Men's handball world championship 2015

24th Men's Handball World Championship 2015
24th Men's Handball World Championship
Logo of the 24th men's handball world championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	France (5th title)
venue	Qatar
Opening game	January 15, 2015
Endgame	February 1, 2015
Games	88
Gates	4,805   (∅: 54.6 per game)
spectator	306,100   (∅: 3,478 per game)
Top scorer	Dragan Gajič (71 goals)
Best player	Thierry Omeyer
yellow cards	528  (∅: 6 per game)
Time penalties	871  (∅: 9.9 per game)
Red cards	38  (∅: 0.43 per game)
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The 24th men's handball world championship was held from January 15 to February 1, 2015 in Qatar . The French team , who defeated the hosts' team in the final with 25:22, became world champions.

host

On January 27, 2011, Qatar was chosen as the host in Malmö by the Council of the International Handball Federation (IHF).

The handball associations of Norway, Poland, South Korea, Qatar and France were candidates to host the World Cup. The handball association of Qatar announced its application in December 2010. South Korea had applied to host both the Men's World Championship and the Women's World Championship, but withdrew its candidacy for the Men's World Cup at the beginning of January 2011. So in January 2011 there were four applicants to choose from.

After hosting the European Handball Championship in 2010 , the Austrian Handball Federation also considered applying for the 2015 World Championship, but then expressed its interest in hosting the World Handball Championship in 2017 .

Venues

The games of the preliminary round took place in groups A and B in all three halls, group C in the Duhail Sports Hall and Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena and group D in the Lusail Multipurpose Hall and Duhail Sports Hall .

Lusail	Doha	Doha
Lusail Multipurpose Hall	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena	Duhail Sports Hall
Capacity: 15,300	Capacity: 7,700	Capacity: 5,500

Attendees

qualification

→ Main article : 2015 Men's Handball World Championship / Qualification

24 teams took part in the tournament. Spain as world champions in 2013 and Qatar as hosts were automatically qualified .

Exclusion of Australia

According to the IHF, the Oceanic Continental Handball Federation OCHF was informed prior to the qualification of the oceanic teams on April 11, 2014 that the future status of the continental federation would be decided by the IHF Council on July 8, 2014 in Zagreb, and asked to set the qualifying dates move. The qualification took place anyway, but on July 8, 2014 the IHF Council decided against the recognition of the OCHF as a continental association. The reason for the loss of the OCHF's recognition as a continental federation was Article 10, Paragraph 2 of the IHF statutes, according to which a continental federation must “have at least ten members”. The withdrawal of the status of a continental federation led to the loss of the starting place for the world championship. Accordingly, the Australian team was excluded from participation.

Wildcard for Germany

Originally, the German team failed to qualify for the 2015 World Cup in the playoff to Poland. The space vacated by the revocation of the OCHF statute as a continental association was awarded to the German handball team. This decision was justified by the fact that it was the best-placed team at the 2013 World Cup. This decision was justified with the amendment to Section 2 (8) of the regulations for IHF competitions on May 30, 2014:

"If the team of a federation that has qualified for the World Championship does not take part, the IHF Executive Committee shall decide on a respective substitute nation. If a Continental Confederation does not use its performance or compulsory places, or if another place is open due to any other reasons, the IHF Executive Committee shall decide on the reallocation of such places. "

- §2 Abs. 8 non-participation v. May 30, 2014

This procedure of the IHF was criticized in public. The German ex-world handball player Daniel Stephan called the decision of the IHF "extremely questionable". The former top scorer of the German league Konrad Wilczynski described this approach as a catastrophe, but understandable from a sports-political point of view.

Iceland also criticized this decision, as the change in the rules for IHF competitions took place after the European qualification and, according to the previous version of Section 2, Paragraph 8, is awarded to the continental federation, which is the reigning world champion:

"If the team of a federation that has qualified for the World Championship does not take part, the first substitute nation of the continent in question shall take that place. If the first substitute nation does not take part, the second substitute nation shall take the place. If this team also does not take part, the place will be allocated to the continental confederation of the reigning World Champion, which will then announce the substitute nation. If the first substitute nation does not take part, the second substitute nation shall take the place. If this team also does not take part, the IHF Executive Committee shall decide. "

- §2 Abs. 8 non-participation v. 1st of January 2014

Before the change, the place should have been awarded to the Icelandic handball team, who, together with the Hungarian and Serbian teams , were reported by the EHF to the IHF on June 6, 2014 as possible successors .

Withdrawal from Bahrain and United Arab Emirates

The associations of the teams from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates , who qualified with 2nd and 4th place in the Asian Championship , announced on November 8, 2014 that they would not participate in the World Cup. The United Arab Emirates team cited insufficient preparation as the reason. Both teams are speculated about a boycott for political reasons. Shortly afterwards, the two countries wanted to take part, but were then excluded from the IHF and fined.

On November 21, 2014, the IHF decided that the Asian places that had become vacant should not be filled by substitutes from Asia alone, but made available to the associations from Europe and Asia. These nominated Iceland and Saudi Arabia as successors.

List of participants

The teams listed below took part in the World Cup in Qatar. The table also shows the date of qualification, the continental federation and the number of World Cup participations to date.

