2017 Men's Handball World Championship

25th Men's Handball World Championship 2017
25th Men's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	France (6th title)
venue	France
Opening game	January 11, 2017
Endgame	29th January 2017
Games	84
Gates	4,643   (∅: 55.27 per game)
spectator	551,879   (∅: 6,570 per game)
Top scorer	Kiril Lazarov (50 goals)
Best player	Nikola Karabatić
yellow cards	403  (∅: 4.8 per game)
Time penalties	615  (∅: 7.32 per game)
Red cards	20  (∅: 0.24 per game)
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The mascots Rok and Koolette of the 2017 Handball World Championship

The world champion trophy.

The 25th men's handball world championship was held in France from January 11th to 29th, 2017 .

The French team , which started as the defending champions, prevailed in the final with 33:26 (18:17) goals against Norway and won their sixth title. Third place went to the Slovenian selection with 31:30 (13:18) against Croatia .

host

The International Handball Federation (IHF) awarded the 2017 World Championships on December 15, 2011 at the council meeting in São Paulo . The 25th title fights for men will take place for the third time in France after 1970 and 2001.

The handball federations of Denmark and France were the applicants to host the World Cup.

Venues

The planned venues were: Aix-en-Provence , Bordeaux , Lille , Paris ( Bercy Arena ), Dunkerque , Lyon , Montpellier and Nantes as well as the new arena to be built in Nanterre for the final weekend. At the beginning of April 2015, Aix-en-Provence was eliminated as a venue because no new hall is being built there.

The games were played in the following halls:

Lille	Brest	Metz
Stade Pierre-Mauroy Capacity: 27,500	Brest Arena Capacity: 4,000	Arènes de Metz Capacity: 5,000
Albertville	Albertville Brest Lille Metz Montpellier Nantes Paris Rouen Venues of the handball world championship 2017 in France	Nantes
Hall Olympique Capacity: 6,500		Exponantes Hall XXL Capacity: 10,800
Montpellier	Rouen	Paris
Sud de France Arena Capacity: 9,853	Kindarena capacity: 5,600	AccorHotels Arena Capacity: 15,700

Attendees

qualification

→ Main article : 2017 Men's Handball World Championship / Qualification

24 teams took part in the tournament. The 2015 world champions and France are automatically qualified as hosts. Since France was already qualified as the organizer, the free space went to the vice world champion. The remaining 22 starting places in the final round were awarded to 12 teams from Europe and three each from Asia, Africa and America. The last participant was determined in an intercontinental relegation between Oceania, America, Asia and Africa.

List of participants

The teams listed below took part in the World Cup in France. 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	Number of participations	Previous participation in world championships ( bold = world champion in the respective year )
France	Europe (EHF)	host	Dec 15, 2011	20th	1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995 , 1997, 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 , 2011 , 2013, 2015
Qatar	Asia (AHF)	Vice World Champion 2015	0Feb. 1, 2015	5	2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015
Bahrain	Asia (AHF)	2nd of the Asian Cup 2016	Jan. 24, 2016	1	2011
Japan	Asia (AHF)	3rd of the Asian Cup 2016	Jan. 24, 2016	12	1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011
Saudi Arabia	Asia (AHF)	4th of the Asian Cup 2016	Jan. 24, 2016	7th	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015
Germany	Europe (EHF)	European Champion 2016	Jan. 29, 2016	23	1938 , 1954 1 , 1958 1 , 1961 1 , 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 , 1982, 1986, 1990 4 , 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 , 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Spain	Europe (EHF)	2nd of the European Championship 2016	Jan. 29, 2016	18th	1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 , 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 , 2015
Croatia	Europe (EHF)	3rd of the European Championship 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	11 2	1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Egypt	Africa (CAHB)	African champions 2016	Jan. 29, 2016	13	1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2016	Jan. 29, 2016	12	1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Angola	Africa (CAHB)	3rd of the African Cup of Nations 2016	Jan. 30, 2016	2	2005, 2007
Sweden	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	22nd	1938, 1954 , 1958 , 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 , 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015
Macedonia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	4 2	1999, 2009, 2013, 2015
Poland	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	14th	1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Russia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	19 3	1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993 , 1995, 1997 , 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015
Hungary	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	18th	1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Slovenia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	6 2	2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015
Belarus	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	3	1995, 2013, 2015
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 15, 2016	21st	1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Iceland	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 16, 2016	18th	1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	Pan America Champion 2016	19th June 2016	12	1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Chile	Pan America (PATHF)	2nd of the Pan American Championship 2016	19th June 2016	3	2011, 2013, 2015
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	3rd of the Pan American Championship 2016	19th June 2016	10	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Norway	Europe (EHF)	Wildcard	June 21, 2016	13	1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011

¹From 1954 to 1961, the Federal Republic of Germany joined the GDR team in one team.

