The fight for global supremacy in the handball scene is about to start, as the World Men’s Handball Championship 2025 is right around the corner. Can Denmark keep hold of the crown, or are we about to see a new king? Join us for the 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship odds breakdown and analysis.
From January 14 to February 2, the three-week IHF Men’s World Championship will light up the handball world. Croatia, Denmark, and Norway will split hosting duties; hence, this will be a tri-nations event.
This will be the 29th edition of the tournament and also will be a historic one. No other iteration of the competition was held across three different countries before. Five venues in total will host the matches, and three of them are in Croatia – Arena VaraĹľdin in VaraĹľdin, Zatika Arena in PoreÄŤ, and Arena Zagreb in Zagreb.
The other two arenas are Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning (Denmark) and Unity Arena in Oslo (Norway); the latter will stage the medal matches.
Here’s a quick look at the key details before we move on to the men’s IHF World Cup 2025 predictions:
| ℹ️ Tournament: | 2025 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship |
| 🤾‍♂️ Venue: | Arenas across Croatia, Denmark, and Norway |
| 🗓️ Dates: | Tuesday, 14 January to Sunday, 2 February, 2025 |
The best handball betting odds for the 2025 Men’s Handball Championship are out as we move closer to the showpiece IHF event. Here are the top five:
Unsurprisingly, Denmark have the shortest odds of winning the 2025 Men’s World Championship 2025 Handball. In men’s handball, the Danes have lately become the most dominating power. For an unheard-of fourth consecutive title win for Denmark, sportsbooks have assigned odds of 1.80 (4/5). France, who are the record champions, come second with odds of 3.75 (11/4).
The rest of the top five are outliers in comparison to the top two. Co-hosts Norway and Croatia sandwich Sweden. The 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship odds for Norway are set at 10.00 (9/1). Sweden is at 13.00 (12/1) to win the tournament, and Croatia is at 15.00 (14/1).
There will be 32 teams in the championship, split into eight groups. The eight eliminated sides will play for the President’s Cup. The top three teams from every group will advance to the main round.
Results versus other qualifying teams will be carried forward into the main round. Beginning at the quarter-final level, this stage comprises four groups of six, with the top two teams from each group proceeding on to the knockout rounds.
Four teams in medal contention will feature on the last day of the competition following the quarter-finals and semi-finals. Between the two lost semi-finalists, the first match will be the third-place decider. The semi-final winners will then lock horns in the gold medal event.
A glance at the history of the competition is essential to break down the men’s handball WC 2025 betting tips for the outright market. First contested in 1938, 12 countries have triumphed in 28 IHF Men’s World Championship tournaments; France boasts six, followed by Sweden and Romania with four apiece.
Denmark has won the last three editions. In 2019, they beat Norway in the final. Two years later, they stopped Sweden from adding a fifth to their tally, and last year, the Danes tamed the French side to become world champions for the fourth time in history.
We have explored the betting markets across the best bookies in Europe to bring you the best men’s IHF World Cup 2025 predictions. So, let’s have a look:
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Forecasting any team other than Denmark winning the 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship is dangerous right now. The Danish Dynamite won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics to boost their confidence ahead of another World Championship campaign. But we believe Germany can stop them from becoming champions once again.
The Germans did lose to Denmark in a one-sided final, but they were one of the surprise packages in Paris. Alfred Gislason’s men went on a brilliant run that saw them picking up wins against the likes of Sweden and France. The Icelandic coach did a remarkable job in rebuilding the team, so we want to take advantage of the juicy 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship odds for German to win.
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Italy is another handball nation that has shown great progress in recent years. The Italians will be back on the biggest stage of world handball after 28 years, and their first assignment will be to take on one of the familiar faces of the competition: Tunisia. However, we believe Riccardo Trillini’s side packs enough power to start their mission with a victory.
The Tunisians will look to improve on their last two underwhelming campaigns. The North African side has lost all of their last six matches. Italy will fancy their chances against a team that lacks morale. So, we will back Italy to beat Tunisia at exciting men’s 2025 Handball World Championship odds.
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France and Qatar will meet in a recreation of the 2015 final. While France have maintained their status as a global powerhouse, Qatar have not been able to live up to expectations following its fairy-tale run in 2015. We didn’t feel confident enough about Qatar winning this match, so we looked at other markets.
Recent France matches have been high-scoring affairs. The minimum combined total for the last five France games was 58. This gives us the confidence to pursue the over goals market. Qatar doesn’t have the most resolute defense in the world right now. For this reason, betting on the over 57.5 market seems a sensible move.
Germany has been a team on the up. They have shown us in Paris that they can go toe-to-toe against any side in the world now. We are counting on another miracle run from the Germans. Also, we expect the Italians to mark their World Championship return with a win against struggling Tunisia.
