2023 World Men's Handball Championship

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2023 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Poland
 Sweden
Dates11–29 January
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)9 (in 9 host cities)
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The 2023 IHF World Men's Handball Championship will be the 28th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will be held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023. Denmark are the two-times defending World Champions, having won the 2019 and 2021 edition.

Bidding process[]

Eight nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:[1]

However until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015 only three nations entered documents to bid for this event.[2] On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Poland and Sweden have agreed intentions to jointly hosting this tournament:[3]

A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015. Poland and Sweden were chosen as the hosts. This is going to be the first time for Poland to participate as the host country at IHF World Men's Handball Championship[4]

Venues[]

The tournament will take place in nine cities (four in Poland and five in Sweden): Kraków, Gdańsk, Katowice, Płock, Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Jönköping and Kristianstad. The opening game will take place in Katowice while the final will take place in Stockholm.[5]

Kraków Gdańsk Stockholm Malmö Gothenburg
Tauron Arena Ergo Arena Tele2 Arena Malmö Arena Scandinavium
Capacity: 15,030 Capacity: 11,409 Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 13,000 Capacity: 12,000
KrakówArena-WejścieGłówne-POL, Kraków.jpg GdanskSopot ErgoArena 20110603.jpg Tele2 Arena juni 2013a 01.jpg Malmö Arena ESC2013 01.jpg Scandinavium 2009.jpg
Katowice Płock Jönköping Kristianstad
Spodek Orlen Arena Husqvarna Garden Kristianstad Arena
Capacity: 11,036 Capacity: 5,492 Capacity: 7,000 Capacity: 4,700
Katowice Spodek- Nowa elewacja.jpg Orlen Arena (1).jpg Husqvarna Garden from west by night.jpg Kristianstad Arena, framsidan.jpg

Qualification[]

The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. Following a decision on increasing the number of participating teams, the number of compulsory places awarded to each continental confederation is divided as follows: 4 places each for Africa, Asia and Europe. Starting in 2021 Pan America was split into two zones: the North America and Caribbean Zone having 1 place, and the South and Central America Zone having 3 places. One additional place is available for Oceania, but only when that region's national team ranks fifth or higher at the Asian Championship. If no Oceania team places among the top five at the Asian Championship, the IHF will award an additional wild card. In addition, there will be several performance places for the continental confederations, which are based on the teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding World Championship. According to the new qualification system and taking into consideration the results of the 2021 Men's World Championship, 32 places are distributed as follows:

  • Host nations: 2
  • Reigning world champion: 1
  • Africa: 5
  • Asia: 5
  • Europe: 12
  • Pan America: 5
    • North America and Caribbean: 1
    • South and Central America: 4
  • Oceania/additional wild card: 1
  • Wild card: 1
Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nations 6 November 2015 Russia Sochi 2  Poland
 Sweden
2021 World Championship 31 January 2021  Egypt 1  Denmark
2022 African Men's Handball Championship 13–23 January 2022  Morocco 5
2022 European Men's Handball Championship 13–30 January 2022  Hungary
 Slovakia 		4
2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship 18–31 January 2022 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 5
TBD Chile Santiago 4
TBD Canada Toronto 1
European qualification 7 November 2021 – 2022 Various 8
Wild card TBD — 1+1

Qualified teams[]

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances1, 2
 Poland Co-host 6 November 2015 16 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
 Sweden Co-host 6 November 2015 25 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
 Denmark World champion 31 January 2021 24 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host country for that year

Venues[]

The draw will take place on 2 July 2022 at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bidding process for the 2021/2023 Men's and Women's World Championships". ihf.info. 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Applications for Men's World Championships 2021/2023". ihf.info. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Sverige söker värdskapet för VM 2023". Svensk Handball (in Swedish). 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  4. ^ "2021 and 2023 IHF Men's World Championships Awarded". ihf.info. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Sverige inleder VM 2023 i Göteborg" (in Swedish). Svenska Handbollslandslaget. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Śląsk i Katowice gospodarzami mistrzostw świata" (in Polish). Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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