04.01.2022, 02:00
Next steps towards Poland/Sweden 2023

ROUND PREVIEW: Seven matches in the 2023 Men’s World Championship first qualification stage this week, with play-off tickets up for grabs

Seven matches in the first qualification stage for the 2023 IHF Men’s World Championship in Poland and Sweden will be carried out this week.

While group 1 — the only one with the full competition format of home and away matches — continues with rounds 3 and 4 from Wednesday to Sunday, group 3 will be decided in a tournament in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The last tournament of this stage will then be staged in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, from 14­–16 January 2022.

UPDATE 6 January: this article has been updated following the withdrawal of Cyprus from the group 3 tournament due to Covid-19 cases in their team.

TEXT: EHF / Björn Pazen