The 29th IHF Men's World Championship was staged in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025.

QUALIFIED TEAMS

Hosts: Croatia (CRO), Denmark (DEN), Norway (NOR)

Africa: Algeria (ALG), Cape Verde (CPV), Egypt (EGY), Guinea (GUI), Tunisia (TUN)

Asia: Bahrain (BRN), Japan (JPN), Kuwait (KUW), Qatar (QAT)

Europe: Austria (AUT), Czechia (CZE), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Hungary (HUN), Iceland (ISL), Italy (ITA), Netherlands (NED), North Macedonia (MKD), Poland (POL), Portugal (POR), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE)

North America and the Caribbean: Cuba (CUB)

South and Central America: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Chile (CHI)

Wild Cards: Switzerland (SUI), United States of America (USA)

DRAW

The draw event is scheduled for 29 May 2024 at 19:30 CEST and took place in Zagreb, Croatia.

Draw pots

Draw results

FINAL RANKING

1. Denmark
2. Croatia
3. France
4. Portugal, 5. Egypt, 6. Germany, 7. Brazil, 8. Hungary, 9. Iceland, 10. Norway, 11. Switzerland, 12. Netherlands, 13. Slovenia, 14. Sweden, 15. North Macedonia, 16. Italy, 17. Austria, 18. Spain, 19. Czechia, 20. Argentina, 21. Qatar, 22. Tunisia, 23. Cape Verde, 24. Chile, 25. Poland, 26. USA, 27. Kuwait, 28. Japan, 29. Bahrain, 30. Algeria, 31. Guinea, 32. Cuba

All-STAR TEAM

MVP: Mathias Gidsel (DEN)

Left wing: Dylan Nahi (FRA)
Left back: Simon Pytlick (DEN)
Centre back: Martim Costa (POR)
Line player: Victor Iturriza (POR)
Right back: Ivan Martinović (CRO) 
Right wing: Mario Šoštarič (CRO)
Goalkeeper: Emil Nielsen (DEN)
Best Young Player: Francisco Costa (POR)
Top scorer: Mathias Gidsel – 74 goals