country	Continent (association)	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in world championships
Qatar	Asia (AHF)	host	Jan. 27, 2011	04 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013)
Spain	Europe (EHF)	World Champion 2013	Jan. 27, 2013	17 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
France	Europe (EHF)	European Champion 2014	Jan. 22, 2014	19 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	2nd of the European Championship 2014	Jan. 22, 2014	20 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Croatia	Europe (EHF)	3rd of the European Championship 2014	Jan. 22, 2014	10 1 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Algeria	Africa (CAHB)	African Champion 2014	Jan. 24, 2014	13 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2014	Jan. 24, 2014	11 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Egypt	Africa (CAHB)	3rd of the African Cup of Nations 2014	Jan. 25, 2014	12 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Iran	Asia (AHF)	3rd of the Asian Cup 2014	0Feb 6, 2014	00
Slovenia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	15th June 2014	05 1 (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013)
Sweden	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	15th June 2014	21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011)
Poland	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 14, 2014	13 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Macedonia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	15th June 2014	03 1 (1999, 2009, 2013)
Czech Republic	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 14, 2014	06 (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007) (11 under Czechoslovakia: 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990)
Russia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 14, 2014	18 (1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 2 , 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	15th June 2014	00 1
Austria	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 14, 2014	04 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011)
Belarus	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	15th June 2014	02 (1995, 2013)
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	Pan America Champion 2014	June 29, 2014	09 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	2nd of the Pan American Championship 2014	June 29, 2014	11 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Chile	Pan America (PATHF)	3rd of the Pan American Championship 2014	June 29, 2014	02 (2011, 2013)
Germany	Europe (EHF)	Wildcard 3	0July 8, 2014	22 (1938, 1954 4 , 1958 4 , 1961 4 , 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 5 , 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Saudi Arabia	Asia (AHF)	Successor for Bahrain 6	Nov 21, 2014	06 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013)
Iceland	Europe (EHF)	Successor for UAE 6	Nov 21, 2014	17 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)

¹ 10 other participations under SFR Yugoslavia: 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990

²until 1991 part of the national team of the USSR .

³Since Oceania does not have a continental federation recognized by the IHF, the team from Australia was withdrawn from the competition. The remaining starting place was awarded via a wildcard to the best unqualified team from the last World Cup in 2013.

^4thFrom 1954 to 1961, the Federal Republic of Germany joined the GDR team in one team.

⁵In 1990, of the two German teams, only the GDR team took part in the World Cup.

^6thThe teams Bahrain (second) and United Arab Emirates (fourth), who also qualified for the Asian Cup on February 6, 2014, canceled their participation in the World Cup on November 8, 2014. The IHF nominated Saudi Arabia and Iceland after.  

Group draw

The draw for the preliminary round of the 2015 World Handball Championship took place on July 20, 2014 in Doha. The 24 qualified teams were divided into four groups of six teams each. This results in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Chile  Brazil  Belarus  Slovenia  Spain  Qatar	Iran  Tunisia  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Macedonia	UAE → Iceland   Egypt  Czech Republic  Sweden  France  Algeria	Germany  Bahrain → Saudi Arabia   Argentina  Poland  Denmark  Russia

The places of Iceland and Saudi Arabia were originally taken by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, respectively.

game schedule

The preliminary round began on January 15, 2015 with the opening game Qatar against Brazil in the Lusail Multipurpose Hall in Lusail. For the remaining 22 teams, the tournament began one day later. The preliminary round is played in four groups of six teams each; the individual groups play in the Lusail Multipurpose Hall, in the Al Sadd Sports Hall and in the Qatar Handball Association Complex. The preliminary round ends on January 24, 2015.

The teams that finished 1st to 4th in their group after the preliminary round qualified for the final round. The teams in places 5 and 6 continued to play in the President's Cup .

Preliminary round

The times of the preliminary round games are given here in CET and have been published by the IHF in GMT.

Evaluation criteria

If two or more teams are tied, the following criteria will decide on the placement after the preliminary round:

1. higher number of points in direct encounters between teams with equal points;
2. better goal difference in direct encounters between teams with the same points;
3. higher number of goals in direct encounters between teams with equal points;
4. better goal difference from all group games;
5. higher number of goals from all group matches;
6. the lot.

Legend

Team is qualified for the round of 16

Team takes part in the President's Cup

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	05	05	00	00	0162: 1270	+35	10
02.	Qatar	05	04th	00	01	0137: 1220	+15	08th
03.	Slovenia	05	03	00	02	0160: 1450	+15	06th
04th	Brazil	05	02	00	03	0146: 1430	+3	04th
05.	Belarus	05	01	00	04th	0147: 1550	−8	02
06th	Chile	05	00	00	05	0104: 1640	−60	00

January 15, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Qatar	28:23	Brazil	Lusail Multipurpose Hall , Lusail Spectators: 11,500 Referees: Matija Gubica, Boris Milošević
	Marković , Alla (6 goals)	(15:12)	Chiuffa (6 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2015 3 p.m.	Spain	38:33	Belarus	Duhail Sports Hall , Doha Spectators: 1,200 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Aguinagalde , Maqueda (6 gates)	(21:17)	Zitou (5 goals)
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  2 ×

January 16, 2015 3 p.m.	Slovenia	36:23	Chile	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena , Doha Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Mohamed Rashed, Tamer Elsayed
	Gajič (9 goals)	(16:14)	R. Salinas (10 goals)
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

January 17, 2015 3 p.m.	Brazil	27:29	Spain	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 800 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Ribeiro , Toledo (5 goals)	(14:15)	Cañellas (9 goals)
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 17, 2015 3 p.m.	Belarus	29:34	Slovenia	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 4,000 Referees: Samir Krichene, Samir Makhouf
	D. Rutenka (6 goals)	(8:17)	Gajič (15 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Chile	20:27	Qatar	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Oneto (5 goals)	(9:15)	Marković (11 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 19, 2015 3 p.m.	Belarus	29:34	Brazil	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 3,000 Referees: Mohamed Rashed, Tamer Elsayed
	D. Rutenka, S. Rutenka , Nikulenkau (6 goals)	(12:16)	Ribeiro (9 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

January 19, 2015 3 p.m.	Spain	37:16	Chile	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Bon-ok Koo, Seok Lee
	Rivera (7 goals)	(14: 7)	Araya , Frelijj (3 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  1 ×

