Men's handball world championship 2019

26th Men's Handball World Championship 2019
26th Men's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Denmark (1st title)
venue	Denmark Germany
Opening game	January 10, 2019
Endgame	January 27, 2019
Games	96
Gates	5,239   (∅: 54.57 per game)
spectator	906,283   (∅: 9,440 per game)
Top scorer	Mikkel Hansen (72 goals)
Best player	Mikkel Hansen
yellow cards	318  (∅: 3.31 per game)
Time penalties	774  (∅: 8.06 per game)
Red cards	26  (∅: 0.27 per game)
Blue cards	1  (∅: 0.01 per game)
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The 26th men's handball world championship was held in Denmark and Germany in 2019 . The World Championship was the first to be organized in cooperation between two handball associations. At the same time it was the 22nd men's handball world championship held in Europe.

Applicants

The associations from Denmark and Germany , Slovakia and Hungary , Poland , Norway and Sweden applied to host the 26th World Cup .

Slovakia and Hungary wanted to host the 2019 tournament together. As part of what was then Czechoslovakia, Slovakia hosted the 1964 and 1990 World Championships . For Hungary this World Cup would have been the first that the association would have organized.

Poland also aimed to host the first title fights in the country. The association had already organized the 2016 European Championship .

The Norwegian Handball Federation withdrew its application three days before the decision on the venue. The Swedish Handball Federation also withdrew its application shortly before the decision. For Sweden it would have been the fifth edition of the competition after 1954 , 1967 , 1993 and 2011 .

Denmark and Germany submitted a double application to the IHF and wanted to host the tournament together. The Danish Handball Federation hosted the 1978 World Cup , and Germany has already hosted four World Cups ( 1938 , 1961 , 1982 and 2007 ). The 1958 and 1974 World Championships were also held by the German Handball Federation in the GDR .

host

On October 28, 2013, the IHF announced at its congress in Doha that the World Cup would take place in Denmark and Germany . For the first time in its history, the tournament was held jointly by two associations.

Venues

The games were played at a total of six locations, four of which are in Germany ( Berlin , Cologne , Munich and Hamburg ) and two in Denmark ( Copenhagen and Herning ).

The opening game took place in Berlin, the final was played in Herning. The four preliminary round groups each had a fixed venue (Berlin, Munich, Copenhagen or Herning). The preliminary round matches of the German team were played in Berlin, those of the Danish national team in Herning. The IHF schedule ensured that the two hosts could play the main round in their own country: the German team in Cologne, the Danish team again in Herning. The two semi-finals took place in Hamburg, which were also the only two games played there.

Berlin Hamburg Mercedes-Benz Arena Capacity: 13,500 Barclaycard Arena Capacity: 13,000 Berlin Hamburg Cologne Munich Venues for the 2019 World Cup in Germany Cologne Munich Lanxess Arena Capacity: 19,250 Olympiahalle Munich Capacity: 12,000

Herning Copenhagen Jyske Bank Boxes Capacity: 15,000 Royal Arena Capacity: 12,500 Herning Copenhagen Venues for the 2019 World Cup in Denmark

Attendees

qualification

→ Main article : Men's Handball World Championship 2019 / Qualification

24 teams took part in the tournament. France as world champions 2017 and Denmark and Germany as hosts were automatically qualified . The remaining 21 starting places were awarded to ten teams from Europe, four from Asia, three each from Africa and America and one representative from Oceania.

List of participants

→ Main article : 2019 Men's Handball World Championship / squad

The teams listed below took part in the 2019 World Cup. 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 )
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	host	Oct 28, 2013	22nd	1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Germany	Europe (EHF)	host	Oct 28, 2013	24	1938 1 , 1954 1 , 1958 1 , 1961 1 , 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 , 1982, 1986, 1990 5 , 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 , 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 , 2017
France	Europe (EHF)	World Champion 2017	Jan. 29, 2017	21st	1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995 , 1997, 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 , 2011 , 2013, 2015 , 2017
Qatar	Asia (AHF)	Asian champion 2018	Jan. 23, 2018	6th	2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017
Bahrain	Asia (AHF)	2nd of the Asian Cup 2018	Jan. 24, 2018	2	2011, 2017
Korea	Asia (AHF)	South Korea 3rd in the 2018 Asian Cup	Jan. 23, 2018	11	1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Saudi Arabia	Asia (AHF)	4th of the Asian Cup 2018	Jan. 23, 2018	8th	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	African champions 2018	Jan. 26, 2018	13	1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Egypt	Africa (CAHB)	2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2018	Jan. 26, 2018	14th	1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Angola	Africa (CAHB)	3rd of the African Cup of Nations 2018	Jan. 26, 2018	3	2005, 2007, 2017
Spain	Europe (EHF)	European Champion 2018	Jan. 28, 2018	19th	1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 , 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 , 2015, 2017
Japan	Asia (AHF)	Wildcard	May 10, 2018	13	1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017
Norway	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 12, 2018	14th	1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017
Russia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 12, 2018	020 2	1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982 , 1986, 1990, 1993 , 1995, 1997 , 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
Iceland	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 13, 2018	19th	1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Macedonia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 13, 2018	05 3	1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
Austria	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 13, 2018	5	1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015
Sweden	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 13, 2018	23	1938, 1954 , 1958 , 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 , 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
Hungary	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 13, 2018	19th	1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017
Croatia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 14, 2018	012 3	1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Serbia	Europe (EHF)	Play-off winner	June 14, 2018	0 03 3 4	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	Pan American Champion 2018	June 23, 2018	11	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	2nd of the Pan American Championship 2018	June 23, 2018	13	1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Chile	Pan America (PATHF)	3rd of the Pan American Championship 2018	June 24, 2018	4th	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

¹In 1938 the German Reich entered (Reichsflagge); From 1954 to 1961, the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR team competed in a joint team.

