2019 World Women's Handball Championship

2019 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venues	5 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	30 November – 15 December
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	5,179 (53.95 per match)
Attendance	315,748 (3,289 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lois Abbingh; (71 goals)
Awards
Best player	Estavana Polman
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Host country

Japan

Venues5 (in 3 host cities)

Dates30 November – 15 December

Teams24 (from 6 confederations)

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.^[1]

The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final.^[2] The final was decided on a controversial penalty decision, when Ainhoa Hernandez blocked the Dutch goalkeeper's pass stopping a potential counter with seconds to go.^[3]

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Higashi-ku	Minami-ku		Nishi-ku
Park Dome Kumamoto Capacity: 10,000	Aqua Dome Kumamoto Capacity: 6,400		Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium Capacity: 3,400

Yatsushiro		Yamaga
Yatsushiro General Gymnasium Capacity: 2,500		Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium Capacity: 2,100

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	28 October 2013	Doha	1	Japan
2017 World Championship	1–17 December 2017	Germany	1	France
2018 South and Central American Championship	29 November – 4 December 2018	Maceió	2	Argentina Brazil
2018 European Championship	29 November – 16 December 2018	France	3	Netherlands Romania Russia
2018 Asian Championship	30 November – 9 December 2018	Japan	4^[1]	Australia China Kazakhstan South Korea
2018 African Championship	2–12 December 2018	Brazzaville	3	Angola DR Congo Senegal
2019 Nor.Ca. Championship	28 May – 2 June 2019^[5]	Mexico City	1	Cuba
European qualification	23 November 2018 – 6 June 2019	Various	9	Denmark Germany Hungary Montenegro Norway Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden

Country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament^[a]
Japan	Host	28 October 2013	18 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
France	Defending World Champion	17 December 2017	13 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Brazil	Top two at the 2018 South and Central American Championship	3 December 2018	12 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Argentina	Top two at the 2018 South and Central American Championship	3 December 2018	9 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
China	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	4 December 2018	15 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Kazakhstan	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	4 December 2018	4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
South Korea	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	4 December 2018	17 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Australia	Fifth place of 2018 Asian Championship	8 December 2018	7 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Senegal	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	10 December 2018	0 (Debut)
Angola	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	10 December 2018	14 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
DR Congo	Third place of 2018 African Championship	12 December 2018	2 (2013, 2015)
Netherlands	Semifinalist of 2018 European Championship	12 December 2018	11 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Romania	Semifinalist of 2018 European Championship	12 December 2018	23 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Russia	Semifinalist of 2018 European Championship	12 December 2018	12 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Cuba	2019 Nor.Ca. Champion	2 June 2019	3 (1999, 2011, 2015)
Hungary	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	21 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Denmark	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	19 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Germany	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	11 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Norway	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	19 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Montenegro	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	4 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Sweden	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	9 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Serbia	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Slovenia	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	5 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017)
Spain	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	9 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	178	134	+44	8^[a]	Main round
2	Norway	5	4	1	169	115	+54	8^[a]
3	Serbia	5	3	2	155	143	+12	6
4	Angola	5	2	3	150	151	−1	4^[b]
5	Slovenia	5	2	3	142	150	−8	4^[b]
6	Cuba	5	0	5	122	223	−101	0

30 November 2019 15:00	Serbia	32–25	Angola	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,605 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Nikolić 7	(16–12)	Guialo 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

30 November 2019 18:00	Netherlands	26–32	Slovenia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,864 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Abbingh, Polman 5	(14–15)	Stanko 12
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

30 November 2019 20:30	Norway	47–16	Cuba	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,871 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Herrem, Løke 8	(25–9)	Céspedes, Lusson 3
	3×	Report	1×

2 December 2019 12:30	Cuba	27–46	Serbia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,570 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Rizo 6	(11–25)	three players 6
	5×	Report	1× 4×

2 December 2019 15:00	Angola	28–35	Netherlands	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 4,690 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Carlos 9	(12–17)	Abbingh 11
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

2 December 2019 20:30	Slovenia	20–36	Norway	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,680 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Gros 9	(12–13)	Røsberg Jacobsen 8
	3×	Report	3×

3 December 2019 15:00	Netherlands	51–23	Cuba	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,060 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Malestein 11	(22–11)	Céspedes 4
	1× 5×	Report	6×

3 December 2019 18:00	Slovenia	24–33	Angola	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,280 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Stanko 9	(12–16)	Carlos, Kassoma 6
	2× 3×	Report	5×

3 December 2019 20:30	Norway	28–25	Serbia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,970 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Hegh Arntzen, Oftedal 7	(13–12)	Liščević 6
	3× 4×	Report	1× 8× 1×

5 December 2019 15:00	Cuba	26–39	Slovenia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,520 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Rizo 7	(15–17)	Stanko 11
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

5 December 2019 18:00	Serbia	23–36	Netherlands	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,460 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	three players 6	(12–20)	Polman 8
	4×	Report	2× 4×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	3	2	0	149	124	+25	8	Main round
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	142	111	+31	7^[a]
3	Denmark	5	3	1	1	132	100	+32	7^[a]
4	France	5	2	1	2	137	100	+37	5
5	Brazil	5	1	1	3	119	115	+4	3
6	Australia	5	0	0	5	53	182	−129	0

5 December 2019 20:30	Norway	30–24	Angola	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,870 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Hegh Arntzen 6	(13–12)	Carlos 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 5×

6 December 2019 15:00	Serbia	29–27	Slovenia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 4,680 Referees: Makhlouf, Krichen (TUN)
	Pop-Lazić 8	(12–11)	Stanko 10
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2019 18:00	Angola	40–30	Cuba	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,680 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Guialo 7	(20–16)	Lusson 7
	6×	Report	1× 6×

6 December 2019 20:30	Netherlands	30–28	Norway	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,380 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Abbingh 6	(14–18)	Oftedal 9
	2× 1×	Report	2×

30 November 2019 18:00	France	27–29	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Zaadi 5	(13–12)	Ryu 12
	2× 5×	Report	1× 2× 1×

30 November 2019 20:30	Denmark	37–12	Australia	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Østergaard 6	(17–4)	Potocki 4
	2× 2×	Report	8×

1 December 2019 15:00	Brazil	19–19	France	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,580 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	four players 3	(7–10)	three players 3
	3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

1 December 2019 18:00	Australia	8–34	Germany	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Potocki 3	(4–16)	Lauenroth 6
	2×	Report	1× 6×

1 December 2019 20:30	South Korea	26–26	Denmark	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,380 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Ryu 9	(13–10)	Højlund 4
	1× 5×	Report	1× 6× 1×

3 December 2019 15:00	South Korea	33–27	Brazil	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Ryu, Shin 8	(16–14)	Amorim 9
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

Seeding

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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

Group I

Group II

Bracket

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

All Star Team

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

Top assists

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