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The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship qualification decided who qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. Qualifying occurred between February 2023 and June 2024. The championship will feature 32 teams for the third time.

Qualified teams

Team qualified

  Team failed to qualify

  Team withdrew or suspended

  Did not enter

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances¹
Croatia	Co-host	28 February 2020	15 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Denmark			25 (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)
Norway			17 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
United States	Wildcard	18 October 2018	7 (1964, 1970, 1974, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2023)
Brazil	Top three at 2024 South and Central American Championship	18 January 2024	16 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Japan	Semifinalist at 2024 Asian Championship	19 January 2024	15 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Qatar	Semifinalist at 2024 Asian Championship		9 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Argentina	Top three at 2024 South and Central American Championship		14 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Chile	Top three at 2024 South and Central American Championship		7 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Kuwait	Semifinalist at 2024 Asian Championship	21 January 2024	8 (1982, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Bahrain	Semifinalist at 2024 Asian Championship		5 (2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Sweden	Semifinalist at 2024 European Championship		26 (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, 2023)
France	Semifinalist at 2024 European Championship	22 January 2024	24 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Cape Verde	Top five at 2024 African Championship	23 January 2024	2 (2021, 2023)
Algeria			16 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2021, 2023)
Egypt			17 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Tunisia			16 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Germany	Semifinalist at 2024 European Championship	24 January 2024	27 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990², 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Guinea	Top five at 2024 African Championship	26 January 2024	0 (debut)
Iceland	European playoffs	11 May 2024	22 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Austria		12 May 2024	7 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021)
Netherlands			2 (1961, 2023)
Slovenia			10 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023)
Czech Republic			6 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2015)
Portugal			5 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021, 2023)
Hungary			22 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Spain			22 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Poland			17 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023)
Italy			1 (1997)
North Macedonia			8 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Cuba	Winner of the 2024 Nor.Ca. Championship		7 (1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009)
Switzerland	Wildcard	23 May 2024	11 (1954, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2021)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host country for that year.

² From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Slot allocation

The slot allocation is as follows:

AHF (Asia): 4 slots
CAHB (Africa): 5 slots
EHF (Europe): 17 slots (including the three co-hosts)
NACHC (North America and the Caribbean): 1 slot
OCHF (Oceania): 0 slots
SCAHC (South and Central America): 3 slots
Wildcards: 2 slots

Detailed distribution of places (following current IHF rules^[1])	Vacancies	Details	Comments
Organisers^[A]	3
Reigning world champion^[B]	1
Performance places for the continental confederations	12		Based on teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding world championship
Africa		1	As Egypt ranked 7th in previous World Championship
Asia		0
Europe		11
North America and the Caribbean		0
South and Central America		0
Oceania		0
Compulsory places for the continental confederations	15		17 compulsory places reduced by 2 due to having three organisers
Africa		4
Asia		4
Europe		2	4 compulsory places reduced by 2 due to having three organisers from Europe
North America and the Caribbean		1
South and Central America		3
Oceania		0 or 1^[C]	Place allocated to Oceania or an additional free wild card
Wild card	1 or 2^[D]
Total	32

Summary

Summary of qualification process

The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. In regards to the 12 performance spots, and based on the results of the 2023 Men's World Championship, Europe receives 11 more spots, while Africa takes 1.

Detailed summary of 2025 World Men's Handball Championship qualification process
Map of each IHF federation.
Confederation	Direct slots	Teams started	Teams eliminated	Teams qualified	Percentage of entered teams with spots in finals	Qualifying start date	Qualifying end date
AHF	4	16	12	4	25%	11 January 2024	25 January 2024
CAHB	5	16	11	5	31.25%	17 January 2024	27 January 2024
EHF^[E]	14+3+1	34+3	19	14+3+1	41.1%	1 November 2023	12 May 2024
NACHC	1+1	6	5	1+1	16.67%	6 May 2024	12 May 2024
OCHF^[F]	0 or 1	1^[G]	1	0	6.25%	11 January 2024	25 January 2024
SCAHC	3	10	7	3	30%	21 February 2023	20 January 2024
Total	27+3+2	76+3	49	27+3+2		21 February 2023	12 May 2024