²until 1991 part of the national team of the USSR

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

^4thuntil 2005 part of the Serbian-Montenegrin national team

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

Group draw

The draw for the four groups for the preliminary round of the 2019 Handball World Cup took place on June 25, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. in Copenhagen City Hall . Before the draw, the 24 qualified teams were divided into 6 pots made up of 4 teams each.

Lottery pots

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France Spain Sweden (set) Denmark (set)	Croatia (set) Russia Norway Hungary	Qatar Germany (set) Austria Macedonia	Serbia Tunisia Iceland Argentina	Brazil Egypt Bahrain Chile	Korea Saudi Arabia Angola Japan

The following teams were already seeded before the draw:

• Germany in group A
• Croatia in group B
• Denmark in group C and
• Sweden in group D

The remaining 20 teams were drawn. The draw resulted in the following four groups with six teams each:

Group A Berlin	Group B Munich	Group C Herning	Group D Copenhagen
France Russia Germany Serbia Brazil Korea	Spain Croatia Macedonia Iceland Bahrain Japan	Denmark Norway Austria Tunisia Chile Saudi Arabia	Sweden Hungary Qatar Argentina Egypt Angola

Preliminary round

The preliminary round began on January 10, 2019 with the opening games of the two host associations: Germany met the Korean team, which was competing for the first time, in the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin. Later that evening Denmark played against Chile at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. For the remaining 20 teams, the tournament started one day later. The preliminary round was played in four groups of six teams.

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 qualified for the main round

Team participated in the President's Cup in part

The times are given in CET .

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	France	05	04th	01	00	0138: 1130	+25	09
02.	Germany	05	03	02	00	0142: 1100	+32	08th
03.	Brazil	05	03	00	02	0127: 1290	−2	06th
04th	Russia	05	01	02	02	0131: 1270	+4	04th
05.	Serbia	05	01	01	03	0127: 1460	−19	03
06th	Korea	05	00	00	05	0124: 1640	−40	00

January 10, 2019 6:15 pm	Korea	7:30 p.m.	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena , Berlin Spectators: 13,500 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Jang , Kang each 4	(10:17)	Gensheimer 7th
	5 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  6 ×

January 11, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Serbia	30:30	Russia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 10,468 Referee: Jørum / Kleven
	Ilić 6	(16:16)	Dibirov 12
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×

January 11, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Brazil	22:24	France	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 10,529 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Toledo 8	(13:16)	Guigou , Mem 6 each
	3 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  4 ×

January 12, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Russia	34:27	Korea	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 10,039 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Schkurinski 6	(20:13)	Kang , Park each 4
	2 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 12, 2019 6:15 p.m.	Germany	34:21	Brazil	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 13,500 Referees: Jørum / Kleven
	Gensheimer 10th	(15: 8)	Toledo 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×

January 12, 2019 8:30 p.m.	France	32:21	Serbia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 13,500 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Remili , Fabregas 5 each	(15:12)	Radivojevic 6
	2 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 14, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Serbia	22:24	Brazil	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 10,211 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Radivojević, Marsenić each 5	(11:14)	Toledo 5
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×

January 14, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Russia	22:22	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 13,500 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Dibirov 8	(10:12)	Gensheimer 8
	3 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  3 ×

January 14, 2019 8:30 p.m.	France	34:23	Korea	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 10,331 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Remili 7	(17:16)	Kang 7
	3 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×

January 15, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Russia	23:25	Brazil	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 9,011 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Dibirow, Schitnikow 6 each	(10:15)	Borges 7
	1 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 15, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Korea	29:31	Serbia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 11,953 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Kang 12	(16:14)	Vorkapić 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 15, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Germany	25:25	France	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 13,500 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Strobel , Wiede , Gensheimer 4 each	(12:10)	Mahé 9
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	6 ×

January 17, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Brazil	35:26	Korea	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 8,933 Referees: Jørum / Kleven
	Borges 6	(18:10)	Kang 5
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 17, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Germany	31:23	Serbia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 13,500 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Shell 5	(16:12)	Ilic 6
	1 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  7 ×

January 17, 2019 8:30 p.m.	France	23:22	Russia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Spectators: 11,287 Referees: Horáček / Novotný
	Richardson 4	(12:12)	Schkurinski 4
	2 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Croatia	05	05	00	00	0152: 1150	+37	10
02.	Spain	05	04th	00	01	0142: 1140	+28	08th
03.	Iceland	05	03	00	02	0137: 1240	+13	06th
04th	Macedonia	05	02	00	03	0131: 1390	−8	04th
05.	Bahrain	05	01	00	04th	0107: 1510	−44	02
06th	Japan	05	00	00	05	0121: 1470	−26	00

11 January 2019 3:30 p.m.	Japan	29:38	Macedonia	Olympiahalle , Munich Spectators: 7,500 Referees: Horáček / Novotný
	Watanabe 5	(13:18)	Lazarov 8
	3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×

January 11, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Iceland	27:31	Croatia	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 12,000 Referees: Boualloucha / Khenissi
	Pálmarsson 7	(14:16)	Stepančić 8
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  2 ×

