2018 MIHU World Men's Handball Championship

The 2018 MIHU World Men's Handball Championship was the first World Championship ever held. It was held from 3 to 15 August 2018.
The final tournament involved 16 national teams, which include 15 teams determined through qualifying competitions and the automatically qualified host team.
The championship was won by Alboran.
==Host selection==
The host was selected on May 11th, 2018 in Düsseldorf, Rhinea.
New Edmund Sporting Commission welcomed the news of New Edmund hosting the Championships "We are truly honoured to be hosting the innagural World Men's Handball Championships. This is a landmark event for New Edmund and we look foward to welcoming everyone to New Edmund's shores in 2018 for this world class event."
Bids
Nation 	Votes
New Edmund	27
Slavonica 	15
Slavia 	8
==Venues==
In May 2018, MIHU announced the six venues for the MIHU Men's World Championships. Elizabeth with host the final with other matches in Magellan, Commonwealth, Rockington and North Harbour. Elizabeth's Legends Arena will host the first game of the tournament joint with the Opening Ceremony along with Knockout and Final matches. OC: Opening Ceremony GS: Group Stage, KO: Knockout, SF: Semi Finals, F: Final
Elizabeth 	Elizabeth 	Magellan 	Commonwealth 	Rockington 	North Harbour
Legends Arena	Champions Arena 	South Magellan Arena	Commonwealth Sports & Lesiure Centre	Gillette Indoor Arena	Univeristy of North Harbour Arena
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 9,000 	Capacity: 4,450 	Capacity: 7,000 	Capacity: 7,600
OC, KO, F 	GS, KO 	GS, KO, SF 	GS 	GS, KO, SF 	GS, KO
==Team Base Camps==
Base camps will be used by the 16 national squads to stay and train before and during the tournaments. On June 28, MIHU announced each National Teams Base Camp location.
*New Edmund-  Elizabeth (Elizabeth Institute and Academy of Sport)
*Manchu- Commonwealth (New Edmund Institute of Sport)
*Kalatistan- Magellan (Magellan Netball & Hockey Centre)
*Arabia- Rockington (Rockington State Institute of Sport)
*Fyorr- Magellan (State Cycling Centre)
*Alboran- Hobarton (Citylink Arena)
*Slavia- North Harbour (Kevins Private School)
*Karianka- Rockington (Rockington Community Centre)
*Iberian Kingdom- Hobarton (Hobarton Entertainment Centre)
*Rhinea- Elizabeth (Elizabeth Sports Centre)
*Neo Prussia- North Harbour (University of North Harbour)
*Pruskalia- Magellan (WNB Stadium)
*ABSA Germany- Elizabeth (North Elizabeth Indoor Stadium)
*Western Republic- Magellan (Kingsland Arena)
*Astoria- Rockington (St Monica's Private School)
==Qualification==
16 teams participate at the 2018 championship. The host will automatically qualify the other 15 places were determined by a qualification tournement.
== Draw ==
The draw was held on 30 June 2018 at the Institute and Academy of Sport in Elizabeth. The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups of 4, by selecting one team from each of the 4 ranked pots.
Pots 	Pots 	Pots 	Pots
Pot 1 (Host+Asia)	Pot 2 (Europe)	Pot 3 (Europe) 	Pot 4 (Europe+Americas)
New Edmund 	Fyorr 	Iberian Kingdom	ABSA Germany
Manchu 	Alboran 	Rhinea 	Slavonica
Kalatistan 	Slavia 	Neo Prussia 	Western Republic
Arabia 	Karianka 	Pruskalia 	Astoria
==Group Stage==
=== Group A ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Pruskalia 	3 	2	1	0	75	71	+4	5
2 	New Edmund (H)	3 	2	1	0	73	72	+1	3
3 	Slavonica 	3 	1	0	2	69	71	-2	2
4 	Fyorr 	3 	1	0	2	70	73	-3	2
3 August	New Edmund	26–23	Fyorr 	Legends Arena, Elizabeth
3 August	Pruskalia 	25–23	Slavonica 	Commonwealth Sports & Lesiure Centre, Commonwealth
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
5 August	New Edmund	25–25	Pruskalia 	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
5 August	Fyorr 	24–22	Slavonica 	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
7 August	Pruskalia 	25–23	Fyorr 	Champions Arena, Elizabeth
7 August	Slavonica 	24–22	New Edmund	Gillette Indoor Arena, Rockington
=== Group B ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	ABSA Germany	3 	2	1	0	74	72	+2	5
2 	Alboran 	3 	2	0	1	75	72	+3	4
3 	Neo Prussia 	3 	1	1	1	73	72	+1	3
4 	Manchu 	3 	0	0	3	70	76	-6	0
3 August	Manchu 	23–26	Alboran 	Commonwealth Sports & Lesiure Centre, Commonwealth
3 August	Neo Prussia 	24–24	ABSA Germany	Commonwealth Sports & Leisure Centre, Commonwealth
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
5 August	Manchu 	23–25	Neo Prussia 	University of North Harbour Arena, North Harbour
5 August	Alboran 	24–25	ABSA Germany	University of North Harbour Arena, North Harbour
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
7 August	Neo Prussia 	24–25	Alboran 	Gillette Indoor Arena, Rockington
7 August	ABSA Germany	25–24	Manchu 	Gillette Indoor Arena, Rockington
