2015 World Men's Handball Championship

none August 2022 World Men's Handball Championship 2015 2015 World Men's Handball Championship logo.svg Qatar 15 January – 1 February 24 4 3 3 FRA 5 QAT POL ESP 88 4805 Dragan Gajić SVN (71 goals) Thierry Omeyer FRAQatar 2015 All Star Team announced http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipQatar2015/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6974/Default.aspx?ID=2394 IHF 1 February 2015 1 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150202002817/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipQatar2015/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6974/Default.aspx?ID=2394 2 February 2015 2013 World Men's Handball Championship 2017 World Men's Handball Championship 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.2015 World Championship hosts announced http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13635 EHF 30 October 2013 27 January 2011 31 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031152153/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/13635 dead 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,France: World, Olympic and European Champions http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipQatar2015/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6974/Default.aspx?ID=2390 https://web.archive.org/web/20150201211522/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipQatar2015/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6974/Default.aspx?ID=2390 dead 1 February 2015 IHF 1 February 2015 1 February 2015 a first in handball history while Qatar won their first ever medal.France beat Qatar to win fifth world handball title http://www.gulf-times.com/sport/192/details/425455/france-beat-qatar-to-win-fifth-world-handball-title- Gulf Times 1 February 2015 1 February 2015 Poland captured the bronze medal by defeating Spain 29–28 after extra time.Bronze goes to Poland http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipQatar2015/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6974/Default.aspx?ID=2388 https://web.archive.org/web/20150201191454/http://www.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/MensWorldChampionships/MensHandballWorldChampionshipQatar2015/News/NewsDetails/tabid/6974/Default.aspx?ID=2388 dead 1 February 2015 IHF 1 February 2015 1 February 2015 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. 2 Venues 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 Arenahttp://www.qatarhandball2015.com/lusail-multipurpose-hall/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141208061122/http://www.qatarhandball2015.com/lusail-multipurpose-hall/ usurped 8 December 2014 Lusail Multipurpose Hall – 24th Men's Handball World Championship qatarhandball2015.com in the town of Lusail: with a capacity of 15,300 seats, Lusail Sports Arena 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 the capital Doha: with a capacity of 5,500 spectators. The hall is part of the Qatar Handball Association (QHA) complex. LusailAl RayyanDohaQatar center 300 Location of the host cities of the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Qatar 25.4175 51.5075 Lusail right Qatar 25.25 51.4 Al Rayyan left Qatar 25.286667 51.533333 Doha rightLusail Sports ArenaAli Bin Hamad Al Attiya ArenaDuhail Handball Sports HallCapacity: 15,300Capacity: 7,700Capacity: 5,500175x175px185x185px187x187px Qualification 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.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2001 IHF Council Meeting held in Zagreb 2014-07-08 ihf.info Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates withdrew on 7 November 2014.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2186 Bahrain withdraws from the 2015 Men's World Championship 2014-11-07 ihf.infohttps://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2188 The United Arab Emirates withdraw from the 2015 World Championship 2014-11-10 ihf.info Iceland and Saudi Arabia were chosen as the replacements.