2015 World Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Qatar
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| Dates | 15 January – 1 February |
| Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 France (5th title)
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| Runner-up |
Qatar
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| Third place |
 Poland
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| Fourth place |
 Spain
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 88 |
| Goals scored | 4805 (54.6 per match) |
| Attendance | 306,100 (3,478 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Dragan Gajić (SVN) (71 goals) |
| Best player |
Thierry Omeyer (FRA)
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The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first time in Qatar, from 15 January to 1 February 2015. The Qatari bid was selected over those of Norway, Poland and France after a vote by the IHF Council on 27 January 2011, in Malmö, Sweden. This is the third time that the World Championship was hosted in the Middle East And North Africa, after Egypt in 1999 and Tunisia in 2005.
France won the final against Qatar 25–22 to win their fifth title, a first in handball history while Qatar won their first ever medal.Poland captured the bronze medal by defeating Spain 29–28 after extra time.Denmark secured the fifth place by winning against Croatia which finished sixth and thus had the worst result in the past 13 years of international handball competing.
The competition was marred by numerous controversies throughout.
The games of the tournament were played in Doha and in the newly created town of Lusail.
Three new venues were constructed for the tournament:
Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. Qatar, as hosts and Spain, as world champions, were automatically qualified, which left 22 places available for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament and the winners of an additional European qualification competition.
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