2019 World Women's Handball Championship

2019 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	5 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	30 November – 15 December
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-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)
Best player	Estavana Polman
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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]

Venues

Kumamoto 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. ^[3]

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

Qualification

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 [4]	Mexico City	1	Cuba
European qualification	23 November 2018 – 6 June 2019	Various	9	Denmark   Germany   Hungary   Montenegro   Norway   Serbia   Slovenia   Spain   Sweden

^ 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) 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. ^[5]

Qualified teams

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)

1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 21 June 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. ^{[6] [7]}

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 19 June 2019. ^[8] As organizer, Japan had the right to choose their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France   Russia   Netherlands   Romania	Norway   Sweden   Hungary   Denmark	Montenegro   Japan   Germany   Serbia	Spain   Slovenia   South Korea   China	Brazil   Angola   Senegal   Argentina	Kazakhstan   Cuba   DR Congo   Australia

Referees

17 referee pairs were selected. ^[9]

Referees   Algeria Yousef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi   Argentina María Paolantoni Mariana García   China Cheng Yufeng Zhou Yunlei   Croatia Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar   Denmark Karina Christiansen Line Hansen   Egypt Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied   France Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura   Germany Maike Merz Tanja Schilha   Japan Koyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi

Referees   Romania Cristina Năstase Simona Stancu   Russia Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina   Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok   Serbia Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević   South Korea Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok   Spain Ignacio García Andreu Marín   Tunisia Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf   Uruguay Mathias Sosa Cristian Lemes

Squads

Main article: 2019 World Women's Handball Championship 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. ^[10]

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows: ^[11]

1. Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
2. Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
3. Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
4. Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
5. Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 applied to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

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

1. Netherlands 30–28 Norway
2. Slovenia 24–33 Angola

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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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×

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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×

Group B

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

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.
Notes:

1. Denmark 25–26 Germany

30 November 2019 15:00	Germany	30–24	Brazil	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,300 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Behnke 6	(14–11)	Nascimento 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 1×

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×

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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×

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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×

3 December 2019 19:00	France	46–7	Australia	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,540 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Coatanea 7	(21–3)	Potocki 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 6×

3 December 2019 20:30	Denmark	25–26	Germany	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	K. Jørgensen 5	(11–13)	Behnke 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 5×

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4 December 2019 15:00	Australia	17–34	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,590 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Potocki 10	(10–18)	Lee 5
	1× 6×	Report	3×

4 December 2019 19:00	Germany	25–27	France	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,950 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Bölk 8	(12–14)	Zaadi 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

4 December 2019 20:30	Denmark	24–18	Brazil	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,100 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	S. Jørgensen 6	(11–9)	Vieira 5
	1× 3×	Report	5×

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6 December 2019 15:00	Brazil	31–9	Australia	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,490 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Belo 5	(15–5)	Potocki 7
	1× 7× 1×	Report	2×

6 December 2019 19:00	Germany	27–27	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Behnke 7	(15–14)	Ryu 10
	2× 6×	Report	2×

6 December 2019 20:30	France	18–20	Denmark	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Lacrabère 6	(7–9)	S. Jørgensen 7
	3× 4×	Report	6×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	159	103	+56	10	Main round
2	Montenegro	5	4	0	1	137	123	+14	8
3	Romania	5	3	0	2	121	129	−8	6
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	145	117	+28	4
5	Senegal	5	1	0	4	119	137	−18	2
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	92	164	−72	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.

30 November 2019 15:00	Montenegro	29–25	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Jauković 7	(14–15)	Keïta, Sankharé 5
	3× 5×	Report	1× 2×

30 November 2019 18:00	Romania	16–31	Spain	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Neagu 6	(9–16)	Cabral, Fernández 6
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5×

30 November 2019 18:00	Hungary	39–15	Kazakhstan	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Márton, Schatzl 7	(22–8)	Abilda 5
	1×	Report

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1 December 2019 15:00	Kazakhstan	21–30	Montenegro	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,910 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Alexandrova 5	(11–13)	Radičević 9
	3×	Report	1× 5×

1 December 2019 18:00	Spain	29–25	Hungary	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Cabral 7	(18–13)	Tóvizi 5
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5×

1 December 2019 18:00	Senegal	24–29	Romania	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,850 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	three players 6	(12–15)	Neagu 13
	2× 3×	Report	4× 7×

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3 December 2019 15:00	Hungary	24–25	Montenegro	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,600 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Schatzl 7	(12–13)	Radičević 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 7× 1×

3 December 2019 15:00	Spain	29–20	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,950 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Cabral 8	(14–13)	Camara 6
	3× 5×	Report	4×

3 December 2019 19:00	Romania	22–20	Kazakhstan	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,810 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Pintea 5	(14–11)	Khardina 6
	1× 3×	Report	1×

