# 2017 World Men's Handball Championship

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International handball competition

2017 World Men's Handball Championship Championnat du monde masculin de handball 2017 Tournament details Host country France Venues 8 (in 8 host cities) Dates 11–29 January Teams 24 (from 5 confederations) Final positions Champions France (6th title) Runners-up Norway Third place Slovenia Fourth place Croatia Tournament statistics Matches played 84 Goals scored 4,643 (55.27 per match) Attendance 553,833 (6,593 per match) Top scorer Kiril Lazarov (MKD) (50 goals) Awards Best player Nikola Karabatić (FRA)[1] ← Previous Next →

The **2017 [IHF World Men's Handball Championship](/source/IHF_World_Men's_Handball_Championship)** was the 25th event hosted by the [International Handball Federation](/source/International_Handball_Federation). The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.[2]

France, in a clean sweep, defended their title by defeating Norway 33–26 in the final, which secured France their sixth title.[3] Slovenia defeated Croatia 31–30 to capture the bronze medal.[4] 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.[5]

## Venues

The championship was played at eight venues in [Paris-Bercy](/source/Paris-Bercy), [Rouen](/source/Rouen), [Nantes](/source/Nantes), [Metz](/source/Metz), [Albertville](/source/Albertville), [Montpellier](/source/Montpellier), [Lille](/source/Lille), and [Brest](/source/Brest%2C_France).[6] All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.[7]

Lille Paris Nantes Stade Pierre-Mauroy AccorHotels Arena Hall XXL Capacity: 27,500 Capacity: 15,700 Capacity: 10,800 Montpellier Lille Paris Montpellier Rouen Albertville Nantes Metz Brest Park&Suites Arena Capacity: 9,853 Albertville La halle de glace Olympique Capacity: 6,500 Rouen Metz Brest Kindarena Arènes de Metz Brest Arena Capacity: 5,700 Capacity: 5,127 Capacity: 4,000

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.[8]

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](/source/France_men's_national_handball_team) 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](/source/Qatar_men's_national_handball_team). 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.[9]

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host nation 15 December 2011 1 France 2015 World Championship 15 January – 1 February 2015 1 Qatar 2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship 15–28 January 2016 3 Bahrain Japan Saudi Arabia 2016 African Men's Handball Championship 21–30 January 2016 3 Angola Egypt Tunisia 2016 European Men's Handball Championship 15–31 January 2016 3 Croatia Germany Spain European qualification 4 November 2015 – 16 June 2016 9 Belarus Denmark Hungary Iceland Macedonia Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden 2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 11–19 June 2016 3 Argentina Brazil Chile Wildcard 1 Norway[10]

### Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances1, 2 France 00Hosts 15 December 2011 20 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Qatar 01Finalist of 2015 World Championship 30 January 2015 5 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015) Bahrain Semifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship 24 January 2016 1 (2011) Japan Semifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship 24 January 2016 12 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011) Saudi Arabia Semifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship 24 January 2016 7 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015) Egypt Finalist of 2016 African Championship 29 January 2016 13 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Germany Finalist of 2016 European Championship 29 January 2016 23 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19903, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Spain Finalist of 2016 European Championship 29 January 2016 18 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Tunisia Finalist of 2016 African Championship 29 January 2016 12 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Angola Third place at 2016 African Championship 30 January 2016 2 (2005, 2007) Croatia Third place at 2016 European Championship 31 January 2016 11 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Belarus European playoffs 15 June 2016 3 (1995, 2013, 2015) Denmark European playoffs 15 June 2016 21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Hungary European playoffs 15 June 2016 18 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) Macedonia European playoffs 15 June 2016 4 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015) Poland European playoffs 15 June 2016 14 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Russia European playoffs 15 June 2016 11 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013. 2015) Slovenia European playoffs 15 June 2016 7 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015) Sweden European playoffs 15 June 2016 22 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015) Iceland European playoffs 16 June 2016 18 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) Brazil Finalist of 2016 Pan American Championship 18 June 2016 12 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Chile Finalist of 2016 Pan American Championship 18 June 2016 3 (2011, 2013, 2015) Argentina Third place at 2016 Pan American Championship 19 June 2016 10 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) Norway Wildcard 21 June 2016 13 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)

