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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Qatar |
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Dates | 15 January – 1 February |
| Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  France(5th title) |
| Runners-up | Qatar |
| Third place |  Poland |
| Fourth place |  Spain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 88 |
| Goals scored | 4,805 (54.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 306,100 (3,478 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Dragan Gajić (SVN) (71 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Thierry Omeyer (FRA)[1] |
The2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of theWorld Men's Handball Championship, organised by theInternational Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time inQatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those ofNorway,Poland andFrance after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, inMalmö, Sweden.[2] This was the third time that the World Championship was hosted in theMiddle East And North Africa, afterEgypt in 1999 andTunisia in 2005.
France won the final against Qatar 25–22 to win their fifth title,[3] a first in handball history while Qatar won their first ever medal.[4]Poland captured the bronze medal by defeatingSpain 29–28 after extra time.[5]Denmark secured the fifth place by winning againstCroatia 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.
The games of the tournament were played in 3 cities:Doha,Al Rayyan and the newly created town ofLusail.
Three new venues were constructed for the tournament:
| Lusail | Al Rayyan | Doha | Location of the host cities of the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lusail Sports Arena | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena | Duhail Handball Sports Hall | |
| Capacity:15,300 | Capacity:7,700 | Capacity:5,500 | |
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Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament.Qatar, as hosts andSpain, 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In a decision taken by the International Handball Federation on 8 July 2014 the spot allocated for a nation fromOceania was revoked on the grounds that Oceania has no continental confederation. The national team, qualified for this spot through the2014 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.[7] Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates withdrew on 7 November 2014.[8][9] Iceland and Saudi Arabia were chosen as the replacements.[10]
| Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 27 January 2011 | 1 | Qatar |
| 2013 World Champions | 11–27 January 2013 | 1 | Spain |
| 2014 African Men's Handball Championship | 16–25 January 2014 | 3 |  Algeria Egypt Tunisia |
| 2014 European Men's Handball Championship | 12–26 January 2014 | 3 |  Croatia Denmark France |
| 2014 Asian Men's Handball Championship | 24 January – 4 February 2014 | 3 |  Bahrain Iran United Arab Emirates |
| 2014 Oceania Handball Championship | 25–26 April 2014 | 1 |  Australia |
| European qualification | 7–15 June 2014 | 9 |  Austria Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic North Macedonia Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden |
| 2014 Pan American Men's Handball Championship | 23–29 June 2014 | 3 |  Argentina Brazil Chile |
| Wildcard | 8 July 2014 | 1 |  Germany[7] |
| Wildcards | 21 November 2014 | 2 |  Iceland[10] Saudi Arabia[10] |
The draw was held on 20 July 2014 at 21:30 local time inDoha,Qatar.[11][12]
The seedings were published on 11 July 2014.[13]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Each team selects 16 players for the tournament.
18 referee pairs are selected:[14]
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The schedule was published on 21 August 2014.[15][16] A new schedule was released on 12 December 2014.[17][18] The top four teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
For the group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a grouptied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:[19]
| Team advanced to the knockout stage |
All times are local (UTC+3).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 127 | +35 | 10 |
| Qatar | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 122 | +15 | 8 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 145 | +15 | 6 |
| Brazil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 143 | +3 | 4 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 155 | −8 | 2 |
| Chile | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 164 | −60 | 0 |
| 15 January 2015 20:30 | Qatar | 28–23 | Brazil | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica(CRO) |
| Hassab Alla,Marković 6 | (15–12) | Chiuffa 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
