The International Handball Federation has published Referee List 2020/21.
There are 125 referees from 41 countries.
With nine couples from Asia, six from Africa, 41 from Europe, one from North America and the Caribbean and five from South and Central America (plus one single referee), the list comprises of overall 62 couples, 12 of which are female couples.
IHF Referee List 2020/21
| Continent | Country | Referee couple |
| CAHB | ALG | BELKHIRI Youcef / HAMIDI Sidali |
| SCAHC | ARG | GRILLO Julian / LENCI Sebastián |
| SCAHC | ARG | BURGOS Ruben / DELGADO Gonzalo |
| SCAHC | ARG | PAOLANTONI Maria Ines / GARCIA Mariana |
| EHF | AUT | BRKIC Radojko / JUSUFHODZIC Andrei |
| EHF | AUT | BOLIC Denis / HURICH Christoph |
| EHF | BIH | KONJICANIN Amar / KONJICANIN Dino |
| EHF | BLR | KULIK Siarhei / NABOKAU Dzmitry |
| EHF | BUL | DOYCHINOV Georgi / GORETSOV Yulian |
| SCAHC | BRA | MAGALHÃES Daniel |
| AHF | BRN | ALMAWT Hussain / ALMARHOON Sameer |
| AHF | CHN | CHENG Yufeng / ZHOU Yunlei |
| EHF | CRO | GUBICA Matija / MILOSEVIC Boris |
| EHF | CRO | LONCAR Davor / LONCAR Zoran |
| EHF | CZE | HORACEK Vaclav / NOVOTNY Jiri |
| NACHC | CUB | REYES Raymel / ZUÑIGA Alexys |
| EHF | DEN | CHRISTIANSEN Karina / HANSEN Line Hesseldal |
| EHF | DEN | HANSEN Mads / MADSEN Jesper |
| CAHB | EGY | EMAM Alaa / HEDAIA Hossam |
| CAHB | EGY | ELSAIED Yasmina / ELSAIED Heidy |
| EHF | ESP | RALUY Oscar / SABROSO Angel |
| EHF | ESP | GARCIA Ignacio / MARIN Andreu |
| EHF | ESP | ALVAREZ Javier / BUSTAMANTE Yon |
| EHF | FRA | BONAVENTURA Charlotte / BONAVENTURA Julie |
| EHF | FRA | GASMI Karim / GASMI Raouf |
| EHF | FRA | CARMAUX Yann / MURSCH Julien |
| EHF | GER | GEIPEL Lars / HELBIG Marcus |
| EHF | GER | MERZ Maike / KUTTLER Tanja |
| EHF | GER | SCHULZE Robert / TÖNNIES Tobias |
| EHF | GER | HANNES Christian / HANNES David |
| EHF | GRE | BETHMANN Andreas / TZAFEROPOULOS Michail |
| EHF | HUN | BIRO Adam / KISS Oliver |
| AHF | IRI | MOUSAVIANN Alireza / KOLAHDOUZAN Majid |
| AHF | IRQ | HUSSEIN Khalid Shakir / IMRAN Fadhil Kadhim |
| AHF | JOR | ALZAYYAT Akram / EIALAWAD Yasser |
| AHF | JPN | HIZAKI Kiyoshi / IKEBUCHI Tomokazu |
| AHF | JPN | TOMOKO Ota / SHIMAJIRI Mariko |
| AHF | KOR | KOO Bon-ok / LEE Seok |
| AHF | KOR | LEE Eunha / LEE Gaeul |
| EHF | LAT | LICIS Renars / SONDORS Zigmars |
| EHF | LTU | GATELIS Mindaugas / MAZEIKA Vaidas |
| EHF | MDA | COVALCIUC Alexei / COVALCIUC Igor |
| EHF | MKD | NACHEVSKI Gjorgji / NIKOLOV Slave |
| EHF | MNE | PAVICEVIC Ivan / RAZNATOVIC Milos |
| EHF | MNE | MITROVIC Novica / VESOVIC Miljan |
| EHF | NOR | KLEVEN Havard / JØRUM Lars |
| EHF | POR | FONSECA Ricardo / SANTOS Duarte |
| EHF | POR | CACADOR Ivan / NICOLAU Eurico |
| EHF | POR | SA Marta / SA Vania |
| EHF | ROU | NASTASE Cristina / STANCU Simona Raluca |
| EHF | RUS | ALPAIDZE Viktoriia / BEREZKINA Tatiana |
| CAHB | SEN | DIOP Cheikh Mohamed Fadel / FAYE Abdoulaye |
| EHF | SLO | LAH Bojan / SOK David |
| EHF | SRB | ANTIC Vanja / JAKOVLJEVIC Jelena |
| EHF | SRB | SEKULIC Marko / JOVANDIC Vladimir |
| EHF | SUI | BRUNNER Arthur / SALAH Morad |
| EHF | SWE | KURTAGIC Mirza / WETTERWIK Mattias |
| EHF | SWE | BENNANI Maria / BENNANI Safia |
| CAHB | TUN | KRICHEN Samir / MAKHLOUF Samir |
| CAHB | TUN | BOUALLOUCHA Ismail / KHENISSI Ramzi |
| EHF | TUR | ERDOGAN Kürsad / ÖZDENIZ Ibrahim |
| SCAHC | URU | GONZALEZ Gabriel / PRIETO Camilo |
| SCAHC | URU | SOSA Mathias / LEMES Cristian |
