2023 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates15 – 30 November
Teams48 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played94
Goals scored5,059 (53.82 per match)
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The 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, is held in Romania from 15 to 30 November 2023.

Venues edit

Bucharest Cluj-Napoca Craiova Bucharest Brașov
Polyvalent Hall Bucharest
Capacity: 5,300
BT Arena
Capacity: 9,300
Polyvalent Hall Craiova
Capacity: 4,215
Romexpo
Capacity: 14,000
Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași
Capacity: 2,100
         

Qualification edit

Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 13 October 2020   Oslo 1   Romania
2021 World Championship 2–19 December 2021   Spain 1   Norway
2022 South and Central American Championship 29 November – 4 December 2018   Montevideo 2   Argentina
  Brazil
2022 European Championship 4–20 November 2022   Slovenia
  North Macedonia
  Montenegro
3   France
  Netherlands
  Russia
2022 Asian Women's Handball Championship 28 November – 7 December 2018   China 4   Australia
  Japan
  Kazakhstan
  South Korea
2022 African Women's Handball Championship 29 November–9 December 2022   Yaoundé 3   Angola
  Congo
  Senegal
2023 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship 28 May – 2 June 2023   Nuuk 1   Greenland
European qualification 4 November 2022 – 6 June 2023 Various 9   Germany
  Denmark
  Hungary
  Montenegro
  North Macedonia
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Serbia
  Sweden

Draw edit

The draw was held on 5 June 2023 in Bucharest, Romania.

Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Preliminary round edit

Tiebreakers edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 5 5 0 0 170 107 +63 10 Main round
2   Sweden 5 3 1 1 177 125 +52 7
3   Brazil 5 2 2 1 162 141 +21 6
4   Spain 5 2 1 2 179 147 +32 5
5   Greenland 4 1 0 3 82 177 −95 2
6   Senegal 5 0 0 5 88 161 −73 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
15 November 2019
15:00
Brazil   37–29   Senegal Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(12–15)
15 November 2019
16:30
Spain   33–37   Russia Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(8–15)
15 November 2019
18:00
Greenland   16–40   Sweden Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(10–21)

16 November 2019
15:00
Sweden   25–25   Brazil Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(13–15)
16 November 2019
16:30
Russia   30–10   Senegal Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(18–9)
16 November 2019
18:00
Spain   37–13   Greenland Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(16–7)

17 November 2019
15:00
Senegal   21–34   Spain Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(12–20)
17 November 2019
16:30
Greenland   22–43   Brazil Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(11–17)
17 November 2019
18:00
Russia   32–30   Sweden Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(12–13)

18 November 2019
15:00
Sweden   42–41   Spain Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(21–23)
18 November 2019
16:30
Greenland   20–17   Senegal Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(12–11)
18 November 2019
18:00
Brazil   23–31   Russia Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(11–17)

19 November 2019
15:00
Russia   40–11   Greenland Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(18–6)
19 November 2019
16:30
Spain   34–34   Brazil Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(15–11)
19 November 2019
18:00
Senegal   11–40   Sweden Polyvalent Hall Bucharest, Bucharest
(6–21)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 5 3 1 1 146 145 +1 7 Main round
2   France 5 2 2 1 147 126 +21 6
3   Montenegro 5 2 2 1 159 146 +13 6
4   Denmark 5 3 0 2 157 159 −2 6
5   Angola 5 2 1 2 147 140 +7 5
6   Kazakhstan 5 0 0 5 139 168 −29 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
15 November 2019
15:00
Montenegro   34–30   Denmark Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(12–11)
15 November 2019
16:30
Kazakhstan   23–35   France Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(11–18)
15 November 2019
18:00
Hungary   31–37   Angola Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(14–11)

16 November 2019
15:00
France   25–25   Hungary Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(12–11)
16 November 2019
16:30
Angola   26–26   Montenegro Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(13–11)
16 November 2019
18:00
Denmark   37–34   Kazakhstan Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(12–14)

17 November 2019
15:00
Kazakhstan   25–34   Montenegro Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(12–15)
17 November 2019
16:30
Denmark   21–25   Hungary Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(11–12)
17 November 2019
18:00
Angola   21–22   France Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(14–11)