January 11, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Bahrain	23:33	Spain	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 9,800 Referees: Grillo / Lenci
	Habib , Al-Sayyad 7 each	(11:16)	Solé 7
	2 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2019 2:00 p.m.	Macedonia	28:23	Bahrain	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 8,500 Referees: Boualloucha / Khenissi
	Lazarov 8	(12: 8)	Al-Sayyad 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

January 13, 2019 4:30 p.m.	Croatia	35:27	Japan	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 12,000 Referees: Brunner / Salah
	Horvat 8	(18:13)	Tokuda 6
	3 ×  2 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  2 ×

January 13, 2019 7:00 p.m.	Spain	32:25	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 12,000 Referees: Horáček / Novotný
	Solé 5	(19:14)	Guðmundsson 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  6 ×

January 14, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Iceland	36:18	Bahrain	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 6,000 Referees: Brunner / Salah
	Gunnarsson 8	(16:10)	Merza 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×  2 ×

January 14, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Croatia	31:22	Macedonia	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 9,800 Referees: Horáček / Novotný
	Duvnjak 6	(16:11)	Manaskov 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

January 14, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Spain	26:22	Japan	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 7,300 Referees: Grillo / Lenci
	Solé 8	(10:11)	Tokuda 7
	3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×

January 16, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Japan	21:25	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 6,000 Referees: Boualloucha / Khenissi
	Agaria 4	(12:13)	Sigurmannsson , Gunnarsson 5 each
	1 ×  1 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  2 ×

January 16, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Croatia	32:20	Bahrain	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 8,600 Referees: Grillo / Lenci
	Štrlek 11	(19: 9)	Jalal 5
	3 ×  7 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  5 ×

January 16, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Macedonia	21:32	Spain	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 9,600 Referees: Brunner / Salah
	Peševski 6	(12:13)	Gomez 6
	1 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 17, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Bahrain	23:22	Japan	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 5,200 Referees: Brunner / Salah
	Basham 6	(10: 9)	Motoki 9
	4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 17, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Macedonia	22:24	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 10,100 Referee: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Manaskov, Lazarov 5 each	(13:11)	Gunnarsson 10
	3 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 17, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Spain	19:23	Croatia	Olympiahalle, Munich Spectators: 12,000 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Solé 5	(10:13)	Horvat 8
	1 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  2 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	05	05	00	00	0167: 1030	+64	10
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0175: 1190	+56	08th
03.	Tunisia	05	03	00	02	0138: 1470	−9	06th
04th	Chile	05	02	00	03	0130: 1670	−37	04th
05.	Austria	05	01	00	04th	0121: 1480	−27	02
06th	Saudi Arabia	05	00	00	05	0112: 1590	−47	00

January 10, 2019 8:15 p.m.	Chile	16:39	Denmark	Royal Arena , Copenhagen Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Fonseca / Santos
	Salinas 4	(4:22)	Mortensen 8
	5 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 11, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	22:29	Austria	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Schulze / Tönnies
	Ma. Al-Salem 7	(9:15)	Bilyk 7
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 11, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Tunisia	24:34	Norway	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Gubica / Milošević
	Jaballah 5	(13:18)	Jøndal 9
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  5 ×

January 12, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Austria	24:32	Chile	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 5,900 Referees: Gasmi / Gasmi
	Weber 6	(15:14)	He. Feuchtmann 9
	2 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  5 ×

January 12, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Norway	40:21	Saudi Arabia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12.002 Referee: Schulze / Tönnies
	Rød 9	(20:10)	Ma. Al-Salem 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 12, 2019 8:15 p.m.	Denmark	36:22	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 15,000 Referees: Lah / Sok
	M. Hansen 7	(19:10)	Chouiref 5
	3 ×  7 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  2 ×

January 14, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Tunisia	36:30	Chile	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 3,247 Referees: Gubica / Milošević
	Soussi , Chouiref 7 each	(18:15)	He. Feuchtmann, Salinas 8 each
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 14, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Norway	34:24	Austria	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 8,716 Referee: Lah / Sok
	Sagoses 8	(16:13)	Božović 7
	2 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 14, 2019 8:15 pm	Denmark	34:22	Saudi Arabia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12,157 Referees: Gasmi / Gasmi
	M. Landin 7	(17:11)	Mon. Al-Salem 4
	1 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  7 ×

January 15, 2019 4:15 pm	Saudi Arabia	20:24	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 4,571 Referee: Lah / Sok
	Al-Abdulali 5	(8:12)	Sanaï , Boughanmi 7 each
	1 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×  1 ×

January 15, 2019 6:30 p.m.	Norway	41:20	Chile	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 11,247 Referees: Gasmi / Gasmi
	Blonz 8	(21:12)	Salinas 9
	2 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 15, 2019 8:45 p.m.	Austria	17:28	Denmark	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 14,607 Referee: Schulze / Tönnies
	Dicker , Weber, Božović 3 each	(8:11)	M. Landin, lye 6 each
	1 ×  2 ×	Game statistics	2 ×

January 17, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Chile	32:27	Saudi Arabia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 3,526 Referees: Gubica / Milošević
	He. Feuchtmann 11	(21:13)	Mon. Al-Salem 8
	1 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  9 ×