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

³until 1991 part of the national team of the USSR

^4thIn 1990, of the two German teams, only the GDR team took part in the World Cup.

Group draw

The draw for the preliminary round of the 2017 World Handball Championship took place on June 23, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris . The 24 qualified teams were divided into four groups of six teams each.

Lottery pots

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

Groups drawn

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Nantes	Group B Metz	Group C Rouen	Group D Paris
France  Poland  Russia  Brazil  Japan  Norway	Spain  Slovenia  Macedonia  Iceland  Tunisia  Angola	Germany  Croatia  Belarus  Hungary  Chile  Saudi Arabia	Qatar  Denmark  Sweden  Egypt  Bahrain  Argentina

game schedule

The preliminary round began on January 11, 2017 with the opening game France against Brazil in the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. For the remaining 22 teams, the tournament began one day later. The preliminary round was played in four groups of six teams; the individual groups played in the AccorHotels Arena, in the Arènes de Metz, in the Exponantes Hall XXL and in the Kindarena.

Preliminary round

The times of the preliminary round games are given here and on the World Cup homepage in CET.

Evaluation criteria

The preliminary round games were point games. The team got 2 points for each win and 1 point for a tie. There were no points for a defeat.

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.	France	05	05	00	00	0154: 1120	+42	10
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0155: 1240	+31	08th
03.	Russia	05	03	00	02	0139: 1360	+3	06th
04th	Brazil	05	02	00	03	0121: 1460	−25	04th
05.	Poland	05	01	00	04th	0115: 1250	−10	02
06th	Japan	05	00	00	05	0120: 1610	−41	00

January 11, 2017 8:45 pm	France	31:16	Brazil	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 15,609 Referees: Bojan Lah, David Sok
	Porte (6 gates)	(17: 7)	de Toledo (5 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 12, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Russia	39:29	Japan	Exponantes Hall XXL , Nantes Spectators: 4,867 Referees: Majid Kolahdouzan, Alireza Mousaviannazhad
	Atman , Dibirow , Schischkarev (6 goals)	(18:15)	Shida (7 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×

January 12, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Poland	20:22	Norway	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 5,356 Referees: Arthur Brunner, Morad Salah
	Daszek (7 goals)	(10:12)	Hansen (6 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

January 13, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Japan	19:31	France	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10,500 Referees: Arthur Brunner, Morad Salah
	Uegaki (5 goals)	(9:17)	Fabregas (7 goals)
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 14, 2017 2:45 p.m.	Brazil	28:24	Poland	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10,171 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	de Toledo (8 goals)	(16:11)	Paczkowski (6 goals)
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×

January 14, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Norway	28:24	Russia	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 9,812 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Bjørnsen (7 goals)	(15:11)	Soroka (8 goals)
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 15, 2017 5:45 p.m.	France	31:28	Norway	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10,500 Referees: Majid Kolahdouzan, Alireza Mousaviannazhad
	Karabatić , Mahé , Remili (5 goals)	(16:12)	Sagosen (7 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 15, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Brazil	27:24	Japan	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 8,326 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Langaro (8 goals)	(14:12)	Tokuda (7 goals)
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 16, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Poland	20:24	Russia	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 4,961 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Gębala (4 goals)	(9:13)	Kovalyov (7 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 17, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Norway	39:26	Brazil	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 5,943 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Sagosen (7 goals)	(18:13)	Pozzer , Ciuffa (6 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

January 17, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Poland	26:25	Japan	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 8,655 Referees: Arthur Brunner, Morad Salah
	Daszek (5 goals)	(9:11)	Shida (9 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Russia	24:35	France	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10,500 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Shishkarev (6 goals)	(11:16)	Dipanda (8 goals)
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 19, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Russia	28:24	Brazil	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 5,197 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Derewen , Schelmenko (5 goals)	(14:15)	Toledo, Pozzer, Langaro (5 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 19, 2017 5:45 p.m.	France	26:25	Poland	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10,500 Referees: Arthur Brunner, Morad Salah
	Nyokas (7 goals)	(13:13)	Gębala, Krajewski (5 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 19, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Japan	23:38	Norway	Exponantes Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 3,621 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Motoki (4 goals)	(14:19)	Myrhol (7 goals)
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	05	05	00	00	0160: 1150	+45	10
02.	Slovenia	05	03	01	01	0151: 1360	+15	07th
03.	Macedonia	05	02	01	02	0139: 1370	+2	05
04th	Iceland	05	01	02	02	0128: 1210	+7	04th
05.	Tunisia	05	01	02	02	0144: 1440	± 0	04th
06th	Angola	05	00	00	05	0122: 1910	−69	00