- 1 **Bold** indicates champion for that year

- 2 *Italic* indicates host country for that year

- 3 From both German teams only [East Germany](/source/East_Germany_men's_national_handball_team) was qualified in 1990

## Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France).[10][11]

### Seeding

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

## Squads

Main article: [2017 World Men's Handball Championship squads](/source/2017_World_Men's_Handball_Championship_squads)

## Referees

16 referee pairs are selected:[12]

Referees Argentina Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný Denmark Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen France Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura France Laurent Reveret Stevann Pichon Germany Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig Iran Majid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviannazhad Latvia Renārs Līcis Zigmārs Sondors Referees Lithuania Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov Montenegro Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok South Korea Lee Se-ok Koo Bon-ok Spain Óscar López Ángel Ramírez Switzerland Arthur Brunner Morad Salah Tunisia Ismail Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi

## Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 23 September 2015.[13][14]

*All times are local ([UTC+1](/source/Central_European_Time)).*

### Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 France (H) 5 5 0 0 154 112 +42 10 Round of 16 2 Norway 5 4 0 1 155 124 +31 8 3 Russia 5 3 0 2 139 136 +3 6 4 Brazil 5 2 0 3 121 146 −25 4 5 Poland 5 1 0 4 115 125 −10 2 6 Japan 5 0 0 5 120 161 −41 0

Source: [IHF](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/menshandballworldchampionshipfrance2017/teamsranking.aspx)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

11 January 2017 20:45 France 31–16 Brazil AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) Porte 6 (17–7) Toledo 5 2× 4× Report 3× 3×

12 January 2017 17:45 Russia 39–29 Japan Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 4,867 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN) three players 6 (18–15) Shida 7 2× 3× Report 3×

12 January 2017 20:45 Poland 20–22 Norway Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,356 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) Daszek 7 (10–12) Lie Hansen 6 2× 3× Report 4× 6×

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

14 January 2017 14:45 Brazil 28–24 Poland Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,171 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) Toledo 8 (16–11) Paczkowski 6 3× Report 1×

14 January 2017 17:45 Norway 28–24 Russia Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 9,812 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) Bjørnsen 7 (15–11) Soroka 8 2× 2× Report 3× 4×

15 January 2017 17:45 France 31–28 Norway Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN) three players 5 (16–12) Sagosen 7 3× 5× 1× Report 3× 7× 1×

15 January 2017 20:45 Brazil 27–24 Japan Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 8,326 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) Langaro 8 (14–12) Tokuda 7 1× 2× Report 3× 2×

16 January 2017 20:45 Poland 20–24 Russia Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 4,961 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) T. Gębala 4 (9–13) Kovalyov 7 2× 5× 1× Report 1× 3×

17 January 2017 14:00 Norway 39–26 Brazil Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,943 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) Sagosen 7 (18–13) Chiuffa, Pozzer 6 2× 3× Report 1× 6×

17 January 2017 17:45 Poland 26–25 Japan Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 8,655 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) Daszek 5 (9–11) Shida 9 3× 4× Report 2× 1×

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

19 January 2017 14:00 Russia 28–24 Brazil Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,197 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) Dereven, Shelmenko 5 (14–15) three players 5 2× 5× 1× Report 1× 4×

19 January 2017 17:45 France 26–25 Poland Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) Nyokas 7 (13–13) T. Gębala, Krajewski 5 2× 3× Report 2× 3×

19 January 2017 20:45 Japan 23–38 Norway Exponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,621 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) Motoki 4 (14–19) Myrhol 7 3× Report 1×

### Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Spain 5 5 0 0 160 115 +45 10 Round of 16 2 Slovenia 5 3 1 1 151 136 +15 7 3 Macedonia 5 2 1 2 139 137 +2 5 4 Iceland 5 1 2 2 128 121 +7 4[a] 5 Tunisia 5 1 2 2 144 144 0 4[a] 6 Angola 5 0 0 5 122 191 −69 0

Source: [IHF](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/menshandballworldchampionshipfrance2017/teamsranking.aspx)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_ISL0.25838141155354_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_ISL0.25838141155354_15-1) Iceland 22–22 Tunisia