January 17, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Austria	27:32	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 11,834 Referees: Fonseca / Santos
	Weber 9	(14:18)	Boughanmi 9
	2 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 17, 2019 8:15 pm	Denmark	30:26	Norway	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 15.001 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Hansen 14	(17:14)	Johannessen 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  4 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Sweden	05	05	00	00	0151: 1110	+40	10
02.	Hungary	05	02	02	01	0151: 1380	+13	06th
03.	Egypt	05	02	01	02	0132: 1330	−1	05
04th	Qatar	05	02	00	03	0125: 1270	−2	04th
05.	Argentina	05	01	01	03	0119: 1300	−11	03
06th	Angola	05	01	00	04th	0121: 1600	−39	02

11 January 2019 3:30 p.m.	Angola	24:23	Qatar	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 1,870 Referees: Fonseca / Santos
	Hebo 7	(12: 8)	Berrached 6
	2 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 11, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Argentina	25:25	Hungary	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 4,272 Referee: Raluy / Sabroso
	Simonet 6	(10:13)	Balogh 11
	3 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×

January 11, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Egypt	24:27	Sweden	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,448 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	El-Ahmar 5	(11:13)	L. Nilsson , Gottfridsson 5 each
	3 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Qatar	28:23	Egypt	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 3,077 Referee: Raluy / Sabroso
	Benali 9	(15:12)	El-Ahmar 6
	3 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×

January 13, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	34:24	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 4,891 Referee: Kolahdouzan / Mousavian
	Bóka 5	(18: 8)	Ferreira 5
	2 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	3 ×

January 13, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	31:16	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,492 Referee: Fonseca / Santos
	Zachrisson 6	(15:10)	Fernández 6
	1 ×  8 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  6 ×

January 14, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Hungary	32:26	Qatar	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 1,694 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Lékai 5	(16:11)	Marzo , Sinen 5 each
	2 ×  8 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 14, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Argentina	20:22	Egypt	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 2,607 Referee: Kolahdouzan / Mousavian
	Fernández 5	(9: 8)	Sanad 7
	4 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 14, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	37:19	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 3,731 Referee: Raluy / Sabroso
	Ekberg , Zachrisson 5 each	(19:14)	Hebo 5
	1 ×  2 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Angola	26:33	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 1,709 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Ferreira 7	(12:17)	Simonet 7
	3 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	30:30	Egypt	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 3,929 Referees: Fonseca / Santos
	Lékai 6	(14:14)	Zein 7
	4 ×	Game statistics	5 ×

January 16, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Qatar	22:23	Sweden	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,079 Referee: Schulze / Tönnies
	Ali 8	(11:10)	Zachrisson, L. Nilsson 7 each
	3 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Egypt	33:28	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 2,247 Referee: Kolahdouzan / Mousavian
	El-Deraa 8	(19:12)	Sibo 7
	2 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Qatar	26:25	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 4,448 Referee: Lah / Sok
	March 8	(16:13)	Simonet, Baronetto 4 each
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×

January 17, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	33:30	Hungary	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 7,803 Referee: Raluy / Sabroso
	L. Nilsson 7	(16:15)	Lékai 8
	3 ×  2 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

Main round

The main round replaced the round of 16 and the quarter-finals, which were used in the last World Championships. 2 groups of 6 teams were formed. The results of the teams against the teams that moved into the main round from their own preliminary round group were taken with them. The games took place from January 19th to 23rd. The placements of Germany and Denmark were of particular importance, because the games were scheduled differently depending on the placement. In Copenhagen the further placements were determined in the President's Cup .

Evaluation criteria

The main 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.

In the event of a tie between two or more teams after the main round, the following criteria will decide on the placement:

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 games;
5. higher number of plus goals in all games;
6. the lot.

colour	meaning
	Team qualified for the semifinals
	Team qualified for the game for 5th place
	Team qualified for the game for 7th place

Group I.

taken from the preliminary round:
Brazil	-	France	22:24
Germany	-	Brazil	34:21
Germany	-	France	25:25
Iceland	-	Croatia	27:31
Spain	-	Iceland	32:25
Spain	-	Croatia	19:23

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany	05	04th	01	00	0136: 1160	+20	09
02.	France	05	03	01	01	0133: 1220	+11	07th
03.	Croatia	05	03	00	02	0124: 1170	+7	06th
04th	Spain	05	02	00	03	0147: 1360	+11	04th
05.	Brazil	05	02	00	03	0128: 1490	−21	04th
06th	Iceland	05	00	00	05	0122: 1500	−28	00

January 19, 2019 6:00 p.m.	France	33:30	Spain	Lanxess Arena , Cologne Spectators: 18,121 Referee: Jørum / Kleven
	Mem , Fabregas 6 each	(17:15)	Solé 11
	1 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  4 ×

January 19, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Germany	24:19	Iceland	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 19,250 Referees: Horáček / Novotný
	Fäth 6	(14:10)	Gunnarsson 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  6 ×

January 20, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Brazil	29:26	Croatia	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 15,227 Referee: Jørum / Kleven
	Langaro 9	(17:13)	Duvnjak 6
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 20, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Iceland	22:31	France	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 18,587 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Jónsson 5	(11:15)	Richardson , Porte 5 each
	1 ×  2 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  5 ×

January 21, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Spain	36:24	Brazil	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 17,209 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Ariño , Solé 6 each	(19:13)	Nantes , Langaro each 4
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  2 ×

January 21, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	21:22	Germany	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 19,250 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Štrlek , Karačić each 4	(11:11)	Again 6
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 23, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Brazil	32:29	Iceland	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 11,027 Referee: Jørum / Kleven
	Langaro 9	(15:15)	Jónsson 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 23, 2019 6:00 p.m.	France	20:23	Croatia	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 17,191 Referee: Horáček / Novotný
	Richardson 5	(11:11)	Horvat 7
	1 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  2 ×

