2019 World Men's Handball Championship

2019 World Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Germany
Dates	9–27 January
Teams	24 (from 5 confederations)

The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, will be the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and will be held in Denmark and Germany from 9 to 27 January 2019.This is going to be a first IHF World Men's Handball Championship that will include more than a one host country.

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 Denmark/Germany to be awarded the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. For the first time, Denmark will be one of the host country at IHF World Men's Handball Championship

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which will be used. The final will be held in Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark on 27 January 2019.

Copenhagen	Herning	Berlin
Royal Arena	Jyske Bank Boxen	Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 13,700	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 14,800

Herning Copenhagen

Hamburg Berlin Munich Cologne

Cologne	Munich	Hamburg
Lanxess Arena	Olympiahalle	Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 19,250	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 13,300

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
European qualification	25 October 2017–14 June 2018	9
2018 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	16–24 June 2018	3
Wildcard		1

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances1, 2
Denmark	Host	28 October 2013	22 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Germany	Host	28 October 2013	23 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
France	World champion	29 January 2017	21 (1954, 1958 ,1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Saudi Arabia	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	23 January 2018	8 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Qatar	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	23 January 2018	6 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
South Korea	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	23 January 2018	11 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Bahrain	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	24 January 2018	2 (2011, 2017)
Tunisia	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	25 January 2018	13 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Egypt	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	25 January 2018	14 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Angola	Third place of 2018 African Championship	27 January 2018	3 (2005, 2007, 2017)
Spain	European Champion	28 January 2018	19 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italic indicates host country for that year

External links

• International Handball Federation