| 16 January 2015 17:00 | Spain | 38–33 | Belarus | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| Aguinagalde,Maqueda 6 | (21–17) | Tsitou 5 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× 2× |
| 16 January 2015 17:00 | Slovenia | 36–23 | Chile | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed(EGY) |
| Gajić 9 | (16–14) | R. Salinas 10 | ||
| 3× 8× | Report | 1× 6× |
| 17 January 2015 17:00 | Brazil | 27–29 | Spain | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Ribeiro,Toledo 5 | (14–15) | Cañellas 9 | ||
| 4× 5× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 17 January 2015 17:00 | Belarus | 29–34 | Slovenia | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf(TUN) |
| D. Rutenka 6 | (8–17) | Gajić 15 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 4× 8× 1× |
| 17 January 2015 19:00 | Chile | 20–27 | Qatar | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Reveret, Pichon(FRA) |
| Oneto 5 | (9–15) | Marković 11 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 19 January 2015 17:00 | Spain | 37–16 | Chile | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo(KOR) |
| Rivera Folch 7 | (14–7) | Araya,Frelijj 3 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 4× 1× |
| 19 January 2015 17:00 | Belarus | 29–34 | Brazil | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed(EGY) |
| three players 6 | (12–16) | Ribeiro 9 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 4× 5× |
| 19 January 2015 19:00 | Slovenia | 29–31 | Qatar | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen(DEN) |
| Dolenec 8 | (15–18) | Capote 12 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 4× 5× |
| 21 January 2015 17:00 | Slovenia | 35–32 | Brazil | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Reveret, Pichon(FRA) |
| Gajić 12 | (19–18) | Ribeiro 7 | ||
| 2× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 21 January 2015 17:00 | Chile | 23–34 | Belarus | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 800 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi(JPN) |
| R. Salinas 6 | (11–14) | Pukhouski,S. Rutenka 8 | ||
| 2× 7× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 21 January 2015 19:00 | Qatar | 25–28 | Spain | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 12,400 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB) |
| Marković 10 | (10–8) | Rivera Folch 7 | ||
| 2× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 23 January 2015 17:00 | Brazil | 30–22 | Chile | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf(TUN) |
| Pacheco Filho 7 | (12–13) | five players 3 | ||
| 1× 5× | Report | 4× 7× 1× |
| 23 January 2015 17:00 | Spain | 30–26 | Slovenia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER) |
| Rivera Folch 6 | (14–10) | four players 4 | ||
| 3× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 23 January 2015 19:00 | Qatar | 26–22 | Belarus | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| Marković 9 | (7–12) | D. Rutenka 7 | ||
| 2× 3× | Report | 4× 6× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 124 | +34 | 10 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 138 | +15 | 8 |
| Austria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 147 | 140 | +7 | 5 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 133 | −1 | 5 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 128 | −10 | 2 |
| Iran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 127 | 172 | −45 | 0 |
| 16 January 2015 15:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30–25 | Iran | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Koo, Lee(KOR) |
| Čelica 6 | (12–16) | A. Esteki 7 | ||
| 3× 8× | Report | 4× 8× |
| 16 January 2015 17:00 | North Macedonia | 33–25 | Tunisia | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER) |
| K. Lazarov 10 | (18–14) | Tej 6 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 16 January 2015 19:00 | Croatia | 32–30 | Austria | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 750 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika(LTU) |
| Čupić 11 | (16–13) | Szilágyi,Weber 7 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 4× 7× 1× |
| 17 January 2015 19:00 | Tunisia | 25–28 | Croatia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 4,000 Referees: López, Ramírez(ESP) |
| Bannour 9 | (13–14) | Čupić 8 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 17 January 2015 19:00 | Iran | 31–33 | North Macedonia | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref(QAT) |
| A. Esteki 9 | (17–19) | K. Lazarov 9 | ||
| 4× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 7× |
| 17 January 2015 21:00 | Austria | 23–21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto(BRA) |
| Szilágyi,Weber 4 | (11–12) | Malinović 6 | ||
| 3× 8× | Report | 4× 6× 1× |
| 19 January 2015 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22–25 | North Macedonia | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika(LTU) |
