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2017 World Men's Handball Championship

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FieldValue
tourney_nameWorld Men's Handball Championship
year2017
other_titlesChampionnat du monde masculin de handball 2017
image2017 World Men's Handball Championship Logo.png
countryFrance
dates11–29 January
num_teams24
confederations5
venues8
cities8
championFRA
count6
secondNOR
thirdSLO
fourthCRO
matches84
goals4643
attendance
top_scorerKiril Lazarov (50 goals)
playerNikola Karabatić
previous2015 World Men's Handball Championship
next2019 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.

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

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

Venues

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

LilleParisNantesMontpellier{{center{{location map+Francefloat=centerwidth=420caption=places=AlbertvilleRouenMetzBrest
Stade Pierre-MauroyAccorHotels ArenaHall XXL
Capacity: **27,500**Capacity: **15,700**Capacity: **10,800**
[[File:Mauroy Stadium Eurobasket_2015.JPG180px]][[File:AccorHotels Arena @ Bercy @ Paris (27157316713).jpg180px]]
Park&Suites Arena
Capacity: **9,853**
[[File:Arena montpellier.jpg180px]]
La halle de glace Olympique
Capacity: **6,500**
[[File:1992 Winter Olympics Albertville halle olympique 02.JPG180px]]
KindarenaArènes de MetzBrest Arena
Capacity: **5,700**Capacity: **5,127**Capacity: **4,000**
[[File:KindarenaRouen night.jpg180px]][[File:Metz 2010 4.1.jpg180px]][[File:110220 HA ext rampe2-bdef.jpg200px]]

8 venues

Bidding process

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

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

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

Qualification

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

CompetitionDatesVacanciesQualified
Host nation15 December 20111
[2015 World Championship](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship)15 January – 1 February 20151
[2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship](2016-asian-men-s-handball-championship)15–28 January 20163
[2016 African Men's Handball Championship](2016-african-men-s-handball-championship)21–30 January 20163
[2016 European Men's Handball Championship](2016-european-men-s-handball-championship)15–31 January 20163
[European qualification](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)4 November 2015 – 16 June 20169
[2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship](2016-pan-american-men-s-handball-championship)11–19 June 20163
Wildcard1

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances**[1](1), [2](2)**
00Hosts15 December 201120 ([1954](1954-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), ***[2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship)***, [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, **[2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship)**)
2015 World Championship]]30 January 20155 ([2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship)*)
Semifinalist of [2016 Asian Championship](2016-asian-men-s-handball-championship)24 January 20161 ([2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Semifinalist of [2016 Asian Championship](2016-asian-men-s-handball-championship)24 January 201612 ([1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Semifinalist of [2016 Asian Championship](2016-asian-men-s-handball-championship)24 January 20167 ([1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Finalist of [2016 African Championship](2016-african-men-s-handball-championship)29 January 201613 ([1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [*1999*](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Finalist of [2016 European Championship](2016-european-men-s-handball-championship)29 January 201623 (***[1938](1938-world-men-s-handball-championship)***, [1954](1954-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, *[1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, **[1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, *[1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship)**[3](3)**, [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), ***[2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship)***, [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Finalist of [2016 European Championship](2016-european-men-s-handball-championship)29 January 201618 ([1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), ***[2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship)***, [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Finalist of [2016 African Championship](2016-african-men-s-handball-championship)29 January 201612 ([1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [*2005*](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Third place at [2016 African Championship](2016-african-men-s-handball-championship)30 January 20162 ([2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Third place at [2016 European Championship](2016-european-men-s-handball-championship)31 January 201611 ([1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [**2003**](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [*2009*](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)3 ([1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)21 ([1938](1938-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1954](1954-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)18 ([1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)4 ([1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)14 ([1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)11 (**[1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship). [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)7 ([1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)22 ([1938](1938-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[1954](1954-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, **[1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1982](1982-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, *[1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), **[1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship)**, [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
[European playoffs](2017-world-men-s-handball-championship-european-qualification)18 ([1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1974](1974-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1978](1978-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1986](1986-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1990](1990-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), *[1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship)*, [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Finalist of [2016 Pan American Championship](2016-pan-american-men-s-handball-championship)12 ([1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1995](1995-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Finalist of [2016 Pan American Championship](2016-pan-american-men-s-handball-championship)3 ([2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Third place at [2016 Pan American Championship](2016-pan-american-men-s-handball-championship)10 ([1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2003](2003-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2013](2013-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2015](2015-world-men-s-handball-championship))
Wildcard13 ([1958](1958-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1961](1961-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1964](1964-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1967](1967-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1970](1970-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1993](1993-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1997](1997-world-men-s-handball-championship), [1999](1999-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2001](2001-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2005](2005-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2007](2007-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2009](2009-world-men-s-handball-championship), [2011](2011-world-men-s-handball-championship))

:1 Bold indicates champion for that year :2 Italic indicates host country for that year :3 From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in Paris, France.

Seeding

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6

Squads

Main article: 2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads

Referees

16 referee pairs are selected:

Referees
Referees
Macedonia

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 23 September 2015.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A








Group B







Group C







Group D







Presidents Cup

21st–24th place bracket

|21 January||37||26 |22 January||35||30 |23 January||29||35 |23 January||26||32

21st–24th place semifinals


23rd place game

21st place game

17–20th place bracket

|21 January||28||26 |22 January||22||24 |23 January||24||22 |23 January||39||30

17–20th place semifinals


19th place game

17th place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

|21 January||31||25 |22 January||22||41 |21 January||26||32 |22 January||20||21 |21 January||27||28 |22 January||21||19 |21 January||34||24 |22 January||27||25 |24 January||33||30 |24 January||32||30 |24 January||29||30 |24 January||31||28 |26 January||31||25 |27 January||25| (OT)|28 |29 January||33||26 |28 January||31||30

Round of 16








Quarterfinals




Semifinals


Third place game

Final

Final ranking

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

RankTeam
[[File:gold medal icon.svg]]
[[File:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[File:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Awards

All-Star Team

All-Star Team of the tournament:

  • Goalkeeper: FRA Vincent Gérard
  • Right wing: NOR Kristian Bjørnsen
  • Right back: FRA Nedim Remili
  • Centre back: CRO Domagoj Duvnjak
  • Left back: NOR Sander Sagosen
  • Left wing: SWE Jerry Tollbring
  • Pivot: NOR Bjarte Myrhol

Other awards

  • Most Valuable Player: FRA Nikola Karabatić

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoalsShots%
1Kiril Lazarov508162
2Sérgio Lopes478853
3Amine Bannour458454
Kristian Bjørnsen5976
5Niclas Ekberg436072
6Bjarte Myrhol425379
7Sander Sagosen417952
8Luka Cindrić396560
Federico Fernandez5867
10Gábor Császár385569
Gašper Marguč4879
Jerry Tollbring4683

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

RankNameTeam%SavesShots
1Espen Christensen443273
2Andreas Wolff4360141
3Vincent Gérard4062155
Niklas Landin Jacobsen66167
Andreas Palicka51127
6Mikael Appelgren3955141
7Rodrigo Corrales3643121
Maik dos Santos46129
Silvio Heinevetter2569
10Makrem Missaoui3573210

Source: IHF

References

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