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2197 IHF Council decision on withdrawal of Bahrain and United Arab Emirates from 2015 Men's WCh 2014-11-21 ihf.info Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified Host nation 27 January 2011 1QAT 2013 World Champions 11–27 January 2013 1ESP 2014 African Men's Handball Championship 16–25 January 2014 3ALGEGYTUN 2014 European Men's Handball Championship 12–26 January 2014 3CRODENFRA 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship 24 January – 4 February 2014 3BHRIRNUAE 2014 Oceania Handball Championship 25–26 April 2014 1AUS European qualification 7–15 June 2014 9AUTBLRBIHCZEMKD North MacedoniaPOLRUSSVNSWE 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship 23–29 June 2014 3 ARGBRACHI Wildcard 8 July 2014 1GER Wildcards 21 November 2014 2ISLKSA Qualified teams Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances1, 2 QAT 00Hosts 27 January 2011 4 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013) ESP 01World champions 27 January 2013 17 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) DEN 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) FRA 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) CRO Fourth of 2014 European Championship 22 January 2014 10 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) ALG Finalist of 2014 African Championship 24 January 2014 13 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013) TUN Finalist of 2014 African Championship 24 January 2014 11 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) EGY Third place of 2014 African Championship 25 January 2014 12 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)BHR Finalist of 2014 Asian Championship 1 February 2014 1 (2011) IRN Semifinalist of 2014 Asian Championship 2 February 2014 0 (debut) UAE Semifinalist of 2014 Asian Championship 3 February 2014 0 (debut)AUS Winner of 2014 Oceania Championship 26 April 2014 7 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)POL European playoffs 14 June 2014 13 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)RUS European playoffs 14 June 2014 10 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)CZE European playoffs 14 June 2014 5 (1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007)AUT European playoffs 14 June 2014 4 (1938, 1958, 1993, 2011) SWE 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) SVN European playoffs 15 June 2014 6 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013)MKD North Macedonia European playoffs 15 June 2014 3 (1999, 2009, 2013) BLR European playoffs 15 June 2014 2 (1995, 2013) BIH European playoffs 15 June 2014 0 (debut)BRA Finalist of 2014 Pan American Championship 28 June 2014 11 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)ARG Finalist of 2014 Pan American Championship 28 June 2014 9 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) CHI Third at 2014 Pan American Championship 29 June 2014 2 (2011, 2013)GER 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)ISL Wildcard 21 November 2014 17 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)KSA 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 The draw was held on 20 July 2014 at 21:30 local time in Doha, Qatar.http://ihf.info/MediaCentre/Announcements/AnnouncementDetails/tabid/5194/Default.aspx?ID=144 Draw for Qatar 2015 on 20 July in Doha 2014-03-12 ihf.infohttps://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2037 Groups of the 2015 Men's Handball World Championship drawn in Doha 2014-07-20 ihf.info Seedings The seedings were published on 11 July 2014.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2015 Pots and procedure for Qatar 2015 draw on 20 July 2014-07-11 ihf.info Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6ESP FRA DEN CROBIH POL SWE SVNRUS QAT MKD North Macedonia ALGAUT ARG BLR CZETUN EGY BRA BHR → KSAIRN UAE → ISL CHI AUS → GER Squads 2015 World Men's Handball Championship squads Each team selects 16 players for the tournament. Referees 18 referee pairs are selected:https://archive.ihf.info/TechnicalCorner/Referees/IHFReferees/Nominations/RefereeNominations2015/tabid/7026/Default.aspx Referee Nominations 2015 – Men's World Championship 2015 – Qatar 2 January 2015 ihf.info Referees Jesus MenezesRogéro Pinto Matija GubicaBoris Milošević Václav HoráčekJiří Novotný Martin GjedingMads Hansen Mohamed RashedTamer El-Sayed Laurent ReveretStevann Pichon Lars GeipelMarcus Helbig Kiyoshi HizakiTomokazu Ikebuchi Mindaugas GatelisVaidas Mažeika RefereesMacedonia Gjorgji NachevskiSlave Nikolov Duarte SantosRicardo Fonseca Saleh BamutrefMansour Al-Suwaidi Nenad NikolićDušan Stojković Nenad KrstićPeter Ljubič Bon-ok KooSeok Lee Óscar LópezÁngel Ramírez Michael JohanssonJasmin Kliko Samir KrichenSamir Makhlouf Preliminary round The schedule was published on 21 August 2014.