2023 World Women's Handball Championship

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2023 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden
DatesDecember 2023
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
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The 2023 IHF World Women's Handball Championship will be 26th edition of the championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF), to be jointly hosted by Denmark, Norway and Sweden. It will be the third time in handball history that the championship is jointly hosted, the first in Sweden, and also the first to be played in three countries.[1]

Bidding process[]

After Russia's withdrawal, Denmark/Norway/Sweden and Hungary entered their bids for hosting the tournament, which was awarded to the three Nordic countries by IHF Council at its meeting held in Paris, France on 28 January 2017.[2]

Venues[]

The Nordic joint bid included the following six host cities and venues:

Herning Kolding Oslo
Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 12,500 		Sydbank Arena
Capacity: 5,000 		Nye Jordal Amfi
Capacity: 5,500
Jyske Bank Boxen (cropped).jpg VonsildSydbankArena.jpg Jordal amfi åpnet 2020 med første del av Jordal park foran.jpg
Trondheim Malmö Gothenburg
Trondheim Spektrum
Capacity: 8,800 		Malmö Arena
Capacity: 13,000 		Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,000
Trondheim Spektrum 2019.jpg Malmöarenahandball.jpg Scandinavium (SWE) 2009.jpg

The Hungarian bid included the same cities and venues as the bid that was presented for the 2021 championship.

Qualification[]

Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nations 28 January 2017 France Paris 3  Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden
2021 World Championship 2–19 December 2021  Spain 1  France
2022 European Championship 4–20 November 2022  Montenegro
 North Macedonia
 Slovenia 		1–4
 Uzbekistan 4–5
 Colombia 3
 Senegal 7
7–10
1
Wild card 1–2[1]

^ 1. 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.

Qualified teams[]

Country Qualified as Qualification date Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Denmark Co-host 28 January 2017 21 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
 Norway Co-host 28 January 2017 21 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
 Sweden Co-host 28 January 2017 11 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
 France 2021 runner-up 19 December 2021 15 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

References[]

  1. ^ "2021 and 2023 IHF Women's World Championships awarded". IHF. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Council Meeting No. 10" (PDF). IHF. 28 January 2017. pp. 18–20.

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