2017 Men's World Handball Championship

2017 Men's World Handball Championship
2017 Men's World Handball Championship
	2017 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
A country	France
date	January 11—29, 2017
Teams	24 (out of 5 confederations)
Places	8 (in 8 host cities)
Top places
Champion	France (6th title)
Second place	Norway
Third place	Slovenia
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	4643 (55.27 per match)
Attendance	553,833 (6593 per match)
Bombardier (s)	Kiril Lazarov (50 balls)
Best player	Nikola Karabatich

The final tournament of the XXV Men's World Handball Championship was held in eight cities in France from January 11 to January 29, 2017 . Previously, France hosted the 1970 and 2001 World Championships, as well as the 2007 Women's World Championships.

The French team won the world title for the 4th time in the last 5 draws (2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017). The national teams of Norway (silver) and Slovenia (bronze) for the first time in their history became winners of the World Championship.

Content

Cities and Stadiums

The tournament games were held in eight cities in France.

Villeneuve d'Ascq ( Lille )	Paris	Nantes
Pierre Mauroy	Accortotels Arena	Exponantes - Hall XXL
Capacity: 27,500	Capacity: 15,700	Capacity: 10,800

Montpellier	Lille Paris Montpellier Ruan Albertville Nantes Metz Brest World Handball Championship 2017
Park & Suites Arena
Capacity: 9853

Albertville
La halle de glace Olympique
Capacity: 6500

Ruan	Metz	Brest
Kindarena	Arènes de metz	Brest arena
Capacity: 5700	Capacity: 5127	Capacity: 4000

Qualification

Tournament	date	Places	Teams
Host country	December 15, 2011	one	France
Vice World Champion 2015	January 15 - February 1, 2015	one	Qatar
Asian Men's Handball Championship 2016	January 15-28, 2016	3	Bahrain Japan UAE
African Men's Handball Championship 2016	January 21-30, 2016	3	Angola Egypt Tunisia
2016 European Men's Handball Championship	January 15-31, 2016	3	Croatia Germany Spain
European qualification	November 4, 2015 - June 16, 2016	9	Belorussia Denmark Hungary Iceland North Macedonia Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden
American Men's Handball Championship 2016	June 11-19, 2016	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
Wild card	-	one	Norway

Members

A country	Qualifying Tournament	Qualification date	Previous performances ^{1 , 2}
France	00 Host Country	December 15, 2011	20 ( 1954 , 1958 , 1961 , 1964 , 1967 , 1970 , 1978 , 1990 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 )
Qatar	01 Vice World Champion	January 30, 2015	5 ( 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2013 , 2015 )
Bahrain	Vice Champion of Asia	January 24, 2016	1 ( 2011 )
Japan	3rd place in the Asian Championship	January 24, 2016	12 ( 1961 , 1964 , 1967 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1990 , 1995 , 2005 , 2011 )
Saudi Arabia	Asian Championship Semifinalist	January 24, 2016	7 ( 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 )
Tunisia	Vice Champion of Africa	January 29, 2016	12 ( 1967 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Germany	European Champion	January 29, 2016	22 ( 1938 , 1954 , 1958 , 1961 , 1964 , 1967 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1993 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Egypt	African Champion	January 29, 2016	13 ( 1964 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 )
Spain	European vice champion	January 29, 2016	18 ( 1958 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Angola	3rd place in the African Championship	January 30, 2016	2 ( 2005 , 2007 )
Croatia	3rd place in the European Championship	January 31, 2016	11 ( 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Belorussia	European qualification	June 15, 2016	3 ( 1995 , 2013 , 2015 )
Hungary	European qualification	June 15, 2016	18 ( 1958 , 1964 , 1967 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 , 2011 , 2013 )
Denmark	European qualification	June 15, 2016	21 ( 1938 , 1954 , 1958 , 1961 , 1964 , 1967 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1993 , 1995 , 1999 , 2003 , 2005 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Macedonia	European qualification	June 15, 2016	3 ( 1999 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 )
Poland	European qualification	June 15, 2016	14 ( 1958 , 1967 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 2003 , 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , 2015 )
Russia	European qualification	June 15, 2016	11 ( 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2015 )
Slovenia	European qualification	June 15, 2016	7 ( 1995 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2013 , 2015 )
Sweden	European qualification	June 15, 2016	22 ( 1938 , 1954 , 1958 , 1961 , 1964 , 1967 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1982 , 1986 , 1990 , 1993 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2009 , 2015 )
Iceland	European qualification	June 16, 2016	18 ( 1958 , 1961 , 1964 , 1970 , 1974 , 1978 , 1986 , 1990 , 1993 , 1995 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2011 , 2011 , 2015 )
Brazil	Champion of america	June 18, 2016	12 ( 1958 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Chile	America's vice champion	June 18, 2016	3 ( 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Argentina	3rd place in the Championship of America	June 19, 2016	10 ( 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 )
Norway	Wildcard	June 21, 2016	13 ( 1958 , 1961 , 1964 , 1967 , 1970 , 1993 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 )