January 12, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Slovenia	42:25	Angola	Arènes de Metz , Metz Spectators: 2,179 Referees: Julian Grillo, Sebastián Lenci
	Mačkovšek , Marguč (8 goals)	(22:13)	Lopes (7 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 12, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Macedonia	34:30	Tunisia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 2,561 Referees: Lee Se-ok, Koo Bon-ok
	Lazarov (12 goals)	(13:14)	Boughanmi (9 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

January 12, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Spain	27:21	Iceland	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 5,054 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Balaguer, Cañellas (4 gates)	(10:12)	Sigurðsson (5 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

January 14, 2017 2:45 p.m.	Iceland	25:26	Slovenia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 5,054 Referees: Lee Se-ok, Koo Bon-ok
	Elísson (7 goals)	(8:11)	Bezjak (6 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

January 14, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Tunisia	21:26	Spain	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 5,056 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Toumi (5 goals)	(10:12)	Balaguer, Tomás (6 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

January 14, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Angola	22:31	Macedonia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 3,845 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Lopes (5 goals)	(9:14)	Lazarov (10 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 15, 2017 2:45 p.m.	Iceland	22:22	Tunisia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 5,054 Referees: Julian Grillo, Sebastián Lenci
	Sigurðsson (5 goals)	(11: 9)	Bannour (12 goals)
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 16, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Slovenia	29:22	Macedonia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 2,605 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Bezjak, Marguč (4 goals)	(16:10)	Lazarov (9 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 16, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Spain	42:22	Angola	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 2,126 Referees: Julian Grillo, Sebastián Lenci
	Fernández (9 goals)	(21:10)	Lopes (6 goals)
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Slovenia	28:28	Tunisia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 3,039 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Kavtičnik (7 goals)	(15:13)	Sanai (8 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Angola	19:33	Iceland	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 1,725 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Lopes (8 goals)	(8:16)	Sigurðsson (8 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

January 18, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Macedonia	25:29	Spain	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 3,951 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Lazarov (6 goals)	(14:14)	Rivera (11 goals)
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 19, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Tunisia	43:34	Angola	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 1,935 Referees: Lee Se-ok, Koo Bon-ok
	Bannour (10 goals)	(23:16)	Teca (10 goals)
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

January 19, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Macedonia	27:27	Iceland	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 3,225 Referees: Julian Grillo, Sebastián Lenci
	Lazarov (7 goals)	(13:15)	Kárason (7 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 19, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Spain	36:26	Slovenia	Arènes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 5,054 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Balaguer (7 goals)	(18:10)	Marguč (6 goals)
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany	05	05	00	00	0159: 1070	+52	10
02.	Croatia	05	04th	00	01	0148: 1260	+22	08th
03.	Belarus	05	02	00	03	0134: 1450	−11	04th
04th	Hungary	05	02	00	03	0147: 1380	+9	04th
05.	Saudi Arabia	05	01	00	04th	0123: 1570	−34	02
06th	Chile	05	01	00	04th	0122: 1600	−38	02

January 13, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Belarus	28:32	Chile	Kindarena , Rouen Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Charlotte Bonaventura, Julie Bonaventura
	Karalek (10 goals)	(14:14)	Salinas (8 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Germany	27:23	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Gensheimer (13 goals)	(16:11)	Balogh , Bodó , Császár , Jamali , Juhasz , Lékai (3 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×  1 ×

January 13, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Croatia	28:23	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Ismail Boualloucha, Ramzi Khenissi
	Cindrić (6 goals)	(12:11)	Al-Salem (5 gates)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 14, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Hungary	28:31	Croatia	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 4,000 Referees: Renārs Līcis, Zigmārs Sondors
	Balogh, Harsányi (6 goals)	(11:11)	Štrlek (6 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 15, 2017 2:45 p.m.	Chile	14:35	Germany	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Renārs Līcis, Zigmārs Sondors
	Emil Feuchtmann , Frelijj , Moll , Salinas (2 goals)	(6:17)	Kohlbacher (8 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 15, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	26:29	Belarus	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 3,000 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Al-Salem (7 gates)	(13:14)	Puchouski (9 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 16, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Hungary	34:29	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Ismail Boualloucha, Ramzi Khenissi
	Jamali (7 goals)	(17:14)	Erwin Feuchtmann (9 goals)
	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Croatia	31:25	Belarus	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 3,202 Referees: Charlotte Bonaventura, Julie Bonaventura
	Cindrić (8 goals)	(18:15)	Karalek (7 goals)
	4 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

