2017 World Men's Handball Championship

2017 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  France
Dates 11–29 January
Teams 24 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 9 (in 8 host cities)
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The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, will be the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and will be held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.[1]

Venues

The championship will be played in eight venues Paris-Bercy, Rouen, Nantes, Metz, Albertville, Montpellier, Lille, and Brest.[2] All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.[3]

Lille Paris Nantes
Stade Pierre-Mauroy AccorHotels Arena Exponantes – Hall XXL
Capacity: 27,500 Capacity: 15,700 Capacity: 10,800
Montpellier
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

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.[4]

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 will participate in the final tournament. France, as hosts, are automatically qualified. Since an additional automatic qualification spot is given to defending champion holder which is the same team - France, this berth is given to the next best placed team from the last World Championship - losing finalist Qatar. That leaves 22 places available for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament, the winners of an additional European qualification competition and an additional intercontinental qualification tournament.[5]

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
2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 10–20 June 2016 3
European qualification 9
Additional qualification tournament 1

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances1, 2
 France Hosts 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 World runners-up 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)
 Tunisia Finalist of 2016 African Championship 29 January 2016 12 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Germany Finalist of 2016 European Championship 29 January 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 Finalist of 2016 African Championship 29 January 2016 13 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 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)
 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)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italics indicates host country for that year

Schedule

The schedule was announced on 23 September 2015.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "L'édition 2017 en France". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  2. ↑ "2017 Men’s World Championship in France – Match schedule released" (PDF). ihf.info. 23 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Host Cities and Venues". ihf.info. 10 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "IHF Council awards World Championships". Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  5. ↑ Qualification
  6. ↑ "2017 Men’s World Championship in France – Match schedule released". ihf.info. 23 September 2015.

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