January 23, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Germany	31:30	Spain	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 19,250 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Bohm 5	(17:16)	Solé 8
	2 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

Group II

taken from the preliminary round:
Tunisia	-	Norway	24:34
Denmark	-	Tunisia	36:22
Denmark	-	Norway	30:26
Egypt	-	Sweden	24:27
Hungary	-	Egypt	30:30
Sweden	-	Hungary	33:30

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	05	05	00	00	0147: 1160	+31	10
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0157: 1350	+22	08th
03.	Sweden	05	03	00	02	0148: 1370	+11	06th
04th	Egypt	05	01	01	03	0132: 1380	−6	03
05.	Hungary	05	01	01	03	0134: 1440	−10	03
06th	Tunisia	05	00	00	05	0113: 1610	−48	00

January 19, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Tunisia	23:35	Sweden	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 14,153 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Sanai 6	(14:19)	Ekberg , A. Nilsson 7th each
	2 ×  2 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

January 19, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	25:22	Hungary	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 15.001 Referee: Schulze / Tönnies
	M. Hansen 7	(15:10)	Szita 5
	1 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 20, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	26:21	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 2,605 Referee: Fonseca / Santos
	Balogh 9	(16:14)	Sanai, Boughanmi 5 each
	1 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  6 ×

January 20, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	32:28	Egypt	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 3,643 Referee: Raluy / Sabroso
	Sagosen , Rød 10 each	(16:14)	El-Ahmar , Sanad 4 each
	1 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 21, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	27:30	Norway	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 11,600 Referees: Fonseca / Santos
	Wanne , A. Nilsson 5 each	(14:17)	Jøndal 11
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  6 ×

January 21, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Egypt	20:26	Denmark	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 13,237 Referees: Gubica / Milošević
	Zein 6	(7: 9)	Zachariassen , M. Hansen 5 each
	3 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

January 23, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Tunisia	23:30	Egypt	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 4,924 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Boughanmi 6	(10:15)	Omar 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

January 23, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Norway	35:26	Hungary	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 13,815 Referee: Schulze / Tönnies
	Jøndal 7	(16:13)	Balogh 11
	1 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×

January 23, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	30:26	Sweden	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 15.002 Referee: Raluy / Sabroso
	M. Hansen 6	(13:13)	Tollbring 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  4 ×

President's Cup

The teams that did not qualify for the main round played for their placement in the President's Cup on January 19 and 20 in Cologne and Copenhagen . Places 13 to 24 were played out. The group fourth in the preliminary round played for places 13 to 16, the group fifth for places 17 to 20 and the group sixth for places 21 to 24. The games were played in a knockout system . In the event of a tie after regular time, the game would have been decided directly by a seven-meter throw without extra time .

Overview

Placement round places 21–24     Game for 21st place                         A6   Korea 27     B6   Japan 25th             A6   Korea 26th         C6   Saudi Arabia 27   C6   Saudi Arabia 34         D6   Angola 29         Game for 23rd place       B6   Japan 29   D6   Angola 32

Placement round places 17–20     Game for 17th place                         A5   Serbia 32     B5   Bahrain 27             A5   Serbia 28         D5   Argentina 30th   C5   Austria 22nd         D5   Argentina 24         Game for 19th place       B5   Bahrain 27   C5   Austria 29

Placement round places 13–16     Game for 13th place                         A4   Russia 30th     B4   Macedonia 28             A4   Russia 28         D4   Qatar 34   C4   Chile 27         D4   Qatar 37         Play for 15th place       B4   Macedonia 32   C4   Chile 30th

Placement games

January 19, 2019 1:00 p.m.	Russia	30:28	Macedonia	Lanxess Arena , Cologne Spectators: 10,949 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Zhitnikov 8	(17:14)	Lazarov 9
	2 ×	Game statistics

January 19, 2019 1:00 p.m.	Korea	27:25	Japan	Royal Arena , Copenhagen Spectators: 4,446 Referee: Gubica / Milošević
	Kang 7	(12:14)	Thursday 10
	1 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  7 ×

January 19, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Chile	27:37	Qatar	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 13,267 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	He. Feuchtmann 7	(11:21)	Ali 8
	3 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

January 19, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Saudi Arabia	34:29	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 6,233 Referee: Grillo / Lenci
	Al-Abbas 9	(20:14)	Ferreira 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	3 ×

January 19, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Serbia	32:27	Bahrain	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 7,225 Referee: Gasmi / Gasmi
	V. Ilić 9	(15:17)	Al-Sayyad 9
	1 ×  6 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  7 ×  2 ×

January 19, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Austria	22:24	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 1,013 Referee: Boualloucha / Khenissi
	Frimmel 8	(12:12)	FG Fernández 6
	2 ×  5 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  2 ×

Game for 23rd place

January 20, 2019 1:00 p.m.	Japan	29:32	Angola	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 2,952 Referees: Gasmi / Gasmi
	Watanabe , Doi 5 each	(14:15)	Sibo 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  5 ×

Game for 21st place

January 20, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Korea	26:27	Saudi Arabia	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 3,523 Referees: Kolahdouzan / Mousavian
	Kang 4	(14:13)	Mojtaba Al-Salem 7
	3 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  7 ×

Game for 19th place

January 20, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Bahrain	27:29	Austria	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 3,624 Referee: Lah / Sok
	Al-Salatna 6	(17:17)	Weber 9
	5 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  6 ×