January 17, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Germany	38:24	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 2,980 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Fäth (6 goals)	(21:13)	Alzaer (8 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 18, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	24:37	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 4,959 Referees: Renārs Līcis, Zigmārs Sondors
	Almohsin (7 goals)	(10:17)	Császár (9 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 18, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Belarus	25:31	Germany	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 4,524 Referees: Ismail Boualloucha, Ramzi Khenissi
	Karalek, Shylovich , Shynkel (4 goals)	(16:16)	Gensheimer (8 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 18, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Croatia	37:22	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 2,785 Referees: Charlotte Bonaventura, Julie Bonaventura
	Mihić (8 goals)	(17: 9)	Erwin Feuchtmann, Salinas (4 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 20, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Chile	25:26	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Ivan Pavićević, Miloš Ražnatović
	Salinas (7 goals)	(13:13)	Al-Abbas (9 gates)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  8 ×

January 20, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Germany	28:21	Croatia	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Renārs Līcis, Zigmārs Sondors
	Wiencek (6 goals)	(13: 9)	Štrlek, Stepančić (5 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 20, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Belarus	27:25	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Spectators: 3,761 Referees: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Puchouski, Brouka (6 goals)	(15:13)	Császár, Juhasz (7 goals)
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	05	05	00	00	0157: 1300	+27	10
02.	Sweden	05	04th	00	01	0162: 1110	+51	08th
03.	Egypt	05	03	00	02	0138: 1430	−5	06th
04th	Qatar	05	02	00	03	0127: 1290	−2	04th
05.	Argentina	05	01	00	04th	0108: 1370	−29	02
06th	Bahrain	05	00	00	05	0110: 1520	−42	00

January 13, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Qatar	20:22	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 4,315 Referees: Óscar López, Ángel Ramírez
	Capote (5 goals)	(8:11)	El-Ahmar (8 gates)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×

January 13, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Sweden	33:16	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 6,579 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Tollbring (10 goals)	(17: 5)	Hasan (4 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 13, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	33:22	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,582 Referees: Ivan Pavićević, Miloš Ražnatović
	Hansen (6 goals)	(17:11)	Fernández (6 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 14, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Egypt	28:35	Denmark	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,413 Referees: Bojan Lah, David Sok
	El-Deraa (6 goals)	(15:21)	Svan (6 goals)
	2 ×  1 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 15, 2017 2:45 p.m.	Argentina	17:35	Sweden	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 12,578 Referees: Bojan Lah, David Sok
	Simonet (5 goals)	(6:19)	Zachrisson (8 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  2 ×

January 15, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Bahrain	22:32	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 4,475 Referees: Ivan Pavićević, Miloš Ražnatović
	Ali (5 goals)	(9:19)	Madadi (8 goals)
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

January 16, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Egypt	31:29	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 4,429 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	El-Deraa (6 goals)	(17:15)	Saad (6 goals)
	3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	27:25	Sweden	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 13,850 Referees: Óscar López, Ángel Ramírez
	Hansen (8 goals)	(14:10)	Ekberg (7 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 17, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Qatar	21:17	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 3,641 Referees: Bojan Lah, David Sok
	Mallash (5 goals)	(9: 2)	Fernández (7 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

January 18, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Argentina	26:31	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,233 Referees: Óscar López, Ángel Ramírez
	Vieyra (12 goals)	(10:13)	El-Bassiouny , Sanad , Shebib (5 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 18, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Denmark	30:26	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,900 Referees: Bojan Lah, David Sok
	Toft Hansen (6 goals)	(17:13)	Mahfoodh (6 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

January 18, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Sweden	36:25	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 6,034 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Ekberg (9 goals)	(19:12)	Roiné (8 goals)
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

January 20, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Bahrain	17:26	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 6,314 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Ali (5 goals)	(8:13)	Fernández (8 goals)
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×

January 20, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Sweden	33:26	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 7,660 Referees: Bojan Lah, David Sok
	Ekberg (8 goals)	(15: 9)	Issa (7 goals)
	1 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 20, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Qatar	29:32	Denmark	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 8,444 Referees: Óscar López, Ángel Ramírez
	Capote, Benali (5 gates)	(16:14)	Nøddesbo (8 goals)
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

Final round

From the final round, the games were played in knockout mode. In the event of a tie after regular playing time, there was an extension of five minutes twice. If the first extra time also ended in a draw, a second extra time was played with five minutes twice. If there was still no team in the lead, the game was decided in a 7-meter throw.

