It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more than one host country.

[3] Denmark, in a clean sweep, won their first title by defeating Norway 31–22 in the final.

[5] The tournament set a new spectator record with 906,283, helped by the fact that there were two home teams.

Biggest number of spectator at single events was 19,250 at Germany's matches in the main round.

The bottom three teams of each group played the Presidents' Cup to determine the positions from 13 to 24.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 apply to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the preliminary round were taken into account.