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."

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

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.

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.