Overview

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

France

31

B4

Iceland

25th

A1

France

33

D2

Sweden

30th

C3

Belarus

22nd

D2

Sweden

41

A1

France

31

B2

Slovenia

25th

A3

Russia

26th

B2

Slovenia

32

B2

Slovenia

32

D4

Qatar

30th

C1

Germany

20th

D4

Qatar

21st

A1

France

33

A2

Norway

26th

A4

Brazil

27

B1

Spain

28

B1

Spain

29

C2

Croatia

30th

C2

Croatia

21st

D3

Egypt

19th

C2

Croatia

25th

A2

Norway

128 V

A2

Norway

34

B3

Macedonia

24

A2

Norway

31

3rd place match

C4

Hungary

28

C4

Hungary

27

B2

Slovenia

31

D1

Denmark

25th

C2

Croatia

30th

^V victory after extra time

Round of 16

January 21, 2017 4:00 p.m.	Norway	34:24	Macedonia	Hall Olympique , Albertville Spectators: 6,540 Referees: Renārs Līcis, Zigmārs Sondors
	Jøndal , Tangen (6 gates)	(12:10)	Lazarov (6 goals)
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 21, 2017 6:00 p.m.	France	31:25	Iceland	Stade Pierre-Mauroy , Lille Spectators: 28,010 Referees: Julian Grillo, Sebastián Lenci
	Guigou (6 goals)	(14:13)	Kárason (7 goals)
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 21, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Brazil	27:28	Spain	Sud de France Arena , Montpellier Spectators: 6,923 Referees: Arthur Brunner, Morad Salah
	Silva (7 goals)	(18:16)	Dujshebaev , Cañellas (5 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 21, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Russia	26:32	Slovenia	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 8,324 Referees: Charlotte Bonaventura, Julie Bonaventura
	Schischkarjow , Derewen (5 goals)	(15:13)	Cingesar (6 goals)
	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 22, 2017 4:00 p.m.	Hungary	27:25	Denmark	Hall Olympique, Albertville Spectators: 6,540 Referees: Ismail Boualloucha, Ramzi Khenissi
	Lékai (6 goals)	(13:12)	Hansen (7 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

January 22, 2017 4:00 p.m.	Belarus	22:41	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Spectators: 16,188 Referee: Gjorgji Načevski, Slave Nikolov
	Karalek (7 goals)	(11:24)	Gottfridsson (8 goals)
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 22, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Germany	20:21	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 10,209 Referees: Mindaugas Gatelis, Vaidas Mažeika
	Glandorf , Groetzki (4 goals)	(10: 9)	Capote (9 goals)
	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 22, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Croatia	21:19	Egypt	Sud de France Arena, Montpellier Spectators: 6,266 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Horvat (6 goals)	(13: 7)	El-Ahmar (5 goals)
	3 ×	Match report	4 ×

Quarter finals

January 24, 2017 5:00 p.m.	Norway	31:28	Hungary	Halle Olympique , Albertville Spectators: 6,540 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Hansen (6 goals)	(17:10)	Császár (11 goals)
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 24, 2017 7:00 p.m.	France	33:30	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy , Lille Spectators: 28,010 Referees: Óscar López, Ángel Ramírez
	Mahé (9 goals)	(15:16)	Gottfridsson (7 goals)
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 24, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Spain	29:30	Croatia	Sud de France Arena , Montpellier Spectators: 6,749 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Fernández (7 goals)	(15:17)	Mamić (9 goals)
	4 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 24, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Slovenia	32:30	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 6,573 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Marguč (6 goals)	(18:15)	Roiné (8 goals)
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

Semifinals

January 26, 2017 9:00 p.m.	France	31:25	Slovenia	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 15,609 Referees: Lars Geipel, Marcus Helbig
	Remili (5 goals)	(15:12)	Dolenec (6 goals)
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 27, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Croatia	25:28 a.d.	Norway	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 10,324 Referees: Václav Horáček, Jiří Novotný
	Horvat (6 goals)	(10:12), (22:22)	Myrhol (6 gates)
	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

