2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship

2025 IHF Men’s Club World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Egypt
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates26 September – 2 October
Teams9 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain FC Barcelona (6th title)
Runners-upHungary Telekom Veszprém
Third placeGermany SC Magdeburg
Fourth placeEgypt Al Ahly
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored1,045 (58.06 per match)
Attendance17,060 (948 per match)
Top scorersHugo Descat
(28 goals)
Awards
Best playerRodrigo Corrales

‌The 2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship was the 19th edition of the yearly club world championship in handball, held from 26 September to 2 October 2025 in New Administrative Capital, Egypt under the aegis of the International Handball Federation (IHF).[1]

FC Barcelona won their sixth title after a win over Telekom Veszprém.[2]

Host

The Egyptian Handball Federation received a contract for three editions, starting in 2024. The tournament was held in the New Capital Sports Hall in New Administrative Capital.[3]

Teams

Nine teams competed in the tournament: the winners of the continental tournaments, the defending champion, a host teams and a wild card team.[4]

Team Qualified as
Hungary Telekom Veszprém[5] Defending champion
Egypt Al Ahly[6] Winner of African Handball Super Cup
United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC[7] Winner of Asian Club League Championship
Australia Sydney University Winner of Oceania Handball Champions Cup
United States California Eagles Winner of North American and Caribbean Senior Club Championship
Brazil Handebol Taubaté[8] Winner of South and Central American Men's Club Handball Championship
Germany SC Magdeburg Winner of EHF Champions League
Egypt Zamalek Host
Spain FC Barcelona Wildcard

Draw

The draw was held on 11 August 2025.[9][10]

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Egypt Al Ahly
United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC
Egypt Zamalek 		Hungary Telekom Veszprém
Germany SC Magdeburg
Spain FC Barcelona 		Australia Sydney University
Brazil Handebol Taubaté
United States California Eagles

Referees

The referee pairs were announced on 20 August 2025.[11]

Referees
 Czech Republic Václav Horáček
Jiří Novotný
 Denmark Josefine Jensen
Cristina Lovin
 Egypt Alaa Emam
Hossam Hedaia
 Germany Robert Schulze
Tobias Tönnies
Referees
 Norway Håvard Kleven
Lars Jørum
 Slovenia Bojan Lah
David Sok
 Serbia Marko Sekulić
Vladimir Jovandić

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).[12]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany SC Magdeburg 2 2 0 0 86 46 +40 4 Semifinals
2 United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC 2 1 0 1 61 66 −5 2
3 United States California Eagles 2 0 0 2 50 85 −35 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
26 September 2025
15:30 		Sharjah HC United Arab Emirates 35–30 United States California Eagles New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
Al-Maazmi, Ayari 8 (18–15) Akuro 10
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27 September 2025
15:30 		California Eagles United States 20–50 Germany SC Magdeburg New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 120
Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
Vejar 5 (10–28) Mertens 11
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28 September 2025
15:30 		SC Magdeburg Germany 36–26 United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 250
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Pettersson 7 (16–13) Radwan 11
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 2 2 0 0 82 37 +45 4 Semifinals
2 Egypt Al Ahly 2 1 0 1 63 45 +18 2
3 Australia Sydney Uni HC 2 0 0 2 29 92 −63 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
26 September 2025
20:30 		Al Ahly Egypt 41–14 Australia Sydney Uni HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Hassan 12 (20–6) Messerschmidt 3
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27 September 2025
20:00 		Sydney Uni HC Australia 15–51 Hungary Telekom Veszprém New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Cherif, Delpire 4 (10–27) Descat 9
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28 September 2025
20:00 		Telekom Veszprém Hungary 31–22 Egypt Al Ahly New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Descat 9 (13–12) Saifeldeen, Sherif 5
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Barcelona 2 2 0 0 88 47 +41 4 Semifinals
2 Egypt Zamalek SC 2 1 0 1 51 71 −20 2
3 Brazil Handebol Taubaté 2 0 0 2 46 67 −21 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
26 September 2025
17:45 		Zamalek SC Egypt 26–24 Brazil Handebol Taubaté New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
El-Ahmar, Salah 5 (13–11) Dos Santos 5
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27 September 2025
17:45 		Handebol Taubaté Brazil 22–41 Spain Barcelona New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 120
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Andrade, Dos Santos 4 (11–20) Barrufet 13
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28 September 2025
17:45 		Barcelona Spain 47–25 Egypt Zamalek SC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
Fernández 16 (24–12) Salah 7
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Second-placed teams ranking

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B Egypt Al Ahly 2 1 0 1 63 45 +18 2 Semifinals
2 A United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC 2 1 0 1 61 66 −5 2
3 C Egypt Zamalek SC 2 1 0 1 51 71 −20 2
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference.

