányi 6	(11–11)	Štrlek 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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15 January 2017 14:45	Chile	14–35	Germany	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	four players 2	(6–17)	Kohlbacher 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

15 January 2017 20:45	Saudi Arabia	26–29	Belarus	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Al-Salem 7	(13–14)	Pukhouski 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

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16 January 2017 17:45	Hungary	34–29	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Jamali 7	(17–14)	Er. Feuchtmann 9
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 1×

16 January 2017 20:45	Croatia	31–25	Belarus	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,202 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Cindrić 8	(18–15)	Karalek 7
	4× 4× 1×	Report	4× 5×

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17 January 2017 17:45	Germany	38–24	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,980 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Fäth 6	(21–13)	Al-Zaer 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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18 January 2017 14:00	Saudi Arabia	24–37	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,959 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	Al-Mohsin 7	(10–17)	Császár 9
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

18 January 2017 17:45	Belarus	25–31	Germany	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,524 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	three players 4	(16–16)	Gensheimer 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

18 January 2017 20:45	Croatia	37–22	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,785 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Mihić 8	(17–9)	Er. Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

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20 January 2017 14:00	Chile	25–26	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,366 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	R. Salinas 7	(13–13)	A. Al-Abbas 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 8×

20 January 2017 17:45	Germany	28–21	Croatia	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	Wiencek 6	(13–9)	Stepančić, Štrlek 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

20 January 2017 20:45	Belarus	27–25	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,761 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Brouka, Pukhouski 6	(15–13)	Császár, Juhász 7
	3× 2×	Report	4× 7×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	157	130	+27	10	Round of 16
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	162	111	+51	8
3	Egypt	5	3	0	2	138	143	−5	6
4	Qatar	5	2	0	3	127	129	−2	4
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	108	137	−29	2
6	Bahrain	5	0	0	5	110	152	−42	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.

13 January 2017 14:00	Qatar	20–22	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,315 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Capote 5	(8–11)	El-Ahmar 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 7×

13 January 2017 17:45	Sweden	33–16	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,579 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Tollbring 10	(17–5)	Habib 4
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

13 January 2017 20:45	Denmark	33–22	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,582 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Hansen 6	(17–11)	F. Fernández 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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14 January 2017 20:45	Egypt	28–35	Denmark	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,413 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	El-Deraa 6	(15–21)	Svan 6
	2× 1× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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15 January 2017 14:45	Argentina	17–35	Sweden	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,578 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	S. Simonet 5	(11–16)	Zachrisson 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5× 2×

15 January 2017 17:45	Bahrain	22–32	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,475 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Abdulqader 5	(9–19)	Madadi 8
	4× 5×	Report	2× 7×

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16 January 2017 17:45	Egypt	31–29	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,429 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	El-Deraa 6	(17–15)	Saad 6
	3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

16 January 2017 20:45	Denmark	27–25	Sweden	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 13,850 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Hansen 8	(14–10)	Ekberg 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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17 January 2017 17:45	Qatar	21–17	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 3,641 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mallash 5	(9–2)	F. Fernández 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

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18 January 2017 14:00	Argentina	26–31	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,233 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Vieyra 12	(10–13)	three players 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

18 January 2017 17:45	Denmark	30–26	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,900 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	H. Toft Hansen 6	(17–13)	Habib, Mahfoodh 6
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 6×

18 January 2017 20:45	Sweden	36–25	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,034 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Ekberg 9	(19–12)	Roiné 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 1×

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20 January 2017 14:00	Bahrain	17–26	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,314 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Abdulqader 5	(8–13)	F. Fernández 8
	2× 6×	Report	1× 7×

20 January 2017 17:45	Sweden	33–26	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,660 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Ekberg 8	(15–9)	Issa 7
	1× 7×	Report	3× 4×

20 January 2017 20:45	Qatar	29–32	Denmark	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,444 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Capote, Benali 5	(16–14)	Nøddesbo 8
	2× 2×	Report	4× 4×

