On the way, Denmark defeated hosts Egypt in the quarter-finals, and the reigning European champions Spain in the semi-finals.

[4] Seven nations initially expressed interest in hosting the tournament:[5] However, until the bidding phase expired on 15 April 2015, only three nations entered documents to bid for the event:[6] A decision was scheduled for 4 June 2015, but the Congress was moved to 6 November 2015, where Egypt was chosen as the host.

One additional place was available for Oceania, but only in the case where that national team would rank fifth or higher at the Asian Championship.

Since no Oceania team placed among the top five at the Asian Championship, the IHF awarded a extra wild card.

The IHF Council decided to extend the deadline for the organisation of the remaining qualification tournaments until 31 October 2020.

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated.

The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.

[20] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia.

Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team".

The losers of the quarter-finals were ranked 5th to 8th according to the places in the main round, points gained and goal difference.

DenmarkSecond title Team roster: Niklas Landin Jacobsen, Magnus Landin Jacobsen, Magnus Bramming, Emil Jakobsen, Emil Nielsen, Anders Zachariassen, Magnus Saugstrup, Lasse Svan Hansen, Kevin Møller, Henrik Møllgaard, Mads Mensah Larsen, Mikkel Hansen, Morten Olsen, Jóhan Hansen, Lasse Andersson, Nikolaj Øris Nielsen, Jacob Holm, Mathias Gidsel, Simon Hald, Nikolaj LæsøHead coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen The All-star Team was announced on 31 January 2021.