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2115 Qatar 2015 match schedule available for download 2014-08-21 ihf.infoSchedule A new schedule was released on 12 December 2014.https://archive.ihf.info/MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=2211 The IHF publishes newest throw-off schedule for Qatar 2015 2014-12-12 ihf.infohttp://ihf.info/files/Uploads/NewsAttachments/0_New_match_schedule_QAT.pdf Match Schedule ihf.info The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage. Tie-breaking criteria 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:http://ihf-online.info/magazine/issue1q/index.html International Handball Federation ihf-online.info 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 main WDL Q 2 n ESP ESP QAT QAT SVN SVN BRA BRA BLR BLR CHI CHI 5 0 0 162 127 4 0 1 137 122 3 0 2 160 145 2 0 3 146 143 1 0 4 147 155 0 0 5 104 164 green1 A A A A complete 15 January 2015 20:30 QAT 28–23 BRA Report Hassab Alla, Marković 6 Chiuffa 6 15–12 4 3 5 3 1 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 11,500 Milošević, Gubica CRO 16 January 2015 17:00 ESP 38–33 BLR Report Aguinagalde, Maqueda 6 Tsitou 5 21–17 2 3 3 3 2 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 1,200 Novotný, Horáček CZE 16 January 2015 17:00 SVN 36–23 CHI Report Gajić 9 R. Salinas 10 16–14 8 3 6 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,500 Rashed, El-Sayed EGY 17 January 2015 17:00 BRA 27–29 ESP Report Ribeiro, Toledo 5 Cañellas 9 14–15 5 4 2 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 800 Nachevski, Nikolov MKD North Macedonia 17 January 2015 17:00 BLR 29–34 SVN Report D. Rutenka 6 Gajić 15 8–17 5 3 8 4 1 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 4,000 Krichen, Makhlouf TUN 17 January 2015 19:00 CHI 20–27 QAT Report Oneto 5 Marković 11 9–15 5 3 2 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 4,500 Reveret, Pichon FRA 19 January 2015 17:00 ESP 37–16 CHI Report Rivera Folch 7 Araya, Frelijj 3 14–7 3 3 1 4 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 500 Lee, Koo KOR 19 January 2015 17:00 BLR 29–34 BRA Report three players 6 Ribeiro 9 12–16 5 3 5 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 3,000 Rashed, El-Sayed EGY 19 January 2015 19:00 SVN 29–31 QAT Report Dolenec 8 Capote 12 15–18 7 3 5 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 9,500 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 21 January 2015 17:00 SVN 35–32 BRA Report Gajić 12 Ribeiro 7 19–18 5 2 5 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 500 Reveret, Pichon FRA 21 January 2015 17:00 CHI 23–34 BLR Report R. Salinas 6 Pukhouski, S. Rutenka 8 11–14 7 2 1 5 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 800 Hizaki, Ikebuchi JPN 21 January 2015 19:00 QAT 25–28 ESP Report Marković 10 Rivera Folch 7 10–8 1 2 5 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 12,400 Nikolić, Stojković SRB 23 January 2015 17:00 BRA 30–22 CHI Report Pacheco Filho 7 five players 3 12–13 5 1 7 4 1 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 2,500 Krichen, Makhlouf TUN 23 January 2015 17:00 ESP 30–26 SVN Report Rivera Folch 6 four players 4 14–10 2 3 1 5 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 1,000 Geipel, Helbig GER 23 January 2015 19:00 QAT 26–22 BLR Report Marković 9 D. Rutenka 7 7–12 3 2 6 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 10,000 Novotný, Horáček CZE Group B main WDL Q 2 n CRO CRO MKD MKD North Macedonia AUT AUT TUN TUN BIH BIH IRN IRN 5 0 0 158 124 4 0 1 153 138 2 1 2 147 140 2 1 2 132 133 1 0 4 118 128 0 0 5 127 172 green1 A A A A complete 16 January 2015 15:00 BIH 30–25 IRN Report Čelica 6 A. Esteki 7 12–16 8 3 8 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 4,000 Koo, Lee KOR 16 January 2015 17:00 MKD North Macedonia 33–25 TUN Report K. Lazarov 10 Tej 6 18–14 7 3 6 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 5,000 Geipel, Helbig GER 16 January 2015 19:00 CRO 32–30 AUT Report Čupić 11 Szilágyi, Weber 7 16–13 6 3 7 4 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 750 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 17 January 2015 19:00 TUN 25–28 CRO Report Bannour 9 Čupić 8 13–14 6 3 5 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 4,000 López, Ramírez ESP 17 January 2015 19:00 IRN 31–33 MKD North Macedonia Report A. Esteki 9 K. Lazarov 9 17–19 7 4 1 7 2 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,000 Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref QAT 17 January 2015 21:00 AUT 23–21 BIH Report