2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Romania |
| Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship would have been the 22nd edition of the tournament in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania.[1][2] Originally scheduled for 1 to 13 July 2020, the tournament was rescheduled to 2 to 13 December 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.[4]
Qualification[]
| Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 1 | Romania
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| 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship |  Győr |
11–21 July 2019 | 10 | Hungary Netherlands Norway Russia Denmark France Spain Germany Croatia
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| 2019 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship |  Beirut |
20–29 July 2019 | 4 |  South Korea Japan
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| 2019 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy |  Païta |
11–16 August 2019 | 1 |  Australia1
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| 2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship |  Niamey |
5–14 September 2019 | 3 |  Tunisia Angola
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| IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[5] |  Montreal |
15–20 October 2019 | 1 | 
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| IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase |  Cali |
13–17 October 2020 | 1 | |
| 2020 South and Central American Women's Junior Championship[6] | Cancelled | 3 |  Brazil 
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^1 Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.
Venues[]
Matches will be played in Brașov, and Bucharest
References[]
- ^ "Veste extraordinară pentru handbalul românesc: o fostă handbalistă a fost aleasă într-o funcție importantă în Comitetul Executiv al IHF" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". International Handball Federation. 11 November 2017.
- ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "South and Central American teams for 2020 Women's Youth and Junior World Championships determined". IHF. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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