¹ Bold highlighted champions

² Italicized tournament hosts

Toss-up

The draw was held on July 23, 2016 at 14:00 local time in Paris , France

Sowing

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

Preliminary round

Decisive criterion

If two or more teams finish the group stage with the same number of points, then their place is determined by the following criteria: ^[1]

number of points scored in matches between these teams
goal difference in matches between these teams
number of goals scored in matches between these teams (if more than two teams complete the same number of points)
goal difference in all group matches
number of goals scored in all matches of the group stage
toss

	The team goes to the playoffs

The start time of all matches is indicated in local time ( UTC + 1 ).

Group A

Team	AND	AT	P	Gz	GP	+/-	ABOUT
France	five	five	0	154	112	+42	ten
Norway	five	four	one	155	124	+31	eight
Russia	five	3	2	139	136	+3	6
Brazil	five	2	3	121	146	−25	four
Poland	five	one	four	115	125	−10	2
Japan	five	0	five	120	161	−41	0

January 11, 2017 20:45	France	31–16	Brazil	Accortotels Arena , Paris Spectators: 15 609 Judges: Lag, Juice ( SLO )
	Port 6	(17–7)	Toledo 5
	4 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

January 12, 2017 17:45	Russia	39–29	Japan	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 4867 Judges: Koladuzan, Mousaviannazhad ( IRI )
	three players of 6	(18-15)	Sida 7
	3 × 2 ×	Report	3 ×

January 12, 2017 20:45	Poland	20–22	Norway	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 5356 Judges: Brunner, Salah ( SUI )
	Dashek 7	(10–12)	E. Lee Hansen 6
	3 × 2 ×	Report	6 × 4 ×

January 13, 2017 17:45	Japan	19–31	France	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10 500 Judges: Brunner, Salah ( SUI )
	Uegaki 5	(9-17)	Fabregas 7
	2 × 2 ×	Report	2 × 3 ×

January 14, 2017 2:45 pm	Brazil	28-24	Poland	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 10,171 Judges: Goracek, Novotny ( CZE )
	Toledo 5	(16-11)	Pachkovsky 6
	3 ×	Report	1 ×

January 14, 2017 17:45	Norway	28-24	Russia	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 9812 Judges: Gedding, Hansen ( DEN )
	Bjørnsen	(15-11)	Forty 8
	2 × 2 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 15, 2017 17:45	France	31-28	Norway	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10 500 Judges: Koladuzan, Mousaviannazhad ( IRI )
	three players of 5	(16-12)	Sagosen 7
	5 × 3 × 1 ×	Report	7 × 3 × 1 ×

January 15, 2017 20:45	Brazil	27–24	Japan	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 8326 Judges: Gedding, Hansen ( DEN )
	Langaro 8	(14-12)	Tokuda 7
	2 × 1 ×	Report	2 × 3 ×

