2015 World Men's Handball Championship

2015 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	15 January – 1 February
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (5th title)
Runner-up	Qatar
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	88
Goals scored	4,805 (54.6 per match)
Attendance	306,100 (3,478 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dragan Gajić (SVN) (71 goals)
Best player	Thierry Omeyer (FRA)
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The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those of Norway, Poland and France after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, in Malmö, Sweden.^[2] This was the third time that the World Championship was hosted in the Middle East And North Africa, after Egypt in 1999 and Tunisia in 2005.

France won the final against Qatar 25–22 to win their fifth title,^[3] a first in handball history while Qatar won their first ever medal.^[4] Poland captured the bronze medal by defeating Spain 29–28 after extra time.^[5] Denmark secured the fifth place by winning against Croatia which finished sixth and thus had the worst result in the past 13 years of international handball competing.

The competition was marred by numerous controversies throughout.

Venues[edit]

The games of the tournament were played in 3 cities: Doha, Al Rayyan and the newly created town of Lusail.

Three new venues were constructed for the tournament:

Lusail Sports Arena^[6] in the town of Lusail: with a capacity of 15,300 seats, Lusail hall became the main venue of the tournament. The hall opened in November 2014.
Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in the town of Al Rayyan: with a capacity of 7,700 seats. The hall is part of the al-Sadd Club sports complex.
Duhail Handball Sports Hall in Duhail district of Doha: with a capacity of 5,500 spectators. The hall is part of the Qatar Handball Association (QHA) complex.

Lusail	Al Rayyan	Doha
Lusail Sports Arena	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena	Duhail Handball Sports Hall
Capacity: 15,300	Capacity: 7,700	Capacity: 5,500

Qualification[edit]

Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. Qatar, as hosts and Spain, as world champions, were automatically qualified, which left 22 places available for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament and the winners of an additional European qualification competition.

In a decision taken by the International Handball Federation on 8 July 2014 the spot allocated for a nation from Oceania was revoked on the grounds that Oceania has no continental confederation. The national team, qualified for this spot through the 2014 Oceania Handball Championship, was Australia. The spot was instead handed out as a wild card to the nation with the highest ranking at the previous world championships not qualified for the Qatar tournament. This nation was Germany.^[7] Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates withdrew on 7 November 2014.^[8]^[9] Iceland and Saudi Arabia were chosen as the replacements.^[10]

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	27 January 2011	1	Qatar
2013 World Champions	11–27 January 2013	1	Spain
2014 African Men's Handball Championship	16–25 January 2014	3	Algeria Egypt Tunisia
2014 European Men's Handball Championship	12–26 January 2014	3	Croatia Denmark France
2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship	24 January – 4 February 2014	3	~~Bahrain~~^[8] Iran ~~United Arab Emirates~~^[9]
2014 Oceania Handball Championship	25–26 April 2014	1	~~Australia~~^[7]
European qualification	7–15 June 2014	9	Austria Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic Macedonia Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden
2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship	23–29 June 2014	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
Wildcard	8 July 2014	1	Germany^[7]
Wildcards	21 November 2014	2	Iceland^[10] Saudi Arabia^[10]

Qualified teams[edit]

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances^{1, 2}
Qatar	00Hosts	27 January 2011	4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013)
Spain	01World champions	27 January 2013	17 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Denmark	Finalist of 2014 European Championship	22 January 2014	20 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
France	Finalist of 2014 European Championship	22 January 2014	19 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967,1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Croatia	Fourth of 2014 European Championship	22 January 2014	10 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Algeria	Finalist of 2014 African Championship	24 January 2014	13 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Tunisia	Finalist of 2014 African Championship	24 January 2014	11 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Egypt	Third place of 2014 African Championship	25 January 2014	12 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
~~Bahrain~~^[8]	Finalist of 2014 Asian Championship	1 February 2014	1 (2011)
Iran	Semifinalist of 2014 Asian Championship	2 February 2014	0 (debut)
~~United Arab Emirates~~^[9]	Semifinalist of 2014 Asian Championship	3 February 2014	0 (debut)
~~Australia~~^[7]	Winner of 2014 Oceania Championship	26 April 2014	7 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Poland	European playoffs	14 June 2014	13 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Russia	European playoffs	14 June 2014	10 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)
Czech Republic	European playoffs	14 June 2014	5 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)
Austria	European playoffs	14 June 2014	4 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011)
Sweden	European playoffs	15 June 2014	21 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011)
Slovenia	European playoffs	15 June 2014	6 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013)
Macedonia	European playoffs	15 June 2014	3 (1999, 2009, 2013)
Belarus	European playoffs	15 June 2014	2 (1995, 2013)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	European playoffs	15 June 2014	0 (debut)
Brazil	Finalist of 2014 Pan American Championship	28 June 2014	11 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Argentina	Finalist of 2014 Pan American Championship	28 June 2014	9 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Chile	Third at 2014 Pan American Championship	29 June 2014	2 (2011, 2013)
Germany^[7]	Wildcard	8 July 2014	22 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990³, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Iceland^[10]	Wildcard	21 November 2014	17 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)
Saudi Arabia^[10]	Wildcard	21 November 2014	6 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italics indicates host country for that year

³ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 20 July 2014 at 21:30 local time in Doha, Qatar.^[11]^[12]

Seedings[edit]

The seedings were published on 11 July 2014.^[13]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Spain France Denmark Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina Poland Sweden Slovenia	Russia Qatar Macedonia Algeria	Austria Argentina Belarus Czech Republic	Tunisia Egypt Brazil ~~Bahrain~~ → Saudi Arabia^[8]	Iran ~~United Arab Emirates~~ → Iceland^[9] Chile ~~Australia~~ → Germany^[7]

Squads[edit]

Each team selects 16 players for the tournament.

Referees[edit]

18 referee pairs are selected:^[14]

Referees
Brazil	Jesus Menezes Rogéro Pinto
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
Egypt	Mohamed Rashed Tamer El-Sayed
France	Laurent Reveret Stevann Pichon
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig
Japan	Kiyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi
Lithuania	Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika

Referees
Macedonia	Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Qatar	Saleh Bamutref Mansour Al-Suwaidi
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Slovenia	Nenad Krstić Peter Ljubič
South Korea	Bon-ok Koo Seok Lee
Spain	Óscar López Ángel Ramírez
Sweden	Michael Johansson Jasmin Kliko
Tunisia	Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf

Preliminary round[edit]

The schedule was published on 21 August 2014.^[15]^[16] A new schedule was released on 12 December 2014.^[17]^[18] The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria[edit]

For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:^[19]

number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
goal difference in all the group matches
number of goals scored in all the group matches
drawing of lots

	Team advanced to the knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	5	0	162	127	+35	10
Qatar	5	4	1	137	122	+15	8
Slovenia	5	3	2	160	145	+15	6
Brazil	5	2	3	146	143	+3	4
Belarus	5	1	4	147	155	−8	2
Chile	5	0	5	104	164	−60	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

15 January 2015 20:30	Qatar	28–23	Brazil	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Hassab Alla, Marković 6	(15–12)	Chiuffa 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

16 January 2015 17:00	Spain	38–33	Belarus	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE)
	Aguinagalde, Maqueda 6	(21–17)	Tsitou 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3× 2×

16 January 2015 17:00	Slovenia	36–23	Chile	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Gajić 9	(16–14)	R. Salinas 10
	3× 8×	Report	1× 6×

17 January 2015 17:00	Brazil	27–29	Spain	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Ribeiro, Toledo 5	(14–15)	Cañellas 9
	4× 5×	Report	3× 2×

17 January 2015 17:00	Belarus	29–34	Slovenia	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	D. Rutenka 6	(8–17)	Gajić 15
	3× 5×	Report	4× 8× 1×

17 January 2015 19:00	Chile	20–27	Qatar	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Oneto 5	(9–15)	Marković 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

19 January 2015 17:00	Spain	37–16	Chile	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Rivera Folch 7	(14–7)	Araya, Frelijj 3
	3× 3×	Report	4× 1×

19 January 2015 17:00	Belarus	29–34	Brazil	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	three players 6	(12–16)	Ribeiro 9
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5×

19 January 2015 19:00	Slovenia	29–31	Qatar	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Dolenec 8	(15–18)	Capote 12
	3× 7×	Report	4× 5×

21 January 2015 17:00	Slovenia	35–32	Brazil	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Gajić 12	(19–18)	Ribeiro 7
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

21 January 2015 17:00	Chile	23–34	Belarus	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 800 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	R. Salinas 6	(11–14)	Pukhouski, S. Rutenka 8
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 5×

21 January 2015 19:00	Qatar	25–28	Spain	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 12,400 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Marković 10	(10–8)	Rivera Folch 7
	2× 1×	Report	3× 5×