January 19, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Slovenia	29:31	Qatar	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 9,500 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Dolenec (8 goals)	(15:18)	Capote (12 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Slovenia	35:32	Brazil	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Gajič (12 goals)	(19:18)	Ribeiro (7 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Chile	23:34	Belarus	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 800 Referees: Kiyoshi Hizaki, Tomokazu Ikebuchi
	R. Salinas (6 goals)	(11:14)	S. Rutenka, Puchouski (8 goals)
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Qatar	25:28	Spain	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 12,400 Referees: Nenad Nikolić, Dušan Stojković
	Marković (10 goals)	(10: 8)	Rivera (7 goals)
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 23, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Brazil	30:22	Chile	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 2,500 Referees: Samir Krichene, Samir Makhouf
	Pacheco (7 goals)	(12:13)	Díaz , E. Salinas , R. Salinas, Oneto (3 goals)
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 23, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Spain	30:26	Slovenia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Rivera (6 goals)	(14:10)	Gajič, Bezjak , Dolenec, Natek (4 goals)
	3 ×  2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 23, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Qatar	26:22	Belarus	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 10,000 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Marković (9 goals)	(7:12)	D. Rutenka (7 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Croatia	05	05	00	00	0158: 1240	+34	10
02.	Macedonia	05	04th	00	01	0153: 1380	+15	08th
03.	Austria	05	02	01	02	0147: 1400	+7	05
04th	Tunisia	05	02	01	02	0132: 1330	−1	05
05.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	05	01	00	04th	0118: 1280	−10	02
06th	Iran	05	00	00	05	0127: 1720	−45	00

January 16, 2015 1 p.m.	Bosnia Herzegovina	30:25	Iran	Lusail Multipurpose Hall , Lusail Spectators: 4,000 Referees: Bon-ok Koo, Seok Lee
	Čelica (6 goals)	(12:16)	A. Esteki (7 goals)
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×

January 16, 2015 3 p.m.	Macedonia	33:25	Tunisia	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Lazarov (10 goals)	(18:14)	Tej (6 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 16, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Croatia	32:30	Austria	Duhail Sports Hall , Doha Spectators: 750 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Čupić (11 goals)	(16:13)	Szilágyi , Weber (7 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Tunisia	25:28	Croatia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 4,000 Referees: Óscar Raluy, Ángel Sabroso
	Bannour (9 goals)	(13:14)	Čupić (8 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 17, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Iran	31:33	Macedonia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena , Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Saleh Bamutref, Mansour Al-Suwaidi
	A. Esteki (9 goals)	(17:19)	Lazarov (9 goals)
	4 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

January 17, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Austria	23:21	Bosnia Herzegovina	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Jesus Menezes, Rogério Pinto
	Szilágyi, Weber (4 goals)	(11:12)	Malinović (6 goals)
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×

January 19, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Croatia	41:22	Iran	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Horvat (12 goals)	(19:13)	S. Esteki (6 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 19, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Bosnia Herzegovina	22:25	Macedonia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Burić , Malinović (4 goals)	(11:13)	Manaskov (6 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×

January 19, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Austria	25:25	Tunisia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Nenad Nikolić, Dušan Stojković
	Weber (9 goals)	(14:15)	Bannour (7 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Iran	26:38	Austria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Mohamed Rashed, Tamer Elsayed
	Sajad (5)	(13:18)	Santos (8)
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Bosnia Herzegovina	24:27	Tunisia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 5,500 Referees: Duarte Santos, Ricardo Luis Fonseca
	Malinović (5 goals)	(14:15)	Boughanmi (7 goals)
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Macedonia	26:29	Croatia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Lazarov (7 goals)	(14:15)	Čupić (9 goals)
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

January 23, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Tunisia	30:23	Iran	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Michael Johansson, Jasmin Kliko
	Touati (7 goals)	(12:12)	Karamian (4 goals)
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

January 23, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Macedonia	36:31	Austria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Lazarov (9 goals)	(16:16)	Szilágyi (7 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 23, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Croatia	28:21	Bosnia Herzegovina	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 800 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Karačić (6 goals)	(17: 8)	Toromanović (7 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	France	05	04th	01	00	0143: 1280	+15	09
02.	Sweden	05	03	01	01	0137: 1090	+28	07th
03.	Iceland	05	02	01	02	0127: 1350	−8	05
04th	Egypt	05	02	01	02	0135: 1250	+10	05
05.	Czech Republic	05	02	00	03	0145: 1380	+7	04th
06th	Algeria	05	00	00	05	0109: 1610	−52	00

January 16, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Algeria	20:34	Egypt	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena , Doha Spectators: 5,500 Referees: Ángel Sabroso, Óscar Raluy
	Kaabeche (6 goals)	(9:17)	Issa (5 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

January 16, 2015 7:00 p.m.	France	30:27	Czech Republic	Duhail Sports Hall , Doha Spectators: 1,800 Referees: Mads Hansen, Martin Gjeding
	N. Karabatić , Guigou (7 goals)	(16: 9)	Horák (8 goals)
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  10 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Sweden	24:16	Iceland	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Jesus Menezes, Rogério Pinto
	Ekberg (7 goals)	(12: 7)	Atlason (5 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 18, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Iceland	32:24	Algeria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Matija Gubica, Boris Milošević
	Sigurðsson (8 goals)	(12:13)	Berkous (5 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

January 18, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Egypt	24:28	France	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Nenad Krstič, Peter Ljubič
	Amer (5 goals)	(11:14)	N. Karabatić (6 goals)
	3 ×  10 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

January 18, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	22:36	Sweden	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Sobol , Babák (5 goals)	(10:19)	Andersson (10 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 20, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	24:27	Egypt	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Saleh Bamutref, Mansour Al-Suwaidi
	Hrstka (5 goals)	(10:13)	Elahmar (5 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  9 ×

January 20, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Sweden	27:19	Algeria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Källman (6 goals)	(15: 6)	Daoud (6 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 20, 2015 7:00 p.m.	France	26:26	Iceland	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 2,500 Referees: Duarte Santos, Ricardo Luis Fonseca
	N. Karabatić (6 goals)	(12:14)	Pálmarsson , Hallgrímsson (5 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

