The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.

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

Venues

The championship was played at eight venues in Paris-Bercy, Rouen, Nantes, Metz, Albertville, Montpellier, Lille, and Brest. All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.

LilleParisNantes
Stade Pierre-MauroyAccorHotels ArenaHall XXL
Capacity: 27,500Capacity: 15,700Capacity: 10,800
MontpellierLilleParisMontpellierRouenAlbertvilleNantesMetzBrest
Park&Suites Arena
Capacity: 9,853
Albertville
La halle de glace Olympique
Capacity: 6,500
RouenMetzBrest
KindarenaArènes de MetzBrest Arena
Capacity: 5,700Capacity: 5,127Capacity: 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.

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 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. 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.

CompetitionDatesVacanciesQualified
Host nation15 December 20111France
2015 World Championship15 January – 1 February 20151Qatar
2016 Asian Men's Handball Championship15–28 January 20163Bahrain Japan Saudi Arabia
2016 African Men's Handball Championship21–30 January 20163Angola Egypt Tunisia
2016 European Men's Handball Championship15–31 January 20163Croatia Germany Spain
European qualification4 November 2015 – 16 June 20169Belarus Denmark Hungary Iceland Macedonia Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden
2016 Pan American Men's Handball Championship11–19 June 20163Argentina Brazil Chile
Wildcard1Norway

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances1, 2
France00Hosts15 December 201120 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Qatar01Finalist of 2015 World Championship30 January 20155 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
BahrainSemifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship24 January 20161 (2011)
JapanSemifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship24 January 201612 (1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011)
Saudi ArabiaSemifinalist of 2016 Asian Championship24 January 20167 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015)
EgyptFinalist of 2016 African Championship29 January 201613 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
GermanyFinalist of 2016 European Championship29 January 201623 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19903, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
SpainFinalist of 2016 European Championship29 January 201618 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
TunisiaFinalist of 2016 African Championship29 January 201612 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
AngolaThird place at 2016 African Championship30 January 20162 (2005, 2007)
CroatiaThird place at 2016 European Championship31 January 201611 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
BelarusEuropean playoffs15 June 20163 (1995, 2013, 2015)
DenmarkEuropean playoffs15 June 201621 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
HungaryEuropean playoffs15 June 201618 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
MacedoniaEuropean playoffs15 June 20164 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015)
PolandEuropean playoffs15 June 201614 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
RussiaEuropean playoffs15 June 201611 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013. 2015)
SloveniaEuropean playoffs15 June 20167 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
SwedenEuropean playoffs15 June 201622 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015)
IcelandEuropean playoffs16 June 201618 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
BrazilFinalist of 2016 Pan American Championship18 June 201612 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
ChileFinalist of 2016 Pan American Championship18 June 20163 (2011, 2013, 2015)
ArgentinaThird place at 2016 Pan American Championship19 June 201610 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
NorwayWildcard21 June 201613 (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 was qualified in 1990

Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in Paris, France.

Seeding

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
France Germany Qatar SpainCroatia Slovenia Denmark PolandSweden Russia Belarus MacedoniaHungary Iceland Brazil EgyptTunisia Chile Bahrain JapanArgentina Angola Saudi Arabia Norway

Squads

Referees

16 referee pairs are selected:

Referees
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 SondorsReferees 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
ArgentinaJulian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Czech RepublicVáclav Horáček Jiří Novotný
DenmarkMartin Gjeding Mads Hansen
FranceCharlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
FranceLaurent Reveret Stevann Pichon
GermanyLars Geipel Marcus Helbig
IranMajid Kolahdouzan Alireza Mousaviannazhad
LatviaRenārs Līcis Zigmārs Sondors
Referees
LithuaniaMindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika
MacedoniaGjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov
MontenegroIvan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
SloveniaBojan Lah David Sok
South KoreaLee Se-ok Koo Bon-ok
SpainÓscar López Ángel Ramírez
SwitzerlandArthur Brunner Morad Salah
TunisiaIsmail Boualloucha Ramzi Khenissi