23 January 2015 17:00	Brazil	30–22	Chile	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Pacheco Filho 7	(12–13)	five players 3
	1× 5×	Report	4× 7× 1×

23 January 2015 17:00	Spain	30–26	Slovenia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Rivera Folch 6	(14–10)	four players 4
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 5×

23 January 2015 19:00	Qatar	26–22	Belarus	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE)
	Marković 9	(7–12)	D. Rutenka 7
	2× 3×	Report	4× 6×

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	5	5	0	0	158	124	+34	10
Macedonia	5	4	0	1	153	138	+15	8
Austria	5	2	1	2	147	140	+7	5
Tunisia	5	2	1	2	132	133	−1	5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	0	4	118	128	−10	2
Iran	5	0	0	5	127	172	−45	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 January 2015 15:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30–25	Iran	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Čelica 6	(12–16)	A. Esteki 7
	3× 8×	Report	4× 8×

16 January 2015 17:00	Macedonia	33–25	Tunisia	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	K. Lazarov 10	(18–14)	Tej 6
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

16 January 2015 19:00	Croatia	32–30	Austria	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 750 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Čupić 11	(16–13)	Szilágyi, Weber 7
	3× 6×	Report	4× 7× 1×

17 January 2015 19:00	Tunisia	25–28	Croatia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 4,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Bannour 9	(13–14)	Čupić 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

17 January 2015 19:00	Iran	31–33	Macedonia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT)
	A. Esteki 9	(17–19)	K. Lazarov 9
	4× 7× 1×	Report	2× 7×

17 January 2015 21:00	Austria	23–21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Szilágyi, Weber 4	(11–12)	Malinović 6
	3× 8×	Report	4× 6× 1×

19 January 2015 19:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22–25	Macedonia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Burić, Malinović 4	(11–13)	Manaskov 6
	2× 5×	Report	3× 6× 1×

19 January 2015 19:00	Croatia	41–22	Iran	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Horvat 12	(19–13)	S. Esteki 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

19 January 2015 21:00	Austria	25–25	Tunisia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Weber 9	(14–15)	Sanaï, Tej 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

21 January 2015 17:00	Iran	26–38	Austria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	S. Esteki 7	(13–18)	Santos 8
	1× 5×	Report	3× 5×

21 January 2015 19:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24–27	Tunisia	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Malinović 5	(14–15)	Boughanmi 7
	4× 6×	Report	3× 5×

21 January 2015 19:00	Macedonia	26–29	Croatia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE)
	K. Lazarov 7	(14–15)	Čupić 9
	4× 6×	Report	4× 6×

23 January 2015 17:00	Tunisia	30–23	Iran	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Touati 7	(12–12)	Karamian 4
	4× 3×	Report	1× 5×

23 January 2015 19:00	Macedonia	36–31	Austria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	K. Lazarov 9	(16–16)	Weber 8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 7× 1×

23 January 2015 19:00	Croatia	28–21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
	Karačić 6	(17–8)	Toromanović 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6× 1×

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	1	0	143	128	+15	9
Sweden	5	3	1	1	137	109	+28	7
Iceland	5	2	1	2	127	135	−8	5
Egypt	5	2	1	2	135	125	+10	5
Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	145	138	+7	4
Algeria	5	0	0	5	109	161	−52	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 January 2015 19:00	Algeria	20−34	Egypt	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Kaabeche 6	(9−17)	Issa 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7×

16 January 2015 21:00	France	30−27	Czech Republic	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Guigou, Karabatić 7	(16−9)	Horák 8
	2× 6×	Report	3× 10× 1×

16 January 2015 21:00	Sweden	24−16	Iceland	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto (BRA)
	Ekberg 7	(12−7)	Atlason 5
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

18 January 2015 19:00	Iceland	32–24	Algeria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Sigurðsson 8	(12–13)	Berkous 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	4× 3×

18 January 2015 21:00	Czech Republic	22–36	Sweden	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Babák, Sobol 5	(10–19)	Andersson 10
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

18 January 2015 21:00	Egypt	24–28	France	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Amer 5	(11–14)	Karabatić 6
	3× 10×	Report	3× 7×

20 January 2015 19:00	Czech Republic	24–27	Egypt	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT)
	Hrstka 5	(10–13)	El-Ahmar 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 9×

20 January 2015 21:00	France	26–26	Iceland	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Karabatić 6	(12–14)	Hallgrímsson, Pálmarsson 5
	3× 5× 1×	Report	4× 7×