January 22, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Sweden	25:25	Egypt	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 7,000 Referees: Matija Gubica, Boris Milošević
	Ekberg (10 goals)	(10:10)	Elahmar (9 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 22, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Iceland	25:36	Czech Republic	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Bon-ok Koo, Seok Lee
	Guðjónsson (5 goals)	(11:21)	Jícha (11 goals)
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 22, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Algeria	26:32	France	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Nenad Nikolić, Dušan Stojković
	Berkous (11 goals)	(12:19)	Guigou (7 goals)
	3 ×  9 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 24, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Egypt	25:28	Iceland	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 5,500 Referees: Nenad Nikolić, Dušan Stojković
	Radwan , Issa (5 goals)	(10:15)	Sigurðsson (13 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

January 24, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Algeria	20:36	Czech Republic	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Kiyoshi Hizaki, Tomokazu Ikebuchi
	Daoud, Hamoud (5 goals)	(10:21)	Jícha (7 goals)
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 24, 2015 7:00 p.m.	France	27:25	Sweden	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 3,000 Referees: Óscar Raluy, Ángel Sabroso
	Joli (9 goals)	(11:12)	Källman (8 goals)
	4 ×  2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany	05	04th	01	00	0150: 1240	+26	09
02.	Denmark	05	03	02	00	0154: 1270	+27	08th
03.	Poland	05	03	00	02	0135: 1210	+14	06th
04th	Argentina	05	02	01	02	0132: 1230	+9	05
05.	Russia	05	01	00	04th	0133: 1310	+2	02
06th	Saudi Arabia	05	00	00	05	0087: 1650	−78	00

January 16, 2015 1 p.m.	Russia	27:17	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Sports Hall , Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Kiyoshi Hizaki, Tomokazu Ikebuchi
	Schitnikow , Derewen (4 goals)	(17: 9)	Alhannabi (4 goals)
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  9 ×

January 16, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Poland	26:29	Germany	Lusail Multipurpose Hall , Lusail Spectators: 3,500 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Lijewski (7 goals)	(13:17)	Weinhold (9 goals)
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 16, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Denmark	24:24	Argentina	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Nenad Krstič, Peter Ljubič
	Eggert (5 goals)	(13: 8)	Pizarro (8 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 18, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Argentina	23:24	Poland	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 3,000 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Pizaro, S. Simonet , D. Simonet (5 goals)	(12:11)	Lijewski, Krajewski , B. Jurecki (5 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

January 18, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Germany	27:26	Russia	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 600 Referees: Michael Johansson, Jasmin Kliko
	Gensheimer (9 goals)	(9:13)	Igropulo (6 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×

January 18, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	18:38	Denmark	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 600 Referees: Mohamed Rashed, Tamer Elsayed
	Alsalem , Aljanabi (4 goals)	(6:20)	Toft (8 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 20, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Argentina	32:20	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Samir Krichene, Samir Makhouf
	Pizarro (7 goals)	(13:11)	Aljanabi (5 goals)
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  12 ×  2 ×

January 20, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Poland	26:25	Russia	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Nenad Krstič, Peter Ljubič
	Rojewski (6 goals)	(12:13)	Shishkarev (7 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 20, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Denmark	30:30	Germany	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Óscar Raluy, Ángel Sabroso
	Hansen , Christiansen (6 goals)	(16:16)	Weinhold (8 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

January 22, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Germany	28:23	Argentina	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 5,500 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Groetzki (7 goals)	(13:14)	F. Fernández (6 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

January 22, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Poland	32:13	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 800 Referees: Michael Johansson, Jasmin Kliko
	Syprzak (10 goals)	(17: 6)	Alabdulali (4 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 22, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Russia	28:31	Denmark	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 10,500 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Shishkarev (8 goals)	(8:16)	Schmidt (9 goals)
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 24, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	19:36	Germany	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 3,500 Referees: Duarte Santos, Ricardo Luis Fonseca
	Alabas , Alzaer , Alsalem (3 gates)	(8:18)	Musche , Sellin (11 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 24, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Russia	27:30	Argentina	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Saleh Bamutref, Mansour Al-Suwaidi
	Shishkarev (7 goals)	(16:17)	Pizarro (9 goals)
	3 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 24, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Denmark	31:27	Poland	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 6,000 Referees: Matija Gubica, Boris Milošević
	Lindberg (6 goals)	(16:12)	Rojewski , B. Jurecki (5 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

Final round

From the final round, the games will be played in knockout mode. In the event of a tie after regular playing time, there will be an extension of 2x5min playing time. If the 1st extra time also ends in a draw, a 2nd extra time is also played with 2x5min. If there is still no team in the lead, the game will be decided in a 7-meter throw.

Overview

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

Croatia

26th

A4

Brazil

25th

B1

Croatia

22nd

D3

Poland

24

D3

Poland

24

C2

Sweden

20th

D3

Poland

29

A2

Qatar

31

B3

Austria

27

A2

Qatar

29

A2

Qatar

26th

D1

Germany

24

D1

Germany

23

C4

Egypt

16

A2

Qatar

22nd

C1

France

25th

C3

Iceland

25th

D2

Denmark

30th

D2

Denmark

24

A1

Spain

25th

A1

Spain

28

B4

Tunisia

20th

A1

Spain

22nd

C1

France

26th

A3

Slovenia

30th

B2

Macedonia

28

A3

Slovenia

23

3rd place match

C1

France

32

C1

France

33

D3

Poland

29

D4

Argentina

20th

A1

Spain

28

placement

Placement round places 5–8     Play for 5th place                         B1   Croatia 28     D1   Germany 23             B1   Croatia 24         D2   Denmark 28   D2   Denmark 36         A3   Slovenia 33         Game for 7th place       D1   Germany 30th   A3   Slovenia 27