12 January 2017 14:00 Slovenia 42–25 Angola Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,179 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG) Mačkovšek, Marguč 8 (22–13) Lopes 7 3× 4× Report 1× 3×

12 January 2017 17:45 Macedonia 34–30 Tunisia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,561 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) K. Lazarov 12 (13–14) Boughanmi 9 4× 4× Report 3× 6×

12 January 2017 20:45 Spain 27–21 Iceland Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) Balaguer, Cañellas 4 (10–12) Sigurðsson 5 3× 3× Report 4× 5×

14 January 2017 14:45 Iceland 25–26 Slovenia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) Elísson 7 (8–11) Bezjak 6 3× 5× Report 4× 4×

14 January 2017 17:45 Tunisia 21–26 Spain Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,056 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Toumi 5 (10–12) Balaguer, Tomás 5 3× 3× Report 2× 1×

14 January 2017 20:45 Angola 22–31 Macedonia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,845 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) Lopes 5 (9–14) K. Lazarov 10 2× 3× Report 3× 5×

15 January 2017 14:45 Iceland 22–22 Tunisia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG) Sigurðsson 5 (11–13) Bannour 12 2× 7× 1× Report 3× 3×

16 January 2017 17:45 Slovenia 29–22 Macedonia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,605 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Bezjak, Marguč 4 (16–10) K. Lazarov 9 2× 5× Report 2× 2×

16 January 2017 20:45 Spain 42–22 Angola Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,126 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG) Fernández 9 (21–10) Lopes 6 2× 1× Report 2× 1× 1×

17 January 2017 17:45 Slovenia 28–28 Tunisia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,039 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) Kavtičnik 7 (15–13) Sanaï 8 3× 5× Report 3× 3× 1×

17 January 2017 20:45 Angola 19–33 Iceland Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 1,725 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Lopes 8 (8–16) Sigurðsson 8 3× 5× Report 2× 1×

18 January 2017 20:45 Macedonia 25–29 Spain Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,951 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) K. Lazarov 6 (14–14) Rivera Folch 11 4× 2× Report 2× 2×

19 January 2017 14:00 Tunisia 43–34 Angola Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 1,935 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) Bannour 10 (23–16) Teca 10 2× 2× Report 3× 3× 1×

19 January 2017 17:45 Macedonia 27–27 Iceland Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,225 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG) K. Lazarov 7 (13–15) Kárason 7 3× 4× Report 3× 4×

19 January 2017 20:45 Spain 36–26 Slovenia Arenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Balaguer 7 (18–10) Marguč 6 1× 4× Report 3× 4×

### Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Germany 5 5 0 0 159 107 +52 10 Round of 16 2 Croatia 5 4 0 1 148 126 +22 8 3 Belarus 5 2 0 3 134 145 −11 4[a] 4 Hungary 5 2 0 3 147 138 +9 4[a] 5 Saudi Arabia 5 1 0 4 123 157 −34 2[b] 6 Chile 5 1 0 4 122 160 −38 2[b]

Source: [IHF](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/menshandballworldchampionshipfrance2017/teamsranking.aspx)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_BLR0.52164734598326_16-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_BLR0.52164734598326_16-1) Belarus 27–25 Hungary

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_KSA0.52164734598326_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_KSA0.52164734598326_17-1) Saudi Arabia 26–25 Chile

13 January 2017 14:00 Belarus 28–32 Chile Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) Karalek 10 (14–14) R. Salinas 8 3× 7× Report 3× 4×

13 January 2017 17:45 Germany 27–23 Hungary Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) Gensheimer 13 (16–11) six players 3 2× 3× Report 3× 2× 1×

13 January 2017 20:45 Croatia 28–23 Saudi Arabia Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN) Cindrić 6 (12–11) Al-Salem 5 3× 3× Report 3× 4×

14 January 2017 20:45 Hungary 28–31 Croatia Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,588 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT) Balogh, Harsányi 6 (11–11) Štrlek 6 3× 3× Report 3× 4×

15 January 2017 14:45 Chile 14–35 Germany Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT) four players 2 (6–17) Kohlbacher 8 3× 3× Report 3× 3×

15 January 2017 20:45 Saudi Arabia 26–29 Belarus Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) Al-Salem 7 (13–14) Pukhouski 9 3× 5× Report 3× 5×