18 November 2019
15:00
Montenegro   32–34   Hungary Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(12–14)
18 November 2019
16:30
France   34–35   Denmark Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(11–11)
18 November 2019
18:00
Kazakhstan   27–31   Angola Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(11–14)

19 November 2019
15:00
Denmark   34–32   Angola Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(13–13)
19 November 2019
16:30
Hungary   31–30   Kazakhstan Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(17–11)
19 November 2019
18:00
France   31–31   Montenegro Polyvalent Hall Craiova, Craiova
(13–14)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 5 5 0 0 172 142 +30 10 Main round
2   North Macedonia 5 4 0 1 159 131 +28 8
3   Netherlands 5 3 0 2 133 132 +1 6
4   Japan 5 2 0 3 152 145 +7 4
5   Congo 5 0 1 4 122 168 −46 1
6   Argentina 5 0 1 4 139 179 −40 1
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
15 November 2019
15:00
Congo   21–34   Japan BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–15)
15 November 2019
16:30
Argentina   26–31   Romania BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(13–14)
15 November 2019
18:00
Netherlands   25–27   North Macedonia BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–13)

16 November 2019
15:00
Romania   32–30   Netherlands BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(12–13)
16 November 2019
16:30
Japan   22–30   North Macedonia BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–16)
16 November 2019
18:00
Argentina   31–31   Congo BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–12)

17 November 2019
15:00
Japan   31–37   Romania BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–13)
17 November 2019
16:30
Netherlands   42–28   Argentina BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(16–10)
17 November 2019
18:00
North Macedonia   34–28   Congo BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(14–11)

18 November 2019
15:00
Japan   24–32   Netherlands BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(12–14)
18 November 2019
16:30
Argentina   29–34   North Macedonia BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(21–14)
18 November 2019
18:00
Romania   35–21   Congo BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(25–12)

19 November 2019
15:00
Congo   21–34   Netherlands BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–17)
19 November 2019
16:30
Argentina   25–41   Japan BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(11–12)
19 November 2019
18:00
North Macedonia   34–37   Romania BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(13–17)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Main round
2   Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
15 November 2019
15:00
Slovenia     South Korea Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
15 November 2019
16:30
Australia     Serbia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
15 November 2019
18:00
Norway     Germany Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)

16 November 2019
15:00
Serbia     Slovenia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
16 November 2019
16:30
Germany     South Korea Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
16 November 2019
18:00
Australia     Norway Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)

17 November 2019
15:00
South Korea     Australia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
17 November 2019
16:30
Slovenia     Germany Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
17 November 2019
18:00
Norway     Serbia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)

18 November 2019
15:00
Serbia     South Korea Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
18 November 2019
16:30
Norway     Slovenia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
18 November 2019
18:00
Germany     Australia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)

19 November 2019
15:00
South Korea     Norway Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
19 November 2019
16:30
Australia     Slovenia Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)
19 November 2019
18:00
Serbia     Germany Sala Sporturilor Dumitru Popescu Colibași, Brașov
(–)

Main round edit

Group I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 2 2 0 0 63 53 +10 4 Semifinals
2   Hungary 2 1 1 0 59 57 +2 3
3   France 2 0 2 0 56 56 0 2 Fifth place game
4   Sweden 2 0 1 1 55 57 −2 1 Seventh place game
5   Montenegro 2 0 1 1 63 65 −2 1
6   Brazil 2 0 1 1 28 56 −28 1
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
21 November 2019
15:00
Brazil     Hungary BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)
21 November 2019
16:30
France     Sweden BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)
21 November 2019
18:00
Russia     Montenegro BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)

22 November 2019
15:00
France     Brazil BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)
22 November 2019
16:30
Sweden     Montenegro BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)
22 November 2019
18:00
Hungary     Russia BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)

23 November 2019
15:00
Montenegro     Brazil BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)
23 November 2019
16:30
Sweden     Hungary BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)
23 November 2019
18:00
Russia     France BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca
(–)

Group II edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 2 2 0 0 69 64 +5 4 Semifinals
2   North Macedonia 2 1 0 1 61 62 −1 2
3   Netherlands 2 0 0 2 55 59 −4 0 Fifth place game
4 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seventh place game
5 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.