Summary of qualified teams

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nations	28 February 2020	Cairo	3	Croatia Denmark Norway
2023 World Championship	11–29 January 2023	Poland Sweden	1	None^[H]
2024 European Men's Handball Championship	10–28 January 2024	Germany	3	France Germany Sweden
2024 Asian Men's Handball Championship	11–25 January 2024	Bahrain	4	Bahrain Japan Kuwait Qatar
2024 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship	16–20 January 2024	Argentina	3	Argentina Brazil Chile
2024 African Men's Handball Championship	17–27 January 2024	Egypt	5	Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Guinea Tunisia
2024 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship	6–12 May 2024	Mexico	1	Cuba
European qualification	1 November 2023 – 12 May 2024	Various	11	Austria Czech Republic Hungary Iceland Italy Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Portugal Slovenia Spain
Oceania			0^[I]
Wildcards	18 October 2018	Doha	2^[J]	Switzerland United States

World Championship

World champion directly qualified for 2025 edition. However, 2025 co-hosts Denmark won the 2023 World Championship, so no one took the spot.

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	France
	Spain
4	Sweden
5	Germany
6	Norway
7	Egypt
8	Hungary
9	Croatia
10	Slovenia
11	Serbia
12	Iceland
13	Portugal
14	Netherlands
15	Poland
16	Bahrain
17	Brazil
18	Montenegro
19	Argentina
20	United States
21	Belgium
22	Qatar
23	Cape Verde
24	Iran
25	Tunisia
26	Chile
27	North Macedonia
28	South Korea
29	Saudi Arabia
30	Morocco
31	Algeria
32	Uruguay

Asia

Sixteen teams competed in the Asian Championship, held at the Sheikh Khalifa Sports City Hall in Isa Town, Bahrain, from 11 to 25 January 2024.^[4] The top 4 reached the world championship. Since New Zealand, failed to make the top 5 of the championship, Oceania's spot was made into a second wildcard. Bahrain, Kuwait, Japan and Qatar reached the world championship.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Rank	Team
	Qatar
	Japan
	Bahrain
4	Kuwait
5	South Korea
6	Iran
7	United Arab Emirates
8	Iraq
9	Saudi Arabia
10	China
11	Chinese Taipei
12	Oman
13	Hong Kong
14	Kazakhstan
15	New Zealand
16	India

	Qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship
	Oceanian representative

Africa

Sixteen teams competed in the African Championship, held in Cairo, Egypt, from 17 to 27 January 2024.^[9] The top five from the championship qualified. Those teams ended up being Algeria, Cape Verde, Egypt, Guinea and Tunisia.^[10]^[11]

Rank	Team
	Egypt
	Algeria
	Tunisia
4	Cape Verde
5	Guinea
6	DR Congo
7	Morocco
8	Angola
9	Nigeria
10	Cameroon
11	Gabon
12	Libya
13	Congo
14	Rwanda
15	Kenya
16	Zambia

	Team qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship

Europe

The three highest ranked non-qualified teams secure a ticket to the world championship. Since Denmark (who finished second) already qualified as a co-host, fourth placed Germany took the place.

Rank	Team
	France
	Denmark
	Sweden
4	Germany
5	Hungary
6	Slovenia
7	Portugal
8	Austria
9	Norway
10	Iceland
11	Croatia
12	Netherlands
13	Spain
14	Montenegro
15	Czech Republic
16	Poland
17	North Macedonia
18	Georgia
19	Serbia
20	Faroe Islands
21	Switzerland
22	Romania
23	Greece
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina

	Team qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship
	Team qualified for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship as co-host

European qualification

From November 2023 to May 2024, the EHF organised a separate qualification for 11 places.