Round of 16

January 25, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Austria	27:29	Qatar	Lusail Multipurpose Hall , Lusail Spectators: 12,200 Referees: Matija Gubica, Boris Milošević
	Weber (8 goals)	(14:13)	Marković (8 goals)
	4 ×  7 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 25, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Slovenia	30:28	Macedonia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena , Doha Spectators: 800 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Gajič (9 goals)	(16:15)	Lazarov, Georgievski (7 goals)
	4 ×  9 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 25, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Spain	28:20	Tunisia	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 5,500 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Ugalde (6 goals)	(18: 9)	Boughanmi (5 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 25, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Croatia	26:25	Brazil	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 800 Referees: Saleh Bamutref, Mansour Al-Suwaidi
	Kopljar (5 goals)	(13:15)	Silva (5 goals)
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 26, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Germany	23:16	Egypt	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Gensheimer (6 goals)	(12: 8)	Elahmar, Issa (4 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 26, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Poland	24:20	Sweden	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Nenad Krstič, Peter Ljubič
	M. Jurecki , B. Jurecki (5 goals)	(10:11)	Petersen (5 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 26, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Iceland	25:30	Denmark	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 3,000 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Petersson (7 goals)	(10:16)	Schmidt (6 goals)
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 26, 2015 7:00 p.m.	France	33:20	Argentina	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Porte (6 gates)	(16: 6)	Carou (4 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

Quarter finals

January 28, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Croatia	22:24	Poland	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena , Doha Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Duvnjak , Kopljar ​​(5 gates)	(10:12)	Jurkiewicz (6 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

January 28, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Qatar	26:24	Germany	Lusail Multipurpose Hall , Lusail Spectators: 15,000 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Capote (8 goals)	(18:14)	Gensheimer (5 goals)
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

January 28, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Slovenia	23:32	France	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 2,500 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	L. Žvižej (6 goals)	(10:18)	Narcisse (6 goals)
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 28, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Denmark	24:25	Spain	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 9,000 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Eggert, Hansen (6 goals)	(11:11)	Rivera (10 goals)
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Placement games place 5-8

January 30, 2015 2:00 p.m.	Croatia	28:23	Germany	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 800 Referees: Óscar Raluy, Ángel Sabroso
	Štrlek (8 goals)	(13:11)	Gensheimer, Schöngarth (6 goals)
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

January 30, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Denmark	36:33	Slovenia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Doha Spectators: 500 Referees: Saleh Bamutref, Mansour Al-Suwaidi
	Svan (13 goals)	(19:15)	Gajič (12 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  2 a ×

^a A disqualification was issued with a subsequent report.

Game for 7th place

January 31, 2015 2:30 p.m.	Germany	30:27	Slovenia	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Jiří Novotný, Václav Horáček
	Gensheimer (13 goals)	(16:14)	Natek (9 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

Play for 5th place

January 31, 2015 5:15 pm	Croatia	24:28	Denmark	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 3,000 Referees: Óscar Raluy, Ángel Sabroso
	Duvnjak, Stepančić , Slišković (4 goals)	(11:15)	Hansen (8 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Semifinals

January 30, 2015 4:30 p.m.	Poland	29:31	Qatar	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 15,000 Referees: Nenad Nikolić, Dušan Stojković
	M. Jurecki (9 goals)	(13:16)	Capote, Mallash (6 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 30, 2015 7:00 p.m.	Spain	22:26	France	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 9,000 Referees: Nenad Krstič, Peter Ljubič
	Ugalde, Cañellas (5 gates)	(14:18)	Guigou (5 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

3rd place match

February 1, 2015 2:30 p.m.	Poland	29:28 a.d.	Spain	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 9,400 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Szyba (8 goals)	(13:13), (24:24)	Tomás (7 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

final

February 1, 2015 5:15 pm	Qatar	22:25	France	Lusail Multipurpose Hall, Lusail Spectators: 15,000 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Marković (7 goals)	(11:14)	N. Karabatić (5 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

President's Cup

Overview

Placement round places 17–20     Game for 17th place                         A5   Belarus 37     B5   Bosnia and Herzegovina 29             A5   Belarus 31         C5   Czech Republic 32   C5   Czech Republic 32         D5   Russia 30th         Game for 19th place       B5   Bosnia and Herzegovina 28   D5   Russia 42

Placement round places 21–24     Game for 21st place                         A6   Chile 31     B6   Iran 32             B6   Iran 26th         D6   Saudi Arabia 22nd   C6   Algeria 25th         D6   Saudi Arabia 27         Game for 23rd place       A6   Chile 30th   C6   Algeria 28

Placement games

January 26, 2015 11:00 a.m.	Chile	31:32	Iran	Duhail Sports Hall , Doha Spectators: 100 Referees: Kiyoshi Hizaki, Tomokazu Ikebuchi
	R. Salinas (18 goals)	(15:17)	A. Esteki, Mousavi , Kiani (5 goals)
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 26, 2015 1:00 p.m.	Algeria	25:27	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 100 Referees: Jasmin Kliko, Michael Johansson
	Hamoud (9 goals)	(14:12)	Alsalem (5 goals)
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

January 26, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Belarus	37:29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 300 Referees: Jesus Menezes, Rogério Pinto
	S. Rutenka (9 goals)	(20:16)	Burić (6 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 26, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	32:30	Russia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 300 Referees: Samir Krichene, Samir Makhouf
	Zdráhala (8 goals)	(16:15)	Derewen (8 gates)
	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

Game for 23rd place

January 27, 2015 11:00 a.m.	Chile	30:28 n.p.	Algeria	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 100 Referees: Duarte Santos, Ricardo Luis Fonseca
	R. Salinas (11 goals)	(10:16), (27:27)	Hamoud (12 goals)
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×

Game for 21st place

January 27, 2015 1:00 p.m.	Iran	26:22	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 150 Referees: Jesus Menezes, Rogério Pinto
	A. Esteki (6 goals)	(15:10)	Alabdulali (6 gates)
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

Game for 19th place

January 27, 2015 3 p.m.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28:42	Russia	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 200 Referees: Kiyoshi Hizaki, Tomokazu Ikebuchi
	Malinović (6 goals)	(16:20)	Kovalyov (6 goals)
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

Game for 17th place

January 27, 2015 5:00 p.m.	Belarus	31:32 n.p.	Czech Republic	Duhail Sports Hall, Doha Spectators: 300 Referees: Mohamed Rashed, Tamer Elsayed
	S. Rutenka (12 goals)	(13:14), (28:28)	Hrstka, Jícha, Babák, Zdráhala (6 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

referee

referee
Brazil	Jesus Menezes Rogério Pinto
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
Egypt	Mohamed Rashed Tamer Elsayed
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
France	Laurent Reveret Stevann Pichon
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
Japan	Kiyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi

referee
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Lithuania	Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika
Macedonia	Gjorgji Načevski slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Luis Fonseca
Qatar	Saleh Bamutref Mansour Al-Suwaidi
Slovenia	Nenad Krstič Peter Ljubič
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Sweden	Michael Johansson Jasmin Kliko
Tunisia	Samir Krichene Samir Makhouf

The referee services were z. T. heavily criticized.