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 23 September 2015.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1France (H)5500154112+4210Round of 16
2Norway5401155124+318
3Russia5302139136+36
4Brazil5203121146−254
5Poland5104115125−102
6Japan5005120161−410
11 January 2017 20:45France31–16BrazilAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Porte 6(17–7)Toledo 5
2× 4×3× 3×
12 January 2017 17:45Russia39–29JapanExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 4,867 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
three players 6(18–15)Shida 7
2× 3×3×
12 January 2017 20:45Poland20–22NorwayExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,356 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Daszek 7(10–12)Lie Hansen 6
2× 3×4× 6×
13 January 2017 17:45Japan19–31FranceExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Uegaki 5(9–17)Fabregas 7
2× 2×3× 2×
14 January 2017 14:45Brazil28–24PolandExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,171 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Toledo 8(16–11)Paczkowski 6
3×1×
14 January 2017 17:45Norway28–24RussiaExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 9,812 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Bjørnsen 7(15–11)Soroka 8
2× 2×3× 4×
15 January 2017 17:45France31–28NorwayExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
three players 5(16–12)Sagosen 7
3× 5× 1×3× 7× 1×
15 January 2017 20:45Brazil27–24JapanExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 8,326 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Langaro 8(14–12)Tokuda 7
1× 2×3× 2×
16 January 2017 20:45Poland20–24RussiaExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 4,961 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
T. Gębala 4(9–13)Kovalyov 7
2× 5× 1×1× 3×
17 January 2017 14:00Norway39–26BrazilExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,943 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Sagosen 7(18–13)Chiuffa, Pozzer 6
2× 3×1× 6×
17 January 2017 17:45Poland26–25JapanExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 8,655 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Daszek 5(9–11)Shida 9
3× 4×2× 1×
17 January 2017 20:45Russia24–35FranceExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Shishkaryov 6(11–16)Dipanda 8
1× 3×2× 2×
19 January 2017 14:00Russia28–24BrazilExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,197 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Dereven, Shelmenko 5(14–15)three players 5
2× 5× 1×1× 4×
19 January 2017 17:45France26–25PolandExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Nyokas 7(13–13)T. Gębala, Krajewski 5
2× 3×2× 3×
19 January 2017 20:45Japan23–38NorwayExponantes – Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,621 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Motoki 4(14–19)Myrhol 7
3×1×

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Spain5500160115+4510Round of 16
2Slovenia5311151136+157
3Macedonia5212139137+25
4Iceland5122128121+74
5Tunisia512214414404
6Angola5005122191−690
12 January 2017 14:00Slovenia42–25AngolaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,179 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Mačkovšek, Marguč 8(22–13)Lopes 7
3× 4×1× 3×
12 January 2017 17:45Macedonia34–30TunisiaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,561 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
K. Lazarov 12(13–14)Boughanmi 9
4× 4×3× 6×
12 January 2017 20:45Spain27–21IcelandArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Balaguer, Cañellas 4(10–12)Sigurðsson 5
3× 3×4× 5×
14 January 2017 14:45Iceland25–26SloveniaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Elísson 7(8–11)Bezjak 6
3× 5×4× 4×
14 January 2017 17:45Tunisia21–26SpainArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,056 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Toumi 5(10–12)Balaguer, Tomás 5
3× 3×2× 1×
14 January 2017 20:45Angola22–31MacedoniaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,845 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Lopes 5(9–14)K. Lazarov 10
2× 3×3× 5×
15 January 2017 14:45Iceland22–22TunisiaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Sigurðsson 5(11–13)Bannour 12
2× 7× 1×3× 3×
16 January 2017 17:45Slovenia29–22MacedoniaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,605 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Bezjak, Marguč 4(16–10)K. Lazarov 9
2× 5×2× 2×
16 January 2017 20:45Spain42–22AngolaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 2,126 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Fernández 9(21–10)Lopes 6
2× 1×2× 1× 1×
17 January 2017 17:45Slovenia28–28TunisiaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,039 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Kavtičnik 7(15–13)Sanaï 8
3× 5×3× 3× 1×
17 January 2017 20:45Angola19–33IcelandArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 1,725 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Lopes 8(8–16)Sigurðsson 8
3× 5×2× 1×
18 January 2017 20:45Macedonia25–29SpainArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,951 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
K. Lazarov 6(14–14)Rivera Folch 11
4× 2×2× 2×
19 January 2017 14:00Tunisia43–34AngolaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 1,935 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Bannour 10(23–16)Teca 10
2× 2×3× 3× 1×
19 January 2017 17:45Macedonia27–27IcelandArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 3,225 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
K. Lazarov 7(13–15)Kárason 7
3× 4×3× 4×
19 January 2017 20:45Spain36–26SloveniaArenes de Metz, Metz Attendance: 5,054 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Balaguer 7(18–10)Marguč 6
1× 4×3× 4×

