The International Handball Federation (IHF) has announced the referee appointments for the 30th IHF Men’s World Championship, which will take place in Germany from 13 to 31 January 2027.

A total of 26 referee pairs have been selected for the men’s flagship competition, representing 22 national federations across Europe, Africa, Asia and South and Central America. Four additional pairs have been named as reserve referees.

2027 IHF Men's World Championship - Referees 

Algeria: Youcef Belkhiri / Sid Ali Hamidi

Argentina: Sebastian Lenci / Julian Lopez Grillo

Argentina: Mariana Garcia / Maria Ines Paolantoni

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Amar Konjicanin / Dino Konjicanin

Brazil: Bruna Correa / Renata Correa

Czechia: Vaclav Horacek / Jiri Novotny

Denmark: Mads Hansen / Jesper Madsen

Egypt: Heidy Elsaied / Yasmina Elsaied

Spain: Ignacio Garcia / Andreu Marin

Spain: Javier Alvarez / Yon Bustamante

France: Karim Gasmi / Raouf Gasmi

Germany: Robert Schulze / Tobias Tönnies

Germany: Tanja Kuttler / Maike Merz

Hungary: Adam Biro / Oliver Kiss

Hungary: Kristof Altmar / Marton Horvath

Kuwait: Maali Alenezi / Dalal Alnaseem

Republic of Moldova: Alexei Covalciuc / Igor Covalciuc

Montenegro: Ivan Pavicevic / Milos Raznatovic

Norway: Havard Kleven / Lars Jorum

Poland: Michal Fabryczny / Jakub Rawicki

Slovenia: Bojan Lah / Sok David

Serbia: Vladimir Jovandic / Marko Sekulic

Slovakia: Andrej Budzak / Michal Zahradnik

Sweden: Mirza Kurtagic / Mattias Wetterwik

Uruguay: Cristian Lemes / Mathias Sosa

Uzbekistan: Khasan Ismoilov / Khusan Ismoilov

Reserve referees

Argentina: Agustin Conberse / Santiago Correa

Austria: Denis Bolic / Christian Hurich

Egypt: Mahmoud Elbeltagy / Alaa Emam

Portugal: Ruben Maia / Andre Nunes