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	France	9	8th	1	0	259: 215	+ 044
	Qatar	9	7th	0	2	245: 227	+ 018
	Poland	9	6th	0	3	241: 222	+ 019
04th	Spain	9	7th	0	2	265: 226	+ 039
05.	Denmark	9	6th	2	1	272: 234	+ 038
06th	Croatia	9	7th	0	2	258: 224	+ 034
07th	Germany	9	6th	1	2	250: 221	+ 029
08th.	Slovenia	9	4th	0	5	273: 271	+ 002
09.	Macedonia	6th	4th	0	2	181: 168	+ 013
10.	Sweden	6th	3	1	2	157: 133	+ 024
11.	Iceland	6th	2	1	3	152: 165	- 013
12.	Argentina	6th	2	1	3	152: 156	- 004th
13.	Austria	6th	2	1	3	174: 169	+ 005
14th	Egypt	6th	2	1	3	151: 148	+ 003
15th	Tunisia	6th	2	1	3	152: 161	- 009
16.	Brazil	6th	2	0	4th	171: 169	+ 002
17th	Czech Republic	7th	4th	0	3	209: 199	+ 010
18th	Belarus	7th	2	0	5	215: 216	- 001
19th	Russia	7th	2	0	5	205: 191	+ 014
20th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7th	1	0	6th	175: 207	- 032
21st	Iran	7th	2	0	5	185: 225	- 040
22nd	Saudi Arabia	7th	1	0	6th	136: 216	- 080
23.	Chile	7th	1	0	6th	165: 224	- 059
24.	Algeria	7th	0	0	7th	162: 218	- 056

• First place entitles you to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 Men's Handball World Championship . Since France was already eligible to host the 2017 World Cup, the runner-up Qatar qualified for the 2017 World Cup instead.
• Places 2 to 7 entitle them to participate in the qualification for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games . Since Qatar later qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Asian qualifying tournament 2015 from November 14 to 27, 2015 and Germany at the 2016 European Handball Championship from January 15 to 31, 2016, Slovenia and Slovenia subsequently qualified for these two teams Macedonia to participate in one of the three qualifying tournaments.
• The placements of places 9 to 16 are based on the following criteria:
  • Points in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 4 of the respective group
  • Goal difference in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 4 of the respective group
  • Number of goals scored in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 4 of the respective group

Awards

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Thierry Omeyer

All-Star Team

Valero Rivera		Bartosz Jurecki		Dragan Gajič
	Rafael Capote		Žarko Marković
		Nikola Karabatić
		Thierry Omeyer

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	Litters	Quota	7m goals	7m throws	Games
01.	Dragan Gajič	Slovenia	71	93	76.34%	27	34	9
02.	Žarko Marković	Qatar	67	127	52.76%	15th	20th	9
03.	Uwe Gensheimer	Germany	54	72	75.00%	23	31	9
04th	Rodrigo Salinas	Chile	52	92	56.52%	15th	20th	7th
05.	Rafael Capote	Qatar	48	78	61.54%	0	0	9
06th	Valero Rivera	Spain	47	58	81.03%	17th	20th	9
07th	Kiril Lazarov	Macedonia	45	78	57.69%	23	28	6th
08th.	Siarhei Rutenka	Belarus	43	75	57.33%	14th	17th	7th
09.	Robert Weber	Austria	42	61	68.85%	14th	17th	6th
010.	Ivan Čupić	Croatia	41	53	77.36%	17th	21st	9
011.	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark	39	67	58.21%	0	0	9
012.	Federico Pizarro	Argentina	37	54	68.52%	9	12	6th
013.	Patrick Groetzki	Germany	36	50	72.00%	0	1	9
Source: ihf.info , as of February 1, 2015

Assists

Pl.	player	team	templates	Games
01.	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark	49	9
02.	Raúl Entrerríos	Spain	32	9
03.	Mads Christiansen	Denmark	29	9
04th	Michał Jurecki	Poland	28	9
04th	Kiril Lazarov	Macedonia	28	6th
04th	Siarhei Rutenka	Belarus	28	7th
04th	Steffen Weinhold	Germany	28	9
08th.	Domagoj Duvnjak	Croatia	27	9
09.	Nikola Karabatić	France	26th	9
09.	Rodrigo Salinas	Chile	26th	7th
Source: ihf.info , as of February 1, 2015

goalkeeper

Pl.	player	team	Rate in%	Parades	Litters	Games
01.	Carsten Lichtlein	Germany	38	57	152	9
02.	Thierry Omeyer	France	37	105	283	9
02.	Gonzalo Perez de Vargas	Spain	37	97	259	9
02.	Filip Ivić	Croatia	37	44	119	9
05.	Mattias Andersson	Sweden	36	53	147	6th
05.	Danijel Šarić	Qatar	36	75	206	9
05.	Petr Štochl	Czech Republic	36	75	210	7th
08th.	Jannick Green Krejberg	Denmark	35	47	135	9
08th.	Silvio Heinevetter	Germany	35	67	193	9
08th.	Nikola Marinovic	Austria	35	52	150	6th
Source: ihf.info , as of February 1, 2015