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Germany5500159107+5210Round of 16
2Croatia5401148126+228
3Belarus5203134145−114
4Hungary5203147138+94
5Saudi Arabia5104123157−342
6Chile5104122160−382
13 January 2017 14:00Belarus28–32ChileKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Karalek 10(14–14)R. Salinas 8
3× 7×3× 4×
13 January 2017 17:45Germany27–23HungaryKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Gensheimer 13(16–11)six players 3
2× 3×3× 2× 1×
13 January 2017 20:45Croatia28–23Saudi ArabiaKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Cindrić 6(12–11)Al-Salem 5
3× 3×3× 4×
14 January 2017 20:45Hungary28–31CroatiaKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,588 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
Balogh, Harsányi 6(11–11)Štrlek 6
3× 3×3× 4×
15 January 2017 14:45Chile14–35GermanyKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
four players 2(6–17)Kohlbacher 8
3× 3×3× 3×
15 January 2017 20:45Saudi Arabia26–29BelarusKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Al-Salem 7(13–14)Pukhouski 9
3× 5×3× 5×
16 January 2017 17:45Hungary34–29ChileKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Jamali 7(17–14)Er. Feuchtmann 9
4× 5× 1×3× 1×
16 January 2017 20:45Croatia31–25BelarusKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,202 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Cindrić 8(18–15)Karalek 7
4× 4× 1×4× 5×
17 January 2017 17:45Germany38–24Saudi ArabiaKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,980 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Fäth 6(21–13)Al-Zaer 8
3× 3×3× 2×
18 January 2017 14:00Saudi Arabia24–37HungaryKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,959 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
Al-Mohsin 7(10–17)Császár 9
2× 4×2× 4×
18 January 2017 17:45Belarus25–31GermanyKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,524 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
three players 4(16–16)Gensheimer 8
3× 3×3× 3×
18 January 2017 20:45Croatia37–22ChileKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,785 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Mihić 8(17–9)Er. Feuchtmann, E. Salinas 4
3× 3×2× 5×
20 January 2017 14:00Chile25–26Saudi ArabiaKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 2,366 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
R. Salinas 7(13–13)A. Al-Abbas 9
3× 3×3× 8×
20 January 2017 17:45Germany28–21CroatiaKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
Wiencek 6(13–9)Stepančić, Štrlek 5
3× 3×2× 3×
20 January 2017 20:45Belarus27–25HungaryKindarena, Rouen Attendance: 3,761 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Brouka, Pukhouski 6(15–13)Császár, Juhász 7
3× 2×4× 7×