Szilágyi, Weber 4 Malinović 6 11–12 8 3 6 4 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA 19 January 2015 19:00 BIH 22–25 MKD North Macedonia Report Burić, Malinović 4 Manaskov 6 11–13 5 2 6 3 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 2,000 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 19 January 2015 19:00 CRO 41–22 IRN Report Horvat 12 S. Esteki 6 19–13 3 2 3 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 500 Geipel, Helbig GER 19 January 2015 21:00 AUT 25–25 TUN Report Weber 9 Sanaï, Tej 5 14–15 4 3 5 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 4,500 Nikolić, Stojković SRB 21 January 2015 17:00 IRN 26–38 AUT Report S. Esteki 7 Santos 8 13–18 5 1 5 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 500 Rashed, El-Sayed EGY 21 January 2015 19:00 BIH 24–27 TUN Report Malinović 5 Boughanmi 7 14–15 6 4 5 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 5,500 Santos, Fonseca POR 21 January 2015 19:00 MKD North Macedonia 26–29 CRO Report K. Lazarov 7 Čupić 9 14–15 6 4 6 4 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 2,000 Novotný, Horáček CZE 23 January 2015 17:00 TUN 30–23 IRN Report Touati 7 Karamian 4 12–12 3 4 5 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 4,500 Kliko, Johansson SWE 23 January 2015 19:00 MKD North Macedonia 36–31 AUT Report K. Lazarov 9 Weber 8 16–16 5 2 7 2 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,000 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 23 January 2015 19:00 CRO 28–21 BIH Report Karačić 6 Toromanović 7 17–8 4 3 6 2 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 800 Reveret, Pichon FRA Group C main WDL Q 2 n FRA FRA SWE SWE ISL ISL EGY EGY CZE CZE ALG ALG 4 1 0 143 128 3 1 1 137 109 2 1 2 127 135 2 1 2 135 125 2 0 3 145 138 0 0 5 109 161 green1 A A A A complete 16 January 2015 19:00 ALG 20−34 EGY Report Kaabeche 6 Issa 5 9−17 6 3 7 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 5,500 López, Ramírez ESP 16 January 2015 21:00 FRA 30−27 CZE Report Guigou, Karabatić 7 Horák 8 16−9 6 2 10 3 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 1,800 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 16 January 2015 21:00 SWE 24−16 ISL Report Ekberg 7 Atlason 5 12−7 7 3 6 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,000 Menezes, Pinto BRA 18 January 2015 19:00 ISL 32–24 ALG Report Sigurðsson 8 Berkous 5 12–13 6 3 1 3 4 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 2,000 Milošević, Gubica CRO 18 January 2015 21:00 CZE 22–36 SWE Report Babák, Sobol 5 Andersson 10 10–19 6 3 1 5 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,000 Geipel, Helbig GER 18 January 2015 21:00 EGY 24–28 FRA Report Amer 5 Karabatić 6 11–14 10 3 7 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 4,500 Krstić, Ljubič SLO 20 January 2015 19:00 CZE 24–27 EGY Report Hrstka 5 El-Ahmar 5 10–13 4 3 9 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 6,500 Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref QAT 20 January 2015 21:00 FRA 26–26 ISL Report Karabatić 6 Hallgrímsson, Pálmarsson 5 12–14 5 3 1 7 4 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 2,500 Santos, Fonseca POR 20 January 2015 21:00 SWE 27–19 ALG Report Källman 6 Daoud 6 15–6 6 3 1 4 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,000 Nachevski, Nikolov MKD North Macedonia 22 January 2015 19:00 SWE 25–25 EGY Report Ekberg 10 El-Ahmar 9 10–10 6 3 7 3 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 7,000 Milošević, Gubica CRO 22 January 2015 21:00 ISL 25–36 CZE Report Guðjónsson 5 Jícha 11 11–21 7 2 6 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 500 Lee, Koo KOR 22 January 2015 21:00 ALG 26–32 FRA Report Berkous 11 Guigou 7 12–19 9 3 5 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 2,000 Nikolić, Stojković SRB 24 January 2015 19:00 EGY 25–28 ISL Report Issa, Radwan 5 Sigurðsson 13 10–15 4 3 7 2 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 5,500 Nikolić, Stojković SRB 24 January 2015 21:00 ALG 20–36 CZE Report Daoud, Hamoud 5 Jícha 7 10–21 1 3 3 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 500 Hizaki, Ikebuchi JPN 24 January 2015 21:00 FRA 27–25 SWE Report Joli 9 Källman 8 11–12 2 4 1 4 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 3,000 López, Ramírez ESP Group D thumb|Russia vs Denmark at the Lusail Sports Arena. main WDL Q 2 n GER GER DEN DEN POL POL ARG ARG RUS RUS KSA KSA 4 1 0 150 124 3 2 0 154 127 3 0 2 135 121 2 1 2 132 123 