2025 Handball World Cup: five African teams in search of glory
The Handball World Cup opens this Tuesday with the participation of five African nations: Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Cape Verde and Guinea. These representatives of the continent will try to tear off the trophy in the face of formidable competition.
Tunisia will be the first African team to enter, with a shock against Italy on Wednesday. The Tunisians will continue their journey against Denmark on January 16, before meeting Algeria on January 18. For its part, Algeria will start against Denmark, co-organizer of the competition, before playing against Italy on January 16 and concluding against Tunisia.
Guinea will start its tournament against the Netherlands on January 15, followed by meetings against Hungary on January 17 and the Northern Macedonia on January 19. CAP-green will start against Iceland on January 16, before facing Slovenia on January 18 and Cuba on January 20. Egypt, a great favorite among African nations, will play against Argentina on Wednesday, then Bahrain on Friday, before concluding the group phase against Croatia on January 19.
The complete competition calendar:
Group matches
January 14, 2025
- 5.30 p.m.: Italy – Tunisia
- 6 p.m.: France – Qatar
- 8:30 p.m.: Austria – Kuwait
- 8:30 p.m.: Denmark – Algeria
January 15, 2025
- 6 p.m.: Portugal-United States
- 6 p.m.: Czech Republic – Switzerland
- 6 p.m.: Netherlands-Guinea
- 6 p.m.: Egypt – Argentina
- 8:30 p.m.: Hungary – North Macedonia
- 8:30 p.m.: Germany – Poland
- 8:30 p.m.: Norway – Brazil
- 8:30 p.m.: Croatia – Bahrain
January 16, 2025
- 6 p.m.: France – Kuwait
- 6 p.m.: Spain – Chile
- 6 p.m.: Slovenia – Cuba
- 6 p.m.: Italy – Algeria
- 8:30 p.m.: Austria – Qatar
- 8:30 p.m.: Iceland – Cap Vert
- 8:30 p.m.: Sweden – Japan
- 8:30 p.m.: Tunisia – Denmark
January 17, 2025
- 6 p.m.: Czech Republic – Poland
- 6 p.m.: Netherlands-North Macedonia
- 6 p.m.: Portugal – Brazil
- 6 p.m.: Bahrain – Egypt
- 8:30 p.m.: Switzerland – Germany
- 8:30 p.m.: Guinea – Hungary
- 8:30 p.m.: United States-Norway
- 8:30 p.m.: Croatia – Argentina
January 18, 2025
- 6 p.m.: France – Austria
- 6 p.m.: Cap Vert – Slovenia
- 6 p.m.: Spain – Japan
- 6 p.m.: Algeria – Tunisia
- 8:30 p.m.: Qatar – Kuwait
- 8:30 p.m.: Denmark – Italy
- 8:30 p.m.: Iceland – Cuba
- 8:30 p.m.: Chile – Sweden
January 19, 2025
- 3.30 p.m.: Poland – Switzerland
- 6 p.m.: Argentina – Bahrain
- 6 p.m.: Brazil-United States
- 6 p.m.: Germany – Czech Republic
- 6 p.m.: Northern Macedonia – Guinea
- 8:30 p.m.: Hungary-Netherlands
- 8:30 p.m.: Egypt – Croatia
- 8:30 p.m.: Norway – Portugal
January 20, 2025
- 6 p.m.: Cuba-Cap-Vert
- 6 p.m.: Japan – Chile
- 8:30 p.m.: Sweden – Spain
- 8:30 p.m.: Slovenia – Iceland
Main Tour matches
- January 21 (3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.): main round
- January 22 (3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.): main round
- January 23 (3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.): main round
- January 24 (3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.): main round
- January 25 (3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.): main round
- January 26 (3.30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.): main round
The games of the final phase
- January 28 (5.30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.): quarter -finals
- January 29 (5.30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.): quarter -finals
- January 30 (8:30 p.m.): semi-final
- January 31 (8:30 p.m.): semi-final
- February 2 (3 p.m. and 6 p.m.): final for third place and final