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Denmark5500157130+2710Round of 16
2Sweden5401162111+518
3Egypt5302138143−56
4Qatar5203127129−24
5Argentina5104108137−292
6Bahrain5005110152−420
13 January 2017 14:00Qatar20–22EgyptAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,315 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Capote 5(8–11)El-Ahmar 8
2× 4×1× 7×
13 January 2017 17:45Sweden33–16BahrainAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,579 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
Tollbring 10(17–5)Habib 4
2× 5×2× 5×
13 January 2017 20:45Denmark33–22ArgentinaAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,582 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Hansen 6(17–11)F. Fernández 6
2× 3×2× 4×
14 January 2017 20:45Egypt28–35DenmarkAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,413 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
El-Deraa 6(15–21)Svan 6
2× 1× 1×2× 4×
15 January 2017 14:45Argentina17–35SwedenAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 12,578 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
S. Simonet 5(11–16)Zachrisson 8
2× 4×3× 5× 2×
15 January 2017 17:45Bahrain22–32QatarAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,475 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Abdulqader 5(9–19)Madadi 8
4× 5×2× 7×
16 January 2017 17:45Egypt31–29BahrainAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 4,429 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
El-Deraa 6(17–15)Saad 6
3×2× 5× 1×
16 January 2017 20:45Denmark27–25SwedenAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 13,850 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Hansen 8(14–10)Ekberg 7
3× 4×3× 3×
17 January 2017 17:45Qatar21–17ArgentinaAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 3,641 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Mallash 5(9–2)F. Fernández 7
3× 3×1× 2×
18 January 2017 14:00Argentina26–31EgyptAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,233 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Vieyra 12(10–13)three players 5
2× 4×3× 5×
18 January 2017 17:45Denmark30–26BahrainAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,900 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
H. Toft Hansen 6(17–13)Habib, Mahfoodh 6
2× 4× 1×2× 6×
18 January 2017 20:45Sweden36–25QatarAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,034 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
Ekberg 9(19–12)Roiné 8
1× 6×1× 1×
20 January 2017 14:00Bahrain17–26ArgentinaAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,314 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
Abdulqader 5(8–13)F. Fernández 8
2× 6×1× 7×
20 January 2017 17:45Sweden33–26EgyptAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 7,660 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Ekberg 8(15–9)Issa 7
1× 7×3× 4×
20 January 2017 20:45Qatar29–32DenmarkAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,444 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Capote, Benali 5(16–14)Nøddesbo 8
2× 2×4× 4×

Presidents Cup

21st–24th place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals21st place
21 January
Japan37
23 January
Angola26
Japan29
22 January
Chile35
Chile35
Bahrain30
23rd place
23 January
Angola26
Bahrain32

21st–24th place semifinals

21 January 2017 14:00Japan37–26AngolaBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,017 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
Tokuda 8(18–14)Lopes 9
3× 3×1× 4×
22 January 2017 14:00Chile35–30BahrainBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
E. Salinas, R. Salinas 8(18–14)Al-Sayyad 8
2× 5×4× 7×

23rd place game

23 January 2017 13:00Angola26–32BahrainBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Pestana 6(13–15)A. Merza 8
1× 5×2× 1×

21st place game

23 January 2017 15:00Japan29–35ChileBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
Agarie 9(12–17)Ceballos, Er. Feuchtmann 7
3× 1×3× 2×

17–20th place bracket

17–20th place semifinals17th place
21 January
Poland28
23 January
Tunisia26
Poland24
22 January
Argentina22
Saudi Arabia22
Argentina24
19th place
23 January
Tunisia39
Saudi Arabia30

17–20th place semifinals

21 January 2017 16:00Poland28–26TunisiaBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Reveret, Pichon (FRA)
Krajewski 8(15–11)Bannour 10
2× 5× 1×2× 4×
22 January 2017 16:00Saudi Arabia22–24ArgentinaBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,114 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
M. Al-Abbas 6(8–10)Pizarro 6
2× 6×3× 3×

19th place game

23 January 2017 18:00Tunisia39–30Saudi ArabiaBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 1,650 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Haj Youssef 12(20–15)M. Al-Abbas 9
3× 3×2× 2×

17th place game

23 January 2017 20:00Poland24–22ArgentinaBrest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,320 Referees: Kolahdouzan, Mousaviannazhad (IRN)
Krajewski 6(13–13)F. Fernández 8
3× 4×3× 4×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
21 January
France31
24 January
Iceland25
France33
22 January
Sweden30
Belarus22
26 January
Sweden41
France31
21 January
Slovenia25
Russia26
24 January
Slovenia32
Slovenia32
22 January
Qatar30
Germany20
29 January
Qatar21
France33
21 January
Norway26
Brazil27
24 January
Spain28
Spain29
22 January
Croatia30
Croatia21
27 January
Egypt19
Croatia25
21 January
Norway (OT)28Third place
Norway34
24 January28 January
Macedonia24
Norway31Slovenia31
22 January
Hungary28Croatia30
Hungary27
Denmark25