16 January 2017 17:45 Hungary 34–29 Chile Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN) Jamali 7 (17–14) Er. Feuchtmann 9 4× 5× 1× Report 3× 1×

16 January 2017 20:45 Croatia 31–25 Belarus Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,202 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) Cindrić 8 (18–15) Karalek 7 4× 4× 1× Report 4× 5×

17 January 2017 17:45 Germany 38–24 Saudi Arabia Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,980 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) Fäth 6 (21–13) Al-Zaer 8 3× 3× Report 3× 2×

18 January 2017 14:00 Saudi Arabia 24–37 Hungary Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,959 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT) Al-Mohsin 7 (10–17) Császár 9 2× 4× Report 2× 4×

18 January 2017 17:45 Belarus 25–31 Germany Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,524 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN) three players 4 (16–16) Gensheimer 8 3× 3× Report 3× 3×

18 January 2017 20:45 Croatia 37–22 Chile Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,785 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) Mihić 8 (17–9) Er. Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 4 3× 3× Report 2× 5×

20 January 2017 14:00 Chile 25–26 Saudi Arabia Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,366 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) R. Salinas 7 (13–13) A. Al-Abbas 9 3× 3× Report 3× 8×

20 January 2017 17:45 Germany 28–21 Croatia Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT) Wiencek 6 (13–9) Stepančić, Štrlek 5 3× 3× Report 2× 3×

20 January 2017 20:45 Belarus 27–25 Hungary Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,761 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) Brouka, Pukhouski 6 (15–13) Császár, Juhász 7 3× 2× Report 4× 7×

### Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Denmark 5 5 0 0 157 130 +27 10 Round of 16 2 Sweden 5 4 0 1 162 111 +51 8 3 Egypt 5 3 0 2 138 143 −5 6 4 Qatar 5 2 0 3 127 129 −2 4 5 Argentina 5 1 0 4 108 137 −29 2 6 Bahrain 5 0 0 5 110 152 −42 0

Source: [IHF](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/mensworldchampionships/menshandballworldchampionshipfrance2017/teamsranking.aspx)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

13 January 2017 14:00 Qatar 20–22 Egypt AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,315 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Capote 5 (8–11) El-Ahmar 8 2× 4× Report 1× 7×

13 January 2017 17:45 Sweden 33–16 Bahrain AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,579 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) Tollbring 10 (17–5) Habib 4 2× 5× Report 2× 5×

13 January 2017 20:45 Denmark 33–22 Argentina AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,582 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) Hansen 6 (17–11) F. Fernández 6 2× 3× Report 2× 4×

14 January 2017 20:45 Egypt 28–35 Denmark AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,413 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) El-Deraa 6 (15–21) Svan 6 2× 1× 1× Report 2× 4×

15 January 2017 14:45 Argentina 17–35 Sweden AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,578 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) S. Simonet 5 (11–16) Zachrisson 8 2× 4× Report 3× 5× 2×

15 January 2017 17:45 Bahrain 22–32 Qatar AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,475 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) Abdulqader 5 (9–19) Madadi 8 4× 5× Report 2× 7×

16 January 2017 17:45 Egypt 31–29 Bahrain AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,429 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) El-Deraa 6 (17–15) Saad 6 3× Report 2× 5× 1×

16 January 2017 20:45 Denmark 27–25 Sweden AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 13,850 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Hansen 8 (14–10) Ekberg 7 3× 4× Report 3× 3×

17 January 2017 17:45 Qatar 21–17 Argentina AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 3,641 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) Mallash 5 (9–2) F. Fernández 7 3× 3× Report 1× 2×

18 January 2017 14:00 Argentina 26–31 Egypt AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,233 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Vieyra 12 (10–13) three players 5 2× 4× Report 3× 5×

18 January 2017 17:45 Denmark 30–26 Bahrain AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,900 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) H. Toft Hansen 6 (17–13) Habib, Mahfoodh 6 2× 4× 1× Report 2× 6×

18 January 2017 20:45 Sweden 36–25 Qatar AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,034 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) Ekberg 9 (19–12) Roiné 8 1× 6× Report 1× 1×

20 January 2017 14:00 Bahrain 17–26 Argentina AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,314 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) Abdulqader 5 (8–13) F. Fernández 8 2× 6× Report 1× 7×

