World Mens Handball Championship

Season Description
The 2027 IHF Men's Handball World Championship will be the 30th edition of the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, the biennial international handball championship organised under the aegis of IHF for the men's national teams across the world. The tournament will be held from 13 to 31 January 2027.

The championship will be hosted by Germany, with six venues across the country being for the tournament. The final will be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

For the fourth time, 32 teams will take part, following the expansion in 2021. Continental championships acted as qualification, with the exception of Europe, who also use their own qualification process alongside the European Championship. As hosts, Germany automatically qualified. Qualifiers took place between October 2025 and May 2026. Faroe Islands and Turkey will make their debut, with the former becoming the smallest country to ever qualify, while Greece return after a long absence.

This tournament will act as a qualifier for the 2028 Summer Olympics, as the winners will automatically qualify for the games. Alongside that, six spots in the Olympics qualifying tournaments will be allocated via this event.

Denmark is the four time defending champion, most recently beating Croatia in the 2025 final in Bærum.

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