Round of 16

21 January 2017 16:00Norway34–24MacedoniaLa halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
Jøndal, Tangen 6(12–10)K. Lazarov 6
2× 2×2× 4×
21 January 2017 18:00France31–25IcelandStade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 28,010 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Guigou 6(14–13)Kárason 7
1× 2×3× 4×
21 January 2017 20:45Brazil27–28SpainPark&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,923 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Silva 7(18–16)Cañellas, Dujshebaev 5
2× 5×2× 4×
21 January 2017 20:45Russia26–32SloveniaAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,324 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Dereven, Shishkarev 5(15–13)Cingesar 6
3× 7× 1×3× 2×
22 January 2017 16:00Hungary27–25DenmarkLa halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi (TUN)
Lékai 6(13–12)Hansen 8
3× 3×2× 1×
22 January 2017 16:00Belarus22–41SwedenStade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 16,188 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Karalek 7(11–24)Gottfridsson 8
2× 4×1× 3×
22 January 2017 18:00Germany20–21QatarAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,209 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Glandorf, Groetzki 4(10–9)Capote 9
4× 5×3× 4×
22 January 2017 20:45Croatia21–19EgyptPark&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,266 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Horvat 6(13–7)El-Ahmar 5
3×4×

Quarterfinals

24 January 2017 17:00Norway31–28HungaryLa halle de glace Olympique, Albertville Attendance: 6,540 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Lie Hansen 6(17–10)Császár 11
2× 7×3× 3×
24 January 2017 19:00France33–30SwedenStade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 28,010 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Mahé 9(15–16)Gottfridsson 7
3× 5×3× 6×
24 January 2017 20:45Slovenia32–30QatarAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,573 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Marguč 6(18–15)Roiné 8
1× 3×1× 4×
24 January 2017 20:45Spain29–30CroatiaPark&Suites Arena, Montpellier Attendance: 6,749 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Fernández 7(15–17)Mamić 9
4× 1×2× 4×

Semifinals

26 January 2017 21:00France31–25SloveniaAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Remili 6(15–12)Dolenec 5
2× 3×3× 2×
27 January 2017 20:45Croatia25–28 (ET)NorwayAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 10,324 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Horvat 6(10–12)Myrhol 6
4× 6× 1×3× 4×
FT: 22–22 ET: 3–6

Third place game

28 January 2017 20:45Slovenia31–30CroatiaAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,625 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
three players 4(13–18)Cindrić 7
4× 2×2× 3×

Final

29 January 2017 17:30France33–26NorwayAccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 15,609 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Karabatić 6(18–17)Tønnesen 5
2× 1×4× 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.

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

Awards

All-Star Team

All-Star Team of the tournament:

Other awards

Statistics

RankNameTeamGoalsShots%
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: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:
1Kiril LazarovMacedonia508162
2Sérgio LopesAngola478853
3Amine BannourTunisia458454
Kristian BjørnsenNorway5976
5Niclas EkbergSweden436072
6Bjarte MyrholNorway425379
7Sander SagosenNorway417952
8Luka CindrićCroatia396560
Federico FernandezArgentina5867
10Gábor CsászárHungary385569
Gašper MargučSlovenia4879
Jerry TollbringSweden4683
RankNameTeam%SavesShots
1Espen ChristensenNorway443273
2Andreas WolffGermany4360141
3Vincent GérardFrance4062155
Niklas Landin JacobsenDenmark66167
Andreas PalickaSweden51127
6Mikael AppelgrenSweden3955141
7Rodrigo CorralesSpain3643121
Maik dos SantosBrazil46129
Silvio HeinevetterGermany2569
10Makrem MissaouiTunisia3573210

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