=== Group C ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Slavia 	3 	2	0	1	75	72	+3	4
2 	Rhinea 	3 	2	0	1	74	74	0 	4
3 	Arabia 	3 	1	1	1	72	72	0 	3
4 	Astoria	3 	0	1	2	70	73	-3	1
4 August	Arabia 	23–26	Slavia 	Gillette Indoor Arena, Rockington
4 August	Rhinea 	25–24	Astoria	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
6 August	Arabia 	26–23	Rhinea 	Commonwealth Sports & Leisure Centre
6 August	Slavia 	25–23	Astoria	University of North Harbour Arena, North Harbour
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
8 August	Rhinea 	26–24	Slavia 	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
8 August	Astoria	23–23	Arabia 	Champions Arena, Elizabeth
=== Group D ===
Pos	Team 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts
1 	Karianka 	3 	3	0	0	77	70	+7 	6
2 	Western Republic	3 	2	0	1	74	70	+4 	4
3 	Iberia 	3 	1	0	2	71	72	-1 	2
4 	Kalatistan 	3 	0	0	3	67	77	-10	0
4 August	Kalatistan 	22–26	Karianka 	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
4 August	Iberia 	22–24	Western Republic	Commonwealth Sports & Lesiure Centre, Commonwealth
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
6 August	Kalatistan 	22–25	Iberia 	Champions Arena, Elizabeth
6 August	Karianka 	25-24	Western Republic	Champions Arena, Elizabeth
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
8 August	Iberia 	24–26	Karianka 	University of North Harbour Arena, North Harbor
8 August	Western Republic	26–23	Kalatistan 	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
==Knock-out stage==
 	Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals 	Quarterfinals	 	 	Semifinals	Semifinals 	Semifinals	 	 	Final 	Final 	Final 	
 	  	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	
 	A1 	  Pruskalia 	26 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	B2 	  Alboran 	28 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	B2 	  Alboran 	28 	 	 	 	  Alboran 	25 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  Alboran 	25 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  Western Republic	23 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	B1 	  Slavia 	23 	 	 	 	  Western Republic	23 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	B1 	  Slavia 	23 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	A2 	  Western Republic	26 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	  	  Alboran 	25 	
 	 	  	  	 	 	  	  	  	 	 	  	  Karianka 	23 	
 	C1 	  ABSA Germany 	25 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	D2 	  New Edmund 	26 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	D2 	  New Edmund 	26 	 	 	  	  New Edmund 	23 	 	 	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game 	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game
 	 	 	 	 	 	  	  New Edmund 	23 	 	 	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game 	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game
 	 	 	 	 	 	  	  Karianka 	26 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	D1 	  Karianka 	25 	 	 	  	  Karianka 	26 	 	 	  	  Western Republic	26 	
 	D1 	  Karianka 	25 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	  Western Republic	26 	
 	C2 	  Rhinea 	22 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	  New Edmund 	22 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  	  New Edmund 	22 	
=== Quarter-finals ===
9 August 	Pruskalia 	26–28	Alboran 	Champions Arena, Elizabeth
9 August 	ABSA Germany	25–26	New Edmund 	Legends Arena, Elizabeth
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
10 August	Slavia 	23–26	Western Republic	Gillette Indoor Arena, Rockington
10 August	Karianka 	25–22	Rhinea 	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
=== Semi-finals ===
11 August	Alboran 	25–23	Western Republic	South Magellan Arena, Magellan
12 August	New Edmund	23–26	Karianka 	Champions Arena, Elizabeth
=== Bronze medal game ===
14 August	Western Republic	26–22	New Edmund	Legends Arena, Elizabeth
=== Final ===
15 August	Alboran	25–23	Karianka	Legends Arena, Elizabeth
== Marketing ==
=== Mascot ===
The mascot for the 2018 championship was announced on June 30 at Legends Arena, Elizabeth. It represents a tiger and the mascot is named 'Hammond'.
=== Ticketing ===
The ticket sales started on 29 June 2018 and last until 20 July 2018.
=== Match ball ===
The official match ball of the 2018 World Men's Championship is called RISE18. It was introduced on 30 June 2018.
=== Merchandise ===
On 30 June 2018, a video game was announced named 'Handball Cup' in this game players can play the championship themselves. All 16 participating team will be playable. 
The game will be released on 20 July 2018.
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