1 0 4 133 131 0 0 5 87 165 green1 A A A A complete 16 January 2015 15:00 RUS 27–17 KSA Report Dereven, Zhitnikov 4 Al-Abbas, Al-Hannabi 4 17–9 6 2 1 9 4 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 500 Hizaki, Ikebuchi JPN 16 January 2015 19:00 POL 26−29 GER Report Lijewski 7 Weinhold 9 13−17 5 4 6 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 3,500 Nachevski, Nikolov MKD North Macedonia 16 January 2015 21:00 DEN 24−24 ARG Report Eggert 5 Pizarro 8 13−8 7 3 7 3 1 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 1,000 Krstić, Ljubič SLO 18 January 2015 19:00 ARG 23–24 POL Report three players 5 three players 5 12–11 6 3 1 7 4 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 3,000 Novotný, Horáček CZE 18 January 2015 19:00 GER 27–26 RUS Report Gensheimer 9 Igropulo 6 9–13 7 3 8 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 600 Kliko, Johansson SWE 18 January 2015 21:00 KSA 18–38 DEN Report Al-Janabi, Moj. Al-Salem 4 H. Toft Hansen 8 6–20 4 2 3 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 600 Rashed, El-Sayed EGY 20 January 2015 19:00 POL 26–25 RUS Report Rojewski 6 Shishkarev 7 12–13 5 3 5 2 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 1,000 Krstić, Ljubič SLO 20 January 2015 19:00 ARG 32–20 KSA Report Pizarro 7 Al-Janabi 5 13–11 6 4 12 3 2 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 1,000 Krichen, Makhlouf TUN 20 January 2015 21:00 DEN 30–30 GER Report Christiansen, Hansen 6 Weinhold 8 16–16 3 3 5 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 2,000 López, Ramírez ESP 22 January 2015 19:00 POL 32–13 KSA Report Syprzak 10 Al-Abdulali 4 17–6 3 3 4 3 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 800 Kliko, Johansson SWE 22 January 2015 19:00 GER 28–23 ARG Report Groetzki 7 Fernández 6 13–14 6 3 6 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 5,500 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 22 January 2015 21:00 RUS 28–31 DEN Report Shishkarev 8 Lauge 9 8–16 1 3 2 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 10,500 Nachevski, Nikolov MKD North Macedonia 24 January 2015 19:00 KSA 19–36 GER Report three players 3 Musche, Sellin 11 8–18 6 3 5 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 3,500 Santos, Fonseca POR 24 January 2015 19:00 RUS 27–30 ARG Report Shishkarev 7 Pizarro 9 16–17 8 3 1 4 4 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 500 Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref QAT 24 January 2015 21:00 DEN 31–27 POL Report Lindberg 6 Rojewski 5 16–12 5 3 3 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 6,000 Milošević, Gubica CRO Knockout stage thumb|upright=3|left|The final (Qatar vs France) at the Lusail Sports Arena. Championship Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 30 135 B1 CRO 26 A4 BRA 25 D3 POL 24 C2 SWE 20 B3 AUT 27 A2 QAT 29 D1 GER 23 C4 EGY 16 C3 ISL 25 D2 DEN 30 A1 ESP 28 B4 TUN 20 A3 SVN 30 B2 MKD North Macedonia 28 C1 FRA 33 D4 ARG 20 B1 CRO 22 D3 POL 24 A2 QAT 26 D1 GER 24 D2 DEN 24 A1 ESP 25 A3 SVN 23 C1 FRA 32 D3 POL 29 A2 QAT 31 A1 ESP 22 C1 FRA 26 A2 QAT 22 C1 FRA 25 D3 POL 29 A1 ESP 28 Round of 16 25 January 2015 18:30 AUT 27–29 QAT Report Weber 8 Marković 8 14–13 7 4 4 2 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 12,200 Milošević, Gubica CRO 25 January 2015 18:30 SVN 30–28 MKD North Macedonia Report Gajić 9 Georgievski, K. Lazarov 7 16–15 9 4 4 3 1 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 800 Gatelis, Mažeika LTU 25 January 2015 21:00 ESP 28–20 TUN Report Ugalde 6 Boughanmi 5 18–9 5 3 3 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 5,500 Nachevski, Nikolov MKD North Macedonia 25 January 2015 21:00 CRO 26–25 BRA Report Kopljar 5 Silva 5 13–15 1 2 5 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 800 Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref QAT 26 January 2015 18:30 GER 23–16 EGY Report Gensheimer 6 El-Ahmar, Issa 4 12–8 7 3 5 3 1 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 12,500 Novotný, Horáček CZE 26 January 2015 18:30 POL 24–20 SWE Report B. Jurecki, M. Jurecki 5 Petersen 5 10–11 3 2 6 3 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,500 Krstić, Ljubič SLO 26 January 2015 21:00 ISL 25–30 DEN Report Petersson 7 Lauge Schmidt 6 10–16 2 4 5 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 3,000 Reveret, Pichon FRA 26 January 2015 21:00 FRA 33–20 ARG Report Porte 6 Carou 4 16–6 4 2 1 2 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,500 