Team fair play

Pl.	team	Points / game	Points (total) b	disqualification	warning	2 minutes	Games
01.	Qatar	08.8	79	0	25th	27	9
02.	Spain	09.2	83	1	26th	26th	9
03.	Croatia	10.2	92	0	26th	33	9
04th	Denmark	10.9	98	0	28	35	9
05.	France	11.4	103	1	26th	36	9
06th	Poland	11.8	106	0	30th	38	9
07th	Tunisia	12.5	75	0	19th	28	6th
08th.	Chile	12.7	89	1	20th	32	7th
09.	Brazil	13.0	78	0	18th	30th	6th
010.	Algeria	13.1	92	0	20th	36	7th
010.	Germany	13.1	118	0	30th	44	9
012.	Russia	13.9	97	0	17th	40	7th
013.	Czech Republic	14.0	98	0	22nd	38	7th
014th	Argentina	14.2	85	1	20th	30th	6th
015th	Iran	14.3	100	2	16	37	7th
016.	Sweden	14.3	86	0	18th	34	6th
017th	Belarus	14.6	102	2	22nd	35	7th
018th	Iceland	14.7	88	0	18th	35	6th
019th	Macedonia	15.5	93	1	18th	35	6th
020th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.1	113	2	21st	41	7th
021st	Saudi Arabia	16.7	117	0	21st	48	7th
022nd	Austria	16.8	101	1	20th	38	6th
023.	Egypt	17.0	102	0	18th	42	6th
024.	Slovenia	17.7	159	3 c	29	55	9
Source: ihf.info , as of February 1, 2015

^bThe fairness points are calculated according to the following calculation: For each warning there is 1 point; There are 2 points for every 2 minutes; For every directly imposed disqualification there are 5 points. If there was a report from the referees about the directly imposed disqualification (according to rule 8: 6 or 8:10), it will be counted twice with 10 points.

^c Of the 3 direct disqualifications, 2 are without and 1 with a report.

Bids

Medalist

France	Qatar	Poland
William Accambray Igor Anić Xavier Barachet Cyril Dumoulin Jérôme Fernandez Mathieu Grébille Michaël Guigou Samuel Honrubia Guillaume Joli Luka Karabatić Nikola Karabatić Kentin Mahé Daniel Narcisse Alix Nyokas Thierry Omeyer Valentin Porte Cédric Sorhaindo	Mahmoud Hassab Alla Abdulla Al-Karbi Youssef Benali Rafael Capote Jovo Damjanović Hadi Hamdoon Hassan Mabrouk Hamad Madadi Kamalaldin Mallash Žarko Marković Eldar Memišević Abdulrazzaq Murad Bertrand Roiné Danijel Šarić Goran Stojanović Borja Vidal Ameen Zakkar	Karol Bielecki Piotr Chrapkowski Michał Daszek Piotr Grabarczyk Bartosz Jurecki Michał Jurecki Mariusz Jurkiewicz Przemysław Krajewski Krzysztof Lijewski Piotr Masłowski Robert Orzechowski Andrzej Rojewski Kamil Syprzak Michał Szyba Sławomir Szmal Marcin Wichary Adam Wiśniewski Piotr Wyszomirski
Claude Onesta (Trainer)	Valero Rivera (coach)	Michael Biegler (trainer)

7th place: Germany

Fabian Böhm ( HBW Balingen-Weilstetten / 2 goals) Paul Drux ( Foxes Berlin / 14) Uwe Gensheimer ( Rhein-Neckar Löwen / 54) Patrick Groetzki (Rhein-Neckar Löwen / 36) Silvio Heinevetter (Foxes Berlin) Stefan Kneer (Rhein-Neckar Löwen / 5)

Michael Kraus ( Frisch Auf Göppingen / 9) Carsten Lichtlein ( VfL Gummersbach ) Michael Müller ( MT Melsungen / 2) Matthias Musche ( SC Magdeburg / 13) Hendrik Pekeler ( TBV Lemgo / 7)

Erik Schmidt ( TSG Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim / 8) Jens Schöngarth ( TuS N-Lübbecke / 11) Johannes Sellin (MT Melsungen / 17) Martin Strobel (TBV Lemgo / 21) Steffen Weinhold ( THW Kiel / 29) Patrick Wiencek ( THW Kiel / 22)

Television broadcast

At the beginning of 2014, the TV rights for the Men's World Cup in Qatar and France and the Women's World Cup in 2015 and 2017 were sold to the Qatari subsidiary of Al Jazeera beIN Sports for a record sum of CHF 100 million .

ARD, ZDF, Sport1 and Sportdeutschland.tv were unable to reach an agreement with beIN Sports on German TV rights at the end of 2014. Due to a delay in responding to a timely offer, the public broadcasters, according to their own statements, “could no longer guarantee that live broadcasts from Qatar could be guaranteed in the quality that ARD and ZDF are accustomed to”. One reason given for not broadcasting was satellite encryption - since many channels can also be received abroad, the satellite transmission should be encrypted so that the exclusive rights of other European broadcasters are not violated. The encryption would contradict the basic mandate of the public broadcasters and "the European principle of" free flow of information "". On the other hand, according to Hassan Moustafa, President of the International Handball Federation, the bid was too low. The broadcasters involved rejected this statement.

On December 29, 2014, the pay TV broadcaster Sky announced that it had secured the rights for all German and Austrian games, as well as for selected top games such as the semi-finals and the final. Sky also acquired the rights for the free-to-air area, so that 50 more games were broadcast online on sky.de free of charge with English commentary. In addition, the Austrian team's games could be seen on ORF Sport Plus and on the Internet at sport.orf.at .

Audience ratings

Audience ratings for the broadcast of the German national handball team by Sky.

game	date	Time	spectator		Market share		source
			total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
1	Jan. 16, 2015	17.00	120,000	50,000	0.7%	1.1%
2	Jan. 18, 2015	17.00	310,000		1.4%	1.9%
3	Jan. 20, 2015	19.00	370,000	120,000	1.3%	1.3%
4th	Jan. 22, 2015	17.00	360,000		2.2%	3.7%
5	Jan. 24, 2015	17.00	290,000	130,000	1.5%	2.2%
6th	Jan. 26, 2015	16.30	370,000		2.3%	2.9%
7th	Jan. 28, 2015	16.30	560,000	230,000	3.6%	4.6%
8th	Jan. 30, 2015	14.00	120,000
9	Jan. 31, 2015	14.30	240,000			2.6%

Others

The logo is the stylized Arabic word قطر / Qaṭar , the name of the host country, combined with the pattern of a handball.

