The draw for the 28th World Men’s Handball Championship, which is scheduled to be held in Poland and Sweden from 11 to 29 January 2023, took place today.
As a result of the draw, which took place in the hall of the Polish National Radio in Katowice, the Saudi Arabia team was placed in Group B along with France, Poland and Slovenia.
It is expected that 32 teams will take part in the World Cup next to the Saudi green, and these are: Denmark, Sweden, Spain, France, Norway, Iceland, Germany, Qatar, Croatia, Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, Poland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia , Hungary, Argentina, Bahrain, Chile, Uruguay, Iran, Korea, Netherlands, Slovenia, as well as 5 teams that will qualify from the African continent, and the champions of the qualifying matches of the North American and Caribbean Unions.
For his part, a member of the board of directors of the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation, chairman of the committee for teams and training teams, Faher Gashi, confirmed that the Al-Akhdar group is one of the strongest groups, especially since it includes the host country Poland. “next to France wanting to present distinctive levels where green meets ambition.
It is noteworthy that the first team of Saudi Arabia qualified for the World Cup 10 times in the years: (1997 in Japan – 1999 in Egypt – 2001 in France – 2003 in Portugal – 2009 in Croatia – 2013 in Spain – 2015 AD in Qatar – 2017 AD in France – 2019 AD in Denmark and Germany – 2023 AD in Poland and Sweden).