Gjeding, Hansen DEN Quarterfinals 28 January 2015 18:30 CRO 22–24 POL Report Duvnjak, Kopljar 5 Jurkiewicz 6 10–12 3 3 3 4 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 1,500 Gjeding, Hansen DEN 28 January 2015 18:30 QAT 26–24 GER Report Capote 8 Gensheimer 5 18–14 2 3 3 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 15,000 Nachevski, Nikolov MKD North Macedonia 28 January 2015 21:00 SVN 23–32 FRA Report L. Žvižej 6 Narcisse 6 10–18 5 4 2 2 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 2,500 Novotný, Horáček CZE 28 January 2015 21:00 DEN 24–25 ESP Report Eggert, Hansen 6 Rivera Folch 10 11–11 3 4 3 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 9,000 Geipel, Helbig GER Semifinals 30 January 2015 18:30 POL 29–31 QAT Report Jurecki 9 Capote, Mallash 6 13–16 5 3 2 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 15,000 Nikolić, Stojković SRB 30 January 2015 21:00 ESP 22–26 FRA Report Cañellas, Ugalde 5 Guigou 5 14–18 3 3 3 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 9,000 Krstić, Ljubič SLO Bronze medal game #ddaa77 1 February 2015 16:30 POL 29–28 ESP Report Szyba 8 Tomás 7 13–13 24–24 5–4 4 3 1 2 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 9,400 Gjeding, Hansen DEN Final gold 1 February 2015 19:15 QAT 22–25 FRA Report Marković 7 Karabatić 5 11–14 4 3 2 4 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 15,000 Novotný, Horáček CZE 5–8th place playoffs Semifinals Fifth place Seventh place 30 January CRO 28 GER 23 30 January DEN 36 SVN 33 31 January CRO 24 DEN 28 31 January GER 30 SVN 27 5–8th place semifinals 30 January 2015 16:00 CRO 28–23 GER Report Štrlek 8 Gensheimer, Schöngarth 6 13–11 2 3 2 4 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 800 López, Ramírez ESP 30 January 2015 18:30 DEN 36–33 SVN Report Hansen 13 Gajić 12 19–15 4 3 5 2 2 Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, Al Rayyan 500 Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref QAT Seventh place game 31 January 2015 16:30 GER 30–27 SVN Report Gensheimer 13 Natek 9 16–14 3 3 3 3 1 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 1,000 Novotný, Horáček CZE Fifth place game 31 January 2015 19:15 CRO 24–28 DEN Report three players 4 Hansen 8 11–15 3 3 3 3 Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail 3,000 López, Ramírez ESP President’s Cup 17–20th place playoffs Semifinals 17th place 19th place 26 January BLR 37 BIH 29 26 January CZE 32 RUS 30 27 January BLR 31 CZE (pen.) 32 27 January BIH 28 RUS 42 21–24th place playoffs Semifinals 21st place 23rd place 26 January CHI 31 IRN 32 26 January ALG 25 KSA 27 27 January IRN 26 KSA 22 27 January CHI (pen.) 27(3) ALG 27(1) Placement semifinals 26 January 2015 13:00 CHI 31–32 IRN Report R. Salinas 18 three players 5 15–17 2 2 4 3 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 100 Hizaki, Ikebuchi JPN 26 January 2015 15:00 ALG 25–27 KSA Report Hamoud 9 Moj. Al-Salem 5 14–12 6 2 1 7 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 100 Kliko, Johansson SWE 26 January 2015 17:00 BLR 37–29 BIH Report S. Rutenka 9 Burić 6 20–16 6 3 4 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 300 Menezes, Pinto BRA 26 January 2015 19:00 CZE 32–30 RUS Report Zdráhala 8 Dereven 8 16–15 6 4 1 6 1 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 300 Krichen, Makhlouf TUN 23rd place game 27 January 2015 13:00 CHI 30–28 ALG Report R. Salinas 11 Hamoud 12 10–16 27–27 3–1 4 4 7 2 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 100 Santos, Fonseca POR 21st place game 27 January 2015 15:00 IRN 26–22 KSA Report A. Esteki 6 Al-Abdulali 6 15–10 5 2 1 6 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 150 Menezes, Pinto BRA 19th place game 27 January 2015 17:00 BIH 28–42 RUS Report Malinović 6 Kovalev 6 16–20 6 3 6 2 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 200 Hizaki, Ikebuchi JPN 17th place game 27 January 2015 19:00 BLR 31–32 CZE Report S. Rutenka 12 four players 6 13–14 28–28 3–4 5 3 3 3 Duhail Handball Sports Hall, Doha 300 Rased, El-Sayed EGY Statistics Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Dragan Gajić SVN 71 93 76% 2 Žarko Marković QAT 67 127 53% 3 Uwe Gensheimer GER 54 72 75% 4 Rodrigo Salinas CHI 52 92 57% 5 Rafael Capote QAT 48 78 62% 6 Valero Rivera Folch ESP 47 58 81% 7 Kiril Lazarov MKD North Macedonia 45 78 58% 8 Siarhei Rutenka BLR 43 75 57% 9 Robert Weber AUT 42 61 69% 10 Ivan Čupić CRO 41 53 77% Source: IHF.info Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Carsten Lichtlein GER 38% 57 1522 Filip Ivić CRO37% 44 119 Thierry Omeyer FRA 105 283 Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas ESP 97 2595 Mattias Andersson SWE36% 53 147 Danijel Šarić QAT 75 206 Petr Štochl CZE 75 2108 Jannick Green DEN35% 47 135 Silvio Heinevetter GER 67 193 Nikola Marinovic AUT 52 150 Source: IHF.info Final ranking {| class="wikitable" !width=40|Rank !width=200|Team |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align=center| ||align="left"|FRA |- bgcolor=#bbf3ff |align=center| ||align="left"|QAT |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=center| ||align="left"|POL |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=center|4 ||align="left"|ESP |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=center|5 ||align="left"|DEN |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=center|6 ||align="left"|CRO |- bgcolor=#bbf3ff |align=center|7 ||align="left"|GER |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=center|8 ||align="left"|SLO |- bgcolor=#ccccff |align=center|9 ||align="left"|MKD North Macedonia |- |align=center|10 ||align="left"|SWE |- |align=center|11 ||align="left"|ISL |- bgcolor=#bbf3ff |align=center|12 ||align="left"|ARG |- |align=center|13 ||align="left"|AUT |- bgcolor=#bbf3ff |align=center|14 ||align="left"|EGY |- |align=center|15 ||align="left"|TUN |- |align=center|16 ||align="left"|BRA |- |align=center|17 ||align="left"|CZE |- |align=center|18 ||align="left"|BLR |- |align=center|19 ||align="left"|RUS |- |align=center|20 ||align="left"|BIH |- |align=center|21 ||align="left"|IRI |- |align=center|22 ||align="left"|KSA |- |align=center|23 ||align="left"|CHI |- |align=center|24 ||align="left"|ALG |} Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics thru continental events Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament 2015 World Men's Handball Championship champions 150px|border|link=|FranceFrance5th title Team roster William Accambray, Igor Anić, Xavier Barachet, Cyril Dumoulin, Jérôme Fernandez, Mathieu Grébille, Michaël Guigou, Samuel Honrubia, Guillaume Joli, Luka Karabatic, Nikola Karabatić, Kentin Mahé, Daniel Narcisse, Alix Nyokas, Thierry Omeyer, Valentin Porte, Cédric SorhaindoHead coach: Claude Onesta All-Star Team All-Star Team of the tournament: Goalkeeper: Thierry Omeyer FRA Right wing: Dragan Gajić SVN Right back: Žarko Marković QAT Centre back: Nikola Karabatić FRA Left back: Rafael Capote QAT Left wing: Valero Rivera Folch ESP Pivot: Bartosz Jurecki POL Other awards Most Valuable Player: Thierry Omeyer FRA The final rankings were used in the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification process. France, as World Champion, qualified for the Olympics. The next 6 teams earned a place in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments. Qatar and Germany, however, won their continental tournaments (qualifying them directly for the Olympics) and thus their spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments went to Slovenia and North Macedonia. Controversies Withdrawal of teams As mentioned under qualifications, Australia lost its spot in the tournament due to an IHF decision, being replaced by Germany, who had not originally qualified. Further, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates withdrew. Qatar player naturalisation A large number of players in the Qatar team had been naturalised in the years leading up to the championship. According to IHF rules, to gain eligibility for a new national team, a player cannot have played for another nation for three years in an official match.Player Eligibility Code http://ihf.info/files/Uploads/NewsAttachments/0_03%20-%20player%20eligibility_GB.pdf ihf.info International Handball Federation 29 January 2015 5 They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany http://www.dw.de/qatars-foreign-legion-primed-for-handball-date-with-germany/a-18219900 Deutsche Welle 29 January 2015 This allowed several foreign-born players, including Spanish-born Borja Vidal, Goran Stojanović and Jovo Damjanović from Montenegro, and Bertrand Roiné who previously played for France, to play for the Qatar team at the championship. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.Falsche Fans simulieren Stimmung https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/handball-wm/handball-wm-in-qatar-falsche-fans-simulieren-stimmung-13380832.html Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine 31 January 2015 naturealisation-frankfurter de Fake fans simulate excitement Head of the Qatar Handball Federation, Ahmed Mohammed Abdulrab Al Shaabi, acknowledged the policy in a statement in June 2013, saying "We're a small nation with limited human resources, so we had to bring players from outside in the past." He also announced an end to the policy at the time, adding however that they "[might] make an exception only in the case of an experienced goalkeeper."Al Shaabi says no to further naturalisation http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/al-shaabi-naturalisation/ dohastadiumplusqatar.com 29 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130706172347/http://www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com/al-shaabi-naturalisation/ 6 July 2013 dead In January 2014, Danish sports agent Mads Winther said he had met with "contacts involved with Qatar" regarding the possibility of naturalising Danish players.Wenande Christian Qatar targeting Danish handball players ahead of hosting of 2015 worlds http://cphpost.dk/news/qatar-targeting-danish-handball-players-ahead-of-hosting-of-2015-worlds.8446.html The Copenhagen Post 31 January 2015 naturalisation-cphpost The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31031852 BBC 29 January 2015 At a press conference during the championship, Qatar head coach Valero Rivera declined to comment on the matter. Spanish player Joan Cañellas did not think it was an issue, saying "If they can do it, why not." After the controversial semi-final against Poland, and reaching the final as a result, the practice was even more criticised, with players such as Danijel Šarić having now represented four different national teams.http://eurosport.onet.pl/pilka-reczna/mistrzostwa-swiata-pilkarzy-recznych/danijel-saric-to-on-zabral-polakom-final-ms/ygpjd Danijel Sarić – to on "zabrał" Polakom finał MŚ 30 January 2015 onet.pl Paid fans Qatar flew in about 60 Spanish fans to cheer for Qatar during the championship.http://www.thelocal.es/20150116/qatar-handball-team-buys-noisy-spanish-fans Qatar 'buys' noisy Spanish handball fans 16 January 2015 thelocal.es Refereeing During the first 12 matches of the tournament, 143 two-minute suspensions were awarded by the referees, a figure that came under strong criticism from teams, who had not been informed of the IHF Referee Committee's instructions to referees commanding them to keep a strict disciplinary line.http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Haandbold/VM-herrer/Nyheder/2015/01/17/130904.htm Dansk dommer om de mange udvisninger: IHF vil have en hård linje dr.dk The referees were widely accused of being one-sided in favour of the hosts. Especially at the matches against Austria,Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German) Germany Reaktionen auf deutsches WM-Aus: "Man muss aufpassen, was man sagt" (German)WM-Aus der deutschen Handballer: "Im Schiedsrichterwesen gibt es Grauzonen" (German) and Poland.Sramotno: Pogledajte trenutak kad su srpski suci pretjerali s navlačenjem za Katar https://web.archive.org/web/20150201001659/http://www.dnevno.hr/sport/rukomet-sp-2015/143679-sramotno-pogledajte-trenutak-kad-su-srpski-suci-pretjerali-s-navlacenjem-za-katar-video.html 1 February 2015 (Croatian)Polský smutek. Katar je ve finále MS v házené, pomohli mu rozhodčí (Czech)Polska – Katar – czemu Katar awansował? Kontrowersje wokół drużyny gospodarzy, nie byli faworytami (Polish)Michał Jurecki: Każdy wie, co tutaj się dzieje... (Polish) After the final whistle, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/radosc-katarczykow,-polacy-z-pretensjami-do-sedziow,artykul,538198,1,12792.html Radość Katarczyków, Polacy z pretensjami do sędziów pl 30 January 2015 przegladsportowy.plhttp://thebiglead.com/2015/01/31/polish-national-handball-team-sarcastically-applauds-officials-after-controversial-loss-to-qatar/ Polish National Handball Team Sarcastically Applauds Officials After Controversial Loss to Qatar 31 January 2015 thebiglead.com See also 2015 IHF Emerging Nations Championship References External links Official website IHF website Category:World Men's Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship Category:Al Daayen Category:Sports competitions in Doha Category:International handball competitions hosted by Qatar World Men's Handball Championship World Men's Handball Championship Category:2010s in Doha