2017 World Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 France
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| Dates | 11–29 January |
| Teams | 24 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
France (6th title)
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| Runner-up |
 Norway
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| Third place |
 Slovenia
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| Fourth place |
 Croatia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 84 |
| Goals scored | 4643 (55.27 per match) |
| Attendance | 553,833 (6,593 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Kiril Lazarov(50 goals) |
| Best player |
Nikola Karabatić
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The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.
France successfully defended their title by defeating Norway 33–26 in the final, which secured France their sixth title. Slovenia defeated Croatia 31–30 to capture the bronze medal. Norway and Slovenia earned their first World Championship medals ever.
The championship was played at eight venues in Paris-Bercy, Rouen, Nantes, Metz, Albertville, Montpellier, Lille, and Brest. All the venue capacities are the capacity for handball events.
8 venues
Denmark and France were bidding to host the 2017 Men's World Championships. The IHF Council awarded the Men’s and Women’s World Championships 2017 at their meeting on the fringes of the Women’s World Championships in São Paulo, Brazil on Thursday 15 December 2011.
Denmark was the co-host of the 1999 Women’s World Championship and host of the 1978 Men's World Championship. Denmark has also hosted the Women's EHF EURO twice and was awarded with the Men's EHF EURO 2014.
France hosted the Men's World Championships in 1970 and 2001 and was host of the 2007 Women's World Championship.
Twenty-four teams participated in the final tournament. France, as hosts, were automatically qualified. Since an additional automatic qualification spot was given to defending champion holder which is the same team - France, this berth was given to the next best placed team from the last World Championship - losing finalist Qatar. That left 22 places available for the best teams of each continental qualification tournament, the winners of an additional European qualification competition and an additional intercontinental qualification tournament.
The draw was held on 23 June 2016 at 14:00 in Paris, France.
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