January 16, 2017 20:45	Poland	20–24	Russia	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 4961 Judges: Goracek, Novotny ( CZE )
	Genbala 4	(9–13)	D. Kovalev 7
	5 × 2 × 1 ×	Report	3 × 1 ×

January 17, 2017 2:00 pm	Norway	39–26	Brazil	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 5943 Judges: Goracek, Novotny ( CZE )
	Sagosen 7	(18–13)	Shiuffa , Pozzer 6
	3 × 2 ×	Report	6 × 1 ×

January 17, 2017 17:45	Poland	26–25	Japan	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 8655 Judges: Brunner, Salah ( SUI )
	Dashek 5	(9–11)	Sida 9
	4 × 3 ×	Report	1 × 2 ×

January 17, 2017 20:45	Russia	24–35	France	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10 500 Judges: Gedding, Hansen ( DEN )
	Shishkaryov 6	(11–16)	Dipanda 8
	3 × 1 ×	Report	2 × 2 ×

January 19, 2017 2:00 pm	Russia	28-24	Brazil	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 5197 Judges: Gedding, Hansen ( DEN )
	Shelmenko , Villages 5	(14–15)	three players of 5
	5 × 2 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 1 ×

January 19, 2017 17:45	France	26–25	Poland	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Spectators: 10 500 Judges: Brunner, Salah ( SUI )
	Gnokas 7	(13–13)	Genbala , Kraevsky by 5
	3 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 2 ×

January 19, 2017 20:45	Japan	23–38	Norway	Exponantes - Hall XXL, Nantes Viewers: 3621 Judges: Goracek, Novotny ( CZE )
	Motoki 4	(14–19)	Myurhol 7
	3 ×	Report	1 ×

Group B

Team	AND	AT	H	P	Gz	GP	+/-	ABOUT
Spain	five	five	0	0	160	115	+45	ten
Slovenia	five	3	one	one	151	136	+15	7
North Macedonia	five	2	one	2	139	137	+2	five
Iceland	five	one	2	2	128	121	+7	four
Tunisia	five	one	2	2	144	144	0	four
Angola	five	0	0	five	122	191	−69	0

January 12, 2017 2:00 pm	Slovenia	42–25	Angola	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 2179 Judges: Grillo, Lentsi ( ARG )
	Maxkovshek , Marguch 8	(22–13)	Lopes 7
	4 × 3 ×	Report	3 × 1 ×

January 12, 2017 17:45	North Macedonia	34–30	Tunisia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 2561 Judges: Lee Se Ok, Ku Bon Ok ( KOR )
	K. Lazarov 12	(13–14)	Bohanmi 9
	4 × 4 ×	Report	6 × 3 ×

January 12, 2017 20:45	Spain	27–21	Iceland	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 5,054 Judges: Gatelis, Mazeika ( LTU )
	Balaguer , Kanyelyas 4	(10–12)	Sigurdsson 5
	3 × 3 ×	Report	5 × 4 ×

January 14, 2017 2:45 pm	Iceland	25–26	Slovenia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 5054 Judges: Lee Se Ok, Ku Bon Ok ( KOR )
	Alison 7	(8–11)	Bezyak 6
	5 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 4 ×

January 14, 2017 17:45	Tunisia	21–26	Spain	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 5056 Judges: Heipel, Helbig ( GER )
	Tumi 5	(10–12)	Balaguer , Thomas 5
	3 × 3 ×	Report	1 × 2 ×

January 14, 2017 20:45	Angola	22–31	North Macedonia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 3845 Judges: Gatelis, Mazeika ( LTU )
		(9–14)	K. Lazarov 10
	3 × 2 ×	Report	5 × 3 ×

January 15, 2017 2:45 pm	Iceland	22–22	Tunisia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 5054 Judges: Grillo, Lentsi ( ARG )
		(11–13)	Bannur 12
	7 × 2 × 1 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