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4 December 2019 15:00	Montenegro	27–26	Romania	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Radičević, Raičević 6	(11–12)	Neagu 11
	3× 7× 1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

4 December 2019 15:00	Kazakhstan	16–43	Spain	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,000 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Abilda, Rejemetova 3	(11–19)	M. López 10
	5×	Report	4×

4 December 2019 19:00	Hungary	30–20	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,020 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Kovács 6	(17–9)	Sankharé 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

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6 December 2019 15:00	Senegal	30–20	Kazakhstan	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Camara 8	(15–7)	Abilda 7
	3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

6 December 2019 15:00	Montenegro	26–27	Spain	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Radičević 7	(14–14)	Cabral, Pena 6
	7×	Report	2× 4×

6 December 2019 19:00	Romania	28–27	Hungary	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Neagu 10	(10–16)	Kovacsics, Szabó 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	158	91	+67	10	Main round
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	144	114	+30	8
3	Japan (H)	5	3	0	2	136	121	+15	6
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	124	133	−9	4
5	DR Congo	5	1	0	4	86	137	−51	2
6	China	5	0	0	5	100	152	−52	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.
(H) Hosts

30 November 2019 15:00	Japan	24–20	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Ohyama 5	(14–10)	Karsten 7
	2× 9×	Report	2× 4×

30 November 2019 18:00	Russia	26–11	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 4,900 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Managarova 5	(13–6)	Chen 4
	3×	Report	4×

30 November 2019 20:30	Sweden	26–16	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,230 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Lagerquist 6	(11–8)	Mwasesa 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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2 December 2019 15:00	Argentina	22–35	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,628 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	three players 4	(12–17)	Gorshenina 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

2 December 2019 18:00	DR Congo	16–28	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 4,476 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Ngo 4	(9–17)	Ohyama 6
	1× 2×	Report	4×

2 December 2019 20:30	China	19–32	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Stancu, Năstase (ROU)
	Jin 5	(7–16)	three players 4
	1× 6×	Report	2× 6×

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3 December 2019 14:30	Russia	34–13	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,765 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Managarova 6	(19–7)	Mwasesa 5
	4×	Report	5× 1×

3 December 2019 17:00	China	28–34	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 1,985 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Jin 10	(13–18)	Karsten 12
	4×	Report	1× 3×

3 December 2019 19:30	Sweden	34–26	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,375 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Blohm 7	(20–13)	Tanabe 5
	1× 4×	Report	4×

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5 December 2019 15:00	DR Congo	25–24	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,729 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Mwasesa 12	(10–11)	Jin 8
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 5×

5 December 2019 18:00	Japan	23–33	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,220 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Sasaki 7	(16–16)	Sen 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

5 December 2019 20:30	Sweden	30–23	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,442 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Mässing 5	(14–11)	Mendoza 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 3×

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6 December 2019 15:00	Japan	35–18	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 8,310 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Akiyama 8	(17–8)	Sun 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

6 December 2019 18:00	Argentina	25–16	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,950 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Karsten 8	(9–13)	Mwasesa 5
	2× 3×	Report	5×

6 December 2019 20:30	Russia	30–22	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 3,826 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Frolova 11	(16–12)	Gulldén 8
	3× 8×	Report	5×

President's Cup

21st–24th place playoffs

	21st–24th place semifinals				21st place
	8 December
	Cuba	45
					9 December
	Australia	25
					Cuba (pen.)	33
	8 December
					Kazakhstan	31
	Kazakhstan	29
	China	23
					23rd place
					9 December
					Australia	15
					China	33

21st–24th place semifinals

8 December 2019 10:00	Cuba	45–25	Australia	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 800 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Robert, Téllez 7	(25–16)	Potocki 10
	1× 8× 2×	Report	4× 1×

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8 December 2019 12:30	Kazakhstan	29–23	China	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Rejemetova 8	(16–15)	Jin 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

23rd place game

9 December 2019 12:30	Australia	15–33	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,920 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Potocki 9	(7–17)	Chen 11
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

21st place game

9 December 2019 12:30	Cuba	33–31	Kazakhstan	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Camejo, Toledo 7	(15–14)	Khardina 9
	3× 4× 1×	Report	1×
	FT: 29–29  Pen: 4–2

17–20th place playoffs

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place
	8 December
	Slovenia	19
					9 December
	Brazil	32
					Brazil	22
	8 December
					Senegal	18
	Senegal	28
	DR Congo	23
					19th place
					9 December
					Slovenia	29
					DR Congo	27

17–20th place semifinals

8 December 2019 15:00	Slovenia	19–32	Brazil	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Gros 5	(9–18)	Araújo, Lima 6
	4×	Report	1×