Web links

• Official website for the 2015 World Cup
• Handball World Championship 2015 on the IHF website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Qatar 2015 IHF World Championship ( Memento from May 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Felix Buß: Qatar and Denmark were awarded the contract for the 2015 World Championships. Handball-world.com, January 27, 2011, accessed on November 12, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Applications for the Men's World Championship 2015. IHF, December 10, 2010, accessed November 12, 2014 . 
4. ↑ We are bidding! (No longer available online.) Www.q2015.com, archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; accessed on November 12, 2014 (English). 
5. ↑ Qatar also wants the 2015 World Handball Championship. (No longer available online.) Handballwoche.de, December 8, 2010, archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; Retrieved November 12, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Hand: La Corée n'est plus candidate pour 2015. djazairsport.com, January 8, 2011, accessed on November 12, 2014 (French). 
7. ^ "Austria wants handball world championship 2015", FTD, April 18, 2010 ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
8. ↑ ÖHB wants WM 2017. (No longer available online.) OeHB.de, December 28, 2010, archived from the original on November 12, 2014 ; Retrieved November 12, 2014 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} 2015 Men's World Championship in Qatar. IHF, July 16, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2015 . 
10. ^ Statutes of the IHF. (PDF) IHF, January 27, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2015 . 
11. ^ Fritz Neumann: The weird World Cup in the Emirate of Qatar. derstandard.at , January 14, 2015, accessed on January 21, 2015 . 
12. ↑ German wild card also raises questions in Iceland. handball-world.com, December 7, 2014, accessed on January 29, 2015 (English). 
13. ↑ Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates cancel participation. Spiegel Online, November 8, 2014, accessed November 12, 2014 . 
14. ↑ Handball World Cup 2015: Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates now want to participate. In: Spiegel Online . November 18, 2014, accessed January 19, 2015 . 
15. ↑ Handball World Cup 2015: Bahrain and Arab Emirates excluded and punished. In: Spiegel Online . November 21, 2014, accessed January 19, 2015 . 
16. ↑ Birger Hamann: Handball World Cup 2015 in Qatar: The arbitrary world champions. In: Spiegel Online . December 23, 2014, accessed January 19, 2015 . 
17. ↑ ^{a b c} IHF Council decision on withdrawal of Bahrain and United Arab Emirates from 2015 Men's WCh. IHF, November 21, 2014, accessed on November 23, 2014 (English). 
18. ↑ Germany will take part in the 2015 World Cup as a successor. DHB, July 8, 2014, accessed July 8, 2014 . 
19. ↑ Group overview of the draw ( memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on the official homepage of the 2015 Handball World Cup.
20. ↑ World Cup: fixtures, table and results of the 2015 season on the 5th matchday. kicker.de , accessed on January 19, 2015 . 
21. ^ IHF Match Schedule , accessed December 30, 2014.
22. ↑ Media Guide 2015. IHF, accessed on January 25, 2015 . 
23. ^ Sara Peschke: World Cup from the German handball players: "There are gray areas in refereeing". In: Spiegel Online . January 29, 2015, accessed February 1, 2015 . 
24. ↑ Reactions to the German World Cup: "You have to be careful what you say". In: Spiegel Online . January 28, 2015, accessed February 1, 2015 . 
25. ↑ Handball World Cup in Qatar: Austria thinks that it is all over the place. In: Spiegel Online . January 26, 2015, accessed February 1, 2015 . 
26. ↑ Qatar 2015 All Star Team announced. IHF, February 4, 2015, accessed on February 3, 2015 . 
27. ↑ ^{a b List of} goalscorers (PDF; 40.4 kB)
28. ↑ Goalkeeper statistics (PDF; 19.0 kB)
29. ↑ Fair Play (PDF; 19.0 kB)
30. ↑ Mega deal in handball: broadcaster pays 80 million for TV rights. digitalfernsehen.de, February 21, 2014, accessed on January 23, 2015 . 
31. ↑ Erik Eggers: Handball World Cup 2015: ARD and ZDF do not broadcast. In: Spiegel Online . December 2, 2014, accessed January 19, 2015 . 
32. ↑ ^{a b} dpa: Handball World Cup 2015 on German TV. In: FAZ.net . December 29, 2014, accessed January 19, 2015 . 
33. ↑ ARD and ZDF do not broadcast the Handball World Cup. Deutschlandfunk, December 2, 2014, accessed on January 23, 2015 . 
34. ↑ This is why the Handball World Cup is not running live on free TV. WDR, January 22, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015 . 
35. ↑ There is more: Handball World Cup starts with a six-figure audience. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 17, 2015, accessed on January 19, 2015 . 
36. ↑ Sky is pleased about the high level of interest in the Handball World Cup. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 19, 2015, accessed on January 19, 2015 . 
37. ↑ Handball World Cup: Sky increases range again. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 21, 2015, accessed on January 22, 2015 . 
38. ↑ Handball World Cup continues to ensure good ratings at Sky. dwdl.de, January 23, 2015, accessed January 24, 2015 . 
39. ↑ Handball World Cup: Sky scores with DHB victory. dwdl.de, January 25, 2015, accessed January 25, 2015 . 
40. ↑ Handball World Cup: No attendance record in the last sixteen. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 27, 2015, accessed on January 27, 2015 . 
41. ↑ German handball players say goodbye with a record. DWDL.de, January 29, 2015, accessed on January 29, 2015 . 
42. ↑ ^{a b} RTL screwing up Formula 1 prices, World Cup ends conciliatory. DWDL.de, February 2, 2015, accessed on February 2, 2015 .