Game for 17th place

January 20, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Serbia	28:30	Argentina	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Spectators: 1,421 Referees: Gubica / Milošević
	Kukic 7	(15:13)	Fernández 10
	2 ×  7 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  6 ×

Play for 15th place

January 20, 2019 1:00 p.m.	Macedonia	32:30	Chile	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 9,473 Referees: Brunner / Ražnatović
	Lazarov 9	(16:16)	He. Feuchtmann 9
	1 ×  4 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  5 ×

Game for 13th place

January 20, 2019 3:30 p.m.	Russia	28:34	Qatar	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Spectators: 12,781 Referees: Salah / Pavićević
	Kovalyov 9	(14:17)	Marzo , Ali 8 each
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  6 ×  1 ×

Final round and games for places 5 to 8

From the final round, the games were played in the knockout system . In the event of a tie after regular time, an extension of five minutes twice would have been scheduled. If there had been a tie after the first extra time, a second extra time of five minutes twice would have been implemented. Had the second extension of the game ended in a draw, the game would have been decided in a seven-meter throw .

Overview

Semifinals					final
A2	France	30th
B1	Denmark	38			Endgame
					B1	Denmark	31
					B2	Norway	22nd
A1	Germany	25th
B2	Norway	31
					3rd place match
					A2	France	26th
					A1	Germany	25th
					Play for 5th place
					A3	Croatia	28
					B3	Sweden	34
					Game for 7th place
					A4	Spain	36
					B4	Egypt	31

Game for 7th place

January 26, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Spain	36:31	Egypt	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 5,318 Referee: Gjeding / Hansen
	Cañellas 9	(17:18)	El-Ahmar 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×  1 ×

Play for 5th place

January 26, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	28:34	Sweden	Jyske Bank Kasten, Herning Spectators: 6,075 Referee: Schulze / Tönnies
	Stepančić 5	(13:16)	Ekberg 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  2 ×

Semifinals

January 25, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Denmark	38:30	France	Barclaycard Arena , Hamburg Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Gubica / Milošević
	M. Hansen 12	(21:15)	Mahé 8
	3 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  4 ×

January 25, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Germany	25:31	Norway	Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Horáček / Novotný
	Gensheimer 7th	(12:14)	Rød 7
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	2 ×  3 ×

3rd place match

January 27, 2019 2:30 p.m.	Germany	25:26	France	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 14,121 Referee: Fonseca / Santos
	Gensheimer 7th	(13: 9)	Mahé 7
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Game statistics	3 ×  4 ×

final

January 27, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Denmark	31:22	Norway	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 15.003 Referee: Gubica / Milošević
	M. Hansen 7	(18:11)	Jøndal 8
	1 ×  3 ×	Game statistics	1 ×  3 ×

Final placements

rank	team
	Denmark
	Norway
	France
04th	Germany
05	Sweden
06th	Croatia
07th	Spain
08th	Egypt
09	Brazil
10	Hungary
11	Iceland
12	Tunisia
13	Qatar
14th	Russia
15th	Macedonia
16	Chile
17th	Argentina
18th	Serbia
19th	Austria
20th	Bahrain
21st	Saudi Arabia
22nd	Korea
23	Angola
24	Japan

The teams placed fifth in the two main round groups were placed in 9th and 10th place, the teams placed in 6th place in 11th and 12th. These places were determined according to the following calculation criteria:

1. score
2. In the event of a tie, the better goal difference from the preliminary round decided.
3. In the event of a tie and an identical goal difference, the higher number of goals scored from the preliminary round decided.
4. If a placement according to the above criteria had not been possible, the lot would have decided on the order of placement.

First place entitles you to participate in the 2021 World Cup in Egypt. The 2019 world champion is also directly qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Japan. The teams in places 2 to 7 are eligible to take part in the Olympic qualifying tournaments that will take place in April 2020.

referee

The following pairs of referees have been nominated by the International Handball Federation for the 2019 Handball World Championship:

Names	Nation / s	Games
Julián López Grillo Sebastián Lenci	Argentina	Preliminary round, group B: Bahrain - Spain 23:33 (11:16) preliminary round, group B: Spain - Japan 26:22 (10:11) preliminary round, group B: Croatia - Bahrain 32:20 (19: 9) President's Cup , Placement matches: Saudi Arabia - Angola 34:29 (20:14)
Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen	Denmark	Preliminary round, Group A: Korea - Germany 19:30 (10:17) Preliminary round, Group A: France - Serbia 32:21 (15:12) Preliminary round, Group A: Serbia - Brazil 22:24 (11:14) Preliminary round, Group A: Germany - France 25:25 (12:10) preliminary round, Group B: Spain - Croatia 19:23 (10:13) main round, Group I: Croatia - Germany 21:22 (11:11) President's Cup, placement games : Russia - Macedonia 30:28 (17:14) final round, game for 7th place: Spain - Egypt
Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies	Germany	Preliminary round, Group C: Saudi Arabia - Austria 22:29 (9:15) Preliminary round, Group C: Norway - Saudi Arabia 40:21 (20:10) Preliminary round, Group C: Austria - Denmark 17:28 (8: 11) Preliminary round, Group D: Qatar - Sweden 22:23 (11:10) main round, Group II: Denmark - Hungary 25:22 (15:10) main round, Group II: Norway - Hungary 35:26 (16:13) Final round, play for 5th place: Croatia - Sweden 28:34 (13:16)
Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi	France	Preliminary round, Group C: Austria - Chile 24:32 (15:14) Preliminary round, Group C: Denmark - Saudi Arabia 34:22 (17:11) Preliminary round, Group C: Norway - Chile 41:20 (21:12) President's Cup, placement games: Serbia - Bahrain 32:27 (15:17) President's Cup, game for 23rd place: Japan - Angola 29:32 (14:15)
Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousavian	Iran	Preliminary round, group D: Hungary - Angola 34:24 (18: 8) preliminary round, group D: Argentina - Egypt 20:22 (9: 8) preliminary round, group D: Egypt - Angola 33:28 (19:12) President's Cup , Game for 21st place: Korea - Saudi Arabia 26:27 (14:13)
Matija Gubica Boris Milošević	Croatia	Preliminary round, Group C: Tunisia - Norway 24:34 (13:18) Preliminary round, Group C: Tunisia - Chile 36:30 (18:15) Preliminary round, Group C: Chile - Saudi Arabia 32:27 (21:13) Main round, Group II: Egypt - Denmark 20:26 (7: 9) President's Cup, placement games: Korea - Japan 27:25 (12:14) President's Cup, game for 17th place: Serbia - Argentina 28:30 (15:13 ) Final round, semi-finals: Denmark - France 38:30 (21:15) Final round, final: Denmark - Norway 31:22 (18:11)
Gjorgji Načevski slave Nikolov	Macedonia	Preliminary round, Group D: Egypt - Sweden 24:27 (11:13) preliminary round, Group D: Hungary - Qatar 32:26 (16:11) preliminary round, Group D: Angola - Argentina 26:33 (12:17) preliminary round, Group C: Denmark - Norway 30:26 (17:14) main round, Group II: Tunisia - Sweden 23:35 (14:19) main round, Group II: Tunisia - Egypt 23:30 (10:15)
Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović	Montenegro	Preliminary round, Group A: Russia - Korea 34:27 (20:13) preliminary round, Group A: France - Korea 34:23 (17:16) preliminary round, Group A: Russia - Brazil 23:25 (10:15) preliminary round, Group A: Germany - Serbia 31:23 (16:12) main round, Group I: Spain - Brazil 36:24 (19:13) President's Cup, Placement games: Chile - Qatar 27:37 (11:21)
Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum	Norway	Preliminary round, Group A: Serbia - Russia 30:30 (16:16) Preliminary round, Group A: Germany - Brazil 34:21 (15: 8) Preliminary round, Group A: Brazil - Korea 35:26 (18:10) main round, Group I: France - Spain 33:30 (17:15) main round, Group I: Brazil - Croatia 29:26 (17:13) main round, Group I: Brazil - Iceland 32:29 (15:15)
Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca	Portugal	Preliminary round, Group C: Chile - Denmark 16:39 (4:22) preliminary round, Group D: Angola - Qatar 24:23 (12: 8) preliminary round, Group D: Sweden - Argentina 31:16 (15:10) preliminary round, Group D: Hungary - Egypt 30:30 (14:14) preliminary round, Group C: Austria - Tunisia 27:32 (14:18) main round, Group II: Hungary - Tunisia 26:21 (16:14) main round, group II : Sweden - Norway 27:30 (14:17) final round, game for 3rd place: Germany - France 25:26 (13: 9)
Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik	Sweden	Preliminary round, Group A: Brazil - France 22:24 (13:16) preliminary round, Group A: Russia - Germany 22:22 (10:12) preliminary round, Group A: Korea - Serbia 29:31 (16:14) preliminary round, Group B: Macedonia - Iceland 22:24 (13:11) main round, Group I: Iceland - France 22:31 (11:15) main round, Group I: Germany - Spain 31:30 (17:15)
Arthur Brunner Morad Salah	Switzerland	Preliminary round, Group B: Croatia - Japan 35:27 (18:13) Preliminary round, Group B: Iceland - Bahrain 36:18 (16:10) preliminary round, Group B: Macedonia - Spain 21:32 (12:13) preliminary round, Group B: Bahrain - Japan 23:22 (10: 9)
Bojan Lah David Sok	Slovenia	Preliminary round, Group C: Denmark - Tunisia 36:22 (19:10) Preliminary round, Group C: Norway - Austria 34:24 (16:13) Preliminary round, Group C: Saudi Arabia - Tunisia 20:24 (8:12) Preliminary round, group D: Qatar - Argentina 26:25 (16:13) President's Cup, game for 19th place: Bahrain - Austria 27:29 (17:17)
Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso	Spain	Preliminary round, Group D: Argentina - Hungary 25:25 (10:13) preliminary round, Group D: Qatar - Egypt 28:23 (15:12) preliminary round, Group D: Sweden - Angola 37:19 (19:14) preliminary round, Group D: Sweden - Hungary 33:30 (16:15) main round, Group II: Norway - Egypt 32:28 (16:14) main round, Group II: Denmark - Sweden 30:26 (13:13)
Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný	Czech Republic	Preliminary round, Group B: Japan - Macedonia 29:38 (13:18) preliminary round, Group B: Spain - Iceland 32:25 (19:14) preliminary round, Group B: Croatia - Macedonia 31:22 (16:11) preliminary round, Group A: France - Russia 23:22 (12:12) main round, Group I: Germany - Iceland 24:19 (14:10) main round, Group I: France - Croatia 20:23 (11:11) final round, semi-finals: Germany - Norway 25:31 (12:14)
Ismail Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi	Tunisia	Preliminary round, Group B: Iceland - Croatia 27:31 (14:16) Preliminary round, Group B: Macedonia - Bahrain 28:23 (12: 8) preliminary round, Group B: Japan - Iceland 21:12 (12:13) President's Cup , Placement matches: Austria - Argentina 22:24 (12:12)
Miloš Ražnatović Arthur Brunner	Montenegro Switzerland	President's Cup, play for 15th place: Macedonia - Chile 32:30 (16:16)
Ivan Pavićević Morad Salah	Montenegro Switzerland	President's Cup, game for 13th place: Russia - Qatar 28:34 (14:17)
Yousef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi	Algeria	Reserve team
Kürşad Erdoğan İbrahim Özdeniz	Turkey	Reserve team