Bracket

The draw took place on 27 January 2024 in Cologne.^[12]^[13]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lithuania	49–69	Hungary	26–33	23–36
Slovenia	60–60 4–1 (p)	Switzerland	26–27	34–33
Portugal	55–45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29–19	26–26
Georgia	56–64	Austria	25–27	31–37
Iceland	87–49	Estonia	50–25	37–24
Greece	56–58	Netherlands	31–27	25–31
Spain	54–53	Serbia	32–28	22–25
Italy	66–58	Montenegro	32–26	34–32
Romania	51–59	Czech Republic	31–30	20–29
Poland	61–54	Slovakia	28–29	33–25
Faroe Islands	60–61	North Macedonia	34–27	26–34

North America and Caribbean

The championship will be held from 6 to 12 May 2024 in Mexico where the winner secures the regional ticket.^[14] Had the United States won, second place would've taken the ticket. Cuba were victorious and qualified for the World Championship.^[15]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	5	0	175	110	+65	10	Final
2	Mexico (H)	5	3	2	138	132	+6	6^[a]	Final
3	Greenland	5	3	2	143	137	+6	6^[a]	Third place match
4	United States	5	3	2	143	150	−7	6^[a]	Third place match
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4	111	146	−35	2	Fifth place match
6	Canada	5	0	5	123	158	−35	0	Fifth place match

Source: NACHC
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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Mexico 2 Pts, +8 GD; Greenland 2 Pts, –1 GD; United States 2 Pts, –7 GD

Final

12 May 2024 17:00	Cuba	36–21	Mexico	Mexico City Attendance: 279 Referees: Estrada, Pineda (COL)
	Rodríguez 8	(18–10)	Flores 4
	6×	Report	1× 2×

South and Central America

Six teams competed in the South and Central American Championship, held at the La Casa del Handball Argentino in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 16 to 20 January 2024.^[16] The top three from the championship qualified. Brazil, Argentina and Chile would finish in top three and advance to the world championship.^[17]^[18] Brazil were the first country from any region to qualify on 18 January 2024.^[19]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Brazil	5	5	0	0	207	103	+104	10	2025 World Championship
	Argentina (H)	5	3	1	1	173	101	+72	7^[a]
	Chile	5	3	1	1	151	107	+44	7^[a]
4	Paraguay	5	2	0	3	114	188	−74	4
5	Uruguay	5	1	0	4	113	151	−38	2
6	Costa Rica	5	0	0	5	87	195	−108	0

Source: SCAHC
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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Argentina 27–27 Chile

Wildcards

After no Oceanian team achieved a top 5 finish in the Asian Championship, two wildcards were given out by the IHF. United States was given the first wildcard on 18 October 2018, in order to prepare them for the 2028 Summer Olympics which they are hosting.^[2]^[3] Regarding the second wildcard, 12 nations reportedly applied, with 2 of the applicants unknown.^[20]

On 23 May 2024, Switzerland was given the second wildcard by the IHF due to multiple reasons: their sporting merit, their commercial reach, their project and the IHF's TV partner asked the Swiss to be picked.^[23]^[24]^[25] Prior to their selection, Switzerland's coach, Andy Schmid, stated that after their narrow penalty shootout loss to Slovenia, The Swiss' performance merited a wildcard.^[26]^[27]

