The 3rd edition of the IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship will take place between 16 and 21 September, in Cairo, Egypt, with a record eight teams at the start.

Two teams from Europe, Asia and South and Central America, plus one each from Africa and the North America and Caribbean will be vying for the coveted trophy, as several powerhouses return, while other sides make their debut.

The reigning champions of the IHF Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship, Brazil, as well as the reigning champions of the World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship Six-a-Side, Portugal, will be at the start.

Hosts Egypt, which finished second at the 2022 IHF Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship, will return to this edition of the competition. France, an up and coming team in wheelchair handball, are also part of the line-up, as well as two Asian representatives, Japan and India. Joining Brazil from the South and Central America are Chile, which, alongside India, have featured at the 2022 IHF Four-a-Side Wheelchair Handball World Championship.

A team which will make its debut at the 3rd IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship are the United States of America, which have been awarded a wild card, with teams from five continents now taking part in the competition for the first time in history.

The competition will be staged in the Dr Hassan Moustafa Sports Hall in 6 of October, Egypt, with its two halls hosting all the 24 matches scheduled for the competition.

As the competition will be played in a preliminary round consisting of two groups of four teams each, followed by quarter-finals and a final round with placement matches. Every team will play a total of six matches. The teams will be drawn into the two preliminary round groups in an official draw which will be held at the IHF Office. In each group, one team per continent shall be represented.

All the eight sides will be qualified for the quarter-finals, with the top team in each group facing the fourth-placed side in the other group, as the teams ranked second and third at the end of the preliminary round.

The winners will head for the semi-finals, with the winners being crowned on 21 September.

2024 IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship - line-up
Hosts: Egypt
Asia: Japan and India
Europe: France and Portugal
South and Central America: Brazil and Chile
Wild card: United States of America