| Burić,Malinović 4 | (11–13) | Manaskov 6 | ||
| 2× 5× | Report | 3× 6× 1× |
| 19 January 2015 19:00 | Croatia | 41–22 | Iran | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER) |
| Horvat 12 | (19–13) | S. Esteki 6 | ||
| 2× 3× | Report | 1× 3× |
| 19 January 2015 21:00 | Austria | 25–25 | Tunisia | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB) |
| Weber 9 | (14–15) | Sanaï,Tej 5 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 21 January 2015 17:00 | Iran | 26–38 | Austria | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed(EGY) |
| S. Esteki 7 | (13–18) | Santos 8 | ||
| 1× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 21 January 2015 19:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24–27 | Tunisia | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca(POR) |
| Malinović 5 | (14–15) | Boughanmi 7 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 21 January 2015 19:00 | North Macedonia | 26–29 | Croatia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| K. Lazarov 7 | (14–15) | Čupić 9 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 4× 6× |
| 23 January 2015 17:00 | Tunisia | 30–23 | Iran | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Kliko, Johansson(SWE) |
| Touati 7 | (12–12) | Karamian 4 | ||
| 4× 3× | Report | 1× 5× |
| 23 January 2015 19:00 | North Macedonia | 36–31 | Austria | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen(DEN) |
| K. Lazarov 9 | (16–16) | Weber 8 | ||
| 2× 5× | Report | 2× 7× 1× |
| 23 January 2015 19:00 | Croatia | 28–21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Reveret, Pichon(FRA) |
| Karačić 6 | (17–8) | Toromanović 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 2× 6× 1× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 128 | +15 | 9 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 109 | +28 | 7 |
| Iceland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 127 | 135 | −8 | 5 |
| Egypt | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 125 | +10 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 138 | +7 | 4 |
| Algeria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 109 | 161 | −52 | 0 |
| 16 January 2015 19:00 | Algeria | 20−34 | Egypt | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: López, Ramírez(ESP) |
| Kaabeche 6 | (9−17) | Issa 5 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 16 January 2015 21:00 | France | 30−27 | Czech Republic | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen(DEN) |
| Guigou,Karabatić 7 | (16−9) | Horák 8 | ||
| 2× 6× | Report | 3× 10× 1× |
| 16 January 2015 21:00 | Sweden | 24−16 | Iceland | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Menezes, Pinto(BRA) |
| Ekberg 7 | (12−7) | Atlason 5 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 18 January 2015 19:00 | Iceland | 32–24 | Algeria | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica(CRO) |
| Sigurðsson 8 | (12–13) | Berkous 5 | ||
| 3× 6× 1× | Report | 4× 3× |
| 18 January 2015 21:00 | Czech Republic | 22–36 | Sweden | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER) |
| Babák,Sobol 5 | (10–19) | Andersson 10 | ||
| 3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 18 January 2015 21:00 | Egypt | 24–28 | France | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič(SLO) |
| Amer 5 | (11–14) | Karabatić 6 | ||
| 3× 10× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 20 January 2015 19:00 | Czech Republic | 24–27 | Egypt | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref(QAT) |
| Hrstka 5 | (10–13) | El-Ahmar 5 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 9× |
| 20 January 2015 21:00 | France | 26–26 | Iceland | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca(POR) |
| Karabatić 6 | (12–14) | Hallgrímsson,Pálmarsson 5 | ||
| 3× 5× 1× | Report | 4× 7× |
| 20 January 2015 21:00 | Sweden | 27–19 | Algeria | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Källman 6 | (15–6) | Daoud 6 | ||
| 3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 22 January 2015 19:00 | Sweden | 25–25 | Egypt | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica(CRO) |
| Ekberg 10 | (10–10) | El-Ahmar 9 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
| 22 January 2015 21:00 | Iceland | 25–36 | Czech Republic | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Lee, Koo(KOR) |
| Guðjónsson 5 | (11–21) | Jícha 11 | ||
| 2× 7× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 22 January 2015 21:00 | Algeria | 26–32 | France | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB) |
| Berkous 11 | (12–19) | Guigou 7 | ||
| 3× 9× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 24 January 2015 19:00 | Egypt | 25–28 | Iceland | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB) |