Notes

^ All hosting federations are automatically entitled to take part in the World Championship. If there is more than one organiser from the same continental confederation, the number of compulsory places of the respective confederation shall be reduced accordingly. If there is more than one organiser and the organisers are not from the same confederation, the IHF Council shall decide about the reduction of the compulsory places, considering only the compulsory places of the confederations involved.
^ The reigning world champion automatically qualifies for the next World Championship and, as a rule, is placed first in the first performance row. In case the reigning world champion is also hosting the next World Championship, the confederation of the reigning world champion obtains one additional performance place.
^ The continental confederation of Oceania does not have a direct compulsory place for a confederational qualification event, therefore, the Oceanian confederation is invited to participate in the Asian qualification events. The compulsory place is awarded to Oceania if the representative from Oceania is ranked 5th or higher in the Asian qualification. If Oceania fails to rank 5th or does not participate, the IHF Council will award this place as a free wild card.
^ If the teams representing Oceania fail to finish in the top 5 of the Asian Championship or does not participate, the IHF Council will change Oceania's spot into a second wild card.
^ There are ways of qualifying from Europe, via the European Championship or European qualification
^ The Asian Championship acts as qualification for the Oceanian teams.
^ New Zealand, who is the only Oceanian who entered, participates in the Asian Champiponship to decides their qualification.
^ Denmark won the 2023 World Championship, but since they already qualified as a co-host, no one took the spot.
^ If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships would have finished within the top 5, they would have qualified for the World Championships. As they finished placed sixth or lower, the place was transferred into a second wildcard spot.
^ To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.^[2]^[3]

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External links

[table_hth_MEX0.19002054593992-26] Mexico 2 Pts, +8 GD; Greenland 2 Pts, –1 GD; United States 2 Pts, –7 GD

[table_hth_ARG0.078959899059944-31] Argentina 27–27 Chile

[2] All hosting federations are automatically entitled to take part in the World Championship. If there is more than one organiser from the same continental confederation, the number of compulsory places of the respective confederation shall be reduced accordingly. If there is more than one organiser and the organisers are not from the same confederation, the IHF Council shall decide about the reduction of the compulsory places, considering only the compulsory places of the confederations involved.

[3] The reigning world champion automatically qualifies for the next World Championship and, as a rule, is placed first in the first performance row. In case the reigning world champion is also hosting the next World Championship, the confederation of the reigning world champion obtains one additional performance place.

[4] The continental confederation of Oceania does not have a direct compulsory place for a confederational qualification event, therefore, the Oceanian confederation is invited to participate in the Asian qualification events. The compulsory place is awarded to Oceania if the representative from Oceania is ranked 5th or higher in the Asian qualification. If Oceania fails to rank 5th or does not participate, the IHF Council will award this place as a free wild card.

[5] If the teams representing Oceania fail to finish in the top 5 of the Asian Championship or does not participate, the IHF Council will change Oceania's spot into a second wild card.

[6] There are ways of qualifying from Europe, via the European Championship or European qualification

[7] The Asian Championship acts as qualification for the Oceanian teams.

[8] New Zealand, who is the only Oceanian who entered, participates in the Asian Champiponship to decides their qualification.

[9] Denmark won the 2023 World Championship, but since they already qualified as a co-host, no one took the spot.

[10] If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships would have finished within the top 5, they would have qualified for the World Championships. As they finished placed sixth or lower, the place was transferred into a second wildcard spot.

[13] To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.^[2]^[3]

[redistribution-1] "V. Regulations for IHF Competitions (Indoor Handball)" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[auto-11] "Strategic plan | USA" (PDF). IHF.

[auto1-12] "Council Meeting No. 3" (PDF). Doha, Qatar: IHF. 18 October 2018. pp. 8–9.

[14] "IHF | 16 teams to compete for the title at the 2024 AHF Asian Men's Handball Championship". www.ihf.info.

[15] "IHF | Qatar reach historic heights with sixth win in a row at the AHF Asian Men's Handball Championship".

[16] "كونا : وزير (الشباب) يشيد بتأهل منتخب الكويت لكرة اليد إلى مونديال (2025) - رياضة - 26/01/2024". www.kuna.net.kw.

[17] "第21回男子アジア選手権試合日程・結果". 公益財団法人日本ハンドボール協会.

[18] "日本４強、世界選手権へ＝ハンド男子". 時事通信ニュース.

[19] "IHF | African powerhouses to battle for coveted 2024 CAHB African Men's Handball Championship title". www.ihf.info.

[20] "IHF | Flawless Egypt celebrate continental title and Paris 2024 Olympic Games ticket".

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