| Tourney Name: | World Men's Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Country: | Tunisia |
| Dates: | 23 January – 6 February |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 5 |
| Cities: | 5 |
| Champion: | Spain |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Croatia |
| Third: | France |
| Fourth: | Tunisia |
| Matches: | 86 |
| Goals: | 4825 |
| Top Scorer: | (81 goals) |
| Previous: | 2003 World Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2007 World Men's Handball Championship |
The 2005 World Men's Handball Championship was the 19th team handball World Championship. It was played in Tunisia from 23 January to 6 February 2005.
The winner of the gold medal was Spain, Croatia took silver and France won the bronze.
5 Tunisian cities were hosts for the 2005 Championship. The most modern stadiums – spread all over the country – had been selected. The final match took place in the Hall 7th Novembre in Radès, south-east of the capital Tunis.
| Town | Stadium | max. spectators | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radès | Hall 7th Novembre | 14.000 | |
| Tunis | El Menzah Sports Palace | 5.500 | |
| Sousse | Olympic Sports Hall | 5.000 | |
| Nabeul | Salle Bir Challouf | 5.000 | |
| Sfax | Sfax Hall 7th Novembre | 4.000 |
| Radès | Tunis | Sousse |
|---|---|---|
| Hall 7th Novembre | El Menzah Sports Palace | Olympic Sports Hall |
| Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 5,000 |
| Nabeul | ||
| Salle Bir Challouf | ||
| Capacity: 5,000 | ||
| Sfax | ||
| Sfax Hall 7th Novembre | ||
| Capacity: 4,000 | ||
| Competition | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 23 November 2002 | 1 | ||
| 20 January – 2 February 2003 | 1 | |||
| 22 January – 1 February 2004 | 3 | |||
| 12–21 February 2004 | 3 | |||
| 8–18 April 2004 | 3 | |||
| European qualification | 7 January – 6 June 2004 | 9 | ||
| 7–9 June 2004 | 1 | |||
| 20–24 July 2004 | 3 |
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Qualified for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship |
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81 | 137 | 59 | |||
| 2 | 80 | 105 | 76 | |||
| 3 | 65 | 84 | 74 | |||
| 4 | 58 | 100 | 58 | |||
| 6 | 55 | 73 | 75 | |||
| 7 | 51 | 65 | 78 | |||
| 8 | 50 | 84 | 60 | |||
| 9 | 48 | 63 | 76 | |||
| 10 | 47 | 60 | 78 |
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | 27 | 65 | ||
| 27 | 64 | ||||
| 3 | 41 | 45 | 110 | ||
| 69 | 169 | ||||
| 58 | 140 | ||||
| 6 | 40 | 37 | 92 | ||
| 92 | 232 | ||||
| 8 | 38 | 66 | 172 | ||
| 9 | 37 | 45 | 123 | ||
| 22 | 59 | ||||
| 85 | 227 | ||||
| 89 | 241 |