20 January 2017 17:45 Sweden 33–26 Egypt AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,660 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) Ekberg 8 (15–9) Issa 7 1× 7× Report 3× 4×

20 January 2017 20:45 Qatar 29–32 Denmark AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,444 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Capote, Benali 5 (16–14) Nøddesbo 8 2× 2× Report 4× 4×

## Presidents Cup

### 21st–24th place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals 21st place 21 January Japan 37 23 January Angola 26 Japan 29 22 January Chile 35 Chile 35 Bahrain 30 23rd place 23 January Angola 26 Bahrain 32

#### 21st–24th place semifinals

21 January 2017 14:00 Japan 37–26 Angola Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,017 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN) Tokuda 8 (18–14) Lopes 9 3× 3× Report 1× 4×

22 January 2017 14:00 Chile 35–30 Bahrain Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) E. Salinas, R. Salinas 8 (18–14) Al-Sayyad 8 2× 5× Report 4× 7×

#### 23rd place game

23 January 2017 13:00 Angola 26–32 Bahrain Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) Pestana 6 (13–15) A. Merza 8 1× 5× Report 2× 1×

#### 21st place game

23 January 2017 15:00 Japan 29–35 Chile Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) Agarie 9 (12–17) Ceballos, Er. Feuchtmann 7 3× 1× Report 3× 2×

### 17–20th place bracket

17–20th place semifinals 17th place 21 January Poland 28 23 January Tunisia 26 Poland 24 22 January Argentina 22 Saudi Arabia 22 Argentina 24 19th place 23 January Tunisia 39 Saudi Arabia 30

#### 17–20th place semifinals

21 January 2017 16:00 Poland 28–26 Tunisia Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA) Krajewski 8 (15–11) Bannour 10 2× 5× 1× Report 2× 4×

22 January 2017 16:00 Saudi Arabia 22–24 Argentina Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,114 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) M. Al-Abbas 6 (8–10) Pizarro 6 2× 6× Report 3× 3×

#### 19th place game

23 January 2017 18:00 Tunisia 39–30 Saudi Arabia Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 1,650 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR) Haj Youssef 12 (20–15) M. Al-Abbas 9 3× 3× Report 2× 2×

#### 17th place game

23 January 2017 20:00 Poland 24–22 Argentina Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,320 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN) Krajewski 6 (13–13) F. Fernández 8 3× 4× Report 3× 4×

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 21 January France 31 24 January Iceland 25 France 33 22 January Sweden 30 Belarus 22 26 January Sweden 41 France 31 21 January Slovenia 25 Russia 26 24 January Slovenia 32 Slovenia 32 22 January Qatar 30 Germany 20 29 January Qatar 21 France 33 21 January Norway 26 Brazil 27 24 January Spain 28 Spain 29 22 January Croatia 30 Croatia 21 27 January Egypt 19 Croatia 25 21 January Norway (OT) 28 Third place Norway 34 24 January 28 January Macedonia 24 Norway 31 Slovenia 31 22 January Hungary 28 Croatia 30 Hungary 27 Denmark 25

### Round of 16

21 January 2017 16:00 Norway 34–24 Macedonia La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT) Jøndal, Tangen 6 (12–10) K. Lazarov 6 2× 2× Report 2× 4×

21 January 2017 18:00 France 31–25 Iceland Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 28,010 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG) Guigou 6 (14–13) Kárason 7 1× 2× Report 3× 4×

21 January 2017 20:45 Brazil 27–28 Spain Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,923 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) Silva 7 (18–16) Cañellas, Dujshebaev 5 2× 5× Report 2× 4×

21 January 2017 20:45 Russia 26–32 Slovenia AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,324 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) Dereven, Shishkarev 5 (15–13) Cingesar 6 3× 7× 1× Report 3× 2×

22 January 2017 16:00 Hungary 27–25 Denmark La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN) Lékai 6 (13–12) Hansen 8 3× 3× Report 2× 1×

22 January 2017 16:00 Belarus 22–41 Sweden Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 16,188 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) Karalek 7 (11–24) Gottfridsson 8 2× 4× Report 1× 3×

22 January 2017 18:00 Germany 20–21 Qatar AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,209 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) Glandorf, Groetzki 4 (10–9) Capote 9 4× 5× Report 3× 4×