Classification round

Seventh to Ninth place ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Brazil Handebol Taubaté 2 2 0 0 70 46 +24 4
2 United States California Eagles 2 1 0 1 56 60 −4 2
3 Australia Sydney Uni HC 2 0 0 2 46 66 −20 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference.
30 September 2025
12:45 		Handebol Taubaté Brazil 35–21 Australia Sydney Uni HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 100
Referees: Emam, Hedaia (EGY)
Andrade 10 (18–10) Carriere, Gregorio 4
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1 October 2025
16:00 		California Eagles United States 31–25 Australia Sydney Uni HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
Johannessen 7 (13–12) Cherif 7
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2 October 2025
12:30 		Handebol Taubaté Brazil 35–25 United States California Eagles New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 100
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Laranjeiro 8 (18–13) Corning 7
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Fifth place game

30 September 2025
15:00 		Sharjah HC United Arab Emirates 26–29 Egypt Zamalek New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 220
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Radwan 8 (14–14) Hashad 7
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2 October 2025
14:45 		Zamalek Egypt 28–28 United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 200
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Yousri 7 (18–12) Ayari 6
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Zamalek won 57–54 on aggregate.

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 September
 
 
Hungary Telekom Veszprém23
 
2 October
 
Germany SC Magdeburg20
 
Hungary Telekom Veszprém30
 
30 September
 
Spain FC Barcelona (ET)31
 
Spain FC Barcelona26
 
 
Egypt Al Ahly21
 
Third place
 
 
2 October
 
 
Germany SC Magdeburg32
 
 
Egypt Al Ahly23

Semifinals

30 September 2025
17:15 		Telekom Veszprém Hungary 23–20 Germany SC Magdeburg New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 600
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Mesilhy, Zein 5 (9–11) Hornke 5
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30 September 2025
20:00 		FC Barcelona Spain 26–21 Egypt Al Ahly New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
N’Guessan 7 (14–8) Saifeldeen 4
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Third place game

2 October 2025
17:15 		SC Magdeburg Germany 32–23 Egypt Al Ahly New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kleven, Jørum (NOR)
Saugstrup 7 (19–11) Hany, Hesham 4
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Final

2 October 2025
20:00 		Telekom Veszprém Hungary 30–31 (ET) Spain FC Barcelona New Capital Sports Hall, New Administrative Capital
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Descat 8 (12–13) Gómez 6
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FT: 21–21 ET: 5–5, 4–5

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain FC Barcelona
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hungary Telekom Veszprém
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Germany SC Magdeburg
4 Egypt Al Ahly
5 Egypt Zamalek
6 United Arab Emirates Sharjah HC
7 Brazil Handebol Taubaté
8 United States California Eagles
9 Australia Sydney Uni HC

All-Star Team

The All-Star Team was announced on 2 October 2025.[13]

Position Player Club
Goalkeeper Denmark Emil Nielsen FC Barcelona
Right wing Spain Aleix Gómez FC Barcelona
Right back Croatia Ivan Martinović Telekom Veszprém
Centre back Iceland Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson SC Magdeburg
Left back France Timothey N'Guessan FC Barcelona
Left wing France Hugo Descat Telekom Veszprém
Pivot Denmark Magnus Saugstrup SC Magdeburg
MVP Spain Rodrigo Corrales Telekom Veszprém

References

  1. ^ "IHF Men's Super Globe becomes IHF Men's Club World Championship and will be hosted in Egypt". ihf.info. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Kings again! Barcelona win IHF Men's Club World Championship title after dramatic win against Veszprém". ihf.info. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  3. ^ "17th IHF Men's Club World Championship will be hosted in Egypt". Ihf.info. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Line-up Confirmed for 18th IHF Men's Club World Championship". ihf.info. 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Veszprém stop Magdeburg's streak to seal maiden title at the IHF Men's Club World Championship". ihf.info. 3 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Powerhouses Al-Ahly and Petro Atletico seal titles at the CAHB African Handball Super Cup". ihf.info. 15 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Sharjah SC secure historic win at the AHF Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship". ihf.info. 24 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Taubaté seal historic title at the SCA Men's Club Championship 2025". ihf.info. 26 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Pots revealed and draw date set for the 2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship in Egypt". ihf.info. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Draw sets groups for the 2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship in Egypt". ihf.info. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Referees announced for the 2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship". ihf.info. 20 August 2025.
  12. ^ "2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship schedule released". ihf.info. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  13. ^ "2025 IHF Men's Club World Championship: All-Star team announced". ihf.info. IHF. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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