2023 World Men's Handball Championship

2023 World Men's Handball Championship

Världmästerskapet i handboll för herrar 2023 (in Swedish) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Ręcznej Mężczyzn 2023 (in Polish)
Tournament details
Host countries	Poland  Sweden
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Dates	11–29 January
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (3rd title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	112
Goals scored	6,555 (58.53 per match)
Attendance	618,112 (5,519 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mathias Gidsel (60 goals)
Best player	Mathias Gidsel
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The 2023 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 28th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023.

Denmark were the two-time defending champions, having won the 2019 and 2021 editions, and successfully defended their title by defeating France 34–29 in the final. In doing so, Denmark became the first men's national handball team to win three consecutive world titles. Spain beat the hosts and European champions Sweden to win a World Championship bronze medal for the third time, the second in consecutive editions.^[1][2][3][4]

Bidding process[edit]

Eight nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:^[5]

•  France
•  Hungary
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Slovakia
•  South Korea
•  Sweden
•  Switzerland

However until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015 only three nations entered documents to bid for this event.^[6] On 21 April 2015 it was announced that Poland and Sweden had agreed intentions to jointly hosting this tournament:^[7]

•  Hungary
•  Poland and  Sweden

A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015. Poland and Sweden were chosen as the hosts. This is the first time Poland participate as the host country at a IHF World Men's Handball Championship.^[8]

Venues[edit]

The tournament took place in nine cities (four in Poland and five in Sweden): Kraków, Gdańsk, Katowice, Płock, Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg, Jönköping and Kristianstad. The opening game took place in Katowice while the final took place in Stockholm.^[9]

Kraków	Gdańsk	Stockholm	Malmö	Gothenburg
Tauron Arena	Ergo Arena	Tele2 Arena	Malmö Arena	Scandinavium
Capacity: 15,030	Capacity: 11,409	Capacity: 19,000	Capacity: 13,000	Capacity: 12,000
Kraków Gdańsk Katowice Płock		Sweden, in orange, and Poland, in green are separated by the Baltic Sea.	Gothenburg Stockholm Malmö Jönköping Kristianstad
Katowice	Płock	Jönköping	Kristianstad
Spodek	Orlen Arena	Husqvarna Garden	Kristianstad Arena
Capacity: 11,036	Capacity: 5,492	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 4,700

Marketing[edit]

The logo was unveiled on 23 August 2021. The logo was designed to be used on a dark blue background, but it may also stand alone. The logo synthetically presents a flying ball. It was inspired by a comet lighting up the sky. The symbol conveys dynamism and expression. The trails form a hand which, in combination with a ball in the foreground, create a characteristic and friendly graphic form. The logo's colors refer to the national colors of Poland and Sweden, the organizers of the Men's World Championship 2023. It carries a clear message about the sports discipline of handball. A skillful and well-balanced color split alludes to the cooperation of the event hosts and sticking together for the success of the Championship. The logo was designed by Polish design agency Studio Signature.^[10] The slogan: Stick Together was unveiled on 15 September 2021. The concept "Stick together" is the framework for all our communication and is the sender in all posts or other expressions coming from the 28th IHF Men's World Championship Poland/Sweden 2023. We use "Stick together" to talk about the big questions and the broader context, but we also use "Stick together" locally in all marketing in each host city. It symbolizes by each concept:

• Stick together for fair play.
• Stick together as fans.
• Stick together as a team.
• Stick together to challenge.
• Stick together in the arena.
• Stick together to win.

It is also as part of both countries sustainability and capable communication concepts.^[11]

Qualification[edit]

The World Championship hosts qualified directly, along with the reigning world champions. Following the current IHF rules,^[12] the number of compulsory places awarded to each continental confederation is divided as follows: 4 places each for Africa, Asia and Europe. Because there is more than one organiser from the same Continental Confederation (Europe), the number of compulsory places of the respective Continental Confederation were reduced accordingly. So only 3 compulsory places for Europe, while Africa and Asia were kept with 4 four places allocated. Starting in 2021 Pan America was split into two zones: the North America and Caribbean zone having 1 place, and the South and Central America zone having 3 places. One additional place were available for Oceania, but only when that region's national team ranked fifth or higher at the Asian Championship. Since no Oceania team placed among the top five at the Asian Championship, the IHF awarded an additional wild card. In addition, several performance places were awarded for the continental confederations (12 places), which were based on the teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding World Championship. Taking into consideration the results of the 2021 Men's World Championship, 20 out of 32 places were distributed as follows:

• ¹All hosting federations are automatically entitled to take part in the World Championship. If there is more than one organiser from the same continental confederation, the number of compulsory places of the respective confederation shall be reduced accordingly. If there is more than one organiser and the organisers are not from the same confederation, the IHF Council shall decide about the reduction of the compulsory places, considering only the compulsory places of the confederations involved.
• ²The reigning world champion automatically qualifies for the next World Championship and, as a rule, is placed first in the first performance row. In case the reigning world champion is also hosting the next World Championship, the confederation of the reigning world champion obtains one additional performance place.
• ³The compulsory place for Oceania is subject to fulfilling certain conditions. The continental confederation of Oceania does not have a direct compulsory place for a confederational qualification event. The confederation of Oceania is invited to participate in the Asian qualification events. The compulsory place is awarded to Oceania if the representative from Oceania is ranked 5th or higher in the Asian qualification. If Oceania fails to rank 5th or does not participate, the IHF Council will award this place as a free wild card.
• ⁴The wild card shall be awarded by the IHF Council.

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nations	6 November 2015	Sochi	2	Poland  Sweden
2021 World Championship	13–31 January 2021	Egypt	1	Denmark
2022 European Men's Handball Championship	13–30 January 2022	Hungary  Slovakia	3	France  Norway  Spain
2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship	18–31 January 2022	Dammam	5	Bahrain  Iran  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  South Korea
2022 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship	25–29 January 2022	Recife	4	Argentina  Brazil  Chile  Uruguay
European qualification	7 November 2021 – 16 April 2022	Various	9	Belgium  Croatia  Germany  Hungary  Iceland  Montenegro  North Macedonia  Portugal  Serbia
2022 Nor.Ca. Men's Handball Championship	26–30 June 2022	Mexico City	1	United States
2022 African Men's Handball Championship	11–18 July 2022	Egypt	5	Algeria  Cape Verde  Egypt  Morocco  Tunisia
Wild card	28 June 2022[13]	—	1+1	Netherlands  Slovenia

Qualified teams[edit]

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances5, 6
Poland	Co-host	6 November 2015	16 (1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
Sweden			25 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Denmark	World champion	31 January 2021	24 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Bahrain	Top five at the 2022 Asian Championship	24 January 2022	4 (2011, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Iran			1 (2015)
Qatar			8 (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Spain	Top three at 2022 European Championship	25 January 2022	21 (1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Saudi Arabia	Top five at the 2022 Asian Championship	26 January 2022	9 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Argentina	Top four at 2022 South and Central American Championship		13 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Uruguay			1 (2021)
France	Top three at 2022 European Championship		23 (1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Brazil	Top four at 2022 South and Central American Championship		15 (1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Chile			6 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Norway	Top three at 2022 European Championship	28 January 2022	16 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021)
South Korea	Top five at the 2022 Asian Championship	30 January 2022	13 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021)
Belgium	European playoffs	19 March 2022	0 (debut)
Hungary		16 April 2022	21 (1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Croatia			14 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Iceland			21 (1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Serbia			4 ( 2009, 2011, 2013, 2019)
Germany			26 (1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 19907, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Portugal		17 April 2022	4 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2021)
Montenegro			1 (2013)
North Macedonia			7 (1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Netherlands	Wild card	28 June 2022	1 (1961)
Slovenia			9 (1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
United States	Winner of the 2022 Nor.Ca. Championship	30 June 2022	6 (1964, 1970, 1974, 1993, 1995, 2001)
Morocco	Top five at 2022 African Men's Handball Championship	15 July 2022	7 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2021)
Tunisia			15 (1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Cape Verde			1 (2021)
Egypt			16 (1964, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Algeria		18 July 2022	15 (1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2021)

⁵ Bold indicates champion for that year

⁶ Italic indicates host country for that year

⁷ From both German teams only East Germany was qualified in 1990

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 2 July 2022 at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.^[14][13][15]

