In doing so, Denmark became the first men's national handball team to win four consecutive world titles.

These were the applicants: Shortly before the vote, Hungary and Switzerland both withdrew, leaving the bid of Croatia, Denmark and Norway unopposed.

[9][10] Croatia, Denmark and Norway were chosen as the hosts on 28 February 2020 at the IHF Council meeting in Cairo, Egypt.

[11][12] This edition marks the first time Norway hosts the World Men's Handball Championship, the second for Croatia, and the third for Denmark.

The bid contained 11 cities: Zagreb, Split, Varaždin, Poreč and Dubrovnik in Croatia;[13] Copenhagen and Herning in Denmark; and Trondheim, Stavanger, Drammen and Bærum in Norway; with the opening match and final taking place in Bærum.

[15] Then, two days later, Norway announced the Telenor Arena would be their only venue for the tournament, after negotiations with Trondheim fell through due to financial reasons.

Of the returnees Italy made their second appearance ever and first since 1997, Cuba and Kuwait are returning for the first time since the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, Czech Republic made the championship after ten years, while Austria, Japan and Switzerland qualified after missing out on 2023.

After no Oceanian team achieved a top 5 finish in the Asian Championship, two wildcards were given out by the IHF.

[25] On 23 May 2024, it was announced that the second wildcard was gived to Switzerland due to multiple reasons: their sporting merit, their commercial reach, their sporting project and also due to the fact that the proposal made by the Swiss broadcast partner was the most commercially interesting for the IHF.

[26][27][28] Prior to their selection, Switzerland's coach, Andy Schmid, stated that after their narrow penalty shootout loss to Slovenia, the Swiss' performance merited a wildcard.

[18] The guests for the draw were Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Kuzmanović, head coach of the Croatian national team, Dagur Sigurðsson, Norwegian national team player, Alexander Blonz and former Danish international player, Morten Stig Christensen, who all assisted the draw.

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

Denmark4th title Team roster: Niclas Kirkeløkke, Magnus Landin Jacobsen, Emil Jakobsen, Rasmus Lauge, Emil Nielsen, Magnus Saugstrup, Jannick Green, Mathias Gidsel, Kevin Møller, Henrik Møllgaard, Mads Mensah Larsen, Lukas Jørgensen, Jóhan Hansen, Lasse Andersson, Emil Bergholt, Simon Hald, Thomas Arnoldsen, Simon Pytlick, Emil MadsenHead coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen The All-star Team was announced on 2 February 2025.