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2023 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	5 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	15 – 30 November
Teams	48 (from 6 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	94
Goals scored	5,059 (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
Norway France Russia Netherlands	Romania Serbia Denmark Sweden	Montenegro Spain Germany North Macedonia	Hungary Slovenia Japan Brazil	Angola Senegal Argentina South Korea	Congo Australia Kazakhstan Greenland

Preliminary round[edit]

Tiebreakers[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	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 v t e	Qualification
1	Norway	Main round
2	Serbia
3	Germany
4	Slovenia
5	South Korea
6	Australia

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 v t e	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	Semifinals
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 v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	2	2	0	69	64	+5	4	Semifinals
2	North Macedonia	2	1	1	61	62	−1	2	Semifinals
3	Netherlands	2	0	2	55	59	−4	0	Fifth place game
4	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Seventh place game
5	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	D3	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.