January 16, 2017 17:45	Slovenia	29–22	North Macedonia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 2605 Judges: Heipel, Helbig ( GER )
		(16–10)	K. Lazarov 9
	5 × 2 ×	Report	2 × 2 ×

January 16, 2017 20:45	Spain	42–22	Angola	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 2126 Judges: Grillo, Lentsi ( ARG )
	Fernandez 9	(21–10)	Lopes 6
	1 × 2 ×	Report	1 × 2 × 1 ×

January 17, 2017 17:45	Slovenia	28-28	Tunisia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 3039 Judges: Gatelis, Mazeika ( LTU )
	Cavityman 7	(15–13)
	5 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 3 × 1 ×

January 17, 2017 20:45	Angola	19–33	Iceland	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 1725 Judges: Heipel, Helbig ( GER )
	Lopes 8	(8–16)	Sigurdsson 8
	5 × 3 ×	Report	1 × 2 ×

January 18, 2017 20:45	North Macedonia	25–29	Spain	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 3951 Judges: Gatelis, Mazeika ( LTU )
	K. Lazarov 6	(14–14)	Rivera 11
	2 × 4 ×	Report	2 × 2 ×

January 19, 2017 2:00 pm	Tunisia	43–34	Angola	Arenes de Metz, Metz Spectators: 1935 Judges: Lee Se Ok, Ku Bon Ok ( KOR )
	Bannur 10	(23–16)	Theca 10
	2 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 3 × 1 ×

January 19, 2017 17:45	North Macedonia	27–27	Iceland	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 3225 Judges: Grillo, Lentsi ( ARG )
	K. Lazarov 7	(13–15)	Karason 7
	4 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 19, 2017 20:45	Spain	36–26	Slovenia	Arenes de Metz, Metz Viewers: 5054 Judges: Heipel, Helbig ( GER )
	Balaguer 7	(18–10)	Marguch 6
	4 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

Group C

Team	AND	AT	P	Gz	GP	+/-	ABOUT
Germany	five	five	0	159	107	+52	ten
Croatia	four	four	0	148	126	+22	eight
Belorussia	five	2	3	134	145	−11	four
Hungary	five	2	3	147	138	+9	four
Saudi Arabia	five	one	four	123	157	−34	2
Chile	five	one	four	122	160	−38	2

January 13, 2017 2:00 pm	Belorussia	28–32	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 2000 Judges: Bonavanture, Bonavanture ( FRA )
	Korolyok 10	(14–14)	Salinas 8
	7 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 13, 2017 17:45	Germany	27–23	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 5000 Judges: Nachevsky, Nikolov ( MKD )
	Gensheimer 13	(16–11)	six players of 3
	3 × 2 ×	Report	2 × 3 × 1 ×

January 13, 2017 20:45	Croatia	28–23	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 4500 Judges: Buallusha, Henissi ( TUN )
		(12–11)
	3 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 14, 2017 20:45	Hungary	28–31	Croatia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 5588 Judges: Licis, Sondors ( LAT )
		(11–11)	Strelk 6
	3 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 15, 2017 17:45	Chile	14–35	Germany	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 5000 Judges: Licis, Sondors ( LAT )
	four players of 2	(6–17)	Kolbacher 8
	3 × 3 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

January 15, 2017 20:45	Saudi Arabia	26–29	Belorussia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 3000 Judges: Nachevsky, Nikolov ( MKD )
		(13–14)	Puhovskiy 9
	5 × 3 ×	Report	5 × 3 ×

January 16, 2017 17:45	Hungary	34–29	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 2000 Judges: Buallusha, Henissi ( TUN )
		(17–14)
	5 × 4 × 1 ×	Report	1 × 3 ×

January 16, 2017 20:45	Croatia	31–25	Belorussia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 3202 Judges: Bonavanture, Bonavanture ( FRA )
		(18–15)	King 7
	4 × 4 × 1 ×	Report	5 × 4 ×