20 January 2015 21:00	Sweden	27–19	Algeria	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Källman 6	(15–6)	Daoud 6
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 2015 19:00	Sweden	25–25	Egypt	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Ekberg 10	(10–10)	El-Ahmar 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7× 1×

22 January 2015 21:00	Iceland	25–36	Czech Republic	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Guðjónsson 5	(11–21)	Jícha 11
	2× 7×	Report	3× 6×

22 January 2015 21:00	Algeria	26–32	France	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Berkous 11	(12–19)	Guigou 7
	3× 9×	Report	3× 5×

24 January 2015 19:00	Egypt	25–28	Iceland	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Issa, Radwan 5	(10–15)	Sigurðsson 13
	3× 4×	Report	2× 7×

24 January 2015 21:00	Algeria	20–36	Czech Republic	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Daoud, Hamoud 5	(10–21)	Jícha 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

24 January 2015 21:00	France	27–25	Sweden	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan Attendance: 3,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Joli 9	(11–12)	Källman 8
	4× 2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	5	4	1	0	150	124	+26	9
Denmark	5	3	2	0	154	127	+27	8
Poland	5	3	0	2	135	121	+14	6
Argentina	5	2	1	2	132	123	+9	5
Russia	5	1	0	4	133	131	+2	2
Saudi Arabia	5	0	0	5	87	165	−78	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

16 January 2015 15:00	Russia	27–17	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Dereven, Zhitnikov 4	(17–9)	Al-Abbas, Al-Hannabi 4
	2× 6× 1×	Report	4× 9×

16 January 2015 19:00	Poland	26−29	Germany	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Lijewski 7	(13−17)	Weinhold 9
	4× 5×	Report	3× 6×

16 January 2015 21:00	Denmark	24−24	Argentina	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Eggert 5	(13−8)	Pizarro 8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 7× 1×

18 January 2015 19:00	Argentina	23–24	Poland	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček (CZE)
	three players 5	(12–11)	three players 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	4× 7×

18 January 2015 19:00	Germany	27–26	Russia	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 600 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Gensheimer 9	(9–13)	Igropulo 6
	3× 7×	Report	4× 8×

18 January 2015 21:00	Saudi Arabia	18–38	Denmark	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 600 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Al-Janabi, Moj. Al-Salem 4	(6–20)	H. Toft Hansen 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

20 January 2015 19:00	Poland	26–25	Russia	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Rojewski 6	(12–13)	Shishkarev 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5×

20 January 2015 19:00	Argentina	32–20	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Pizarro 7	(13–11)	Al-Janabi 5
	4× 6×	Report	3× 12× 2×

20 January 2015 21:00	Denmark	30–30	Germany	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 2,000 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Christiansen, Hansen 6	(16–16)	Weinhold 8
	3× 3×	Report	4× 5×

22 January 2015 19:00	Poland	32–13	Saudi Arabia	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Kliko, Johansson (SWE)
	Syprzak 10	(17–6)	Al-Abdulali 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4× 1×

22 January 2015 19:00	Germany	28–23	Argentina	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Groetzki 7	(13–14)	Fernández 6
	3× 6×	Report	4× 6×

22 January 2015 21:00	Russia	28–31	Denmark	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Shishkarev 8	(8–16)	Lauge 9
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

24 January 2015 19:00	Saudi Arabia	19–36	Germany	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	three players 3	(8–18)	Musche, Sellin 11
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

24 January 2015 19:00	Russia	27–30	Argentina	Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref (QAT)
	Shishkarev 7	(16–17)	Pizarro 9
	3× 8× 1×	Report	4× 4× 1×

24 January 2015 21:00	Denmark	31–27	Poland	Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Lindberg 6	(16–12)	Rojewski 5
	3× 5×	Report	4× 3×

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship[edit]

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Croatia

26

A4

Brazil

25

B1

Croatia

22

D3

Poland

24

D3

Poland

24

C2

Sweden

20

D3

Poland

29

B3

Austria

27

A2

Qatar

31

A2

Qatar

29

A2

Qatar

26

D1

Germany

23

D1

Germany

24

C4

Egypt

16

A2

Qatar

22

C3

Iceland

25

C1

France

25

D2

Denmark

30

D2

Denmark

24

A1

Spain

28

A1

Spain

25

B4

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2015 World Men's Handball Championship

Venues[edit]

Qualification[edit]

Qualified teams[edit]

Draw[edit]

Seedings[edit]

Squads[edit]

Referees[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Tie-breaking criteria[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Group C[edit]

Group D[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Championship[edit]

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