| Issa,Radwan 5 | (10–15) | Sigurðsson 13 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× |
| 24 January 2015 21:00 | Algeria | 20–36 | Czech Republic | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi(JPN) |
| Daoud,Hamoud 5 | (10–21) | Jícha 7 | ||
| 3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 24 January 2015 21:00 | France | 27–25 | Sweden | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 3,000 Referees: López, Ramírez(ESP) |
| Joli 9 | (11–12) | Källman 8 | ||
| 4× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 4× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150 | 124 | +26 | 9 |
| Denmark | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 127 | +27 | 8 |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 121 | +14 | 6 |
| Argentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 123 | +9 | 5 |
| Russia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 131 | +2 | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 165 | −78 | 0 |
| 16 January 2015 15:00 | Russia | 27–17 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi(JPN) |
| Dereven,Zhitnikov 4 | (17–9) | Al-Abbas,Al-Hannabi 4 | ||
| 2× 6× 1× | Report | 4× 9× |
| 16 January 2015 19:00 | Poland | 26−29 | Germany | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Lijewski 7 | (13−17) | Weinhold 9 | ||
| 4× 5× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 16 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark | 24−24 | Argentina | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič(SLO) |
| Eggert 5 | (13−8) | Pizarro 8 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
| 18 January 2015 19:00 | Argentina | 23–24 | Poland | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| three players 5 | (12–11) | three players 5 | ||
| 3× 6× 1× | Report | 4× 7× |
| 18 January 2015 19:00 | Germany | 27–26 | Russia | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 600 Referees: Kliko, Johansson(SWE) |
| Gensheimer 9 | (9–13) | Igropulo 6 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 4× 8× |
| 18 January 2015 21:00 | Saudi Arabia | 18–38 | Denmark | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 600 Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed(EGY) |
| Al-Janabi,Moj. Al-Salem 4 | (6–20) | H. Toft Hansen 8 | ||
| 2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 20 January 2015 19:00 | Poland | 26–25 | Russia | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič(SLO) |
| Rojewski 6 | (12–13) | Shishkarev 7 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 2× 5× |
| 20 January 2015 19:00 | Argentina | 32–20 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf(TUN) |
| Pizarro 7 | (13–11) | Al-Janabi 5 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 3× 12× 2× |
| 20 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark | 30–30 | Germany | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 2,000 Referees: López, Ramírez(ESP) |
| Christiansen,Hansen 6 | (16–16) | Weinhold 8 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 4× 5× |
| 22 January 2015 19:00 | Poland | 32–13 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 800 Referees: Kliko, Johansson(SWE) |
| Syprzak 10 | (17–6) | Al-Abdulali 4 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× 1× |
| 22 January 2015 19:00 | Germany | 28–23 | Argentina | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika(LTU) |
| Groetzki 7 | (13–14) | Fernández 6 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 4× 6× |
| 22 January 2015 21:00 | Russia | 28–31 | Denmark | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Shishkarev 8 | (8–16) | Lauge 9 | ||
| 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 24 January 2015 19:00 | Saudi Arabia | 19–36 | Germany | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca(POR) |
| three players 3 | (8–18) | Musche,Sellin 11 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 24 January 2015 19:00 | Russia | 27–30 | Argentina | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref(QAT) |
| Shishkarev 7 | (16–17) | Pizarro 9 | ||
| 3× 8× 1× | Report | 4× 4× 1× |
| 24 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark | 31–27 | Poland | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Milošević, Gubica(CRO) |
| Lindberg 6 | (16–12) | Rojewski 5 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 4× 3× |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Croatia | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Brazil | 25 | B1 | Croatia | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| D3 | Poland | 24 | D3 | Poland | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| C2 | Sweden | 20 | D3 | Poland | 29 | ||||||||||||||