Seeding[edit]

Following ranking of previous World Championship, and following IHF rules.^[12]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Denmark (Hold)  Sweden (Host)  Spain  France  Norway  Iceland  Germany  Egypt	Qatar  Croatia  Belgium  Brazil  Portugal  Poland (Host)  Montenegro  North Macedonia	Serbia  Hungary  Argentina  Bahrain  Saudi Arabia  Cape Verde  Chile  Morocco	Uruguay  Tunisia  Algeria  Iran  South Korea  United States  Netherlands  Slovenia

Groups[edit]

Each host country could assign one qualified team to each host city. Therefore Spain played in group A (Krakow), Norway in group F (Krakow), and Denmark in group H (Malmö). Germany in group E (Katowice), Iceland in group D (Kristianstad) and Croatia in group G (Jönköping).^[16]

Group A (Krakow)	Group B (Katowice)	Group C (Göteborg)	Group D (Kristianstad)	Group E (Katowice)	Group F (Krakow)	Group G (Jönköping)	Group H (Malmö)
Spain  Montenegro  Chile  Iran	France  Poland (Host)  Saudi Arabia  Slovenia	Sweden (Host)  Brazil  Cape Verde  Uruguay	Iceland  Portugal  Hungary  South Korea	Germany  Qatar  Serbia  Algeria	Norway  North Macedonia  Argentina  Netherlands	Egypt  Croatia  Morocco  United States	Denmark  Belgium  Bahrain  Tunisia

Referees[edit]

The referee pairs were selected on 16 November 2022.^[17]

Referees  Algeria Youcef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi  Argentina Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci  Argentina María Paolantoni Mariana García  Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin  Croatia Matija Gubica Boris Milošević  Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný  Denmark Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen  Egypt Alaa Emam Hossam Hedaia  France Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura

Referees  France Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi  Germany Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies  Germany Maike Merz Tanja Kuttler  Hungary Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss  Lithuania Mindaugas Gatelis Vaidas Mažeika  North Macedonia Gjorgji Nachevski Slave Nikolov  Montenegro Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović  Norway Håvard Kleven Lars Jørum

Referees  Portugal Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca  Serbia Marko Sekulić Vladimir Jovandić  Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok  South Korea Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok  Spain Ignacio García Andreu Marín  Sweden Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik  Switzerland Arthur Brunner Morad Salah  Turkey Kürşad Erdoğan Ibrahim Özdeniz

Squads[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+1).^[18][19]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	99	73	+26	6	Main round Group I
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	94	94	0	4
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	78	93	−15	2
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	83	94	−11	0	President's Cup Group I

12 January 2023 18:00	Chile	24–25	Iran	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,007 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Er. Feuchtmann 6	(11–13)	Oraei 7
	2×	Report	2× 8× 1×

12 January 2023 20:30	Spain	30–25	Montenegro	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,808 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Odriozola 6	(15–12)	B. Vujović 7
	4×	Report	6×

14 January 2023 18:00	Montenegro	34–31	Iran	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Fonseca, Santos (POR)
	M. Vujović 10	(19–16)	Oraei, Sadeghi 7
	2×	Report	1× 4×

14 January 2023 20:30	Spain	34–26	Chile	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,150 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	A. Dujshebaev 6	(18–15)	Er. Feuchtmann 8
	3×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2023 18:00	Montenegro	35–33	Chile	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Özdeniz, Erdoğan (TUR)
	M. Vujović 12	(20–18)	Er. Feuchtmann 9
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 1×

16 January 2023 20:30	Iran	22–35	Spain	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 1,403 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	three players 4	(11–21)	A. Dujshebaev, Solé 6
	1× 4×	Report	2×

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	102	78	+24	6	Main round Group I
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	96	77	+19	4
3	Poland (H)	3	1	0	2	74	82	−8	2
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	66	101	−35	0	President's Cup Group I

11 January 2023 21:00	France	26–24	Poland	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 9,999 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Mahé 5	(14–13)	Sićko 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

12 January 2023 18:00	Saudi Arabia	19–33	Slovenia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,371 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Al-Muwallad 4	(8–16)	Janc 6
	4× 1×	Report	4×

