IHF Men's Handball World Championship Egypt 2021 draw cremony details unveiled

CAIRO-5 September 2020: We are only one hour away from the long-awaited draw ceremony of the 27th IHF Men's Handball World Championship- Egypt 2021.

 

The organisation Committee announced the details of the ceremony which will see the attendance of Egyptian Prime Minister Dr Mostafa Madbouli.

 

The ceremony begins at 7 pm, Cairo Local Time (clt) at the Giza Pyramids Plateau. 

 

The event will be presented by the renowned TV presenter Jasmin Zaki, actress Ingy el Mokadem and actor Khaled El Nabawy.

 

Egypt's famous international musician Omar Khairat will perform at the event.

 

The event will witness the attendance of only 134 persons according to the medical precautionary measures of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Draw Procedures

 

The tournament will see the participation of 32 teams for the first time in the competition's history.

 

Pot 1

Denmark (DEN), Spain (ESP), Croatia (CRO), Norway (NOR), Slovenia (SLO), Germany (GER), Portugal (POR), Sweden (SWE)

 

Pot 2

Egypt (EGY), Argentina (ARG), Austria (AUT), Hungary (HUN), Tunisia (TUN), Algeria (ALG), Qatar (QAT), Belarus (BLR)

 

Pot 3

Iceland (ISL), Brazil (BRA), Uruguay (URU), Czech Republic (CZE), France (FRA), Republic of Korea (KOR), Japan (JPN), Bahrain (BRN)

 

Pot 4

Angola (ANG), Cape Verde (CPV), Morocco (MAR), the winners of the South and Central America Handball Confederation (SCAHC), DR Congo (COD), Poland (POL), North America and The Caribbean Handball Confederation (NCAHC) Men’s Championship winner, Russia (RUS)

 

The 32 teams will split in eight groups of four teams each, with the top three teams of each group reaches the second round.

 

The 24 teams will then be split in four groups of six teams, with the top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.