The Republic of Korea are giving an Asian feeling to Group D as they will try to contest three strong European sides: Hungary, Iceland and Portugal. While Hungary is set to start the 28th IHF Men's World Championship against a not-so-familiar opponent, Iceland and Portugal meet again after only one year.
A simple look at the final ranking of the 2021 IHF Men’s World Championship for Iceland shows their worst ranking – a 20th place finish out of the 32 teams in Egypt.
However, as Iceland head coach Gudmundur Gudmundsson told ihf.info two years ago, the ranking bore little relevance as his squad was undergoing a generational player change.