3rd place match

January 28, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Slovenia	31:30	Croatia	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 8,625 Referees: Óscar López, Ángel Ramírez
	Marguč , Cingesar , Bezjak (4 goals)	(13:18)	Cindrić (7 goals)
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

final

January 29, 2017 5:30 p.m.	France	33:26	Norway	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 15,609 Referees: Martin Gjeding, Mads Hansen
	Karabatić (6 goals)	(18:17)	Tønnesen (5 goals)
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

President's Cup

At the President's Cup, places 17 to 24 were played out. The group fifth from the preliminary round played for places 17 to 20 and the group sixth from the preliminary round for places 21 to 24. Just like the finals, the games were played in knockout mode. In the event of a tie after regular playing time, there was an extension of five minutes twice. If the first extra time also ended in a draw, a second extra time was played with five minutes twice. If there was still no team in the lead, the game was decided in a 7-meter throw.

Overview

Placement round places 17–20     Game for 17th place                         A5   Poland 28     B5   Tunisia 26th             A5   Poland 24         D5   Argentina 22nd   C5   Saudi Arabia 22nd         D5   Argentina 24         Game for 19th place       B5   Tunisia 39   C5   Saudi Arabia 30th

Placement round places 21–24     Game for 21st place                         A6   Japan 37     B6   Angola 26th             A6   Japan 29         C6   Chile 35   C6   Chile 35         D6   Bahrain 30th         Game for 23rd place       B6   Angola 26th   D6   Bahrain 32

Intermediate round

January 21, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Japan	37:26	Angola	Brest Arena , Brest Spectators: 3,017 Referees: Majid Kolahdouzan, Alireza Mousaviannazhad
	Tokuda (8 goals)	(18:14)	Lopes (9 goals)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 21, 2017 4:00 p.m.	Poland	28:26	Tunisia	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 3,600 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Krajewski (9 goals)	(15:11)	Bannour (10 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 22, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Chile	35:30	Bahrain	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 3,600 Referees: Lee Se-ok, Koo Bon-ok
	E. Salinas , R. Salinas (8 goals)	(18:14)	Al-Sayyad (8 goals)
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

January 22, 2017 4:00 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	22:24	Argentina	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 4,114 Referees: Ivan Pavićević, Miloš Ražnatović
	Alabas (6 gates)	(8:10)	Pizarro (6 goals)
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Game for 23rd place

January 23, 2017 1:00 p.m.	Angola	26:32	Bahrain	Brest Arena , Brest spectators: 3,200 Referees: Ivan Pavićević, Miloš Ražnatović
	Pestana (6 goals)	(13:15)	Merza (8 goals)
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

Game for 21st place

January 23, 2017 3:00 p.m.	Japan	29:35	Chile	Brest Arena , Brest Spectators: 3,200 Referees: Laurent Reveret, Stevann Pichon
	Agarie (9 goals)	(12:17)	Feuchtmann , Ceballos (7 goals)
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

Game for 19th place

January 23, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Tunisia	39:30	Saudi Arabia	Brest Arena , Brest Spectators: 1,650 Referees: Lee Se-ok, Koo Bon-ok
	Youssef (12 goals)	(20:15)	Al-Abbas (9 gates)
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Game for 17th place

January 23, 2017 8:00 p.m.	Poland	24:22	Argentina	Brest Arena , Brest Spectators: 2,320 Referees: Majid Kolahdouzan, Alireza Mousaviannazhad
	Krajewski (6 goals)	(13:13)	Fernández (8 goals)
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	France	9	9	0	0	282: 218	+64
	Norway	9	7th	0	2	274: 234	+40
	Slovenia	9	6th	1	2	271: 253	+18
04th	Croatia	9	6th	0	3	254: 233	+21
05.	Spain	7th	6th	0	1	217: 172	+45
06th	Sweden	7th	5	0	2	233: 166	+67
07th	Hungary	7th	3	0	4th	202: 194	+8
08th.	Qatar	7th	3	0	4th	178: 181	−4
09.	Germany	6th	5	0	1	179: 128	+51
10.	Denmark	6th	5	0	1	182: 157	+25
11.	Belarus	6th	2	0	4th	156: 186	−30
12.	Russia	6th	3	0	3	165: 168	−3
13.	Egypt	6th	3	0	3	157: 164	−7
14th	Iceland	6th	1	2	3	153: 152	+1
15th	Macedonia	6th	2	1	3	163: 171	−8
16.	Brazil	6th	2	0	4th	148: 174	−26
17th	Poland	7th	3	0	4th	167: 173	−6
18th	Argentina	7th	2	0	5	154: 183	−29
19th	Tunisia	7th	2	2	3	209: 202	+7
20th	Saudi Arabia	7th	1	0	6th	175: 220	−45
21st	Chile	7th	3	0	4th	192: 219	−27
22nd	Japan	7th	1	0	6th	186: 222	−36
23.	Bahrain	7th	1	0	6th	172: 213	−41
24.	Angola	7th	0	0	7th	174: 260	−86