| B3 | Austria | 27 | A2 | Qatar | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| A2 | Qatar | 29 | A2 | Qatar | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| D1 | Germany | 23 | D1 | Germany | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| C4 | Egypt | 16 | A2 | Qatar | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| C3 | Iceland | 25 | C1 | France | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| D2 | Denmark | 30 | D2 | Denmark | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| A1 | Spain | 28 | A1 | Spain | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| B4 | Tunisia | 20 | A1 | Spain | 22 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| A3 | Slovenia | 30 | C1 | France | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| B2 | North Macedonia | 28 | A3 | Slovenia | 23 | D3 | Poland | 29 | |||||||||||
| C1 | France | 33 | C1 | France | 32 | A1 | Spain | 28 | |||||||||||
| D4 | Argentina | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 January 2015 18:30 | Austria | 27–29 | Qatar | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 12,200 Referees: Milošević, Gubica(CRO) |
| Weber 8 | (14–13) | Marković 8 | ||
| 4× 7× | Report | 2× 4× |
| 25 January 2015 18:30 | Slovenia | 30–28 | North Macedonia | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 800 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika(LTU) |
| Gajić 9 | (16–15) | Georgievski,K. Lazarov 7 | ||
| 4× 9× | Report | 3× 4× 1× |
| 25 January 2015 21:00 | Spain | 28–20 | Tunisia | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Ugalde 6 | (18–9) | Boughanmi 5 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 25 January 2015 21:00 | Croatia | 26–25 | Brazil | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 800 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref(QAT) |
| Kopljar 5 | (13–15) | Silva 5 | ||
| 2× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 26 January 2015 18:30 | Germany | 23–16 | Egypt | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| Gensheimer 6 | (12–8) | El-Ahmar,Issa 4 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
| 26 January 2015 18:30 | Poland | 24–20 | Sweden | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič(SLO) |
| B. Jurecki,M. Jurecki 5 | (10–11) | Petersen 5 | ||
| 2× 3× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 26 January 2015 21:00 | Iceland | 25–30 | Denmark | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Reveret, Pichon(FRA) |
| Petersson 7 | (10–16) | Lauge Schmidt 6 | ||
| 4× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 26 January 2015 21:00 | France | 33–20 | Argentina | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen(DEN) |
| Porte 6 | (16–6) | Carou 4 | ||
| 2× 4× | Report | 2× 1× |
| 28 January 2015 18:30 | Croatia | 22–24 | Poland | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen(DEN) |
| Duvnjak,Kopljar 5 | (10–12) | Jurkiewicz 6 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 4× 3× |
| 28 January 2015 18:30 | Qatar | 26–24 | Germany | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD) |
| Capote 8 | (18–14) | Gensheimer 5 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 4× 3× |
| 28 January 2015 21:00 | Slovenia | 23–32 | France | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| L. Žvižej 6 | (10–18) | Narcisse 6 | ||
| 4× 5× | Report | 2× 2× |
| 28 January 2015 21:00 | Denmark | 24–25 | Spain | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER) |
| Eggert,Hansen 6 | (11–11) | Rivera Folch 10 | ||
| 4× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 30 January 2015 18:30 | Poland | 29–31 | Qatar | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB) |
| Jurecki 9 | (13–16) | Capote,Mallash 6 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 30 January 2015 21:00 | Spain | 22–26 | France | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič(SLO) |
| Cañellas,Ugalde 5 | (14–18) | Guigou 5 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 1 February 2015 16:30 | Poland | 29–28 (ET) | Spain | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 9,400 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen(DEN) |
| Szyba 8 | (13–13) | Tomás 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 2× 1× | ||
FT: 24–24 ET: 5–4 | ||||
| 1 February 2015 19:15 | Qatar | 22–25 | France | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 15,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| Marković 7 | (11–14) | Karabatić 5 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 4× 2× |
| Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 30 January | ||||||
| Croatia | 28 | |||||
| 31 January | ||||||
| Germany | 23 | |||||
| Croatia | 24 | |||||
| 30 January | ||||||
| Denmark | 28 | |||||
| Denmark | 36 | |||||
| Slovenia | 33 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 31 January | ||||||
| Germany | 30 | |||||
| Slovenia | 27 | |||||
| 30 January 2015 16:00 | Croatia | 28–23 | Germany | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 800 Referees: López, Ramírez(ESP) |
