2017 World Women's Handball Championship

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Host country Germany
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates1–17 December
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
2017 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates1–17 December
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runners-up Norway
Third place Netherlands
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played84
Goals scored4,384 (52.19 per match)
Attendance236,613 (2,817 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Nora Mørk
(66 goals)
Awards
Best playerNorway Stine Bredal Oftedal
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The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017.[1] Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World Championships in 1965 and 1997.

France won their second title after 2003, by defeating reigning champions Norway 23–21 in the final.[2]

The tournament is being played in the following venues: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Magdeburg, Oldenburg, Leipzig, Trier and Hamburg as the final four venue.[3]

Bietigheim-Bissingen Hamburg
EgeTrans Arena
Capacity: 4,500		 Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 12,500
Magdeburg Oldenburg
GETEC Arena
Capacity: 6,200		 EWE Arena
Capacity: 5,250
Leipzig Trier
Arena Leipzig
Capacity: 6,250		 Trier Arena
Capacity: 4,100

Qualification

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 15 December 2011 1  Germany
2015 World Championship 5–20 December 2015 1  Norway
2016 African Women's Handball Championship 28 November – 7 December 2016 3  Angola
 Cameroon
 Tunisia
2016 European Women's Handball Championship 4–18 December 2016 3  Denmark
 France
 Netherlands
2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship 13–22 March 2017 3  China
 Japan
 South Korea
European qualification 9–15 June 2017 9  Czech Republic
 Hungary
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Russia
 Serbia
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship 18–25 June 2017 3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Paraguay
Wild card 1  Poland[4]

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualification datePrevious appearances in tournament1
 GermanyHost15 December 201111 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Norway2015 World Champion20 December 201518 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 AngolaFinalist of 2016 African Championship5 December 201613 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 TunisiaFinalist of 2016 African Championship5 December 20168 (1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 CameroonThird place of 2016 African Championship7 December 20161 (2005)
 NetherlandsSemifinalist of 2016 European Championship14 December 201610 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 DenmarkSemifinalist of 2016 European Championship14 December 201618 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 FranceSemifinalist of 2016 European Championship14 December 201612 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 South KoreaFinalist of 2017 Asian Championship20 March 201716 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 JapanFinalist of 2017 Asian Championship20 March 201717 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 ChinaThird place of 2017 Asian Championship22 March 201714 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 SwedenEuropean playoff winner13 June 20178 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 RomaniaEuropean playoff winner13 June 201722 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 SerbiaEuropean playoff winner14 June 20172 (2013, 2015)
 HungaryEuropean playoff winner14 June 201720 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)
 SpainEuropean playoff winner14 June 20178 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 MontenegroEuropean playoff winner15 June 20173 (2011, 2013, 2015)
 SloveniaEuropean playoff winner15 June 20174 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005)
 Czech RepublicEuropean playoff winner15 June 2017 5 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2013)
 RussiaEuropean playoff winner15 June 201711 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 Poland[4]Wildcard23 June 201715 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
 BrazilFinalist of 2017 Pan American Championship24 June 201711 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 ArgentinaFinalist of 2017 Pan American Championship24 June 20178 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 ParaguayThird place of 2017 Pan American Championship25 June 2017 2 (2007, 2013)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 27 June 2017 at Hamburg, Germany.[5][6]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 26 June 2017.[7]

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

Referees

16 referee pairs were selected:[8][9]

Squads

Preliminary round

President's Cup

17th place bracket
 
17th–20th place semifinals17th place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
 Angola33
 
11 December
 
 Poland (Pen.)34
 
 Poland29
 
10 December
 
 Brazil27
 
 Brazil28
 
 
 Cameroon26
 
19th place
 
 
11 December
 
 
 Angola33
 
 
 Cameroon23
21st place bracket
 
21st–24th place semifinals21st place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
 Paraguay28
 
11 December
 
 Argentina25
 
 Paraguay23
 
10 December
 
 China21
 
 Tunisia31
 
 
 China32
 
23rd place
 
 
11 December
 
 
 Argentina29
 
 
 Tunisia19

21st–24th place semifinals

10 December 2017
11:30		 Paraguay  28–25  Argentina GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,493
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Fiore 8 (10–12) Ponce de Leon, Salvadó 5
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10 December 2017
14:00		 Tunisia  31–32  China GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,787
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Hamrouni 6 (14–16) Liu 9
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17th–20th place semifinals

