2019 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.
The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final.
Venues
region was entrusted with the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in Tokyo in order to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games. Kumamoto has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments, hosting the 1997 Men’s World Championships.Qualification
1. If countries from Oceania participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.Qualified teams
Draw
The draw was held on 21 June 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.Seeding
The seeding was announced on 19 June 2019. As organizer, Japan had the right to choose their group.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
Referees
17 referee pairs were selected.Squads
Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 3 July 2019.Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points. After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows:- Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
- Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved ;
- Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
- Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 applied to determine the provisional ranking of teams.
All times are local.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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President's Cup
21st–24th place playoffs
21st–24th place semifinals
----23rd place game
21st place game
17–20th place playoffs
17–20th place semifinals
----19th place game
17th place game
13–16th place playoffs
13–16th place semifinals
----15th place game
13th place game
Main round
Group I
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Group II
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Final round
Bracket
Semifinals
----Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
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| Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through other tournaments | |
| Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
| Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament through other tournaments |
| 2019 Women's World Champions Netherlands First title Team roster: Jessy Kramer, Laura van der Heijden, Debbie Bont, Lois Abbingh, Larissa Nusser, Danick Snelder, Bo van Wetering, Delaila Amega, Kelly Dulfer, Merel Freriks, Inger Smits, Martine Smeets, Angela Malestein, Rinka Duijndam, Tess Wester, Annick Lipman, Dione Housheer, Estavana Polman. Head Coach: Emmanuel Mayonnade. |
All Star Team
The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 15 December 2019.| Position | Player |
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| Goalkeeper | |
| Right wing | |
| Right back | |
| Centre back | |
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| Pivot |