January 17, 2017 17:45	Germany	38-24	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 2980 Judges: Nachevsky, Nikolov ( MKD )
	Fet 6	(21–13)
	3 × 3 ×	Report	2 × 3 ×

January 18, 2017 2:00 pm	Saudi Arabia	24–37	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 4959 Judges: Licis, Sondors ( LAT )
		(10–17)
	4 × 2 ×	Report	4 × 2 ×

January 18, 2017 17:45	Belorussia	25–31	Germany	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 4524 Judges: Buallusha, Henissi ( TUN )
	three players of 4	(16–16)	Gensheimer 8
	3 × 3 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

January 18, 2017 20:45	Croatia	37–22	Chile	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 2785 Judges: Bonavanture, Bonavanture ( FRA )
	Mikhich 8	(17–9)
	3 × 3 ×	Report	5 × 2 ×

January 20, 2017 2:00 pm	Chile	25–26	Saudi Arabia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 2366 Judges: Pavitsevich, Razhnatovich ( MNE )
		(13–13)
	3 × 3 ×	Report	8 × 3 ×

January 20, 2017 17:45	Germany	28–21	Croatia	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 5000 Judges: Licis, Sondors ( LAT )
	Vintsek 6	(13–9)	Stepanchich , Strlek 5
	3 × 3 ×	Report	3 × 2 ×

January 20, 2017 20:45	Belorussia	27–25	Hungary	Kindarena, Rouen Viewers: 3761 Judges: Nachevsky, Nikolov ( MKD )
	Brovko , Puhovskiy on 6	(15–13)
	2 × 3 ×	Report	7 × 4 ×

Group D

Team	AND	AT	P	Gz	GP	+/-	ABOUT
Denmark	five	five	0	157	130	+27	ten
Sweden	five	four	one	162	111	+51	eight
Egypt	five	3	2	138	143	−5	6
Qatar	five	2	3	127	129	−2	four
Argentina	five	one	four	108	137	−29	2
Bahrain	five	0	five	110	152	−42	0

January 13, 2017 2:00 pm	Qatar	20–22	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 4315 Judges: Lopez, Ramirez ( ESP )
	Capote 5	(8–11)	Al-Ahmar 8
	4 × 2 ×	Report	7 × 1 ×

January 13, 2017 17:45	Sweden	33–16	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 6579 Judges: Revere, Pichon ( FRA )
		(17–5)
	5 × 2 ×	Report	5 × 2 ×

January 13, 2017 20:45	Denmark	33–22	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 7582 Judges: Pavitsevich, Razhnatovich ( MNE )
	M. Hansen 6	(17–11)	F. Fernandez 6
	3 × 2 ×	Report	4 × 2 ×

January 14, 2017 20:45	Egypt	28–35	Denmark	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 7413 Judges: Lag, Juice ( SLO )
		(15–21)	Swan 6
	1 × 2 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 2 ×

January 15, 2017 2:45 pm	Argentina	17–35	Sweden	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 12578 Judges: Lag, Juice ( SLO )
		(11–16)
	4 × 2 ×	Report	5 × 3 × 2 ×

January 15, 2017 17:45	Bahrain	22–32	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 4475 Judges: Pavitsevich, Razhnatovich ( MNE )
		(9–19)
	5 × 4 ×	Report	7 × 2 ×

January 16, 2017 17:45	Egypt	31–29	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 4429 Judges: Revere, Pichon ( FRA )
		(17–15)
	3 ×	Report	5 × 2 × 1 ×

January 16, 2017 20:45	Denmark	27–25	Sweden	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 13,850 Judges: Lopez, Ramirez ( ESP )
	Hansen 8	(14–10)	Ekberg 7
	4 × 3 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

January 17, 2017 17:45	Qatar	21–17	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 3641 Judges: Lag, Juice ( SLO )
		(9–2)	F. Fernandez 7
	3 × 3 ×	Report	2 × 1 ×

