2027 World Men's Handball Championship

The 2027 IHF World Men's Handball Championship, will be the 30th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will be held in Germany from 13 to 31 January 2027. Denmark is the four time defending champion.

Bidding process

Five nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament. The awarding of the events took place at the next IHF Council meeting in
Cairo, Egypt, on 28 February 2020. Germany was chosen as the host. This will be the sixth time Germany will host this tournament.

Qualification

The qualification system will still depend on the number of compulsory and performance places, as for the 2025 World Championship. The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions.
The number of compulsory places awarded to other continental confederation keeps unchanged and is divided as follows: four places each for Europe, Asia and Africa, three places for the South and Central America zone and one place for the North America and Caribbean zone.
One additional place is available for Oceania, but only when that region's national team ranks fifth or higher at the Asian Championship. If no Oceania team places among the top five at the Asian Championship, the IHF will award an additional wild card.
In addition, there will be 12 performance places for the continental confederations, which are based on the teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding World Championship.
According to the new qualification system and taking into consideration the results of the 2025 Men's World Championship, 20 out of 32 places are distributed as follows:

Competition

Dates

Host

Vacancies

Qualified

Host nations

28 February 2020

Preparations

Tickets

Tickets were released at 12:00 CET on 15 December 2025, after the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship final.

Logo unveiling

On 3 November 2025, the logo was unveiled. The slogan for the tournament was also announced, with it being "Where handball is alive". Mark Schober, CEO of the German Handball Federation, said the following:

Venues

At the presentation during the IHF Council Meeting in Cairo, Egypt on 27 and 28 February 2020 the bid delegation presented eight venues. Six venues were ultimately announced in October 2024, with the opening match to be played in Munich and the final in Cologne.

Cologne	Munich	Kiel
Lanxess Arena	SAP Garden	Wunderino Arena
Capacity: 19,250	Capacity: 11,000	Capacity: 10,250

Hanover	Magdeburg	Stuttgart
ZAG-Arena	GETEC Arena	Porsche-Arena
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 6,200