On 25 September 2019, the next bids were as follows:[4][5] On 28 February 2020, the tournament was awarded to Germany and Netherlands unopposed at its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt.

[6] On 16 May 2022, the German Handball Association (DHB) presented the German venues:[7] On 5 April 2023 the Netherlands Handball Association presented the Dutch venues:[2][8] The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions.

Notable absentees include China, who miss out for the first time since 1982, while Congo and Paraguay both failed to qualify having participated at the previous two championships.

United States was given the first wildcard on 18 October 2018, in order to prepare them for the 2028 Summer Olympics which they are hosting.

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