• The first place entitles to participation in the men's handball world championship 2019 .
• The placements of places 5 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): Nikola Karabatić

All-Star Team

Jerry Tollbring		Bjarte Myrhol		Kristian Bjørnsen
	Sander Sagosen		Nedim Remili
		Domagoj Duvnjak
		Vincent Gérard

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	Litters	Quota	7m goals	7m throws	Games
01.	Kiril Lazarov	Macedonia	50	81	62%	20th	22nd	6th
02.	Sérgio Avelino Lopes	Angola	47	88	53%	14th	17th	7th
03.	Amine Bannour	Tunisia	45	84	54%	6th	8th	7th
	Kristian Bjørnsen	Norway	45	59	76%	5	8th	9
05.	Niclas Ekberg	Sweden	43	60	72%	12	13	7th
06th	Bjarte Myrhol	Norway	42	53	79%	0	0	9
07th	Sander Sagosen	Norway	41	79	53%	8th	14th	9
08th.	Luka Cindrić	Croatia	39	65	60%	3	4th	9
	Federico Fernández	Argentina	39	58	67%	19th	24	7th
10.	Gábor Császár	Hungary	38	55	69%	18th	22nd	7th
	Gašper Marguč	Slovenia	38	48	79%	10	11	9
	Jerry Tollbring	Sweden	38	46	83%	6th	8th	7th
Source: ihf.info , as of January 29, 2017

goalkeeper

Pl.	player	team	Rate in%	Parades	Litters	Games
01.	Espen Christensen	Norway	44	32	73	9
02.	Andreas Wolff	Germany	43	60	141	6th
03.	Vincent Gérard	France	40	62	155	9
	Niklas Landin Jacobsen	Denmark	40	66	167	6th
	Andreas Palicka	Sweden	40	51	127	7th
06th	Mikael Appelgren	Sweden	39	55	141	7th
07th	Rodrigo Corrales	Spain	36	43	121	7th
	Silvio Heinevetter	Germany	36	25th	69	6th
	Maik dos Santos	Brazil	36	46	129	6th
10.	Macram missaoui	Tunisia	35	73	210	7th
Source: ihf.info , as of January 29, 2017

Team fair play

Pl.	team	Points / game	Points (total) b	disqualification	warning	2 minutes	Games
01.	Japan	05.7	40	0	16	12	7th
02.	Spain	06.9	48	0	16	16	7th
03.	France	08.8	79	1	20th	27	9
04th	Brazil	09.0	54	0	8th	23	6th
05.	Qatar	09.1	64	0	14th	25th	7th
06th	Chile	09.3	65	0	19th	23	7th
07th	Germany	09.7	58	0	18th	20th	6th
08th.	Slovenia	09.8	88	0	26th	31	9
09.	Argentina	10.0	70	0	14th	28	7th
	Denmark	10.0	60	1	15th	20th	6th
	Macedonia	10.0	60	0	18th	21st	6th
12.	Angola	10.1	71	2	13	24	7th
13.	Egypt	10.3	62	1	9	24	6th
	Tunisia	10.3	72	1	19th	24	7th
15th	Croatia	10.4	94	1	23	33	9
16.	Norway	10.6	95	1	22nd	34	9
	Poland	10.6	74	2	14th	25th	7th
18th	Saudi Arabia	11.4	80	0	18th	31	7th
19th	Iceland	11.5	69	0	17th	26th	6th
20th	Hungary	11.6	81	1	22nd	27	7th
21st	Belarus	11.7	70	0	18th	26th	6th
22nd	Russia	12.0	72	2	12	25th	6th
23.	Sweden	12.7	89	1	14th	35	7th
24.	Bahrain	13.3	93	1	18th	35	7th
Source: ihf.info , as of January 29, 2017

^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.

referee

With the French twins Charlotte and Julie Bonaventura , a female referee team took part in a men's handball world championship for the first time .

referee
Argentina	Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
France	Laurent Reveret Stevann Pichon
Iran	Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviannazhad
Latvia	Renārs Līcis Zigmārs Sondors
Lithuania	Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika

referee
Macedonia	Gjorgji Načevski slave Nikolov
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Óscar López Ángel Ramírez
South Korea	Lee Se-ok Koo Bon-ok
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Tunisia	Ismail Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi

Television broadcast

At the beginning of 2014, the TV rights for the men's world championships in 2015 and 2017 in France and the women's world championships in 2015 and 2017 were sold to the Qatari subsidiary of Al Jazeera beIN Sports for a record sum of around 80 million euros . As before the 2015 World Cup , beIN Sports insisted on satellite encryption of the broadcast in order to protect the exclusive rights of other broadcasters. Therefore, ARD and ZDF were again out of the question for the broadcast. The pay TV broadcaster Sky, which had broadcast the last World Cup from France, was unable to acquire the rights this time, and neither was the DAZN streaming service .