Presidents Cup

21st–24th place bracket

	21st–24th place semifinals				21st place
	21 January
	Japan	37
					23 January
	Angola	26
					Japan	29
	22 January
					Chile	35
	Chile	35
	Bahrain	30
					23rd place
					23 January
					Angola	26
					Bahrain	32

21st–24th place semifinals

21 January 2017 14:00	Japan	37–26	Angola	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,017 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	Tokuda 8	(18–14)	Lopes 9
	3× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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22 January 2017 14:00	Chile	35–30	Bahrain	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	E. Salinas, R. Salinas 8	(18–14)	Al-Sayyad 8
	2× 5×	Report	4× 7×

23rd place game

23 January 2017 13:00	Angola	26–32	Bahrain	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Pestana 6	(13–15)	A. Merza 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 1×

21st place game

23 January 2017 15:00	Japan	29–35	Chile	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Agarie 9	(12–17)	Ceballos, Er. Feuchtmann 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

17–20th place bracket

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place
	21 January
	Poland	28
					23 January
	Tunisia	26
					Poland	24
	22 January
					Argentina	22
	Saudi Arabia	22
	Argentina	24
					19th place
					23 January
					Tunisia	39
					Saudi Arabia	30

17–20th place semifinals

21 January 2017 16:00	Poland	28–26	Tunisia	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Krajewski 8	(15–11)	Bannour 10
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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22 January 2017 16:00	Saudi Arabia	22–24	Argentina	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,114 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	M. Al-Abbas 6	(8–10)	Pizarro 6
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

19th place game

23 January 2017 18:00	Tunisia	39–30	Saudi Arabia	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 1,650 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Haj Youssef 12	(20–15)	M. Al-Abbas 9
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

17th place game

23 January 2017 20:00	Poland	24–22	Argentina	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,320 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
	Krajewski 6	(13–13)	F. Fernández 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

21 January

France

31

24 January

Iceland

25

France

33

22 January

Sweden

30

Belarus

22

26 January

Sweden

41

France

31

21 January

Slovenia

25

Russia

26

24 January

Slovenia

32

Slovenia

32

22 January

Qatar

30

Germany

20

29 January

Qatar

21

France

33

21 January

Norway

26

Brazil

27

24 January

Spain

28

Spain

29

22 January

Croatia

30

Croatia

21

27 January

Egypt

19

Croatia

25

21 January

Norway (OT)

28

Third place

Norway

34

24 January

28 January

Macedonia

24

Norway

31

Slovenia

31

22 January

Hungary

28

Croatia

30

Hungary

27

Denmark

25

Round of 16

21 January 2017 16:00	Norway	34–24	Macedonia	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	Jøndal, Tangen 6	(12–10)	K. Lazarov 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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21 January 2017 18:00	France	31–25	Iceland	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 28,010 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Guigou 6	(14–13)	Kárason 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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21 January 2017 20:45	Brazil	27–28	Spain	Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,923 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Silva 7	(18–16)	Cañellas, Dujshebaev 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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21 January 2017 20:45	Russia	26–32	Slovenia	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,324 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Dereven, Shishkarev 5	(15–13)	Cingesar 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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22 January 2017 16:00	Hungary	27–25	Denmark	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
	Lékai 6	(13–12)	Hansen 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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22 January 2017 16:00	Belarus	22–41	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 16,188 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Karalek 7	(11–24)	Gottfridsson 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

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22 January 2017 18:00	Germany	20–21	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,209 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Glandorf, Groetzki 4	(10–9)	Capote 9
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

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22 January 2017 20:45	Croatia	21–19	Egypt	Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,266 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Horvat 6	(13–7)	El-Ahmar 5
	3×	Report	4×

Quarterfinals

24 January 2017 17:00	Norway	31–28	Hungary	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Lie Hansen 6	(17–10)	Császár 11
	2× 7×	Report	3× 3×

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24 January 2017 19:00	France	33–30	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 28,010 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Mahé 9	(15–16)	Gottfridsson 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