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8 December 2019 18:00	Senegal	28–23	DR Congo	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 600 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	N'Diaye, Sankharé 6	(16–9)	Mwasesa 7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

19th place game

9 December 2019 15:00	Slovenia	29–27	DR Congo	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Stanko 13	(14–13)	Mwasesa 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

17th place game

9 December 2019 18:00	Brazil	22–18	Senegal	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 600 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Nascimento 4	(13–9)	Sankharé 7
	1× 4×	Report	3×

13–16th place playoffs

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place
	8 December
	Hungary	34
					9 December
	Argentina	26
					Hungary	21
	8 December
					France	26
	Angola	17
	France	28
					15th place
					9 December
					Argentina	27
					Angola	30

13–16th place semifinals

8 December 2019 12:30	Angola	17–28	France	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,430 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Guialo 4	(9–9)	Nze Minko 5
	4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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8 December 2019 12:30	Hungary	34–26	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 3,726 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Kovacsics 7	(19–12)	Karsten 9
	3×	Report

15th place game

9 December 2019 15:00	Argentina	27–30	Angola	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,464 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Karsten 6	(17–13)	Guialo 11
	3×	Report	1× 9×

13th place game

9 December 2019 18:00	Hungary	21–26	France	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,920 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Lukács 7	(12–12)	Lacrabère 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

Main round

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	0	1	146	128	+18	8	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	153	136	+17	6
3	Serbia	5	2	1	2	139	151	−12	5 [a]	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	2	1	2	135	136	−1	5 [a]	Seventh place game
5	Denmark	5	1	2	2	123	124	−1	4
6	South Korea	5	0	2	3	144	165	−21	2

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.
Notes:

1. Germany 28–29 Serbia

8 December 2019 15:00	Serbia	36–33	South Korea	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,450 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Lavko 7	(21–16)	Ryu 10
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 4×

8 December 2019 18:00	Netherlands	23–25	Germany	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 4,020 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Dulfer 4	(12–11)	Bölk 6
	4×	Report	1× 1×

8 December 2019 20:30	Norway	22–19	Denmark	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,890 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Hegh Arntzen 5	(12–9)	Grigel, Højlund 4
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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9 December 2019 15:00	Germany	28–29	Serbia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,090 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Berger, Minevskaja 6	(17–19)	Cvijić 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5× 1×

9 December 2019 18:00	Denmark	27–24	Netherlands	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,200 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Hansen 5	(14–9)	Polman, Snelder 5
	3× 6×	Report	1× 4×

9 December 2019 20:30	South Korea	25–36	Norway	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,120 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Ryu 7	(10–20)	Oftedal 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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11 December 2019 15:00	Netherlands	40–33	South Korea	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,070 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Abbingh 11	(23–16)	Ryu 9
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 2×

11 December 2019 18:00	Serbia	26–26	Denmark	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,080 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Pop-Lazić 6	(14–11)	S. Jørgensen 6
	1× 6×	Report	2× 2×

11 December 2019 20:30	Norway	32–29	Germany	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,520 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Brattset Dale 6	(17–16)	Bölk 6
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	161	117	+44	10	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	3	1	1	145	137	+8	7
3	Montenegro	5	3	0	2	137	137	0	6	Fifth place game
4	Sweden	5	2	1	2	141	132	+9	5	Seventh place game
5	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	143	150	−7	2
6	Romania	5	0	0	5	102	156	−54	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.
(H) Hosts

8 December 2019 15:00	Romania	18–27	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 5,870 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Neagu 5	(10–10)	Bobrovnikova, Vyakhireva 5
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

8 December 2019 18:00	Montenegro	30–26	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 7,356 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Radičević 8	(14–11)	Fujita 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

8 December 2019 20:30	Spain	28–28	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,132 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Cabral 6	(14–8)	Hagman, Mässing 8
	2× 7× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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10 December 2019 15:00	Russia	35–28	Montenegro	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,338 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Managarova 12	(17–16)	Radičević 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 7×

10 December 2019 18:00	Japan	31–33	Spain	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 3,428 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Ohyama 6	(13–17)	Pena 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

10 December 2019 20:30	Sweden	34–22	Romania	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 1,980 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Mellegård 7	(14–9)	three players 4
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

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11 December 2019 15:00	Spain	26–36	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,281 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Cabral 6	(12–16)	Frolova 9
	1×	Report	2× 2×

11 December 2019 18:00	Romania	20–37	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 3,962 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Perianu, Udriștioiu 4	(8–18)	Sasaki 8
	1× 3×	Report

11 December 2019 20:30	Montenegro	26–23	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 1,926 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Mehmedović 7	(12–12)	Blohm 7
	3× 2×	Report	4×