14 January 2023 18:00	France	41–23	Saudi Arabia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Lenne 8	(24–14)	Al-Abbas, Ma. Al-Salem 5
	1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

14 January 2023 20:30	Poland	23–32	Slovenia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 9,999 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Moryto 6	(11–17)	Dolenec 7
	5×	Report	6×

16 January 2023 18:00	Slovenia	31–35	France	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 6,400 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Vlah 9	(14–16)	Mahé, Remili 7
	1× 3×	Report	6×

16 January 2023 20:30	Poland	27–24	Saudi Arabia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 9,999 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Moryto 9	(13–12)	Al-Abbas 5
	7×	Report	1× 1×

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	3	0	0	107	57	+50	6	Main round Group II
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	83	78	+5	4
3	Cape Verde	3	1	0	2	88	89	−1	2
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	61	115	−54	0	President's Cup Group I

12 January 2023 18:00	Cape Verde	33–25	Uruguay	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,312 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	G. Furtado 6	(17–11)	Rostagno, Rubbo 5
	2×	Report	1×

12 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	26–18	Brazil	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,627 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Gottfridsson 6	(11–9)	Rodrigues 4
	3×	Report	2× 4×

14 January 2023 18:00	Brazil	35–24	Uruguay	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,697 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Hackbarth 7	(19–10)	Capello 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 1×

14 January 2023 20:30	Sweden	34–27	Cape Verde	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,750 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	D. Pettersson, Wanne 5	(19–8)	F. Landim, Moreno 6
	1×	Report	5×

16 January 2023 18:00	Brazil	30–28	Cape Verde	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,191 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Dupoux 7	(17–15)	Moreno 7
	2×	Report	4×

16 January 2023 20:30	Uruguay	12–47	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,051 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	De Agrela 5	(8–25)	Johansson 11
	3×	Report	3×

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	85	74	+11	4[a]	Main round Group II
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	96	81	+15	4[a]
3	Hungary	3	2	0	1	85	82	+3	4[a]
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	76	105	−29	0	President's Cup Group I

12 January 2023 18:00	Hungary	35–27	South Korea	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,738 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Lékai 7	(21–11)	three players 5
	1× 8× 1×	Report	2× 3×

12 January 2023 20:30	Iceland	30–26	Portugal	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,738 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Elísson 9	(15–15)	Portela 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

14 January 2023 18:00	Portugal	32–24	South Korea	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,615 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Gomes 7	(15–12)	Lee H. 4
	5×	Report	3×

14 January 2023 20:30	Iceland	28–30	Hungary	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,615 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Elísson 9	(17–12)	Ancsin 6
	3×	Report	1× 5×

16 January 2023 18:00	South Korea	25–38	Iceland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,608 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Kang, Kim Y. 4	(13–19)	Ríkharðsson 11
	4×	Report	1× 4×

16 January 2023 20:30	Portugal	27–20	Hungary	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 3,608 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	F. Costa 6	(16–9)	Bodó 5
	1× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Group E[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	102	81	+21	6	Main round Group III
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	103	85	+18	4
3	Qatar	3	1	0	2	80	89	−9	2
4	Algeria	3	0	0	3	72	102	−30	0	President's Cup Group II

13 January 2023 18:00	Germany	31–27	Qatar	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Milošević, Gubica (CRO)
	Knorr 8	(18–13)	Capote 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

13 January 2023 20:30	Serbia	36–27	Algeria	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Marsenić 9	(16–13)	Arib 5
	4×	Report	1× 4×

15 January 2023 18:00	Germany	34–33	Serbia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Mertens 7	(19–17)	Kukić 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

15 January 2023 20:30	Qatar	29–24	Algeria	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Gačević, Madadi 7	(12–11)	Abdi, Daoud 5
	2× 4×	Report	3×

17 January 2023 18:00	Algeria	21–37	Germany	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 2,350 Referees: Kiss, Bíró (HUN)
	Abdi 5	(9–16)	Kohlbacher 10
	1× 2× 1×	Report	1×

17 January 2023 20:30	Qatar	24–34	Serbia	Spodek, Katowice Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 5	(14–17)	Radivojević 7
	3×	Report	4× 2×

