This festive season, give the gift of unforgettable moments! Tickets are still available for all the 112 matches scheduled at the 2025 IHF Men’s World Championship in five venues across three countries – Croatia, Denmark and Norway.

The biggest stars in men’s handball will battle for the coveted title in the world handball flagship competition, which throws off on 14 January 2025 and will finish in the Unity Arena in Fornebu, Bærum, Norway, on 2 February, with the bronze medal match and the big final.

Fans can reserve their seats in the respective arenas, with tickets starting as low as 25 euros throughout all five venues – Zagreb, Varaždin and Poreč in Croatia, Herning in Denmark and in Fornebu, Bærum, in Norway.

The tickets are available on the official website of the competition, inspiredbyhandball.com.

Croatia will host the competition for the second time in history, 16 years after the maiden edition of the IHF Men’s World Championship which took place there, while Denmark are hosts for the third time, after being the hosts in 1978 and co-hosts alongside Germany in 2019.

Tickets for the matches played in Croatia are available here.

For Norway, which will host two preliminary round groups, one main round group, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and the medal matches, this is the first time in history when the Scandinavian country is hosting the competition.

With four medals in the previous 15 editions of the IHF Men’s World Championship, Croatia are eyeing the podium again, especially as they will feature on their home court, in the country’s capital, in Arena Zagreb, where they secured the silver medal the last the competition was organised in Croatia, in 2009.

This will also be the last time for the handball-mad Croatia fans to see a legend, Domagoj Duvnjak, the player with the largest number of caps and the largest number of goals in the team’s history, donning the national team shirt.

 

 

 

 

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Duvnjak announced his international retirement after the 2025 IHF Men’s World Championship, ending a 19-year stint with the national team, where he secured eight medals in major international competitions – the silver at the 2009 IHF Men’s World Championship, the bronze at the 2013 IHF Men’s World Championship, the bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games, plus three silver medals and two bronze medals at the EHF EURO.

The reigning champions, Denmark, will also play in front of their own fans in Herning, in the legendary Jyske Bank Boxen, who, most recently, was the host for the 2023 IHF Women’s World Championship. Denmark are on an unprecedented 28-match unbeaten streak in the world handball flagship competition, losing their last match in 2017, and boast a star-studded line-up, including the 2023 IHF Male Player of the Year, Mathias Gidsel.

Tickets for the matches played in Denmark are available here.

Norway, two time silver medallists at the IHF Men’s World Championship, in 2017 and 2019, are betting on their homegrown talent, led by superstar Sander Sagosen, to return to the medal conversation. They will feature in all the matches in the Unity Arena, which is currently undergoing a special process to host the competition in the best conditions.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this incredible event! Join us in celebrating the spirit of competition and buy your tickets now for the 2025 IHF Men’s World Championship.

Tickets for the matches played in Norway, including the big final on 2 February are available here.

Preliminary round overview

The preliminary round groups for the 2025 IHF Men's World Championship were drawn on 29 May in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Croatia.

Group A (in Herning, Denmark): Germany, Czechia, Poland, Switzerland
Group B (in Herning, Denmark): Denmark, Italy, Algeria, Tunisia
Group C (in Poreč, Croatia):  France, Austria, Qatar, Kuwait
Group D (in Varaždin, Croatia): Hungary, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Guinea
Group E (in Baerum, Norway):  Norway, Portugal, Brazil, United States of America
Group F (in Baerum, Norway): Sweden, Spain, Japan, Chile
Group G (in Zagreb, Croatia): Slovenia, Iceland, Cuba, Cape Verde
Group H (in Zagreb, Croatia): Egypt, Croatia, Argentina, Bahrain

The first three teams in each group will progress to the main round, with the teams from Groups A and B playing in Herning, teams from Groups C and D playing in Varaždin, teams from Groups E and F continuing in Baerum, while the teams from Groups G and H will be playing in Zagreb.

The teams finishing fourth in their groups are heading to Poreč for the President’s Cup.

The full playing schedule is available here.