10 December 2017
11:30		 Angola  33–34  Poland Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 763
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Guialo 9 (13–12) Grzyb 13
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FT: 24–24 Pen: 9–10

10 December 2017
14:00		 Brazil  28–26  Cameroon Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 637
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
D. Rocha 7 (14–15) Mossy, Touba 6
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23rd place game

11 December 2017
11:30		 Argentina  29–19  Tunisia GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,361
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Salvadó 8 (15–10) Chabchoub 5
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21st place game

11 December 2017
14:00		 Paraguay  23–21  China GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,361
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Fiore 5 (14–10) Sun 6
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19th place game

11 December 2017
11:30		 Angola  33–23  Cameroon Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 227
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Machado 8 (16–12) three players 4
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17th place game

11 December 2017
14:00		 Poland  29–27  Brazil Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 242
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Kudłacz-Gloc 7 (15–13) M. Costa 8
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
10 December
 
 
 Sweden33
 
12 December
 
 Slovenia21
 
 Sweden26
 
10 December
 
 Denmark23
 
 Germany17
 
15 December
 
 Denmark21
 
 Sweden22
 
10 December
 
 France24
 
 Hungary26
 
12 December
 
 France29
 
 France25
 
10 December
 
 Montenegro22
 
 Serbia29
 
17 December
 
 Montenegro31
 
 France23
 
11 December
 
 Norway21
 
 Japan24
 
13 December
 
 Netherlands (ET)26
 
 Netherlands30
 
11 December
 
 Czech Republic26
 
 Romania27
 
15 December
 
 Czech Republic28
 
 Netherlands23
 
11 December
 
 Norway32 Third place
 
 Spain23
 
13 December17 December
 
 Norway31
 
 Norway34 Sweden21
 
11 December
 
 Russia17  Netherlands24
 
 Russia (ET)36
 
 
 South Korea35
 

Round of 16

10 December 2017
17:30		 Serbia  29–31  Montenegro GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 3,011
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Cvijić 7 (9–14) Radičević 9
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10 December 2017
17:30		 Hungary  26–29  France Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 1,385
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Kovacsics, Lukács 6 (11–14) Lacrabère 5
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10 December 2017
20:30		 Germany  17–21  Denmark GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 4,133
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Smits 6 (7–11) S. Jørgensen, Tranborg 5
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10 December 2017
20:30		 Sweden  33–21  Slovenia Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 1,190
Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
Westberg 8 (18–12) Koren 8
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11 December 2017
17:30		 Russia  36–35 (ET)  South Korea GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,132
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Vedekhina 9 (16–13) Lee 11
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FT: 30–30 ET: 6–5

11 December 2017
17:30		 Romania  27–28  Czech Republic Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 1,003
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Neagu 13 (17–14) Jeřábková 7
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11 December 2017
20:30		 Japan  24–26 (ET)  Netherlands GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,231
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Ikehara 5 (10–10) Malestein 7
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FT: 20–20 ET: 4–6

11 December 2017
20:30		 Spain  23–31  Norway Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 1,263
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Martín 6 (10–13) Mørk 11
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Quarterfinals

12 December 2017
17:30		 Sweden  26–23  Denmark Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 2,387
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Blomstrand 7 (13–11) Tranborg 7
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12 December 2017
20:45		 France  25–22  Montenegro Arena Leipzig, Leipzig
Attendance: 2,019
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Pineau 5 (12–10) Bulatović 9
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13 December 2017
17:30		 Netherlands  30–26  Czech Republic GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,451
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Abbingh 14 (17–16) Luzumová 11
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13 December 2017
20:30		 Norway  34–17  Russia GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 1,583
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Mørk 9 (15–8) Kochetova 5
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Semifinals

15 December 2017
17:30		 Netherlands  23–32  Norway Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 11,261
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Van Der Heijden 5 (10–17) Mørk 8
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15 December 2017
20:45		 Sweden  22–24  France Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 11,261
Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
Hagman 8 (12–11) Lacrabère 5
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Third place game

17 December 2017
14:30		 Sweden  21–24  Netherlands Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 11,162
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Gulldén 7 (8–14) Abbingh 8
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Final

17 December 2017
17:30		 France  23–21  Norway Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 11,261
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Houette, Pineau 4 (11–10) Kristiansen, Mørk 7
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Final ranking and statistics

References

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