Group F[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	98	74	+24	6	Main round Group III
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	89	70	+19	4
3	Argentina	3	1	0	2	75	87	−12	2
4	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	77	108	−31	0	President's Cup Group II

13 January 2023 18:00	Argentina	19–29	Netherlands	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,418 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Parker, D. Simonet 5	(11–14)	Smits 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2023 20:30	Norway	39–27	North Macedonia	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 4,048 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Abelvik Rød, Sagosen 6	(18–11)	Taleski 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

15 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	24–34	Netherlands	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kuzmanovski, Peševski 4	(11–18)	Smits 10
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5×

15 January 2023 20:30	Norway	32–21	Argentina	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 3,750 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	three players 5	(16–12)	D. Simonet 7
	2×	Report	5×

17 January 2023 18:00	North Macedonia	26–35	Argentina	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,214 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Taleski 5	(11–18)	D. Simonet 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

17 January 2023 20:30	Netherlands	26–27	Norway	Tauron Arena, Kraków Attendance: 2,750 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Smits 7	(17–13)	Sagosen 7
	1× 3×	Report

Group G[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	96	57	+39	6	Main round Group IV
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	98	77	+21	4
3	United States	3	1	0	2	66	102	−36	2
4	Morocco	3	0	0	3	70	94	−24	0	President's Cup Group II

13 January 2023 18:00	Morocco	27–28	United States	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 4,817 Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
	Harchaoui 5	(12–12)	Fofana 6
	5× 1×	Report	5× 1×

13 January 2023 20:30	Egypt	31–22	Croatia	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 5,200 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Mahmoud 7	(16–12)	Šipić 5
	2×	Report	2× 5×

15 January 2023 18:00	Egypt	30–19	Morocco	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 3,304 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Kaddah 7	(13–9)	Lakbi 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

15 January 2023 20:30	Croatia	40–22	United States	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 3,423 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Karačić 8	(20–10)	Hines 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

17 January 2023 18:00	United States	16–35	Egypt	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 2,603 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Amitović, Chan 4	(7–19)	four players 4
	1× 2×	Report	2×

17 January 2023 20:30	Croatia	36–24	Morocco	Husqvarna Garden, Jönköping Attendance: 2,617 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Cindrić 9	(15–13)	El Hakimy, Rezzouki 5
	1× 4×	Report	4×

Group H[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	113	70	+43	6	Main round Group IV
2	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	78	91	−13	3
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	87	102	−15	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	77	92	−15	1	President's Cup Group II

13 January 2023 18:00	Bahrain	27–27	Tunisia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,870 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Jalal 10	(16–15)	Rzig 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2023 20:30	Denmark	43–28	Belgium	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 12,426 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	M. Hansen 10	(22–15)	Brixhe 5
	1× 2×	Report	5×

15 January 2023 18:00	Belgium	31–29	Tunisia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,023 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Qerimi 6	(17–16)	Maoua 4
	6×	Report	2× 2× 1×

15 January 2023 20:30	Denmark	36–21	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,566 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gidsel 9	(16–9)	A. Merza 5
		Report	2×

17 January 2023 18:00	Belgium	28–30	Bahrain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 9,350 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Kotters 8	(12–15)	A. Merza 6
	3× 1×	Report	5×

17 January 2023 20:30	Tunisia	21–34	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,143 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Darmoul 6	(14–19)	Gidsel 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

President's Cup[edit]

Group I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chile	3	3	0	0	93	73	+20	6	25th place game
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	97	86	+11	4	27th place game
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	74	87	−13	2	29th place game
4	Uruguay	3	0	0	3	81	99	−18	0	31st place game

18 January 2023 15:30	Chile	26–23	Saudi Arabia	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 600 Referees: Özdeniz, Erdoğan (TUR)
	Er. Feuchtmann 8	(12–13)	Al-Abdulali 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

18 January 2023 18:00	Uruguay	30–37	South Korea	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 800 Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
	Rubbo 8	(15–23)	Ha T., Jin 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4× 1×

20 January 2023 15:30	Chile	34–24	Uruguay	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 600 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Er. Feuchtmann 6	(17–13)	De Agrela, Rubbo 4
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1×