Men's World Handball Championship

The Men's 21st World Handball Championship 2009 is being hosted by Croatia from the 16th of January to the 1st of February.

There are seven host cities: Zagreb, Poreč, Osijek, Zadar, Varaždin, Pula and Split.

Ruksi the mascot!

The preliminary rounds run till the 22nd in the cities of Osijek, Split, Varaždin, and Poreč. The teams are separated into groups where they play in their assigned cities.

Group A: Osijek The Stadium.

France

Hungary

Slovakia

Romania

Argentina

Australia

Group B: Split

The Stadium.

Croatia

Sweden

Spain

South Korea

Kuwait

Cuba

Group C: Varaždin

The Stadium.

Germany

Poland

Macedonia

Russia

Tunisia

Algeria

Group D: Poreč
The Stadium.

Denmark

Norway

Egypt

Brazil

Serbia

Saudi Arabia

The Main round begins in Zagreb and Zadar starting on the 24th.

Zagreb

The stadium.

Zadar

The Stadium.

From the 24th to the 26th the Presidents cup takes place in Pula and Poreč.

Pula

The Stadium.

On the 27th there are placement rounds in Pula for 23/34 place, 21/22 place, 19/20 place and placement rounds in Poreč for 17/18 place, 15/16 place, 13/14 place.

In Zagreb on the 29th there are placement matches for 11/12 place, 9/10 place, 7/8 place, 5/6 place.

The semi-finals are on the 30th in Zagreb/Split.

On the 1st the 3rd place match and the final takes place in Zagreb.

So that's the structure and location of the 21st Handball Championship!