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	13 December
	Norway	22
					15 December
	Spain	28
					Spain	29
	13 December
					Netherlands	30
	Russia	32
	Netherlands	33
					Third place
					15 December
					Norway	28
					Russia	33

Semifinals

13 December 2019 17:30	Russia	32–33	Netherlands	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 4,240 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Vyakhireva 11	(16–16)	Polman 9
	2× 3×	Report	3×

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13 December 2019 20:30	Norway	22–28	Spain	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 4,261 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Aune 5	(13–13)	Cabral 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

Seventh place game

13 December 2019 14:30	Germany	24–35	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,860 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Stolle 6	(13–18)	Gulldén 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

Fifth place game

13 December 2019 11:30	Serbia	26–28	Montenegro	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 5,690 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Stoiljković 6	(12–13)	Raičević, Ramusović 4
	1×	Report	3× 4×

Third place game

15 December 2019 17:30	Norway	28–33	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 8,664 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Hegh Arntzen, Oftedal 7	(15–18)	Vyakhireva 9
	1× 4×	Report	4×

Final

15 December 2019 20:30	Spain	29–30	Netherlands	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 9,624 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Cabral 7	(13–16)	Polman 9
	2× 1× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Final ranking

Rank Team   Netherlands   Spain   Russia 4   Norway 5   Montenegro 6   Serbia 7   Sweden 8   Germany 9   Denmark 10   Japan [A] 11   South Korea 12   Romania 13   France 14   Hungary 15   Angola 16   Argentina 17   Brazil 18   Senegal 19   Slovenia 20   DR Congo 21   Cuba 22   Kazakhstan 23   China 24   Australia 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 Nüsser, 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. [12] Position Player Most valuable player   Estavana Polman  (NED) Goalkeeper   Tess Wester  (NED) Right wing   Jovanka Radičević  (MNE) Right back   Anna Vyakhireva  (RUS) Centre back   Estavana Polman  (NED) Left back   Alexandrina Cabral  (ESP) Left wing   Camilla Herrem  (NOR) Pivot   Linn Blohm  (SWE)

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots  % 1 Lois Abbingh   Netherlands 71 114 62 2 Ryu Eun-hee   South Korea 69 114 61 3 Tjaša Stanko   Slovenia 62 98 63 4 Alexandrina Cabral   Spain 60 95 63 5 Estavana Polman   Netherlands 58 107 54 Jovanka Radičević   Montenegro 82 71 7 Stine Bredal Oftedal   Norway 51 82 62 8 Cristina Neagu   Romania 49 82 60 9 Yaroslava Frolova   Russia 48 69 70 10 Sally Potocki   Australia 47 100 47 Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team  % Saves Shots 1 Catherine Gabriel   France 42 34 81 2 Victoriya Kalinina   Russia 39 42 107 Sandra Toft   Denmark 90 229 4 Hatadou Sako   Senegal 37 85 228 5 Dinah Eckerle   Germany 36 103 290 6 Blanka Bíró   Hungary 35 43 123 Amandine Leynaud   France 46 133 Silje Solberg   Norway 113 321 9 Bárbara Arenhart   Brazil 34 49 146 Filippa Idéhn   Sweden 88 256 Source: IHF

Top assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists
1	Anna Vyakhireva	Russia	62
2	Milena Raičević	Montenegro	51
3	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway	47
4	Estavana Polman	Netherlands	43
5	Emilie Hegh Arntzen	Norway	40
	Yui Sunami	Japan
7	Kristina Liščević	Serbia	37
8	Alexandrina Cabral	Spain	33
9	Jelena Lavko	Serbia	31
	Ryu Eun-hee	South Korea

Source: IHF

Notes

1. Japan directly qualified as the host of Olympics.

References

1. "Japan and Denmark/Germany are the hosts of the 2019 World Championships". 28 October 2013.
2. "Netherlands take first world title with last-second penalty". ihf.info. 15 December 2019.
3. "Japan will host Women´s World Cup 2019". handball-world.com. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
4. "Draw for Women's North American and the Caribbean qualification for Japan 2019". IHF. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
5. "Teams". 24th IHF Women's Handball World Championship 2019. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
6. "Draw for 24th IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. 1 February 2019. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
7. "Groups for Women's World Championship set". ihf.info. 21 June 2019.
8. "2019 IHF Women's World Championship draw". ihf.info. 19 June 2019.
9. "Referee couples for 24th IHF Women's World Championship 2019". ihf.info. 5 September 2019.
10. "Women's World Championship match schedule finalised". IHF. 3 July 2019.
11. "Regulations for IHF competitions" (PDF). IHF. 14 January 2018.
12. "Japan 2019 All-star Team". ihf.info. 15 December 2019.

External links

• Official website
• IHF website