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24 January 2017 20:45	Slovenia	32–30	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,573 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Marguč 6	(18–15)	Roiné 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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24 January 2017 20:45	Spain	29–30	Croatia	Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,749 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Fernández 7	(15–17)	Mamić 9
	4× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Semifinals

26 January 2017 21:00	France	31–25	Slovenia	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Remili 6	(15–12)	Dolenec 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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27 January 2017 20:45	Croatia	25–28 (ET)	Norway	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,324 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Horvat 6	(10–12)	Myrhol 6
	4× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×
	FT: 22–22 ET: 3–6

Third place game

28 January 2017 20:45	Slovenia	31–30	Croatia	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,625 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	three players 4	(13–18)	Cindrić 7
	4× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Final

29 January 2017 17:30	France	33–26	Norway	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Karabatić 6	(18–17)	Tønnesen 5
	2× 1×	Report	4× 2×

Final ranking

For places 5–16 the criterion was the number of points gained against the teams ranked first to fourth in the preliminary round in their group.^[15]

Rank	Team[16]
	France
	Norway
	Slovenia
4	Croatia
5	Spain
6	Sweden
7	Hungary
8	Qatar
9	Germany
10	Denmark
11	Belarus
12	Russia
13	Egypt
14	Iceland
15	Macedonia
16	Brazil
17	Poland
18	Argentina
19	Tunisia
20	Saudi Arabia
21	Chile
22	Japan
23	Bahrain
24	Angola

Awards

All-Star Team

All-Star Team of the tournament:^[1]

• Goalkeeper: Vincent Gérard
• Right wing: Kristian Bjørnsen
• Right back: Nedim Remili
• Centre back: Domagoj Duvnjak
• Left back: Sander Sagosen
• Left wing: Jerry Tollbring
• Pivot: Bjarte Myrhol

Other awards

• Most Valuable Player: Nikola Karabatić^[1]

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Kiril Lazarov  Macedonia 50 81 62 2 Sérgio Lopes  Angola 47 88 53 3 Amine Bannour  Tunisia 45 84 54 Kristian Bjørnsen  Norway 59 76 5 Niclas Ekberg  Sweden 43 60 72 6 Bjarte Myrhol  Norway 42 53 79 7 Sander Sagosen  Norway 41 79 52 8 Luka Cindrić  Croatia 39 65 60 Federico Fernandez  Argentina 58 67 10 Gábor Császár  Hungary 38 55 69 Gašper Marguč  Slovenia 48 79 Jerry Tollbring  Sweden 46 83 Source: IHF Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Espen Christensen  Norway 44 32 73 2 Andreas Wolff  Germany 43 60 141 3 Vincent Gérard  France 40 62 155 Niklas Landin Jacobsen  Denmark 66 167 Andreas Palicka  Sweden 51 127 6 Mikael Appelgren  Sweden 39 55 141 7 Rodrigo Corrales  Spain 36 43 121 Maik dos Santos  Brazil 46 129 Silvio Heinevetter  Germany 25 69 10 Makrem Missaoui  Tunisia 35 73 210 Source: IHF Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

References

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4. "Slovenia secure first-ever World Championship medal". Retrieved 29 January 2017.
5. "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017: ALL THE NUMBERS!". France Handball 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
6. "2017 Men's World Championship in France – Match schedule released" (PDF). ihf.info. 23 September 2015.
7. "Host Cities and Venues". ihf.info. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
8. "IHF Council awards World Championships". Retrieved 15 December 2011.
9. "Qualifications - France Handball 2017". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
10. "Draw procedure for 2017 Men's World Championship in France – Norway receive Wild Card". ihf.info. 21 June 2016.
11. "France 2017 draw results – Phenomenal Handball". ihf.info. 23 June 2016.
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14. Match schedule
15. "Places 5-8 confirmed". ihf.info. 24 January 2017.
16. Final ranking

External links

• Official website Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
• IHF website