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The 2031 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, will be the 32nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will take place in Denmark, Iceland and Norway in January 2031.[1]
In April 2023, the IHF stated that they were looking for bids.[2] In the end, three bids expressed interest in hosting the tournament.
The bids were confirmed on 1 March 2024:[9][10]
Denmark, Iceland and Norway were awarded the hosting rights on 16 April 2024 in Créteil, France.[11][12][13][14]
The proposed venues are:[15]
Denmark will be the main host with 4 preliminary round groups, the President's Cup, 2 main round groups and the knockout stage, while Iceland and Norway will host 2 preliminary round groups and 1 main round group.[12]
Qualification system will still depend on number of compulsory and performance places, as for 2029 World Championship. The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. The number of compulsory places awarded to other continental confederation keeps unchanged and is divided as follows: four places each for Europe, Asia and Africa, three places for the South and Central America zone and one place for the North America and Caribbean zone.[16] 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 12 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 2029 Men's World Championship, 20 out of 32 places are distributed as follows:
Distribution of places (following current IHF rules[16]) | Vacancies | Details | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Organisers 1 | 1 | ||
Reigning world champion 2 | 1 | ||
Performance places for the continental confederations | 12 | Based on teams ranked 1-12 in the preceding world championship | |
Africa | ? | ||
Asia | ? | ||
Europe | ? | ||
North America and the Caribbean | ? | ||
South and Central America | ? | ||
Oceania | ? | ||
Compulsory places for the continental confederations | 17 | ||
Africa | 4 | ||
Asia | 4 | ||
Europe | 4 1 | ||
North America and the Caribbean | 1 | ||
South and Central America | 3 | ||
Oceania | 1 3 | Place allocated to Oceania or an additional free wild card | |
Wild card 4 | 1 | ||
Total | 32 |
Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
---|---|---|---|---|
Host nations | 16 April 2024 | Créteil | 3 | Denmark Iceland Norway |
2029 World Championship | TBD | France Germany |
1 | |
2030 European Men's Handball Championship | 10 – 27 January 2030 |
TBD | 2 | |
2030 African Men's Handball Championship | TBD | TBD | 4(+?) | |
2030 Asian Men's Handball Championship | TBD | TBD | 4(+?) | |
2030 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship | TBD | TBD | 3(+?) | |
2030 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship | TBD | TBD | 1(+?) | |
European qualification | TBD | Various | ? | |
Oceania | TBD | TBD | 1 | |
Wild card | TBD | TBD | 1 or 2[1] |
^ 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If they finish placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.
Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances1 |
---|---|---|---|
Denmark | Co-host | 16 April 2024 | 26 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) |
Iceland | 23 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) | ||
Norway | 18 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025) |
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