2025 World Women's Handball Championship

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2025 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Germany
 Netherlands
Dates27 November – 14 December
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
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The 2025 IHF World Women's Handball Championship will be 27th edition of the championship to be jointly hosted by Germany and the Netherlands under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF) from 27 November to 14 December 2025. It will be fourth time in history that the championship is jointly hosted.[1] Catch the Dream will be the official motto of the competition.[2]

France are the defending world champions, having won the 2023 edition.

Bidding process[edit]

Only Germany/Netherlands entered a bid for hosting the tournament. The tournament was awarded in its meeting held in Cairo, Egypt, on 28 February 2020.

Qualification[edit]

Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nations 28 February 2020 Egypt Cairo 2  Germany
 Netherlands
2023 World Championship 17 December 2023  Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden 		1  France
2024 European Championship 28 November –
15 December 2024 		 Austria
 Hungary
 Switzerland 		4+?
European qualification
2024 Asian Championship 4+?
2024 South and Central American Championship 3+?
2024 African Championship November–December 2024  DR Congo 4+?
2025 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship 1+?
Wild card 18 October 2018 Qatar Doha 1–2[1][2]  United States

^ 1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.[3][4]

^ 2. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.

Qualified teams[edit]

Country Qualified as Qualification date Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Germany Co-host 28 February 2020 15 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Netherlands Co-host 28 February 2020 14 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 United States Wild card 18 October 2018 5 (1975, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995)
 France Defending champion 17 December 2023 16 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Venues[edit]

On 16 May 2022 the German Handball Association (DHB) presented the German venues:[5]

Dortmund Stuttgart Trier
Westfalenhalle
Capacity: 12,000 		Porsche-Arena
Capacity: 6,200 		Trier Arena
Capacity: 5,400
Trier Arena in December 2017

On 5 April 2023 the Netherlands Handball Association presented the Dutch venues:[2][6]

Rotterdam 's-Hertogenbosch
Rotterdam Ahoy
Capacity: 16,000 		Maaspoort
Capacity: 3,500

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". IHF. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b ""Catch the dream" at the 2025 IHF Women's World Championship, as Final venue is announced". International Handball Federation. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Strategic plan | USA" (PDF). IHF.
  4. ^ "Council Meeting No. 3" (PDF). Doha, Qatar: IHF. 18 October 2018. pp. 8–9.
  5. ^ "Grosse Bühnen für die Frauen-WM 2025" (in German). German Handball Federation. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ^ "De organisatie WK Handbal 2025 kiest voor speelsteden Rotterdam en 's-Hertogenbosch" (in Dutch). HandbalNL. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.


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