| Štrlek 8 | (13–11) | Gensheimer,Schöngarth 6 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 4× 2× |
| 30 January 2015 18:30 | Denmark | 36–33 | Slovenia | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena,Al Rayyan Attendance: 500 Referees: Al-Suwaidi, Bamutref(QAT) |
| Hansen 13 | (19–15) | Gajić 12 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 2× 5× 2× |
| 31 January 2015 16:30 | Germany | 30–27 | Slovenia | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Novotný, Horáček(CZE) |
| Gensheimer 13 | (16–14) | Natek 9 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
| 31 January 2015 19:15 | Croatia | 24–28 | Denmark | Lusail Sports Arena,Lusail Attendance: 3,000 Referees: López, Ramírez(ESP) |
| three players 4 | (11–15) | Hansen 8 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
17–20th place playoffs[edit]
| 21–24th place playoffs[edit]
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| 26 January 2015 13:00 | Chile | 31–32 | Iran | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 100 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi(JPN) |
| R. Salinas 18 | (15–17) | three players 5 | ||
| 2× 2× | Report | 3× 4× 1× |
| 26 January 2015 15:00 | Algeria | 25–27 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 100 Referees: Kliko, Johansson(SWE) |
| Hamoud 9 | (14–12) | Moj. Al-Salem 5 | ||
| 2× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 26 January 2015 17:00 | Belarus | 37–29 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Menezes, Pinto(BRA) |
| S. Rutenka 9 | (20–16) | Burić 6 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 26 January 2015 19:00 | Czech Republic | 32–30 | Russia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf(TUN) |
| Zdráhala 8 | (16–15) | Dereven 8 | ||
| 4× 6× 1× | Report | 1× 6× |
| 27 January 2015 13:00 | Chile | 30–28 | Algeria | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 100 Referees: Santos, Fonseca(POR) |
| R. Salinas 11 | (10–16) | Hamoud 12 | ||
| 4× 4× | Report | 2× 7× | ||
FT: 27–27 Pen: 3–1 | ||||
| 27 January 2015 15:00 | Iran | 26–22 | Saudi Arabia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 150 Referees: Menezes, Pinto(BRA) |
| A. Esteki 6 | (15–10) | Al-Abdulali 6 | ||
| 2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 27 January 2015 17:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28–42 | Russia | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 200 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi(JPN) |
| Malinović 6 | (16–20) | Kovalev 6 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 2× 6× |
| 27 January 2015 19:00 | Belarus | 31–32 | Czech Republic | Duhail Handball Sports Hall,Doha Attendance: 300 Referees: Rased, El-Sayed(EGY) |
| S. Rutenka 12 | (13–14) | four players 6 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | ||
FT: 28–28 Pen: 3–4 | ||||
Top goalscorers[edit]
Source:IHF.info | Top goalkeepers[edit]
Source:IHF.info |
The final rankings were used in the2016 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.
As mentioned under qualifications,Australia lost its spot in the tournament due to anIHF decision, being replaced byGermany, who had not originally qualified. Further,Bahrain andUnited Arab Emirates withdrew.[7][8][9]
A large number of players in theQatar team had beennaturalised 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.[20][21] This allowed several foreign-born players, including Spanish-bornBorja Vidal,Goran Stojanović andJovo Damjanović from Montenegro, andBertrand Roiné who previously played for France, to play for the Qatar team at the championship. According to theFrankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[22]
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."[23] In January 2014, Danishsports agent Mads Winther said he had met with "contacts involved with Qatar" regarding the possibility of naturalising Danish players.[24]
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."[25] At a press conference during the championship, Qatar head coachValero Rivera declined to comment on the matter.[25] Spanish playerJoan Cañellas did not think it was an issue, saying "If they can do it, why not."[21]
After the controversial semi-final against Poland, and reaching the final as a result, the practice was even more criticised, with players such asDanijel Šarić having now represented four different national teams.[26]
Qatar flew in about 60 Spanish fans to cheer for Qatar during the championship.[27]
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.[28]
The referees were widely accused of being one-sided in favour of the hosts. Especially at the matches againstAustria,[29][30][31]Germany[29][32][33] andPoland.[34][35][36][37] After the final whistle, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[38][39]
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.
