2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the cancelled 22nd edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship. Originally schedueled for 1 to 13 July 2020 at venues in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania,[1][2] the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its delay to 2 to 13 December 2020.[3]

2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
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Following another delay, the tournament was canecelled on 22 February 2021.[4]

Qualification edit

Qualification Host Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host 1   Romania
2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship   Győr 11–21 July 2019 10   Hungary
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Russia
  Denmark
  France
  Spain
  Germany
  Croatia
  Austria
2019 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship   Beirut 20–29 July 2019 4   South Korea
  Japan
  China
  Lebanon
2019 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy   Païta 11–16 August 2019 1   Australia1
2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship   Niamey 5–14 September 2019 3   Tunisia
  Angola
  Guinea
IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[5]   Montreal 15–20 October 2019 1   Mexico
IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase   Cali 13–17 October 2020 1
2020 South and Central American Women's Junior Championship[6] Cancelled 3   Brazil
  Chile
  Paraguay

^1 Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.

Venues edit

Matches will be played in Brașov, and Bucharest

References edit

  1. ^ "Veste extraordinară pentru handbalul românesc: o fostă handbalistă a fost aleasă într-o funcție importantă în Comitetul Executiv al IHF" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". International Handball Federation. 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ "South and Central American teams for 2020 Women's Youth and Junior World Championships determined". IHF. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.