January 18, 2017 2:00 pm	Argentina	26–31	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 7233 Judges: Lopez, Ramirez ( ESP )
	F.Vieira 12	(10–13)	three players of 5
	4 × 2 ×	Report	5 × 3 ×

January 18, 2017 17:45	Denmark	30–26	Bahrain	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 7900 Judges: Lag, Juice ( SLO )
	Toft Hansen 6	(17–13)
	4 × 2 × 1 ×	Report	6 × 2 ×

January 18, 2017 20:45	Sweden	36-25	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 6034 Judges: Revere, Pichon ( FRA )
	Ekberg 9	(19–12)	Rouen 8
	6 × 1 ×	Report	1 × 1 ×

January 20, 2017 2:00 pm	Bahrain	17–26	Argentina	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 6314 Judges: Revere, Pichon ( FRA )
	Abdulkader 5	(8–13)	F. Fernandez 8
	6 × 2 ×	Report	7 × 1 ×

January 20, 2017 17:45	Sweden	33–26	Egypt	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 7660 Judges: Lag, Juice ( SLO )
	Ekberg 8	(15–9)	Issa 7
	7 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 20, 2017 20:45	Qatar	29–32	Denmark	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 8444 Judges: Lopez, Ramirez ( ESP )
	Capote , Benali by 5	(16–14)	Baddesbo 8
	2 × 2 ×	Report	4 × 4 ×

President's Cup

Playoffs for 21-24 places

Semifinals for 21-24 places			Match for 21st place

January 21
Japan	37
Angola	26

			January 23
			Japan	29
			Chile	35


			Match for 23rd place
January 22		January 23
Chile	35	Angola	26
Bahrain	thirty		Bahrain	32

Semifinals for 21-24 places

January 21, 2017 2:00 pm	Japan	37–26	Angola	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 3017 Judges: Koladuzan, Mousaviannazhad ( IRI )
	Tokuda 8	(18–14)	Lopes 9
	3 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 1 ×

January 22, 2017 2:00 pm	Chile	35–30	Bahrain	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 3600 Judges: Lee Se Ok, Ku Bon Ok ( KOR )
	E. Salinas , R. Salinas 8 each	(18–14)	Al Sayyad 8
	5 × 2 ×	Report	7 × 4 ×

Match for 23rd place

January 23, 2017 13:00	Angola	26–32	Bahrain	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 3200 Judges: Pavitsevich, Razhnatovich ( MNE )
	Pestan 6	(13–15)	Merza 8
	5 × 1 ×	Report	1 × 2 ×

21st place match

January 23, 2017 3:00 pm	Japan	29–35	Chile	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 3200 Judges: Revere, Pichon ( FRA )
	Agarie 9	(12–17)
	1 × 3 ×	Report	2 × 3 ×

Playoffs for 17-20 places

Semifinals for 17-20 places			Match for the 17th

January 21
Poland	28
Tunisia	26

			January 23
			Poland	24
			Argentina	22


			Match for the 19th
January 22		January 23
Saudi Arabia	22	Tunisia	39
Argentina	24		Saudi Arabia	thirty

Semifinals for 17-20 places

January 21, 2017 4:00 pm	Poland	28–26	Tunisia	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 3600 Judges: Revere, Pichon ( FRA )
	Kraevsky 8	(15–11)	Bannur 10
	5 × 2 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 2 ×

January 22, 2017 4:00 pm	Saudi Arabia	22-24	Argentina	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 4114 Judges: Pavitsevich, Razhnatovich ( MNE )
	Al-Abbas 6	(8–10)	Pizarro 7
	6 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

Match for 19th place

January 23, 2017 18:00	Tunisia	39–30	Saudi Arabia	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 1650 Judges: Lee Se Ok, Ku Bon Ok ( KOR )
		(20–15)
	3 × 3 ×	Report	2 × 2 ×

Match for 17th place

January 23, 2017 20:00	Poland	24–22	Argentina	Brest Arena, Brest Viewers: 2320 Judges: Koladuzan, Mousaviannazhad ( IRI )
	Kraevsky 6	(13–13)	F. Fernandez
	4 × 3 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