On January 5, 2017, it was announced that Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) had secured the exclusive rights to broadcast live on the Internet to more than 50 games, including those of the German national team. The games were shown on the bank's website and YouTube channel. A day later, the IHF announced that the DKB had acquired the rights for the DHB games. The remaining games could also be received via live stream via the DKB, but with the original English commentary.

On January 11, 2017, the opening game between France and Brazil was broadcast with German commentator, Uwe Semrau. The games with German participation as well as the two semi-finals and the final were also shown with German commentary by Markus Götz and Uwe Semrau. The livestream of the first German game was interrupted for more than 15 minutes in the first half. According to the DKB, the rights exploiter beIN Sports was responsible for this. The same happened in the semi-finals between Croatia and Norway 3 minutes before the end of the game.

During the entire tournament, the live stream generated over 6 million views. During the round of 16 between Germany and Qatar, the mark of one million simultaneous access was exceeded. With the broadcast of the Handball World Cup 2017 via live stream, the DKB won the German Prize for Online Communication 2017 in the “Disruptive Campaign” category.

Web links

• Official website for the 2017 World Cup
• Handball World Championship 2017 on the IHF website

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ France hosts the Men's World Cup 2017, Denmark is a candidate for 2019. handball-world.com, December 15, 2011, accessed on June 21, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} IHF Council awards World Championships 2017 to Germany and France. IHF, December 15, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Host Cities and Venues. IHF, accessed on November 27, 2015 . 
5. ↑ 2017 IHF Handball World Championship in France. wm-liveticker-eu, accessed on October 1, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Draw for the 2017 World Cup in Paris City Hall: Germany in Group C. Handball-World.com, accessed on June 23, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Match schedule - France Handball 2017. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 30, 2016 ; accessed on June 24, 2016 . 
8. ↑ France 2017 All Star Team announced. IHF, January 29, 2017, accessed on January 29, 2017 . 
9. ↑ List of goalscorers (PDF; 283 kB)
10. ↑ Goalkeeper statistics (PDF; 74.6 kB)
11. ↑ Fair Play (PDF; 73.6 kB)
12. ↑ A small step for the Bonaventuras, one giant leap for refereeing , on the IHF website , January 12, 2017. Accessed January 30, 2017.
13. ↑ Martin Kloth, Andreas Bruhn: Mega deal in handball: broadcaster pays 80 million for TV rights. In: Digital television. Auerbach Verlag und Infodienste GmbH, February 21, 2014, accessed on January 6, 2017 . 
14. ↑ tora./dpa: Handball World Cup 2017 not on ARD & ZDF on free TV. In: faz.net. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 31, 2016, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 
15. ↑ dpa: TV blackout for World Cup is getting closer: "Total catastrophe". In: handball-world.news. January 4, 2017, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
16. ↑ dpa: World Championship: Final rejection of streaming service DAZN. In: handball-world.news. January 5, 2017, accessed May 20, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Transmission saved: World Cup games in the livestream. In: kicker online . Olympia-Verlag , January 5, 2017, accessed on January 6, 2017 . 
18. ↑ Uwe Mantel: Sponsor DKB broadcasts Handball World Cup on the Internet. In: DWDL.de . DWDL.de GmbH, January 5, 2017, accessed on January 6, 2017 . 
19. ↑ World Association IHF confirms allocation of TV rights only for DHB games. handball-world.com, January 6, 2017, accessed January 7, 2017 . 
20. ↑ No classic TV coverage, well-known moderators: DKB planning for World Cup. handball-world.com, January 9, 2017, accessed January 11, 2017 . 
21. ↑ This is what the DKB is planning for the broadcast Focus Online, January 9, 2017.
22. ↑ DKB blames rights provider for failure FAZ.net, January 13, 2017.
23. ↑ dkb.de: DKB wins German Prize for Online Communication , June 9, 2017.
24. ↑ How the DKB became an online sports broadcaster, press spokesman, June 9, 2017.