Awards

• Most Valuable Player (MVP): Mikkel Hansen

All-Star Team

Magnus Jøndal		Bjarte Myrhol		Ferrán Solé
	Sander Sagosen		Fabian Wiede
		Rasmus Lauge Schmidt
		Niklas Landin Jacobsen

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	Litters	Quota	7 m goals	7 meter throws	Games
1.	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark	72	108	67%	24	30th	10
2.	Magnus Jøndal	Norway	59	68	87%	18th	20th	10
3.	Ferrán Solé	Spain	58	68	85%	21st	23	9
4th	Uwe Gensheimer	Germany	56	75	75%	23	29	10
5.	Sander Sagosen	Norway	51	87	59%	8th	13	10
6th	Kiril Lazarov	Macedonia	48	74	65%	14th	18th	7th
7th	Youssef Benali	Qatar	46	61	75%	8th	11	7th
	He. Feuchtmann	Chile	46	69	67%	12	15th	7th
9.	Rasmus Lauge Schmidt	Denmark	44	63	70%			10
	Kentin Mahé	France	44	64	69%	11	12	10
Source: IHF.info

Team fair play

Pl.	team	Games					Points 1
							total	per game
1.	Korea	7th	0	1	19th	6th	49	7.0
	Spain	9	0	0	26th	11	63	7.0
3.	Macedonia	7th	0	0	21st	8th	50	7.1
4th	Croatia	9	0	0	27	20th	74	8.2
5.	France	10	0	0	36	15th	87	8.7
	Norway	10	0	0	34	19th	87	8.7
7th	Japan	7th	0	1	24	12	65	9.3
8th.	Iceland	8th	0	0	31	13	75	9.4
9.	Chile	7th	0	0	28	11	67	9.6
	Sweden	9	0	1	33	15th	86	9.6
11.	Denmark	10	0	0	42	16	100	10.0
12.	Tunisia	8th	0	1	30th	17th	82	10.3
13.	Egypt	9	0	3	32	15th	94	10.4
14th	Brazil	8th	0	1	33	16	87	10.9
15th	Angola	7th	0	2	30th	10	80	11.4
	Hungary	8th	0	1	37	12	91	11.4
17th	Austria	7th	0	0	35	12	82	11.7
18th	Germany	10	0	2 2	45	18th	118	11.8
19th	Qatar	7th	0	2	31	12	84	12.0
20th	Argentina	7th	1	0	30th	16	86	12.3
21st	Saudi Arabia	7th	0	1	39	11	94	13.4
22nd	Russia	7th	0	3	36	10	97	13.9
23.	Bahrain	7th	0	4th	35	8th	98	14.0
24.	Serbia	7th	0	2	40	15th	105	15.0
1The total of points is made up as follows: For each there is 1 point, 2 points are 5 points (also applies to 3 × ) and one results in 10 points. 2In the third place match, Germany received a 3 × that was not recorded. Therefore, the third does not appear in the fair play rating.
Source: IHF.info

Broadcast rights

Germany

For the first time since 2013, a handball World Cup was shown live on free TV in Germany. The two German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF broadcast all games of the German national handball team at this tournament. The ZDF broadcast the final. Eurosport had acquired a sub-license and showed 15 more World Cup games without German participation on free TV.

DOSB New Media GmbH, which operates Sportdeutschland.TV , also received a sub-license . The online sports channel, together with its offshoot Handball-Deutschland.TV, showed all 96 games of the 2019 World Cup live and on demand on the Internet. The matches of the German men's national team took place via the freemium package “Sportdeutschland.TV Plus”. For a fee, fans could watch the entire World Cup, including the German games, live and on demand, free of advertising.

Audience ratings

Audience ratings for the broadcast of the German national handball team by Erste and ZDF:

game	date	Time	Channel	spectator	Market share	source
1	Jan. 10, 2019	18:15	ZDF	6.11 million	23.6%
2	Jan. 12, 2019	18:15	ZDF	7.92 million	31.7%
3	Jan. 14, 2019	18:00	The first	6.67 million	26.8%
4th	Jan 15, 2019	20:30	ZDF	8.53 million	25.8%
5	Jan. 17, 2019	18:00	The first	6.76 million	27.5%
6th	Jan. 19, 2019	20:30	The first	7.87 million	24.5%
7th	Jan. 21, 2019	20:30	ZDF	10.02 million	30.4%
8th	23 Jan 2019	20:30	The first	9.09 million	27.2%
9	Jan. 25, 2019	20:30	The first	11.91 million	35.0%
10	Jan. 27, 2019	14:30	ZDF	6.76 million	31.6%

Austria

The ORF showed ORF SPORT + all games of the Austrian national team as well as the two semi-finals and the final.

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Website of the IHF for the World Cup (English)
• Official website of the host applicants ( Memento of December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

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