22 January 2017 20:45 Croatia 21–19 Egypt Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,266 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) Horvat 6 (13–7) El-Ahmar 5 3× Report 4×

### Quarterfinals

24 January 2017 17:00 Norway 31–28 Hungary La halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Lie Hansen 6 (17–10) Császár 11 2× 7× Report 3× 3×

24 January 2017 19:00 France 33–30 Sweden Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 28,010 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) Mahé 9 (15–16) Gottfridsson 7 3× 5× Report 3× 6×

24 January 2017 20:45 Slovenia 32–30 Qatar AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,573 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) Marguč 6 (18–15) Roiné 8 1× 3× Report 1× 4×

24 January 2017 20:45 Spain 29–30 Croatia Park&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,749 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) Fernández 7 (15–17) Mamić 9 4× 1× Report 2× 4×

### Semifinals

26 January 2017 21:00 France 31–25 Slovenia AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) Remili 6 (15–12) Dolenec 5 2× 3× Report 3× 2×

27 January 2017 20:45 Croatia 25–28 (ET) Norway AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,324 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) Horvat 6 (10–12) Myrhol 6 4× 6× 1× Report 3× 4× FT: 22–22 ET: 3–6

### Third place game

28 January 2017 20:45 Slovenia 31–30 Croatia AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,625 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) three players 4 (13–18) Cindrić 7 4× 2× Report 2× 3×

### Final

29 January 2017 17:30 France 33–26 Norway AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) Karabatić 6 (18–17) Tønnesen 5 2× 1× Report 4× 2×

## 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.[15]

Rank Team[16] France Norway Slovenia 4 Croatia 5 Spain 6 Sweden 7 Hungary 8 Qatar 9 Germany 10 Denmark 11 Belarus 12 Russia 13 Egypt 14 Iceland 15 Macedonia 16 Brazil 17 Poland 18 Argentina 19 Tunisia 20 Saudi Arabia 21 Chile 22 Japan 23 Bahrain 24 Angola

## Awards

### All-Star Team

All-Star Team of the tournament:[1]

- **Goalkeeper:** [Vincent Gérard](/source/Vincent_G%C3%A9rard)

- **Right wing:** [Kristian Bjørnsen](/source/Kristian_Bj%C3%B8rnsen)

- **Right back:** [Nedim Remili](/source/Nedim_Remili)

- **Centre back:** [Domagoj Duvnjak](/source/Domagoj_Duvnjak)

- **Left back:** [Sander Sagosen](/source/Sander_Sagosen)

- **Left wing:** [Jerry Tollbring](/source/Jerry_Tollbring)

- **Pivot:** [Bjarte Myrhol](/source/Bjarte_Myrhol)

### Other awards

- [Most Valuable Player](/source/Most_Valuable_Player): [Nikola Karabatić](/source/Nikola_Karabati%C4%87)[1]

## Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Kiril Lazarov Macedonia 50 81 62 2 Sérgio Lopes Angola 47 88 53 3 Amine Bannour Tunisia 45 84 54 Kristian Bjørnsen Norway 59 76 5 Niclas Ekberg Sweden 43 60 72 6 Bjarte Myrhol Norway 42 53 79 7 Sander Sagosen Norway 41 79 52 8 Luka Cindrić Croatia 39 65 60 Federico Fernandez Argentina 58 67 10 Gábor Császár Hungary 38 55 69 Gašper Marguč Slovenia 48 79 Jerry Tollbring Sweden 46 83 Source: IHF Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Espen Christensen Norway 44 32 73 2 Andreas Wolff Germany 43 60 141 3 Vincent Gérard France 40 62 155 Niklas Landin Jacobsen Denmark 66 167 Andreas Palicka Sweden 51 127 6 Mikael Appelgren Sweden 39 55 141 7 Rodrigo Corrales Spain 36 43 121 Maik dos Santos Brazil 46 129 Silvio Heinevetter Germany 25 69 10 Makrem Missaoui Tunisia 35 73 210 Source: IHF

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## External links

- [Official website](http://www.francehandball2017.com/en/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170116112533/http://www.francehandball2017.com/en/) 2017-01-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [IHF website](https://archive.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipFrance2017)

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