Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Germany Netherlands |
Dates | 27 November – 14 December |
Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
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.
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.
Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host nations | 28 February 2020 | Cairo | 2 | Germany Netherlands |
2023 World Championship | 17 December 2023 | Denmark Norway Sweden | 1 | France |
2024 African Championship | 27 November–7 December 2024 | Kinshasa | 4+? | |
2024 European Championship | 28 November – 15 December 2024 | Austria Hungary Switzerland | 3 | |
European qualification | 25 October 2024 – 13 April 2025 | 11 | ||
2024 Asian Championship | 1–12 December 2024 | Almaty | 4+? | |
2024 South and Central American Championship | 3+? | |||
2025 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship | 1+? | |||
Wild card | 18 October 2018 | 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.
Country | Qualified as | Qualification date | Previous appearances in tournament [lower-alpha 1] |
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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 ) |
On 16 May 2022 the German Handball Association (DHB) presented the German venues: [5]
Dortmund | Stuttgart | Trier |
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Westfalenhalle Capacity: 12,000 | Porsche-Arena Capacity: 6,200 | Trier Arena Capacity: 5,400 |
On 5 April 2023 the Netherlands Handball Association presented the Dutch venues: [2] [6]
Rotterdam | 's-Hertogenbosch |
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Rotterdam Ahoy Capacity: 16,000 | Maaspoort Capacity: 3,500 |
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