Play Off

Grid

1/8 final

Quarter finals

Semifinals

The final

January 21

Spain

28

January 24

Brazil

27

Spain

29

January 22

Croatia

thirty

Egypt

nineteen

January 27

Croatia

21

Croatia

25

January 21

Norway ( (ai) )

28

Macedonia

24

January 24

Norway

34

Norway

31

January 22

Hungary

28

Denmark

25

January 29

Hungary

27

Norway

26

January 22

France

33

Belorussia

22

January 24

Sweden

41

Sweden

thirty

January 21

France

33

France

31

January 26

Iceland

25

France

31

January 21

Slovenia

25

Third place

Russia

26

January 24

28 January

Slovenia

32

Slovenia

32

Croatia

thirty

January 22

Qatar

thirty

Slovenia

31

Germany

20

Qatar

21

1/8 final

January 21, 2017 4:00 pm	Norway	34–24	Macedonia	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Viewers: 6540 Judges: Licis, Sondors ( LAT )
	Yandal , Tangen	(12–10)	K. Lazarov 6
	2 × 2 ×	Report	4 × 2 ×

January 21, 2017 18:00	France	31–25	Iceland	Pierre-Mauroy , Villeneuve-d'Ascq Viewers: 28010 Judges: Grillo, Lentsi ( ARG )
	Gigu 6	(14–13)	Karason 7
	2 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 21, 2017 20:45	Russia	26–32	Slovenia	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 8324 Judges: Bonavanture, Bonavanture ( FRA )
	Villages , Shishkaryov 5	(15–13)	Singesar 6
	7 × 3 × 1 ×	Report	2 × 3 ×

January 21, 2017 20:45	Brazil	27–28	Spain	Park & Suites Arena, Montpellier Viewers: 6923 Judges: Brunner, Salah ( SUI )
	Silva 7	(18–16)	Kanyelyas , Duishebaev 5
	5 × 2 ×	Report	4 × 2 ×

January 22, 2017 4:00 pm	Belorussia	22–41	Sweden	Pierre-Mauroy , Villeneuve-d'Ascq Viewers: 16188 Judges: Nachevsky, Nikolov ( MKD )
	King 7	(11–17)	Gottfriedsson 8
	4 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 1 ×

January 22, 2017 4:00 pm	Hungary	27–25	Denmark	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Viewers: 6540 Judges: Buallusha, Henissi ( TUN )
	Lekai 6	(13–12)	Hansen 8
	3 × 3 ×	Report	1 × 2 ×

January 22, 2017 18:00	Germany	20–21	Qatar	AccorHotels Arena , Paris Viewers: 10209 Judges: Gatelis, Mazeika ( LTU )
	Glandorf , Grötzky by 4	(10–9)	Capote 9
	5 × 4 × 1 ×	Report	4 × 3 ×

January 22, 2017 20:45	Croatia	21–19	Egypt	Park & Suites Arena, Montpellier Viewers: 6266 Judges: Gedding, Hansen ( DEN )
	Horvat 7	(13–7)	Al-Ahmar 5
	3 ×	Report	4 ×

Quarter-finals

January 24, 2017 5:00 pm	Norway	31-28	Hungary	La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Viewers: 6540 Judges: Heipel, Helbig ( GER )
	E. Lee Hansen 6	(17–10)
	7 × 2 ×	Report	3 × 3 ×

January 24, 2017
19:00

France

2017 Men's World Handball Championship

Content

Cities and Stadiums

Qualification

Members

Toss-up

Sowing

Preliminary round

Decisive criterion

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

President's Cup

Playoffs for 21-24 places

Semifinals for 21-24 places

Match for 23rd place

21st place match

Playoffs for 17-20 places

Semifinals for 17-20 places

Match for 19th place

Match for 17th place

Play Off

Grid

1/8 final

Quarter-finals

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