| 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation 2021 World Men's Handball Championship Tournament details Host country Dates 13—31 January Teams 32 from 4 confederations Venue s 4 in 4 host cities Final positions Champions 2nd title Runner-up Third place Fourth place Tournament statistics Matches 102 Goals scored 5803 56 | North Macedonia replaced the Czech Republic, who withdrew due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad |
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| The Russian team will play under the name "Russian Handball Federation Team" | Because the European qualification was cancelled, the final ranking of the was used to determine the participants |
South and Central American Last Chance Qualification Tournament: 1• Venues [ ] Following is a list of all venues and host cities.
| Starting from this tournament, Pan America was split into two zones: the North America and Caribbean Zone with one compulsory place, and the South and Central America Zone with three places | from the original on 9 December 2019 |
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| The top three teams from each group progressed to the main round, while the teams ranked last in their preliminary round groups played the President's Cup | Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32 |
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| As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared to take part in the 2020 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports | One additional place was available for Oceania, but only in the case where that national team would rank fifth or higher at the Asian Championship |
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| Qualified teams [ ] Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances , Host 6 November 2015 15 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 27 January 2019 23 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Top seven at 20 January 2020 4 , , , Top seven at 2020 African Championship 20 January 2020 14 , , , , , , , , , , , , , Top seven at 2020 African Championship 20 January 2020 14 , , , , , , , , , , , , , Semifinalist at 21 January 2020 7 , , , , , , Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship 23 January 2020 14 , , , , , , , , , , , , , Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship 23 January 2020 3 , , Semifinalist at 2020 Asian Championship 23 January 2020 11 , , , , , , , , , , , Top three at 23 January 2020 12 , , , , , , , , , , , Top three at 2020 South and Central American Championship 23 January 2020 14 , , , , , , , , , , , , , Top three at 24 January 2020 13 , , , , , , , , , , , , Top three at 2020 European Championship 24 January 2020 20 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Top seven at 2020 African Championship 24 January 2020 0 debut Top seven at 2020 African Championship 24 January 2020 6 , , , , , Top three at 2020 European Championship 25 January 2020 15 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Top three at 2020 South and Central American Championship 25 January 2020 0 debut Top seven at 2020 African Championship 26 January 2020 0 debut 24 April 2020 6 , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 4 , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 6 , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 22 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 25 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 20 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 20 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 3 , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 8 , , , , , , , 2020 European Championship final ranking 24 April 2020 24 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Wildcard 9 July 2020 15 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Wildcard 9 July 2020 13 , , , , , , , , , , , , North America and Caribbean representative 2 November 2020 6 , , , , , South and Central America representative 10 November 2020 5 , , , , Replacement 12 January 2021 6 , , , , , Replacement 12 January 2021 10 , , , , , , , , , 6 On 12 January, the International Handball Federation announced that the United States have withdrawn from the tournament due to high number of COVID-19 infected players | Wild card: 1 Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified Host nation 6 November 2015 1 10—27 January 2019 1 9—26 January 2020 3 16—26 January 2020 6 16—27 January 2020 4 21—25 January 2020 3 2020 Nor |
Russia later filed an appeal to the CAS against the WADA decision.
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